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Coolbits powerstrip or riva tuner?
Name: j1mm3h Date: June 21, 2004 at 10:52:15 Pacific OS: XP PRO CPU/Ram: P4 1.3/640MB
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Pretty much which one is better??and which one seems to perform better?? I currently have Riva Tuner and I hate that all the time when I start my computer and I get to the desktop the screen goes black then comes back its a tad bit annoying well for me and so I was asking does coolbits do this?thanks for the help.
Name: LeFtBehinD Date: June 21, 2004 at 18:49:51 Pacific
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Yeah Coolbits does that too. Dunno which is better, although Coolbits is easier to use.
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Response Number 2
Name: j1mm3h Date: June 22, 2004 at 00:33:39 Pacific
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Damn it are you sure?can anyone tell me which one is better?does one have better performance than the other one?
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Response Number 3
Name: Ry Spy Date: June 22, 2004 at 00:56:33 Pacific
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IMO, Riva Tuner and Powerstrip would be the best tool there is.
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Response Number 4
Name: dannyboy Date: June 22, 2004 at 09:08:42 Pacific
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I always liked nvHardpage when I had a GeForce card, it's the best one IMHO. It exposes loads and loads of new settings
As Dr Pepper would say, try it - you might like it :)
http://www.guru3d.com/nvhardpage/
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Response Number 5
Name: quikstop Date: June 22, 2004 at 10:47:47 Pacific
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they all do the same thing !
coolbits is realy easy to use as it make a reg in you video card dir.
my 2nd choice would be rivatuner !
-QuIk
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Response Number 6
Name: j1mm3h Date: June 22, 2004 at 11:21:02 Pacific
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ummmmm so I guess both do the same thing and both do that annoying thing. I tried nvhardpage just had more options that I wasnt interested in thanks anyways.
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