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    My shiny new Samsung LC49J89 49" 32:9 Ultra-Wide Curved Monitor

    I am amazed how many of my games can be run at the full res of 3840x1080 as I thought my good old r9 290 gpu would straggle badly, but it runs Dirt Rally, Alien Isolation, Grid2, Grid Autosport and DOOM maxed out silky smooth. But games look stretch at the last 2-3 inches left and right of...
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    Can the Optane 900p speed up your current drives?

    Hi guys, I have the 32gb Optane m.2 memory to speed up my storage drive and I would like to know if the Optane 900p will do the same job. All reviews of the 900p review this as a drive, not a way to speed up you existing drives in your system.
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    What do you think of the Cooltek W2 case

    Hi guys, I have the black Fractal R3 case, but I'm thinking of changing it as I need a much smaller case, and in silver to match my monitor. I've been looking for the past week, and for small size the best I came up with is the Lian-Li PC-A05FNA. But I'm not sure if my XFX R9 290 Black Edition...
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    Why isn't my XFX DD R9 290 Black Edition boosting to 1050mhz?

    I received my card yesterday, but its not going to 1050mhz only to 980mhz, why is this? I thought the black editions when up to 1050mhz?
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    Upgrading from 6950 to R9 290 (XFX DD maybe)

    Hi all, I need a bit of help please, I want to upgrade my amd HD6950 and I did order a 1fan blower MSI R9 290, but ppl and reviews said they get to 95c, so I cancelled. So now I have come across the "XFX Radeon R9 290 DD Black Edition" that looks very tasty, but some reviews say you have to...
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