Recent content by darkflames

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    Is my drive failing?

    Well i decided to reformat my computer and set a partition to 32kb stripe for my os and 128kb for my games, anyway I decided to check my drives. So i deleted the raid array on my seagate drives. The short test passed on both drives in seatools in dos Then i decided to do the long test on...
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    What stripe size to use on my Raid 0

    so what are you all suggesting?
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    What stripe size to use on my Raid 0

    I was wondering what a good stripe size is to use on a raid 0 gaming machine. Im using 2x 250gb sata drives. Currently I just made it 128kb as i just recieved both drives. But i didnt know if a smaller stripe size was better for loading maps on games or a higher stripe would be better. Any input...
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    1920x1080i then force refresh rate to 60hz with powerstrip?

    Well on a 720p tv, you can run it at 1080i, which is 1920x1080. And since that resolution would be interlaced and have only 30hz, would it be possible to use a refresh rate force program and force it to 60?
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    1920x1080i then force refresh rate to 60hz with powerstrip?

    Well I know on a 720p tv the 1920x1080 is interlaced and runs at 30hz. Well do you think forcing the refresh rate with powerstrip to 60hz would make it look better? I would give it a try but I have to get my hdmi cable to work otherwise I cant reach those high resolutions on my vga cable
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    No display when using hdmi to dvi cable

    Well I originally was using a d sub vga cable plugged into my monitor, then connected one of those dsub to dvi things that come with a video card and plugged that into my video card. Well i eventually bought a hdmi cable to dvi cable. Sometimes it would get signal to the card, and sometimes if i...
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    Question on dual lan motherboard.

    My motherboard is a p5k. I Currently ran out of slots on my router and i dont really want to buy a hub. I just got a xbox for christmas and there is only one ethernet port in my room, i was wondering if i could connect the xbox to the second lan port on my motherboard so my 360 gets internet...
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    cheap sound blaster 24bit pci sound card vs my onboard audio

    even if i turn up the sound settings in a game such as sound channels to high etc..?
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    cheap sound blaster 24bit pci sound card vs my onboard audio

    well do you think it will have a gain if i turn up the sound quality in game and turn on all the other sound features?
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    cheap sound blaster 24bit pci sound card vs my onboard audio

    Ill just see when i get back into town, but as for my speakers, there just cheap 10watt 2.1 speakers i believe. I do not hear any noise during cpu activity.
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    cheap sound blaster 24bit pci sound card vs my onboard audio

    I was wondering if a cheap 24bit soundblaster pci card would better than my onboard audio. My motherboard is the P5K-Premium.
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    26inch HDTV vs 28inch LCD computer monitor

    well i stood pretty much at a high angle and the color still seems to be the same. And as for the res, my tv says the native res is 1366x768
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    26inch HDTV vs 28inch LCD computer monitor

    How can i tell if my hdtv has a TN panel? And yeah i agree with the inputs, its nice having several HDMI ports and all the other hd ports, etc.. But im only using a vga cable atm on my hdtv currently waiting for my dvi to hdmi cable to arrive. Will i notice a different between using a vga cable...
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    26inch HDTV vs 28inch LCD computer monitor

    Right now i just recently bought the Westinghouse 26inch LCD HDTV for 300. Well while browsing on the internet today, i found that tigerdirect is selling a 28" LCD monitor for the same price. The only problem is it only has 1 hdmi port and no dvi port and i was looking to plug my computer and...
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    This 26" tv any good?

    I was wondering if this tv was any good? http://www.westinghousedigital...tails.aspx?itemnum=185