Recent content by mosley

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    Vista Upgrade

    I own Windows 98, from an old computer. Can I purchase Vista Upgrade based on me previously owning Windows 98? Will it work? Is it not a good idea to get Vista Upgrade as opposed to non-upgrade version?
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    Confused about nVidia Video Cards

    Thank you all for your input, I think I am going to get the either integrated graphics or an inexpensive card and use the money on the CPU and RAM.
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    Confused about nVidia Video Cards

    MarcVenice - Integrated graphics - Now you threw a monkey wrench into the mix. I wasnt even thinking of that. No overclocking and I really couldnt care about the sound ( I just hook up one speaker that I usually keep turned off). What I really want is it to be FAST and not have to upgrade...
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    Confused about nVidia Video Cards

    Maybe I should not have said encoding. I do video editing for home movies and such. I was just trying to say what I do with my computer. I use Pinnacle and Adobe (Fireworks/Photoshop/Flash) software. I also do some web design. And if I could keep it around $75 that would be even better. (BTW...
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    Confused about nVidia Video Cards

    Thanks AmberClad. Yes you are right, it doesnt matter whether or not Nvidia manufactures their cards in house. I was just trying to understand it. I am looking to keep the cost under $200 (if thats possible), and my current card was an ATI 9800 Radeon Pro. With all the Nvidia manufactures out...
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    Confused about nVidia Video Cards

    Hello, I am looking to build a new computer and have some questions about the video card. My last computer had an ATI Radeon video card, but now I have been looking at nVidia. My first question is does nVidia make the GPU, and not manufacture the card itself? For instance, can I buy an nVidia...
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    RAID for Personal Computer

    OK, i was thinking of this after my post. Maybe I should be thinking about backing up before thinking about RAID (horse before the carriage). How should I be backing up, as a home user? How should I do it? Where should I back up to? How often? and so on... I only thought of RAID because I...
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    RAID for Personal Computer

    Thanks for your help. I searched for PCI RAID controllers and found hundreds of types from $10 up to $1000. Whats the difference here? What am I looking for? Like I said this is for my home computer. I have been also trying to read up on RAID, but it seems there is so much on this topic I am...
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    RAID for Personal Computer

    Recently the HDD crashed on my personal home desktop. Fortunately I backed up most of my data onto DVDs, but I did lose some of it. Because of this I have been looking into RAID. It looks like I could have two drives and everything would be written to both drives, so if one drive crashed I would...
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    ATI AIW 9800 Dual Monitors?

    I just bought an ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon 9800 Pro (128mb) video card, and would like to connect two monitors. One monitor is a 17" CRT with a VGA connector, and the other is a 17" LCD with both VGA and DVI connector. Note there is only one DVI connector on my 9800 video card (no VGA connector)...