Recent content by grb137

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    Some software is slower on my newer machine, slower on my old

    Hey guys - I'm running: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Newcastle 1600MHz HT Socket 754 mushkin Green 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) CHAINTECH SLV3-128 Volari V3 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card Windows XP well I was pretty proud of the system I put together, with the...
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    Chaintech and/or XGI Volari V3 anyone?

    Does anyone use a video card with the XGI Volari V3 chipset? I'm using the chaintech card that I got from new egg, and all of a sudden, windows is telling me that "the driver was written for a previous version of windows." Thing is, I didn't upgrade my version of windows. I've been running...
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    what's my problem?

    hello everyone - I'm a first-time builder, and I have run into a problem early on - can someone suggest something? amd 64 3400 processor aopen motherboardl I've been following the directions tht came with the cpu, - i installed the retention frame, that was east enough - i installed the...
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    Rookie question regarding choosing between 2 monitors

    Sorry about making you type that - I had found the 2nd "21 inch" monitor from shopping.com, and then only after I posted my message did I realize it was actually a 19". I'm not a gamer, so it sounds like response time isn't as important to me. You think 25ms would be enough for watching the...
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    Rookie question regarding choosing between 2 monitors

    nevermind, its late, I'm tired
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    recommendations for my new system

    Thanks for the response, that's good to know. Do you say that 128MB >> most any 570 because of the benchmarks they did here: http://www.anandtech.com/video...oc.aspx?i=1910&p=7 ? And when you say "vanilla" - do you mean that I can go with a card that isn't made by ATI, just as long as...
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    recommendations for my new system

    I've had a couple of recommendations to fork out $100 for a 128MB Radeon video card (I was gonna go with a cheapie $50 128 MB generic card.) My question now is this, if I'm gonna shell out $100, would I get more bang for my buck by going with this one, which has 256 MB...
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    recommendations for my new system

    thanks for your response
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    recommendations for my new system

    Thanks! I would get the case you recommended, but new egg has free shipping on the sonata but not on the SLK, so its only about $10 more for the Sonata.
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    recommendations for my new system

    Thanks for the response....that still leaves me with about $100 bucks to spare - where should I blow it?
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    recommendations for my new system

    Hello everyone - I would love your expertise on a atypical system I'd like to built. You see, I am not a gamer, so a lot of the suggestions I've read regarding "good systems" don't seem to apply to what I'm after. (For example, the System buyer's guide threat.) Here's what I'm after...