Recent content by imported_shader

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    looking for a space combat game

    if anyone played star wars galaxies : jump to lightspeed, i really liked that, so i would be looking for a game similar to that. i've been looking at games like spaceforce rogue universe and dark star one (anyone played those? opinions?). things i really liked from SWG - different...
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    problems with home router

    my pc is using xp 64 bit. the other computers that have experienced the same problems with the router are both win xp 32 bit. also it should be noted that the router i have is ver 2.2 (i have noted some other posts with people having these problems with different version numbers going up to...
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    problems with home router

    i have a linksys WRT54G router that i just installed a few days ago. and the problem is that i keep getting a dropped connection every 10-20 minutes for about a minute and then it just starts working again (i don't do anything). let me give some background: my connection is 20mbps fiber we...
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    hardware recommendation

    here are some details of my situation: i live in a house with 4 other guys. we have 20mbps fiber coming into a simple 4 port (3 useable) wireless router. the problem is we dont' have enough ports now (2 of my roommates got xbox 360's when halo3 came out). 6 lan ports should be fine for us...
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    Building a new rig, advice wanted

    that PSU is very good, but as was mentioned before you won't need 700w. corsair hx520 is a good choice. or any listed here (although i have heard of compatibility problems with antec psu's)
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    Motherboards and overclocking

    hopefully this will clear up somethings about the fsb. the fsb will always have a constant period. fsb is not quad or dual pumped, that happens at the component/controller. this is achieved by the different events of the clock period. stable low (0) transition low-high (changing from a...
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    Computational Node Build: Please Critique

    how does your application work? just constant calculation? ever need to use up alot of ram (large datasets)? if not, might want to use only 1gb (just to be cheap). also you probably wouldn't notice a 'real world' difference in using a cheaper processor (e4400) and save money. it might help...
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    Rate for me please and 3 newb questions at the bottom

    i am also going to not recommend to use SLI, if you have alot of money to burn then it would be worth it, but not worth it in terms of price vs performance. as was mentioned before, do not get a bad psu. corsair hx520 is great choice. any psu listed here is a great choice. although i would...
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    Genetic Algorithms

    this is the textbook i used in my AI class: Norvig and Russell - Artificial Intelligence, A Modern Approach, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2003 also you may want to look up info on some similar/related subjects: genetic programming, simulated annealing this page looks like it has a...
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    I have a $2,500US budget.

    yes, samsung 7200.10's are great drives (& 5 year warranty)
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    I have a $2,500US budget.

    the raptor has much faster random seek times than 7200 drives, but can't use all of the SATAII bandwith. someone did a case study and posted here on anandtech a while ago, but i can't find the link. basically the raptor's low seek times allowed it to get a random block from hdd faster than a...
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    I have a $2,500US budget.

    SLI is nvidia's method (as opposed to ati's crossfire) of running two identical video cards together at the same time. so for you to get SLI to work you would have to get another 8800GTX. please understand the following is opinion: SLI is not worth it unless you have alot of money to spend. you...
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    need ideas on installing xp pro 64bit

    i do have another cdrom drive available, however the one i have works just fine. my problem is that the cdrom i want to boot from (win xp pro 64 bit) is not a bootable cdrom (i can however boot from the win xp pro 32 bit cdrom just fine). EDIT: are you suggesting that i boot from the 32bit...
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    need ideas on installing xp pro 64bit

    every student at my school can get free copies of xp pro 32bit, xp pro 64 bit. you just have to give a lab assistant a blank cdrom and they will give you a copy. i have a working copy of xp pro 32 bit. i want to install 64 bit. the disk they gave me for 64 bit is not bootable. i just tried an...
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    problems w/ abit IP35-E

    any idea about the red led between the atx power connector (ATXPWR1) and the last dimm slot (DIMM4)?