Recent content by Kavau

I've just put together a system with the components shown below. I'm using some OEM PCI video card for the moment, while I am waiting for my NVidia card to arrive. When I start the computer, the following happens: The screen stays blank for approx. 30 seconds, then the first four lines of the...

How much of a difference do those latencies really make for the end-user? Let's say I'm running a Pentium 4C at 2.4 MHz on a 800MHz board. How much faster, percentage-wise, would the system typically run with CAS2 ram, than with CAS3 ram? How much do the other latency numbers matter?

I have an old laptop (Dell Inspiron 7500), which is in quite bad condition, but the laptop's LCD panel is still working quite well, and I'd like to put it to some use. So I'm wondering: is there any way to connect a laptop LCD panel to a desktop machine, for use as a second monitor? If someone...