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    MSI Unleashes 990FXA GAMING Socket AM3+ Motherboard

    Yes, 990FX does not natively support PCIe 3.0. The only FX based board that supported PCIe 3.0 (that I'm aware of) was the ASUS Sabertooth 990FX Gen3. A board that I happen to have. Basically, it's a workaround, or hack if you will. However it was also a limited run board, no longer available...
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    NVIDIA Sacrifices VESA Adaptive Sync Tech to Rake in G-SYNC Royalties

    I am sure this has been said somewhere in all of the comments, but what's one more time. lol Adaptive Sync has been around far longer than G-Sync, just in laptops, and now that it's a display port 1.2a+ standard, it will be open to ALL desktop hardware. Nvidia had no reason to create G-Sync...
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    AMD Catalyst 14.1 Beta to Include Mantle and TrueAudio Runtimes

    It should be released by the end of January. Mantle is making its debut in Battlefield 4, and according to EA/DICE, Mantle will be released by the end of January. So I guess we wait and see. As far as BF4 being the only AAA title, that's not exactly true. Since Frostbite will have Mantle...
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    XFX Rolls Out Radeon R9 290 Series Double Dissipation Cards

    My opinion on XFX quality. I have purchased over a dozen XFX cards in the 6000 and 7000 generations and every single one of them is still going strong in their respective systems. (I am a system builder.) I have flashed some of the Double D 7950 BE's using a 7970 BIOS and overclocked the heck...
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    PowerColor R9 290X OC 4 GB

    It's supposed to run at those temps. =] If you don't like the noise, the temps, or the OC headroom, just wait for the non-reference designs. That's what most people are doing, including myself. Also, no analog output is a con? Really? Who the hell buys a top-tier card and still uses VGA...
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    Intel Cracks Down on Motherboard Vendors Offering Overclocking on non-Z Chipset

    Underhanded move. Hardware does not come with an ToS or EULA like software, Intel retains no similar rights to the hardware once I buy it, if I choose to OC any CPU I buy, it's my right and my risk. Trying to block this by hindering tools at my disposal, in this case the MB's, just to...
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    Antec Nineteen Hundred Stands Tall...Really Tall

    Someone on a 360 I think. =P
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    Antec Nineteen Hundred Stands Tall...Really Tall

    Ahh. OK. Cool. Why not go with much less power hungry fans? Just curious? Personal preference?
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    Triplex Shows Off Slot-powered Radeon HD 7850

    And I prefer Radeon, it's a personal thing. =P
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    Triplex Shows Off Slot-powered Radeon HD 7850

    I was thinking the exact same thing. Would make for a killer little system. =]
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    Antec Nineteen Hundred Stands Tall...Really Tall

    Heh. Time to just go water cooling if you're producing that much heat. It's going to be more efficient than Peltier cooling and a ton of high-watt fans. Unless this is some special build where some restriction would prevent water cooling, or you're just doing to do it, for fun. If that's the...
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    Seagate Unveils Complete SSD Product Line

    I have one of these Seagate 600 series on the way, should be here today. Going to put it through a battery of tests. heh Western Digital and Seagate have both stayed out of the SSD market, even though SG has done hybrids, and WD is now looking to one up hybrids. It's so nice to see...
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    ASUS Unveils ROG Maximus VI Impact Mini-ITX Motherboard

    Now that is a sexy board... Mini-ITX needs support like this. You could easily build a PC (Steam Box or HTPC even) that could play any games on the market today, and for some time to come, at 1080+ high to max settings with this board at it's core. I have been looking for this level of...
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    Triplex Shows Off Slot-powered Radeon HD 7850

    Back on topic. A single slot 7850 with no additional power requirements. Neat idea. Too bad it's OEM only. These would be great in low-profile builds. The 7850 has enough graphic power for most all gaming loads at 1080, so it would be a good card for use in a Steam Box or high-end HTPC. Oh...
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    Triplex Shows Off Slot-powered Radeon HD 7850

    OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer There are "OEM" versions of most video cards, most manufacturers have OEM lines, separate from their retail lines. These are the versions used by compaines, like Dell and others, in mass production pre-built PC's. Where as retail versions are what you...
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