Recent content by azzav17

Try the Paul Thurrot thing. I used it when I upgraded my laptop. I used my retail Home Premium Full Install disc, the same install on my dekstop, then I purchased an upgrade key with the 30 smackers student offer (love being 18 :D) and used regedit to say it was an upgrade install. Et voila :D

I think I will sit and wait for a HD5850. Its just I've been dying to play Resident Evil 5, which isn't supported on my X1950 Pro, which has faithfully served me for 2 and half years. My board is capable of CrossFire, with 2 8x Lanes, but I want the single card solution initially. Also, I'm from...

Hmmm yeah, I think I'll go with the HD5770. I mean, it can only get better in terms of driver support, and since it competes with the already established and optimised HD4870, I think it's worth a gander.

Basically, I need to buy a GFX card to replace my old X1950 Pro. I'm thinking of the HD5770 but I see conflicting reviews on performance on the net. I play at 1680x1050 and I want to be able to play future games such as Crysis 2 when it comes out, at a reasonable-high standard. So anyone with...

Which of the two would run games better on a 1680x1050 resolution in general? Also, is the 1GB HD4850 good value for money? Does it present any advantages over a 512MB card?

Just to clarify, as I am going to wait until tommorow to put in the new DIMM's again, will I see a performance boost when gaming in terms of loading speed? And the same for the OS. Because if the current lower timings will be faster, I'll just sell the new DIMM's on.

Thank you, I'm gonna install those DIMM's again and relax the timings. I'm just a casual PC Gamer. I mostly play Football Manager and COD4, and I watch movies and films.

Oh I see what you mean now mate. Well, what would I benefit more from, 4GB 800MHz at 5-5-5-12 or 2GB 800MHz at 4-4-4-12?

No, I will try that. But to Blain, I know you can make these Corsair modules run at lower timings, I've seen them put into practice. In fact, my 4-4-4-12 modules are default 4-4-4-18, but I lowered that and had it stable for all this time.

Essentially, I had 2GB (2x 1GB) of Corsair DDR2 800MHz RAM in my machine, running at 2.1V with 4-4-4-12 timings and this has been stable for the last eight months. Now, I purchased some RAM which arrived yesterday, which is 2GB (1x 2GB) Corsair DDR2 800MHz RAM with timings of 5-5-5-12 at 1.9V...

To make a long story short, I can afford either of these cards. Which is the more powerful? haven't kept tabs on cards for a long while.

I have a crappy cheap case with one 120mm pulling air in from the front, and a 96mm blowing out of the rear. The fan from the Freezer Pro is pointing towards the rear fan :(

On my E8400, so its sucking air in from the rear, where is should be blown out. I just noticed as I was throwing away the box. It's been like this since about a month ago, and OC'd at 3.6GHz, I'm getting idles of 37C and under load max of 52C. Will correcting it really impact the temps, and will...