Recent content by jmmyz14

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    DLNA Capable wifi photo frame/ media player

    Is there some kind of a device that combines a digital photo frame with a music player that can stream off of my DLNA media server? That would seem to be a slam dunk gadget, but I haven't found anything similar. I would like to keep it by my bedside and use it to browse through my music...
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    Hanns·G HH-281HPB Black 28" 3ms HDMI Widescreen broken

    I also have this monitor (bought from Costco) and it works great for me. However, the monitor has issues with certain video card drivers- I'm looking at you Nvidia! Because I have it hooked up via a DVI-Hdmi cable, Nvidia drivers detect it as a TV. Therefore, when it goes into power saving mode...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    Just to update everyone: I installed the 9800GT yesterday and it's working great with my existing 450W Coolmax PSU. Played Borderlands for about an hour with no crashing. I've deduced the possibilities to: 1.) 9800GT is significantly more energy efficient (possible since the box states a...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    I went out and picked up a 9800GT at a local shop for $110. If the problem persists, at least I can throw it into my main gaming PC and use it for PhysX. In that case I'll be picking up a new PSU from newegg for main PC and moving that 700w OCZ into my HTPC. 700w in my HTPC is a bit overkill...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    The case is an Antec Sonata. I've ran the card on my main PC's PSU before (700w OCZ) and it was working but with numerous atidiag driver reboots, but that was a year ago. That's when I decided to get myself a 260+ and throw this 3870 in the HTPC. It may be an issue with the card itself. My...
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    Crashing 3870 in some 3d applications

    My HTPC is currently running an Athlon 64 X2 4200+, ati hd3870, 4gb ddr and win7 x64home. On "lesser" powered games, it is running fine (Trine, Torchlight, Zombies vs Plants, etc.) but when I fire up other games like WoW or Borderlands, it crashes. Not just a atidiagmk driver crash that...
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    GPU accelerated Flash video

    I am also in the same boat as a few of you. I have an ATI 3870 512DDR4 and my Hulu and other Flash video website viewing is terrible. Constant stuttering and plenty of dropped frames. When I saw the news I was jumping for joy, but when I saw the supported hardware list my heart sank. You...
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    How would you configure your dream machine?

    My dream machine: CPU: Intel Core i7 860 - I love the hyperthreading and overdrive feature Mobo: Any P55 board that supports Xfire properly RAM: 8GB DDR3 1333 Graphics: 2x 5870 1GB - Fastest cards available. 'Nuff said Storage Drives: 1x 120GB Intel SSD, 1x 640GB WD hdd
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    athlon64 problem in vista/win7

    i recently built an HTPC out of spare parts i had lying around. however, when i tried to install vista 32bit, windows 7 32 or 64bit the cpu utilization maxes out even when the system is merely idling. the system slows down and is unusable. this has happened on fresh installs, with only drivers...
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    Windows 7 RC

    thanks dfnkt, i also got that email. i decided to give it a try, and downloaded the 64bit enterprise eval. i installed it on my HTPC running an athlon 64 4000+ with 4gb ddr, and it was so chunky it was unusable. on the system monitors and task manager, it showed the CPU utilization at 100% even...
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    Windows 7 RC

    thank you for giving me the filename, prodigal. i will give that a try.
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    Windows 7 RC

    I know, stupid me for not downloading it when it was being hosted by Microsoft. Too late. Anybody know where I can find a legitimate download of the ISO now? I already have a key, I just need the file. Thanks in advance.
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    re: gauntlet stuff i wasn't aware we were supposed to kill stuff. we were told to just run right through... the two of us pallies bubbled and we lay hands/BoP on the healers/locks do these mobs respawn? do the eyestalks engage when they're in their hole? i wasn't sure why we were just...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    my tiny little guild finally mustered up 10 ppl and we downed spider and plague quarters for the first time. (i know, we're a little late to the party.) it was great fun! we were mostly heroic/craft/rep epic geared so it was all pretty simple- only issues we had were: 1.) keeping faerlina's...
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    AT World of Warcraft Thread (WotLK, where do you play, General BS and all that)

    nope, i can't view wowwiki at work. would you mind copy/pasting some of the basics of this? is this a pvp or pve event?