Recent content by stewrt

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    ASUS PA249Q or Dell U2413

    Like I said earlier. I want something they don't make. It's all good. It just seems that technology in some areas lags behind others when in my mind it seems like it would crossover and be implemented quite easily.. smart phones to monitors. I guess smart phones are more mainstream and...
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    ASUS PA249Q or Dell U2413

    well.. they make a 5" Samsung galaxy S4 with a 1080 screen. My thought on it is really clear text and fine detail.
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    ASUS PA249Q or Dell U2413

    Thanks for the input everyone. According to TFT Central, it looks like they have changed their anti glare coating on all recent models: The screen coating on the U2413 is much like that featured on other recent Dell IPS screens like the U2713H and U2713HM, all of which has been a positive...
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    ASUS PA249Q or Dell U2413

    I need a new monitor. I don't really want to go over 24" as I sit pretty close to it ~36". Uses: Gaming (BF3), Documents and spreadsheets. Budget: <$600 I really want the IPS, and I love that both of these two are calibrated and have accurate color. The 1920x1200 extra pixels...
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    REcycling a CRT

    I seem to recall there were places like Staples that would give you a $15 in store credit for an old CRT. Anyone know of any big box stores that still do this? Thanks, Stu
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    Anyone recogmend a new card for me?

    Hey all, I think I may be due for an upgraded video card. I'm getting my arse kicked in COD4. I'm currently using an Nvidia 8800 GTS with 364 MB ram. That is about 2 years old. My budget is just under $200 and I'm wondering if an upgrade is appropriate with my budget, or...
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    Slow hard drive access time

    I've defragged it 2 or 3 times in the last month.
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    Slow hard drive access time

    Your right............ It was right in front of me. Hard disks are set to "never", Hibernate and Standby are also "Never".
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    Slow hard drive access time

    I looked around in "Power options" in the control panel and saw no relation to drive power. Went to "device manager" saw nothing there. Where exactly do I find this? Thanks alot guys. ALso I still would like to use the 200 I have as a backup, and get that 300. All my...
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    Slow hard drive access time

    I've got a 200 GB IDE (8MB buffer) drive in my PC that I use as mass storage (Not the boot drive) for gobs of pictures, DVD's, some 300 CD's ripped to it. It still has 60GB of free space but that varies when I'm ripping DVD's. Whenever I go to it and open a folder or point other programs to...
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    slow freakin internet

    I'm living in Puerto Rico right now. Worst internet service you can imagine. I have a 128 cable connection that I can download at about 12 KBps (when it works), and a 256 DSL line in the house that allows me to d/l at about 22-28 KBps. Here is what gets me. I can have multiple downloads...
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    PC to stereo

    Anyone??? Anything???? Please help me
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    Are SATA Hard drives 30$ better than ATA?

    I've had so many problems lately using Sata and ATA drives together. If I was You I would just go look for a good ATA drive. 7200 rpm.... Good luck
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    PC to stereo

    Hey all I've read alot of posts here about people connecting their PC to their Home theatre. Some successful some not so. Presently I have a Mobo with Optical out but going through the wall and over to the theatre ... well I'm gonna shatter that optical cable. What I would...
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    Really Easy!! website Builder

    Looking to building my first website. Need something that will help someone who aint got a clue (me) build a site in a quickness. Dont know if it matters but plan on hosting it myself. Win Server 2003. Anyone else in here deal with servers and web...