Here's a good one for everyone, it wasn't overheard, it was a conversation my mum had with a bank teller at Bank of America a year or two back. She them relayed the story to me that evening.
So to set the scene we're a British family who have lived in the United States for almost 6 years now...
So I built my first computer just over a year and a half ago, and aside from a graphics card upgrade nothing has changed from the original specs. It has run very well, and I am very happy with how it's turned out so far. My games run well, and it's generally very responsive. However recently...
Okay, so clearly the 8800GT is the best option. I've read up on the upcoming releases, but I'm not prepared to spend approx. $200 for a new card, when I'm seeing 8800GT's which will more than meet my needs at $130. And although it will cause a slight price drop, this won't be noticed for at...
Thanks for your reply gigahertz20, I certainly do refer to as many bencharks and articles etc befor ebuying, which is why I knew the 8800GT was always faster. I suppose I was trying to see if there was any explanation for why its specs were good, but performance is not. I'm pretty sold on the...
Well that's what I thought, it's just weird how the specs don't suggest that difference in speed. It's gonna be tough holding out for late June, I'm missing my games, I might just go for a good deal now, depending what the entrance prices for 4850's are gonna be. I don't wanna spend any more...
Hi guys,
So it looks like I'm being forced into getting a new video card because of the steady demise of my X1900 GT. I've mostly been looking at the 8800GTs, however when I do a comparison with some 3870s (which I've always considered to be slightly less powerful) they seem to win out on...
The fan works fine, and I can control its speed from the ATI Tray Tools bundled with Omega no problem. The top of the fan cover near the DVI ports feels the hottest while in use, but I can still keep my hand on it for a good few seconds. It's no hotter to touch than the heatsink on the...
Well the video card is second hand so I would guess that's more likely of the two. Is there any way I can test either without doing a swap for other components? Every one else I know and live with have laptops.
Hey everyone,
So I built my first system in November last year and had no problems getting it up and running. It's run pretty much flawlessly since November, with everything I've thrown at it, games, apps etc. However, recently I've started encountering graphic problems while playing more...
I don't think these Cyber Monday deals have quite started yet. Maybe after 12 PST, right now they haven't taken the instant rebates off a bunch of the items.
I'm getting there. I started buying stuff for my new build yesterday. 5 orders so far for: MB, CPU, GPU (the Dell one, naturally), RAM (lots of it), case, vista, PSU, and av software. More to come later tonight, and then tomorrow. I doubt anything I'm after will be any cheaper in Monday's...
Thanks to Schadenfroh for keeping this updated, and thanks to whoever brought this back to the top of the forum, I hadn't seen it previously. Just fixed up virus and internet protection for not only my new build, but the other computers in the family too (used by those not as computer savvy as...
Just to give you guys a heads up, my brother picked up Orange Box yesterday from the Best Buy in Framingham, MA, and although getting one wasn't a problem, when he got home there wasn't a card inside with the serial number on it. He ended up driving all the way back to swap it for one that did...
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