Recent content by HawkeyeRecon2

That isn't resolution that is aspect ratio.

You asked: "I have the following wish list and would like to hear your expert opinion on the performance/price aspect:" His simple answer: "$350 for a case" expressed his opinion on the performance/price aspect. That the price was high and wouldn't effect the performance. If you like...

I believe that 32 bit windows is limited to 3.5 Gigs. If you run any 64 bit windows though, I THINK you can run up to 8Gigs. Hopefully someone else will confirm or deny this.

I bought the Antec 900 a month go at Fry's for $69 PLUS it had a $25 rebate. Here it is on newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...129021&Tpk=antec%2b900 It has 3 120mm fans (2 in front 1 in back) and a giant 200mm fan on the top. It is supposed to run very cool. Here is a great...

Hi WrongTree, When I first posted here a week ago, I was intending to purchase the AMD 5000+. I was planning on getting an ASUS board w/ NVidea chipset for future SLI'ing. After a ton of research this week I've changed my mind and today ordered: Intel e2180 P35 DS3L 2x2GB Gskill DDR2...

Hello Hoovie, I'm new to the board and have read a ton of threads here the past week. I too was searching for the perfect budget gamer. Today I purchased the P35 DS3R, and the MSI NX8800 GTS OC (the overclocked one with the giant heatsink and fan). I went with G.SKILL 4GB(2 x 2GB)...

Hi Dadams, I misunderstood your question. After a fair amount of research I ordered this card today from Newegg. It plugs into one PCIe 16 slot. However it has a modified Zalman VF 1000 aftermarket heatsink fan module which doubles the cards depth. So it is effectively 2 slots wide...

I plan on overclocking because I want to spend $X on a chip and get the performance of $2X or $3X. If I can get my $80 chip to perform within 5% of a $240 chip I've saved money and learned something usefull. Its all about saving money and the personal satisfaction of accomplishment.

Hi Garfield, My 42inch is 1920x1080. I have run BF2 on it at that resolution with my 6800GS at very low levels, and have played 1920x1080 short 2 minute demo videos on it. Thanks for the info on Vista and the RAM!

I just joined today, but I've read a lot of recent threads and Marc Venice always has helpful advice and seems to answer when other's won't.

Hi DSF, thanks for the reply. I thought the ddr2-800 would work, but wasn't sure. Do you recommend a chip with a specific multiplier that might be more stable for overclocking? Is there any reason to think that a 10x multiplier might be better or worse than a 9x or 11x multiplier, or does...

Hi Garfield, thanks for the reply. I'll probably end up using my 42 inch LCD, which is why I was considering an OC'd graphics card. Everyone seems to agree that the Artic Freezer is good. Has been Vista 64 worth it for you? How much did you pay? Thanks!

Thanks MarcVenice for the reply. Is there a reason you prefer the DS3L over the Abit ip35e? Do you generally prefer Gigabyte to Abit or is there a particular functionality of one board over the other that you prefer? I guess I should probably do a side by side comparison of reviews of the...

Hello Guys, I had been looking at an AMD 5000+ BE, but after reading these forums for hours have decided on an Intel choice. I have read most of the first 10 pages of General, CPU and Motherboard threads. I am in Florida and will be using the machine for gaming (BF2, BF2142 and maybe...