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We're going incredibly off topic, but a cursory glance at the wikipedia article suggests that 90-95% of cancers are from environmental causes (the rest being genetic), and about a third of those are due to diet and exercise. The rest of the environmental causes are divvied up between tobacco (25-30%), infection (20%), occupational hazards and radiation (2-20%), and alcohol (5-10%).

Sugar might be partially to blame in that sugar intake is related to obesity, although personally I'm skeptical that sugar alone is a direct cause.
 
We're going incredibly off topic, but a cursory glance at the wikipedia article suggests that 90-95% of cancers are from environmental causes (the rest being genetic), and about a third of those are due to diet and exercise.
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Sorry to go off topic in the off-topic forums.

Sugar might be partially to blame in that sugar intake is related to obesity, although personally I'm skeptical that sugar alone is a direct cause.
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What do you think cancers eat? What do normal cells eat?
I didn't state sugar was a direct cause. I said the disproportional cancer rate in wealthy countries could be partly related to sugar intake. And I didn't just snatch this idea out of thin air--I am echoing what some highly-respected scientists and cancer researchers are reporting.

The point was, these people aren't part of a conspiracy. They are working on a problem that is always changing, always different for each individual, and often chaotic and counter-intuitive. Having lost my father to skin cancer about 1 year ago I take it to heart when people start trying to persuade me that he was part of a global conspiracy that benefits somehow from peoples' sickness and death. Let me tell you--he didn't last long enough for them to get rich off his disease. Research grants paid for many hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of experimental treatment on him. What big pharma wants ultimately is to have cancer cures in pill form and sell them to insurance companies at huge prices. They have stumbled on a few of these drugs but for the most part, it's a money pit. If there is any significant logistical road block to cancer research it's that there isn't any money in it 99.9999% of the time.   

AMD Radeon R9 290X

I'm thinking of taking a divorce with  nvidia... I will definitely need a good lawyer...
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As for the 290x:
Wow... very exciting. New world records on LN2. Pretty cool to see a much cheaper card up top. But it really has been a long time and the 780ti is likely to edge it out by a little. Looking forward to 20nm boards but that's kinda getting to the bare minimum as far as transistor size... They are talking about having problems with electrons just randomly being in essentially 2 places at once when they get much smaller. 

I really like the look of the Sapphire 280x Vapor-x with its backplate. I imagine they will back it up with a very similar model of 290x. If it's less than 11" I'm going to pull the trigger on one. I figure the ROG board that comes out will be too long, but if not, that'd be my top choice. I don't like using big cases and I don't have room for a SLI setup. I really like my 7950 but I'm going to use it for my wife's FF14 machine instead. I'm really interested in going water but I want to find "the perfect case" first.
 
The matter with nvidia is with their drivers... so many complaints by so many users... I have many issues with the drivers as well... so what's worth it buying a great architecture when you are not able to take full advantage of it's capabilities because of their drivers...
 
I can't say anything about Nvidia's drivers for the last couple years but I think the AMD approach is at least on paper more logical. That is, being able to launch driver versions across multiple architecture platforms because of development design that is specifically geared towards inclusive compatibility for the future. 290x pricing is great i guess compared to TITAN, but AMD consumers need Nvidia to continue giving AMD real competition and if AMD simply squeezes Nvidia out of the game with hit-or-miss products that are also so cheap as to be disposable (major exaggeration but still... 180dollar 7950s is playing rough) and the Green guys are only left with a strategy based on hardware locked products like Gsync then I think we will all lose.
 
Fair move from nvidia...

