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I have no idea about the QPI... but it should be interesting. The overclock I saw was using a default QPI, but high multi. If QPI is actually difficult to OC... then that's going to make the Extreme editions much more tempting, or required...

Here is a how-to I wrote for another staff member a few months ago, which was for FLAC. I made a few edits to add one for MP3 as well though. You can download the same FLAC.cfg file and load it up, then just go through and make the changes to adjust it to MP3. Please note that there might be...

I am not sure what you mean by '200k-500k'. The max official bitrate for MP3 is 320Kbps, but it can be surpassed with certain players and codecs. The majority of those will not work on a normal MP3 player, though. Some won't even work with the majority of audio players on the PC. That aside...

Matt, are you positive you are running the latest version? Mines R12, but R13 is out now... will download soon and see what's new. In the dBpoweramp Configuration panel, it says 'Release 12.4' up top. I believe that's the first version that officially supported multi-threading. If you do have...

The sad thing is that was bound to happen, and as the usage in the OS grows, the security risks are going to grow right with it. Same would happen with Linux, if it had such a large usage among home users as well. Apple's real problem right now is that they force people to use their OS on their...

All you are doing is making Canadian health care look bad because you are expecting WAY too much. As far as I'm aware, low-income families get breaks on certain things like dental. The families are required to pay the first $50 or something like that, then medicare or whatever it's called takes...

I questioned NVIDIA about their plans for something like that, but didn't get a response before publishing time. I'm pretty sure both companies have talked about it though. Having SLI and a smaller dedicated GPU (probably one you already had that you don't want to rid) being put to physics use...

The Xbox 360 is the best, I agree. If you like the feel of it in your hand, it's hard to go wrong. I use it for almost all of my PC gaming, except with emulators... I use the PS3 gamepad then.

Dropped the temps by half? If you happen to stumble on that article again, please link it, heh. I'd be interested in giving that a go myself. Any idea what GPU coolers are good nowadays? Perferably one that would fit this card, of course. As for 4870 thermals, I don't have a card, so I cannot...

Yeah... I tend to miss a lot of things. For some reason, there is a lot of info my brain just doesn't seem to retain. Sometimes I'll see something and think, "Oh wow, I didn't know that.", then find a post on THESE forums from two months ago where I talked about it. Regardless, I agree...

Does the unit make as much noise as it used to? You might want to take that up with CoolIT support... they could probably tell you if there is a problem. If your computer crashes because it overheats with that cooler, there's definitely a problem.

I guess... but you'd have to be dedicated. There are four basic memory timings... if you want to go beyond those, feel free. Personally, I could care less about it. I used to, but when I clued into the fact that I was literally wasting nights on overclocking one kit of RAM, I learned my lesson...

Thanks for all the information Matt. When I said minimal compression, I was basing it off of the end filesize and bitrate. I didn't think to check the waveforms, but... wouldn't it be all the same, regardless of compression? I guess I never thought to check that out before. On_Wisconsin, is he...

Actually, I don't believe so. As far as I remember, this board does not have any form of legs on the bottom. It's meant to be a keyboard used on the couch... not so much one to be used on a desk.

While the price change is unfortunate, you still do have one hell of a card. The 8800 GTS 512, with a small overclock, will match and surpass the 9800 GTX's performance, so you have nothing to worry about. You lost a little bit of money, but you didn't get a much weaker card out of the deal. The...

How about the front door? ;-)

That's one thing to bug the hell out of me... things are SO much less expensive in the US. Even simple things... the deodorant I buy, costs $7 here, and $3.50 in the US. 4-pack of Red Bull is $10 here... $7 in the US. Beef jerky, $10 here, $6 in the US. Just simple examples, but every type of...

I'm not sure how much effect Bill Gates' leaving will have on the success, but the fact is, they do need to make changes. Right now, they are fortunate to have such a grasp on the market. The majority of computers (non-server) run Windows, and most who use an office application use Office. It's...

I am not up to snuff on the oil industry, but I found out recently from a friend why it's also so ridiculous in Canada. One of our provinces, Alberta, is rich with oil, yet we are all still paying a lot more at the pump. Why? It turns out they sell outside of the country and not within, because...

The BIOS.. nothing else.