Recent content by Griswold

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    GTX 470 pics *EDIT* possible benchmarks

    Hot from the CeBit in Hannover, Germany: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=de&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.heise.de%2Fnewsticker%2Fmeldung%2FNvidias-Fermi-Leistung-der-GeForce-GTX-470-enthuellt-946411.html&sl=de&tl=en heise.de is the news portal of a...
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    Do you guys eject your USB hard drives before unplugging?

    If all caching for the drive is disabled and you're making sure nothing is writing to it as you unplug it, you can just rip it out - no dataloss to be expected. If either one or both windows and drive caching is enabled, you need to eject it, otherwise you're just calling for data loss sooner or...
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    TN panels are as bad as everyone says they are and then some...

    You get what you pay for. And when you buy TN, you deserve what you get.
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    Intel X25-M G2 questions

    TRIM does not depend on AHCI. It will also work in IDE mode as it is an ATA command. However, AHCI will enable NCQ which in turn will get the most out of your SSDs random access performance. As been mentioned, check in the device manager if your SATA controller uses the driver iastor.sys...
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    windows 7 is retarded

    No its not. And please, dont bother trying to explain why you think it is so, I really dont care...
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    Best anti-virus program for W7 x64?

    As long as MS doesnt fix the issue with MSE not updating signatures if the computer has been in standby at the scheduled update, its pretty much worthless because it will still claim everything is alright, despite it using outdated signatures. Of course, if you dont use standby or are willing...
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    windows 7 is retarded

    Its not so retarded after all, is it?
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    Help slim down Windows 7 install for an SSD

    Holy cow, have mercy on yourself! I have win7 + pagefile + 54 programs (worth 5 GB) + XP mode (it does not eat 16GB) on a 60GB partition of my 160GB SSD and still see 40GB of free space. You will only fill that thing if you store your images on it and are a habitual software installer who...
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    Got the Intel 160GB G2 - some thoughts

    Its the best upgrade Ive ever done for that amount of money. So many people are wasting more cash every 6 months on video cards just to keep up with ... whatever. With a good SSD, you are ahead of the curve for quite some time, if you do more than just surf the web and play benchmarks, that is...
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    Anyone else have an SSD die?

    It was actually, according to intel, only the firmware loader that bricked SSDs under certain conditions. The current firmware (02HD) is essentially the same as the one released in october (02HA). Thats why intel suggests not to flash to 02HD if you successfully flashed your drive with 02HA - it...
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    Direct 2D Firefox: Internet rendered on your GPU

    Just that this logic doesnt have the same result everywhere. For it to be true, the GPU does indeed have to run circles around a CPU. 6ms faster rendering at most is a joke nobody will understand, though. At best, it wont make a difference, both in power consumption but definitely in...
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    World's Largest Intel Chime

    Rather the world record for the most people killed in one commercial. That one would have been a surefire.
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    New $2000 System! Need advice please

    Make room for it! :) And stick with an intel G2. Maybe even a 160GB one. Could throw some games on it (games generally dont benefit too much from an SSD but there are exceptions) and/or make a scratch partition for your image edititing... But most of all, dont listen to the nay-sayers. They...
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    is a cooler necessary for my set up?

    Stock will do of course. Without overclocking, it will be a question of how much noise you can take (I'm not familiar with the stock HSF on that phenom processor). It may very well be not noisy at all... likewise for the fans coming with your case (if any). However, you should aim for a much...
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    Where in the Vista?

    You wont find any eventlog entries in the registry. Boot into safe mode and check the eventlog from there.