Recent content by goatweed

ok, so I talk to my friend this morning and I tell him about my dilemma - so he says he knows a guy that can come and do the wiring for me if I want, all I would need to do is buy the cable - so now I can have an all wired setup rather than wired and wireless. Should I still get a wireless...

just a little "bump".

so my next question is...whats a good wireless router to get? A lot of people have been talking about the Linksys BEFW11S4, but its 802.11b - I'd be looking for a comparable model in the "g" family. I would also need a wireless ethernet bridge (I think) for the consoles, as I'll leave the PC's...

thanks guys, this is really helpful. I think I'm gonna go with a wireless 4 port, since I'll have the option to hardwaire anyway if the wireless is that bad (though should I end up having to wire....ugh). I was also thinking of going with a router that uses the newer G standard, since its B...

well I own, but it really is a pain in the ass to run the cable - my living room is above my garage, and to get up there I would need a miracle - its hard to explain, but lets just say it wouldn't be easy. is the speed decrease that noticeable from a wired setup?

it does actually - I just realized that all wireless routers support wired as well. Gaming is slow, even on a g-based router? That's not good news at all :(

ok, the hardware : 4 year old Dell Dimension, XP Pro 2 month old Dell Dimension, XP Pro X-Box (live) Ps2 (online) currently, all of this is in my "computer lab" (aka the small den) and the consoles are connected to a 19" crappy TV. I have (in the living room upstairs) a 36" Sony XBR400 digital...

I have a Lite-On on my old machine and it works just fine - but it is a little noisy. I was thinking of getting a Pioneer slot-load for the new machine, lots of people rave about them and they're cheap as well.

Well I tried to play with the card some more last night, evern downloaded a set of Beta drivers they had on their site, but there was no difference in sounds in so far as games are concerned. I switched to software mode under UT2K3, but it didn't sound nearly as good as it did on my old machine...

So I upgraded the SB Live! card that came with my Dell to a TBSC card after getting so many rec's to do so. Anyway, the install went fine, and I have to admit my MP3's and CD's sounds amazing. It's the gaming aspect that's troubling me, however. For some reason, the volume is there in games...

So I made out on a Dell deal that was floating around last week - here's what I got : Dimension 8300 - 2.6 Ghz @ 533Mhz. The Mobo is the Intel 875 board, but I'm assuming if I ever wanna take advantage of the 800Mhz FSB I'll have to upgrade to a CPU that runs at that speed (i.e., the current...

so I really don't need the Pro, I can get the non-Pro and possibly OC it close to Pro speeds - I think?

thanks - is there a difference between the pro & non-pro? (aside from $$)

also, what are the current best driver versions to use with the 9700, as well as a GeForce board? I'm assuming I'll have to update the drivers once I install, and would really like to have a hassle-free set (esp. with the ATI board).

are there any major differences between the Pro and the non-Pro? Or is it just a few bells & whistles?