Recent content by Despy

I need advice from the brain trust here. My current video card is a X800GTO with all 16 pipes unlocked (standard is 12). This card has turned out to be a pretty good workhorse and was quite capable of playing virtually anything I threw at it. Yeah, I needed to turn down the candy on a few...

I checked the online manual for the Samsung 226BW and the 2232BW and neither one could do the Fixed Aspect Ratio Scaling. Although they look good, this feature is a deal breaker for me. Anyone know if I am wrong and if these monitors can do this?

I have been suffering with an old Envision 17" CRT, but it is time to upgrade. My problem is picking the right LCD widescreen. I need to be able to play games, so a fast response time and low lag is important. Color reproduction is less important, but I don't want an awful picture either...

It looks like it is finally time to upgrade my monitor. The old 17" CRT has done an admirable job, but is starting to look a little long-in-the-tooth compared to some of the spiffy new LCDs. Preferably I would like to get a 19" LCD or a widescreen monitor. The problem is, the 'native...

I normally use alcohol wipes to clean monitor/TV glass. Unfortunately I ran out and its been long enough to accumulate a bit of gunk. In her defense she tried to be careful and spray on the cloth and then wipe the moniter. It may be that the anti-glare coating just finally gave out with the...

Thanks for the info. I have been convinced. Now if I can just keep Mrs. Despy away from the Windex...

Okay, time for the proverbial dumb question... Yesterday I discovered that I needed to get a new moniter. Mrs. Despy cleaned my good ol' CRT and managed to scrub part of the reflective coating off. The result was like looking thru a torn screen door. I have been out of the monitor 'loop'...

Just curious. The basic specs for my eVGA card are as follows, with my overclock in (): GPU = 400MHz (425MHz) MEM = 700MHz (750Mhz) I hear this is actually pretty conservative for this card. I have had no problems with it at this level, I just want to know if I can expect any more out...

Ahh, you see that for WinMe the highest driver released is the 66.94 and that was just in December. I really hope that I see 7x.xx Forceware soon, but I would like a solution before then. My PSU is a generic 350W unit, but has had no troubles in the past providing enough power (no artifacts...

Bumpage

I don't want to have to switch drivers to play different games. The 6x.xx drivers screw up old and newer games (1insane, Need for Speed Underground). With 61.76 the games crash on startup. With 66.94 the games load but have horrendously corrupted graphics. Using 56.64 Half-life 2 loses some...

Man, I have dropped so many hours of my life in Civ2. That game is grade 'A' electronic crack. Truely the most addictive game ever created (just one more turn). Dang, I'm getting the urge to play again.

Cool... How about memory? I'm cruisin' along with 384MB.

Just curious about what the slowest CPU anybody has got running HL2. I know the minimum spec on the box says something like 1.2GHz, but I am looking for first hand experience. I need to know if my rusty Athlon 1600XP has even a chance of running it decently. I have a decent but not great...

Unfortunately I am now just starting that whole 'go to work in the dark, get home in the dark' cycle. It well and truly sucks big time.