Recent content by TheDrake

you know all this talk of people who have gotten 120hz monitors saying they would never go back to 60hz is funny to me. I had the Alienware 120hz and was happy as all to get rid of it and go back to a IPS 60hz. I play plenty games including an occasional FPS and would much rather have an IPS...

nice setup although the most important thing to me I cannot see/tell, the sound setup. How are you setup for audio? Edit: Nevermind I had to blow up the picture and see those rinky dink speakers he has between the monitors. Any plans on upgrading those? It would be an awful waste with that...

I picked up the XFX 5670 512MB card cause I needed a single slot, I have a half height PCI card right underneath the PCI express x16 slot and all other slots are full. The fan isnt blocked at all cause its far enough out. After rebates its the same price as the sapphire card so I say go for...

I dont know what the comparison between the 430 and 5570 is either but there is a decent deal on the 5570 at newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-546-_-Product $35 after $10 coupon code VGACZD546 and $20 MIR and free shipping.

Thanks for the help guys! Its difficult to find specs on how many amps are required for video cards so I appreciate it.

I have been having difficulty finding the most powerful video card that will work with a 360W power supply. More specifically one that will work with only 15A available on the 12v rail. Let me know if there are any viable options or if I should just stick with the onboard video of the G31...

They may have a 10 year plan but its been 6 years between each generation. Playstation 1994 Playstation 2 2000 Playstation 3 2006 Judging by that the Playstation 4 or whatever they call it should be 2012. I put the GELID ICY cooler on my 470 and it runs pretty darn quiet...

i7 930 @ 3.8Ghz GTX 470 stock 3DMark Score P4235 Graphics score 3868 Physics Score 8608 Combined Score 4040 GraphicsTest1 17.71 FPS GraphicsTest2 18.47 FPS GraphicsTest3 24.78 FPS GraphicsTest4 11.51 FPS PhysicsTest 27.33 FPS CombinedTest 18.79 FPS GTX 470 775/1800...

Yeah, you knew they were going this way eventually, but it will take years and years before it becomes anything reasonable and may never take off at all. I have a 3d monitor and nvidia kit and only got it because it was so cheap (used). But I can tell you its going up on ebay soon here, just...

Thanks for the replies guys. I never actually tried the onboard 9300, just assumed it would fail, but I can check it out before I try a video card.

I honestly was thinking about that card, but I wasnt sure if it would surive 90F + degree ambient temperatures or even the 300W PS I have.

got a quick question for you guys, what video card(s) can run FFXIV at 1024x768 at least decently but doesnt use much power and is a single slot? The system is a core 2 duo 2.93Ghz w/ 4gb DDR2 RAM and the huge limitation on it is power (300W peak) and heat. Let me explain, this is a car PC...

Nothing specific I am looking for, just wanting to keep case dimensions as low as possible. I have a mini-itx motherboard now but I will need to expand to two slots in the near future and the riser and splitter adapters that are flexible are a bit ridiculous in price to consider. So...

I like that one the best, but still so much wasted space with the drive bays, I am only fitting one 2.5" drive in the system and the PCI-e cards are about 7" long give or take. Also the price for just the case is a bit steep.

Yeah, I like that case but it only has one expansion slot. I had actually been using Jetway JC110, but there isnt room in it for a PSU or the two cards I am going to be using (HDD tray is in the way for bottom slot). Hoping to upgrade to a micro ATX board (for the extra PCI slots) and case as...