Recent content by SlyOnes

I initially had another long response that was going nowhere, but I instead decided to narrow this down to one question. I have had so many hardware issues recently. From my Xbox's that enjoy to simply die after a couple hours of usage, to the nonstop torment of dealing with my last PC. I have...

Well, as part of my new XPS system I got two new hard drives in addition to the one I already had. The original drive that I had before is the Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB hard drive. The new two that I have are Hitachi Deskstar 500GB 7200RPM drives, manufactured in April of this year. The...

Well thanks for clearing that up for me. I wasn't aware which Res was harder on the graphics cards. Though, when a game like F.E.A.R. says "this resolution is not tested/supported/optimized", that can present its own problems correct? And would multiplayer be more demanding and leave more...

How much more demanding than 1600x1200 is 1680x1050: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardwa...8800_gtx_amp_edition/7 The fear test at 1600 (which also uses my processor) is fairly close to the F.E.A.R. in-game tests I get with those settings at 1680x1050. If you think that they would be fairly...

I do recall playing BF2 at max setting and it running fine, I don't recall any drops. I mean with this Quake Wars beta, I did a fraps bench and got 30 Min - 76 avg - Max 300. But that was a 2 minute bench and overall, it dropped into the 50s, ALOT. Another person with a setup similar to...

I know, and I apologize, I don't want to sound like im being a picky bastard or flaunting it off. Its just that I went from say an X850, 3.8GHZ P4 system to this and when everyone tells you its a massive upgrade, when things don't stay at what would be considered a completely smooth clip, it...

I guess I am trying to gauge whats normal for a card and CPU like this. Im so conditioned to card reviews, benchmarks, and everyones sugarcoating that I honestly don't know whats normal to expect out of two pieces of hardware which are still frankly very new. I mean, is it normal for WoW...

Ok. To put it bluntly, I have not had great luck with computers. I've tried my best to get good hardware and just PLAY my games, but I am in a rut. There are many ways to gauge performance and many ways to stack up your systems to others. Most of these resources have done little but to...

Pings across all the games have been in the 50-100 range with WoW sometimes popping to 200 in certain areas. I have a widescreen so I use 1680x1050 when I can, and in the games I do use it on, I have tried lower resolutions like 1024x768 and the problem persists. The skipping feels most...

I have had my Dell XPS Generation 5 system since August 05 and while it has ran quite well, I have begun to notice issues in the last few months. My specs are: P4 3.8 GHZ HT 2GB DDR2 600+MHZ Dual-Channel ATI Radeon X850 XT PE I have had my videocard replaced once before for a reason I...