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That would melt my brain and I would never leave the house. I just want the little pictures to move and look nice.

I myself am tierd of buying graphics cards to run stuff/ looking at slideshows...

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Originally Posted by Task Force (Post 1144877)

I myself am thinking of getting 2 275 gtx's (or maby one 285/295, hell nvidia might have the 300 series cards out then.)

I have bfg 295gtx h2o x 2 with gigabyte extreme gamer mobo, ci7 975 extreme, 24 gig ocz ddr3 ram and the psu to run it with liquid cooling.

Reason: Not have to upgrade for quite awhile.:DL

See all you upgraders in 2015. :rotfl:

You are da sheet man!:yeah:

I wonder when Nvidia will release there 300 series cards.
I hear the will support DX 10.1, hopefuly DX 11 also.:yep:

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyes (Post 1144907)

You are da sheet man!:yeah:

I hope that means a good thing. :rotfl:

Yes, old '80s term. Used as in here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vid...ritic/8875-tf2

yep its a good term...

kind of means the same thing as... thats awsome...

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyes (Post 1144915)

Yes, old '80s term. Used as in here: http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/vid...ritic/8875-tf2

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Originally Posted by Task Force (Post 1144917)

yep its a good term...

kind of means the same thing as... thats awsome...

I'm Honered. Can I put you both on my friends list ? :up:

I'm 80ish :DL and 40ish yo :rotfl:

rock on... if you like the '80s visit my youtube page at

http://www.youtube.com/cobrabase

especially http://www.youtube.com/cobrabase#pla...7349B633275F9E

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyes (Post 1144857)

http://c1.neweggimages.com/brandimage/Brand1402.gif http://images17.newegg.com/is/image/...339-TS?$S125W$ 512-P3-N871-AR Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...ageGallery.gif

http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...st/goldegg.gif http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...st/goldegg.gif http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...st/goldegg.gif http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...st/goldegg.gif http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...st/goldegg.gif 512-P3-N871-AR Desktop Graphics / Video Cards [687N82E16814130339]

EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX+ 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

http://c1.neweggimages.com/WebResour...g_icon_cup.gif1x Winner of Customer Choice Award - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Chipset Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Core Clock: 675MHz
Stream Processors: 128
Memory Clock: 2200MHz (effective)
DirectX: DirectX 10
OpenGL: OpenGL 2.1

If I'm running on XP will Direct X 10 be a problem?

Got that exact card. Love it :03:

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Originally Posted by Snakeeyes (Post 1144846)

Thanks man. I like tiger, newegg and fryes... in that order. :)

Hmmm... whats more important... a new windshield for the jeep or a graphics card?

FRIGGIN' GRAPHICS CARD! I'LL WEAR GOGGLES!

Hahahaha!! Funny...but real!:arrgh!:

Hmmmm I'd love to get
XFX GX275XADQC GeForce GTX 275 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150364

But I only have a 500 watt power supply. Engineers... will I have a problem with power if I'm not running SLI graphics?

It is all about amps. See what your PSU is putting out amp-wise and then find out how many amps the card needs to run correctly.