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Feliz Ano Nuevo! Late reply cuz I just woke up 30 mins ago. heh

*Claps Good man. I've given away more old hardware than I've sold...but not to bro (don't have one). Spread the joy. That also means he is obligated to match with you in game, and you can do some older bro. smackdowns...very satisfying, I'm sure. Yeah. He's been playing Call Of Duty 5 - World At War and he got me into it too. heh Ok. I Tweaked my vid card a lil more from factory overclock and got a 3dmark06 score of 17522. 3dmark06 Score I will probably overclock my CPU to 3.8 or 4Ghz later on, but I don't want to deal with anything else above 40C right now. My video card already hits 60C on load and I'm probably going to get an aftermarket heatsink like the thermalright vga cooler for the gtx.

k, updated my previous post. I don't see anything wrong with giving my old stuff away for free to my lil bro. He currently has an athlon xp 3200 socket 939 with 512mb and an agp video card so he's due for an upgrade.

Thank you Bushwack!!! I just got mine for $184.38 w/ UPS 3day shipping. Now I can give my 8800GT to my lil bro and complete the build. update: found the linky to the $20 Rebate - http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=1059684&u...ec3108cd12a.pdf

u guys on vent? I keep getting booted off with the msg saying that I'm using the wrong password.

I'm in for the thurs. 4th. Hope Wentz built a pc and shows up so I can kill em online!

I'm not a morning person so I was thinking something else but meant to say another thing. heh The reason I suggested he use a retention bracket is because the push-pin style on the OCZ Vendetta 2 will cause the motherboard to bow. I didn't want him to end up breaking the motherboard. When I installed it on my Evga 680i, I could see the motherboard was bent and also caused one of the heatsinks to lift up slightly and not make contact with the transistor located above the CPU. I never liked the push-pins either because there wasn't enough pressure between the base of the cooler and my cpu. After I used the retention bracket, my temps dropped a little more than 5 degrees so I didn't mind taking my motherboard out of the case and installing the bracket.

Ok. I'm happy with my results now. Update - New score 16991 http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=9184404 Updated processor: Q9550 E0 Stepping @ 3.4Ghz MSI N260GTX T2D896 OC - New VGA Card Updated Motherboard: EVGA 780i SLI Updated xtremegamer x-fi audio card Updated 4 gigs OCZ 1066 sli memory I'm giving my old stuff - motherboard EVGA 680i, 2gig ocz mem, CPU Q6600, & Audigy 2 Sound Blaster Card, to my lil bro for xmas. Gonna try to convince my parents to give him a video card to complete the build.

I used to have the ocz vendetta 2 cooler on my Q6600 overclocked to 3.2 and temps never rose above 55C on full load on all cores. I recently bought a Q9550 and a True 120 extreme which is lapped. My Q9550 is overclocked to a mild 3.4 @ 1.26V and temps don't go above 40C on load. The True 120 is expensive so if you want to stay on the low end on cost, the OCZ Vendetta 2 is around $50 bucks but the egg has a rebate making it 39.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...%20vendetta%202 I'd recommend using retention bracket so your motherboard won't bow using the push pin clips since the heatsink is slightly heavy. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835233019

Wait, who was aliasing? I was dragonfly, and besides you and bush and one other guy, the competition was not much to talk about. Skallys I would have noticed right away, because he would have consistently had top score... Oh, If that person sucked, it was probably Flitter. *cough* Yeah, I know you were dragonfly because that's why I commented on swatting flies when I was on the opposing team.

Hey! I like that server because it gives me enough time to shoot 3 feet in front of dark so by the time he realizes what happened he get's hit! j/k Yeah, I got lag spikes on that server too unless the number of ppl is down to 18 it's all good. It was probably someone aliasing. Maybe Skally's? dunno

Okay, first of all, this thread took a serious detour...killing kittens...Leave it to the Canucks. Not much to do there in the winter anyways, specially for those who don't drink *ahem...Dark. Where to get this fantastic precision software you speak of? I have two factory overclocked 8800 GTs...their stock settings are 650 core/1900 memory. Preacher had the 700 oc out of the box 8800GT? Nice. Cujo doesn't understand SLI? Well, let me put it like this: Crossfire copied it...now does it make sense? I figured once I put it in AMD/ATI terms you would get it! BTW Cujo...I will PM you, I want to install that kick-butt XP theme you/your friend came up with...You sent to me, but I forgot how to do. (I'm not a software guy, if you can't tell). Thanks to all who input (usable info, that is...so NO THANKS BUSH!) Ok. I just realized that you can upload attachments to a post. LOL Otherwise, you would have to download it from the evga.com website and be a registered member in order to get access to the file. heh EVGAPrecision.ZIP

I use the EVGA precision software and it allows me to independently manage core, shaders, and mem clock. I used to have problems with ntune where it would lockup because I could not control the shaders. If you don't have an EVGA 8800GT, I don't know if it will work though. Right now I have mine set at 700Mhz core, 1750Mhz shaders, & 1000Mhz mem clock up from a bone stock setup. I'm also using a Thermalright HR-03 GT cooler so my VGA temps don't go above 45 C and I don't have SLI or rivatuner, but I hope this info helps.

He thinks you're lil Red Riding Hood's Grandma. So you better run and hide Wentz!

Sup with that dog avatar? It's my Siberian Husky.

I'm good to go from 10:50p til I fall asleep. Hopefully my new internet will not flake out on me like the dsl did.

Ah. If you already tried the degaussing, the shop won't be able to fix it either. Guess the picture tube did get really banged up during shipment. I get those TV's like that and the only real solution when I don't have the tube in stock is to get a few strong magnets and move it around until the color isn't washed out and glue it on, but you have to take the cover off and do it while the monitor is on. I wouldn't suggest you do it because you could get electrocuted. Even then the color doesn't line up correctly and I have to wait for a tube replacement. The shop may be willing to do that for you but I don't know how much they will charge.

Does the monitor come with a degaussing button? If you're lucky, the screen can be degaussed to restore the colors back to normal. You can find a local tv repair shop that has a degaussing ring which will realign the color. It's just a big round coil that's magnetized when the power runs through it and you move it around the CRT to fix the color purity.

My beta doesn't like Windows XP 64-bit because I can't click on the options or report bug menu item. Guess I'll have to wait for the polished version.

Ebits did you move or get a cheaper nets? Thought they were higher. Nope. I have the 6meg d/l and 512Kb u/l from Bellsouth...ermm AT&T They are barely rolling out the u-verse in my neighborhood and will be done in 3 months. WOOHOOO!!!! Until they upgrade the lines to fiber I can't go any faster.

I'm good to go and frag cannon on Saturday!

Next time get your aim back when you're on my team and loose it when your on the opposing side. heheh Fun night even though everyone left and played with a few peeps til 12:15am

ermm....Primus you can give Tek the long kiss goodnight so you can count me out on that aspect. hehehe On another note, I'm game for Sat night at 9ish til I fall asleep. I just hope HWarrior still reads the forums and gets the msg cuz he's been awol since????

There's always a new beginning to an end. It's the end for our UT server. I've been playing on UMGleague's server and SOC freon off and on.

I played with the 1-legged horse last night and I think it was the_wench? I play tam/freon but the soc server kinda lags for me so my hitscan is way off. I've been playing ons on the umgleague servers. I ran into 8th, pbrskallys, yerfdog and others who weren't noobs last night so I played til 2am like old times.