If you are located in the USA and would be willing to loan us your graphics card, please email me at [email protected]. ... We will cover shipping costs both ways and provide you with a loaner card to use once we receive your card.[/b][/u]
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(I can admit... that's a first!!! Everyone mail them cards!!! loool)

Are they afraid of R290x release on holidays? ;)

We'll be posting a complete unifited driver package next week with this fix. 
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I'm scheduling an upgrade for holidays. My current rig is:
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Component Details Subscore Base scoreProcessor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2310 CPU @ 2.90GHz 7,4 5,9Determined by lowest subscoreMemory (RAM) 8,00 GB 7,6Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti 7,4Gaming graphics 4095 MB Total available graphics memory 7,4Primary hard disk 117GB Free (464GB Total) 5,9Windows 7 Home PremiumSystem--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Manufacturer Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.Model P67A-D3-B3Total amount of system memory 8,00 GB RAMSystem type 64-bit operating systemNumber of processor cores 4Storage--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total size of hard disk(s) 5467 GBDisk partition (C:) 117 GB Free (464 GB Total)Media drive (D:) CD/DVDDisk partition (E:) 57 GB Free (932 GB Total)Disk partition (F:) 834 GB Free (932 GB Total)Disk partition (G:) 21 GB Free (1397 GB Total)Disk partition (I:) 28 GB Free (812 GB Total)Disk partition (J:) 35 GB Free (932 GB Total)Media drive (K:) CD/DVDGraphics--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 TiTotal available graphics memory 4095 MBDedicated graphics memory 1024 MBDedicated system memory 0 MBShared system memory 3071 MBDisplay adapter driver version 9.18.13.3165Primary monitor resolution 1280x720DirectX version DirectX 10Network--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Network Adapter Realtek PCIe GBE Family ControllerNotes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------The gaming graphics score is based on the primary graphics adapter. If this system has linked or multiple graphics adapters, some software applications may see additional performance benefits.
What do you thing of those? Any suggestions highly appreciated:

Motherboard:

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...mitrikes/MSI-Z87-G45-GAMING-1150-Z87-DDR3.htm

Processor:

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...e-i5-4670K-1150-3-4GHz-6MB-BX80646I54670K.htm

Hard Drive

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...2FAEX-1TB-HDD-64MB-Cache-7200RPM-Sata-III.htm

Graphics Card:

6xx Link:

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...rtes-grafikwn/MSI-N660-Gaming-2GD5-OC-2GB.htm

7xx Link

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...artes-grafikwn/MSI-GTX-760-TF-2GD5-OC-2GB.htm

Power Supply:

http://www.plaisio.gr/ypologistes-a...sair-PSU-CXM-750W-80-Bronze-CP-9020061-EU.htm

Case:

Thermaltake or Corsair .

Thanks in advance!

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For the time being yes. But there are always slight differences and modifications between each release and brand. That's why I need someone expert's opinion as well... My last upgrade was when gtx550Ti was out and I had bought an ready pc build that included it.
 
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Thank you AMD and BTC/LTC for making Nvidia {Lower the Price}
 
1 of them is a 780 SC and the other is a plain 780 but the plain 780 is the better GPU strangely enough. I put a Skn3t BIOS on them and run them at pretty high OC but the stock fans are absolutely amazing.
 
Can you suggest me some links to find nice prices on my next hardware upgrades? Thanks!
 
I think Amazon sells a lot of things international don't they?

I buy most of my hardware at Newegg or Amazon. As I understand it most everything computer related is cheaper in the US but I'm sure that's not always true. I have no idea where to get stuff sent to Greece. I'm sure you could find things on eBay but it would be expensive I bet.

I bought both of the graphics cards on Hardforum.com (they have a really well set up trading forum), the Superclock Ed. was brand new in box right after AMD put out the 290s. The other card I bought used but it showed up mint and came with both of the backplates.

I'm learning how to modify cheap old steel cases right now, so there's a lot of really rough cuts around the drive cages in that picture, I pulled a lot of that metal out with wire cutters and then repainted it... The Dremel I have is crap. I'm replacing the low profile 140mm heatsink with an NH-D14 which will probably still look really weird, but I found a good 4770k and I want to see how far I can push it. I even have a vice I pulled out of my dad's workshop to delid the thing with if I can find the balls.
 
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