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post #161 of 166
3/31/05 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by RobsTV
Overclocking capabilities will not shorten the life, but will do the opposite, by extending the life of the unit.

Sure, now all is rosy with speed. Don't overclock.
In a few years, it will start showing age, and have a hard time keeping up. Overclock it then, and new life for the old beast.


These components are manufactured to such high standards so that they will last for 10 years and longer.. No consumer computer component will ever be used for 10 years. Yes overclocking will reduce the life by 2 or 3 years but who here plans to be playing games on a 6800 in 7 years time?
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post #162 of 166
3/31/05 at 7:31pm
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Originally Posted by petri
My XPS2 gets quite warm under the right side of the keyboard. It actually crashed out on me last night running CS:S at 1920x1200. I noticed the fan doesn't come on much at all, and when it does it's only on for a few seconds. Is this happening for you guys as well?
That's a negative. I played HL2 for 4 hours straight, non stop at 1920x1200 no AA, 8xAF, and everything else set to maximum. Both fans went on continuously, and the keyboard was mildly warm. The back and the bottom were burning hot when I felt them as I exited the game.
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post #163 of 166
3/31/05 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by |-007-|
That's a negative. I played HL2 for 4 hours straight, non stop at 1920x1200 no AA, 8xAF, and everything else set to maximum. Both fans went on continuously, and the keyboard was mildly warm. The back and the bottom were burning hot when I felt them as I exited the game.
Thanks for the reply, I'll make sure to manually enable my fan the next time I play.
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post #164 of 166
4/1/05 at 8:42pm
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_powermizer.html

for those of u looking to underclock your XPS2

u will not be able to OC, but u can underclock when runing on a battery
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post #165 of 166
4/2/05 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by Deutch420
http://www.nvidia.com/object/feature_powermizer.html

for those of u looking to underclock your XPS2

u will not be able to OC, but u can underclock when runing on a battery
Does this already come with the system or do you have to download it seperate?
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post #166 of 166
4/2/05 at 11:58pm
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Originally Posted by mattboy
Does this already come with the system or do you have to download it seperate?
im not really sure...

i went into the DELL forum with the OCing issue, and that is the only responce i got...
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