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  1. Optix

    I tripped over some money!

    Well, now the Mushkin is back in stock. I'm sure real world performance differences between the two drive will be trivial and I'm sure to notice a HUGE boost regardless of the drive. The biggest problem I have now is, and you won't believe this, I'm out of SATA cables! Ha!
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    I tripped over some money!

    Well, I finally received the gift cards and the 80GB Intel drive went up in price on the other website so price matching is out of the question. Now I'm left with the 60GB Mushkin Callisto Deluxe or OCZ Agility 2. Both have the same theoretical max read/write. I doubt I'd notice any real...
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    IBM's Watson Beats Former Jeopardy! Champs in Practice Round

    I still call shennanigans on this. How do you program into a machine how a person accesses thoughts? How does it have reflexes, either fast or slow to hit the buzzer? You have a database of available answers programmed in and the only way I can see it having artificial intelligence is to...
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    Antec 900 Airflow Mod

    I'm excited about the F*CK PIRATES transfer! It makes sense though. No obstructions behind the front fans and less wires to restrict the air flow. Well done.
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    How Does Whiskey Fare After 100 Years of Antarctic Conditions?

    That's ok, Doomsday. I've had your share....and likely Rob's and Jamie's as well. :p
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    How Does Whiskey Fare After 100 Years of Antarctic Conditions?

    Anybody else find it funny that only staff members posted about booze? Back to the bottle, boys!
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    Alright, I need to learn how to OC

    I remember the good ol' days of ATI overclocking when 90 degrees was nothing out of the ordinary. Now I have no clue what the general maximum safe temperature is although I'd say you still have some headroom simply because FurMark will likely load your card more than just about any game out...
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    GameStop Considering Selling Digital Copies of Games In-store

    My speed is spot on with yours. It's funny that you should mention putting the game on a flash drive because I was just thinking about that. Hell, they could probably sell flash drives of various sizes and make a killing from them. Buy in bulk, tack on a 25% mark up, let people download and...
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    How Does Whiskey Fare After 100 Years of Antarctic Conditions?

    BOOZE NEWS (and whiskey at that!) ON A TECH SITE!!! My two loves, combined at last!
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    Pre-overclocked HD 6870s Due Soon; HD 6950 1GB in Mid-February

    Yep. I have it .15 but like Rob said in his review, it may not be needed but was done simply because it may aid in stability without increasing temperatures. Those clocks passed a 1 hour run of OCCT with only a 2 or 3 degree increase so I'm happy with those clocks. Anything further and I...
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    GameStop Considering Selling Digital Copies of Games In-store

    Uh...digital download copies in store. Take 30 minutes, read some previews, demo/open beta feedback, stay at home and use Steam. Then you don't have to deal with some punk 19 year old who would rather be getting high than serve you or someone who's so clueless about games in general that...
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    Pre-overclocked HD 6870s Due Soon; HD 6950 1GB in Mid-February

    My 6850 is running at 1015 core/1200 memory, which is WAY over what Overdrive would allow. TCS is right. As far as I'm concerned, it's a fail safe for people who would push their card too hard and end up requesting a pointless RMA because they get lock ups/restarts. Some poeple just should...
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    Pre-overclocked HD 6870s Due Soon; HD 6950 1GB in Mid-February

    Overdrive has a safe limit set that can keep you from hitting the maximum overclock on your card. Grab Sapphire's TriXX or MSI's Afterburner.
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    Pre-overclocked HD 6870s Due Soon; HD 6950 1GB in Mid-February

    LAWL @ factory overclocks. I will bet you my 6850's that I can smoke ANY factory overclock applied to these cards. These cards are made for people who don't know how to overclock and are willing to throw money at an instant performance boost rather than take an hour or two, read and try it...
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    Best of CES 2011

    Looks like Acer's Iconia touchbook was voted one of the 10 best pieces of tech at this year's CES. I'd love to get my mitts on one of these for a review. *hint, hint* I'm as subtle as a bus crash! :p
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    Steve Jobs Takes Medical Leave of Absence

    Jobs: "Gah! Doc! You gotta help me! I threw out my iBack carrying my big iBag of iMoney!"
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    Intels LGA 2011 Socket & Chipset Pictures Leaked

    I -think- OCCT has a memory test but you could always go for good ol' MemTest86+.
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    Cooler Master Set to Launch A-L2 Water Cooling Unit

    How did the 450 litres per second/minute get through editing? Heh. Now that I know you're a Borderlands fan I can bust this out again. "She may not be the prettiest girl at the dance, but she'll put out the second you ask her!" - Scooter Oh, and just because... "Hey, you the one...
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    Cooler Master Set to Launch A-L2 Water Cooling Unit

    I'm really excited to see the numbers on this since it uses a new block design and high volume pump. If the rest of the cooling isn't there though, the pump will be a moot point. Circulating warm fluid faster than the fan/radiator can cool it will simply increase temperatures. I know we don't...
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