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CaptainAanderson
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Reply #26 May 17, 2009 10:34:15 AM
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Ok, updated BIOS and everything is great now, thanks guys

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CaptainAanderson
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Reply #27 May 19, 2009 11:19:40 AM
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Quoting CaptainAanderson,
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A 64 bit OS is something i have been considering, but ive been dreading hunting down all the 64 bit drivers if i make the upgrade. Im stuck with the motherboard descision because a 790i with 2 gigs of ddr3 RAM is about $250 and a 780i with my current RAM is about $160, but if i go with the 780i in a year when i want ddr3 i'll need to uprgrade again. I heard that the intel x48 supports both ddr2 and ddr3, but the nvidia board seems to have better feautures for what i will be doing with it, any thoughts on the x48 over the 790i?
Here's an interesting tidbit about 64 bit versions of Windows (disincluding xp x64) in order for companies to get WHQL (Windows hardware quality licensing) certification for drivers, they have to submit a 64 bit driver for the same component, and the 64 bit driver has to pass in order for the 32 bit driver to pass. Minus a couple of things, 64 bit drivers are no harder to find than 32 bit ones.

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CaptainAanderson
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Reply #28 May 22, 2009 9:57:15 PM
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Yeah man i switched to 64-bit vista ultimate and i am good to go. Drivers only took ~15min to find em all. As long as you know whats in your PC you should be able to find the drivers without to much of a hassle.

 

Btw 67C idle? That is really bad in my opinion ... Mine runs around 40-45 idle and usually no higher than 52-54 C under load.

 

Are you using stock heatsync on your CPU?

 

I got this ...

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118223

and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100007

 

Its a really great heatsync if it will fit your processor ... just kinda big so make sure you got some room.

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