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I'm looking for a new sound card which will be used 95% for music on a 2.1 only system. My computer is too slow for games so i'm only interested in music fidelity. Currently have a 1998 creative Live value card. I hear some of the better audiofile cards like emu 0404, m-audio or external...

I've been using a radeon 9800XT on my desktop with DVI connection to a Acer 20" lcd. Image quality was very nice! Just bought a laptop with a intel 945 gm/gu graphic chipset. when outputting the video signal via vga connector to that same Acer monitor, the image quality is horrible...

I've never heard that, what is the reason for this?

Curiously how do cpu's of today compare with those of a few years ago at similiar speeds both in real-word and synthetic environments? For instance my old desktop athlon XP 1800+ @1.53 Ghz versus a core solo at the same clock speed?

That is what I thought also, however the laptop comes with restore DVD's, and also has a utility to create an image and the manual suggests you make duplicate restore DVD's just in case you lose the originals. Since the laptop came with DVD's, does it make sense to lock down a partition with...

Just got a ACER Aspire 5610 with vista premium. the 120 GB hard drive is partitioned into 3 partitions, C:, D: and a 6.8 GB partition that disk manager reports as Healthy(EISA configuration). There is no drive letter on this partition and windows disk manager doesn't allow me to do anything on...

Come on there's nothing better out there to run reports on a database?

Is there any software that can report on a database (something like crystal reports) and generate a professional looking report on whichever tables and records you specify? i.e. the report is customizable to present whatever information you like in whatever format you desire? This is not...

hmmmm i have a 20" wide screen Acer lcd which is a P-MVA panel and it's unbelievable. I've also read 100's of reviews of acer laptop owners that all say the machines feel very solid. I don't know, guess it just depends on your luck. I'd also love to drive a beamer M5 or mclauren... just...

Well the X1600 laptop appears to more than exceed my current rig, and the laptop i'm considering has a much faster cpu than the one that article benchmarked. I think I'll have to pull the trigger, i haven't seen any laptop within a few $100 of the Acer that has equal specs.

I'm looking for a decent laptop that will game better than my old desktop. I have a slow cpu and a radeon 9800XY. My current rig will run half life at medium settings with some slowdown and doesn't really run prey well... too much slowdown. I'm considering this laptop ACER but how does the...

Are there any cases with dust filters that work well, im tired of the nasty crud that builds up in my case. my cooling needs are very modest, i just want a case that years from now will have almost no dust inside (or no dust at all!).

ya i think thats the problem, question is why is that happening?

ok tried that to, didn't work. after the POST when it detects ide devices it lists the drive as ata33. in the bios the correct drive model is listed so im not sure why it wont run at full speed, i know for sure the drive is ata100/133.