Recent content by Kazrath

blah, Hard to find non compromising specs. It appears the Geforce 6800gt will work.

I love arguing with people who have absolutly no clue how a computer works and just throws out the biggest and best. I bet you are the same people that think a bigger wattage PSU makes your computer run faster. Seriously when you start speaking things that are even remotely correct I will...

Okay, there's a major problem :P The only way you could get a 8X vid card to work in a 4X slot is if it is universally compatible with AGP 2.0 rating. Generally the newer AGP slots allow reverse compatibility but the cards are not reverse compatible with older slots. Basically getting an...

Get a 6600GT (Six-Six-zero-zero)and 512MB ram This will overall boost your system performance The Vid card alone will do you jack poo. 512MB ram is to little for high end games. Once you get a chance get another 512MB stick of the exact same stuff and run with 1GB. Just dropping a...

You would be better off going with the 6600GT over the standard 6800. Price is about the same. However I also recommend going with the 6800GT. This card will last a couple years.

Ouch, that 3dmark3 score is bad. I have a comparible system and I get better marks on 3dmark5 than your 3dmark3 score. And 3dmark3 should be several thousand higher than mark5. There has to be some configuration setup thats botching you. I hope your OS is on your faster HDD. Are you...

I would have to dissagree on the SATA aspect. SATA drives not only are higher quality/faster. They also increase airflow inside the case thus cooling the system more efficently. If you check out http://storagereview.com/comparison.html you can get some specs on different HDD's Stay away...

I disagree. I noticed that when I upgraded from my crappy power supply that came with my case to an Antec, my renderings in 3d max sped up quite a bit. Thats like saying using a Generic same AMP generic battery from walmart. Vs a same AMP DieHard battery from sears is going to start your...

Dollar late/Day short possibily ...However I just put together a similar system. The SATA controller is also the RAID controller and will require you to load drivers to see the drive to load windows. Don't bother using the ASUS CD to install drivers. There are newer drivers as of like...

Stepping up is not going to be bad. The stock one is a more or less Generic certified PSU. And yes if the system boots your fine. A PSU provides power to the components. If the components as an entire entity do not have enough juice the system will not boot. Or will be highly unstable...

Thanks, Anyone else have any other suggestions. I am looking for best Cost/Quality. I've never owned a TV tuner card so I've no idea what to look for.

Your PSU is fine for what you have indicated. I would recommend against dumping money into a different PSU. Your major bottle neck is going to be 512k RAM when you get into the newer games. Even with my previous system: AMD T-BIRD 1.33 Geforce 3 512k PC2100 WD 60GB IDE Sound...

I've been a big fan of Nvidia for a long time. I've never went wrong with any of their products. So of course the first place I look for a TV tuner is with them. The NVIDIA NVTV appears to be in the new OEM Media Center 05 computers but I am having a hard time finding it Retail/OEM...

Best way to do it is: Format drive: Install Windows: Install service packs: Install remaining Windows updates (DirectX etc) Install Driver updates: Create your Ghost image. Now you have a clean baseline that can remove the need of doing all of the above. The above even on a cable...

It appears tons of OEM providers have these Media Center editions. However I am unable to really find the specs of one. What is required to turn your regular PC into a Media Center. Obviously a Retail/OEM copy of WinXP Media Center. However Hardware wise is there anything required over...