Recent content by Jetboy55

I'm not really interested in the 12pipe versions of any of these cards. How much faster than a 9800 was the original X800 anyway? The best prices I've found on X800's and X850's using pricegrabber and pricewatch are as follows: X800XT 224.oo, X800XL 252.oo, X850 XTPE 339.oo all in 256MB AGP...

Thanks for the good advice. I found an AIW X800XT at newegg for $179.00, it appears to be pretty much the same spec's as the non-AIW card....16pipes, 500Mhz core, 1000Mhz effective memory....I'm wondering if this AIW card is equivilant to the normal X800XT card for gaming? Thanks.

Yep, the X850XT and X800XT for AGP are all $350.00, I did find an X800XT AIW for $179.00, I wonder if that card is decent? .....yeah, I guess your right, but its kinda related to my Athlon XP limitation, and weather a video card update is even a good choice with this older CPU setup.

Thanks, I think I read at Anandtech that the X850XT PE was a little faster than the 7800GS, but all the prices of the X850XT PE's are over 300$, and 7800GS can get for 279.00. Thanks alot

I cant believe its been almost 4 years since I built this machine. But it continues to do everything I want, so I cant seem to bring myself to upgrade. Now with the Core2 Duo coming in, I definately will wait a year longer for prices to drop on it. Anyway..... I have Asus A7V8X Mobo, Athlon...

Thanks for idea's. I have seen OEM versions for under 100 USD, but was unsure if I could take it to a different PC when/if I build one. I know Im wrong for running the version I have, thats why Im going straight and buying it. I didnt have any money before, now I have some, thats why I can buy...

It seems that OEM versions can only EVER be installed on one computer, is that true? I want to buy a legitimate version that I can install on my current computer, and on a future computer I plan to build a year from now. Where and how is the least expensive place to buy it ? Honestly, Ive run a...

Turnes out my speckles came back and wont go away without disableing 8x on my AGP port. I found a new bios for my mobo that came out recently. I updated it and reset my ESCD to resolve an issue with my HDD and bootup. However a side effect is that the speckles in Doom 3 are gone even when set...

OK, I updated to latest bios and reset the ESCD, and made sure I had the latest Via 4in1's for my chipset which I already had. No fix. As usuall I dont have my DVDRW drive in the boot order at all. It is the slave drive on my secondary IDE controller. However, I left my Windows XP CD in that...

thanks for the advice. Im going to download the latest bios for mobo. I didnt realize that Asus has updated it twice in last 6 months. If I flash the bios, will that take care of it if it is a corrupted bios causing my problem? Also, the idea about the battery is interesting because I ran across...

I hooked up now via the DVI port and everything seems fine, I dont notice much of a difference. However, the speckles in Doom3 are still there. I found on Activisions web site that they suggest to try setting my Radeon down to 4x instead of 8X via the SmartGart tab in control panel. I did, and...

Yes I do have DVI out on my Radeon, and my panel supports it. I guess I should be using it, I wasnt sure if I should with games. Im not sure about the old monitor, I never suffered this before, but I never ran Doom 3 on the old monitor 17in CRT. Thanks.

For a week now on the first bootup of the day, Windows XP gives me a non system disk error, and seems to try to access my DVD drive for a long while. If I then crtl-alt-del it will usually start up fine on 2nd, sometimes 3rd try. Then for the rest of the day it works fine, even if I do several...

I just got a LG L1720P 17in LCD and love it so far. Im running it off my Radeon 9800Pro on the analog out connection. I fired up Doom 3 for the first time days after getting the monitor. I immediately noticed white speckles all over the screen where its dark in the game. My questions are these...

Can anyone answere my question. I know most everybody here knows the answer, it was just a fluke that no one answered. Thanks everyone.