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    Is there a real steal on the gpu market now?

    One more question guys, this time a tough one ok? :p What about 3-4 months from now?
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    Is there a real steal on the gpu market now?

    Hey guys, so is there? I'm talking probably the top of the mid-range or the middle of the crusty upper range. Just before that diminishing return begins to spike. Not specifying a manufacturer requirement; I was told on #IRC that there's not been much specific developments aside from component...
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    Choosing motherboard

    Ah... not entirely true, Hood. I'm still continuing asking a pretty general thing. Any specific sub requests can be taken as merely suggestions. I want ANYBODY to feel welcome to pop in at any time and go "well I know about a diff. motherboard that is a real winner..." This doesn't alter the...
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    Is RAM Disk worth it?

    Lots of misconceptions in this thread. Ram disks are awesome, but with the hard drive bandwidth issue largely eliminated (compare the old slow ATA-33 and ATA-66 connection types), you can be sure or at least reasonably very confident that your pc is already using its various memory types in the...
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    Choosing motherboard

    Well totally, right! That's sort of the point of a forum, I thought. You could compare it to R & D sizes: what's going to win, myself reading reviews, or 20 guys who have already read a bunch of recent reviews? :) Anyway I asked because I've got an old 645 athlon chip that I understand can...
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    Choosing motherboard

    O I knew all that. It's the old iron underwear question, you could say. I guess my idea would have been better stated as "could board x be less sensitive to irregularities, either through design or by virtue of better actual parts". My widely varying experience at this location strongly...
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    Choosing motherboard

    Thanks Hood, I'm taking all suggestions. I will say I was hoping for a cheaper solution. I mean I've had ECS'es and Biostars that cost 60 smackers and stood up to heavy use. That's all I'm worried about, just periods (36 hours+) of continual use, with windows 7 or XP. I know all about server...
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    Choosing motherboard

    Hi, I'm wondering is there a really good mobo for stability? Maybe something rugged, something that can take weird currents or something and remain stable? Or something so well designed it can compensate for a dodgy component or two? I guess this is a strange way of putting something that's...
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