Recent content by Darkhsun

No, no experience.....I'd love to do it though. I had no idea that I could even overclock using this Mobo!! The Problem is, using my AMD stock Heat sink/fans that came with my XP 1700+'s, I idle at a constant 40c........I know that's not bad for 1700s on stock cooling, but it still scare me. I...

Yes it definitely works. Of course if you have an OEM version of the card, you will need a DVI to VGA convertor that will set you back about $50, but it works great. The retail version comes with the adapter.

My card is stable at 250/210. Any higher than that, and I get artifacts on screen. The default is 230/190. It does perform well though, and if you need all of the extras such as the TV tuner and break-out box etc in one card........the performance hit is not a bad compromise. My 3DMark 2001...

You need a little program called "Powerstrip". It is a tweak utility, that works with all major brand video cards, and allows you to change GPU core voltage and Memory voltage. Very useful. :)

The geforce 4 will be a good card obviously, but it's not going to have the extras that the 8500 AIW have. I have the AIW and it's a good deal slower than the regular 8500 or a geforce 3, but I got it because there is no other card on the market that has everything this card has. It is still a...

yep, I know you already said it......you know how aweful ME is..........but I have to say it. :) ME was without a doubt the biggest mistake MS ever made with an OS. It's horrible. Upgrading your OS when you can afford to do it, will say "bye-bye" to 99.9% of your current problems. Since it's a...

Soyoooooooo!!!! The dragon kicks ass. Nice audio etc.

well, these days since Quantum and Maxtor just merged, you may get a Quantum hard drive in a maxtor box. I've seen that happen frequently recently. The IBM Drives especially the 60GXP and 75GXP are having a lot of problems right now, and reports are coming in of them dropping like flys...

hmmm......I have the Lite-on 16X and mine's not loud. You can't beat it for the price. Mind you though.....I do have 8 x 80mm 3000 rpm fans, and two Processor fans in there making noise too. ;)

I Love round cables. It's great that they look good, especially with a plexi window, but the main thing is that they maximize airflow inside your case like an SOB! those regular IDEs were just too airflow restricting. I've got a Red 24inch for my two hard drives, a black one for my floppy and a...

well, that would be okay if it were, but Powerstrip reads it at 230/190(380 DDR).

Anyone? come on, there's gotta be someone with experience in this area. :)

Well, i didn't mean it literally........I didn't actually give the Geforce3 to someone, and they gave me the 8500 in return........it's just a figure of speech. I bought the 8500. :)

nope.....128MB geforce3 card for a hair over $200?? don't think so. not yet anyway. :)

Hi, I jst got the Radeon 8500 All in Wonder card, and I'm really disappointed at the slow clock speeds. I need someone who has had experience with this card, to help me get the most out of this card. I traded up an original Asus Geforce3 for this card, now I'm wondering if that was a mistake...