Recent content by tobeythorn

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    K8T890pro and Vinyl audio

    Today I saw the headline for the Shuttle SN25P. It will have VIA 24bit Vinyl audio and the nforce4 ultra chip. Nice to see, but I'm supprised it is in a SFF before ATX. It does look pretty too.
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    K8T890pro and Vinyl audio

    I have been waiting for VIA Vinyl audio to show up in the latest generation of motherboards, but there has been no mention of it for months. WTF is with that! What happened to K8T890pro with good audio? AC'97 is unacceptable. Is the pro/vinyl chipset dead or what? Anybody have information?
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    LCD Aspect Ratio?

    Take the celebrated 193p for example. The samsung website claims it has a resolution of 1280x1024. this is a 5:4 ratio. They also claim that the aspect ratio of the screen is 4:3. assuming that samsung isn't lying and that the display has square pixels, the image is either going to have to...
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    LCD Aspect Ratio?

    Thanx for your replies. I do have to wonder why anyone would manufacture a display with disporportionate resolution. Even many enthuist displays have this problem. Then again, many people think that 6-bit per channel colour looks as good as 8-bit.
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    LCD Aspect Ratio?

    I'm thinking about buying a LCD display, but I keep reading conflicting information on the issue of aspect ratios of LCD's. Could someone set the record straight on this. Many displays claim 4:3 ratio but have 1280x1024 resolution. I am picky about accuracy of a display as I do CAD work...
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    psu for system?

    i was going to buy parts to build a new rig any day now and i realized that i really haven't put any thought into what psu to get. i want something that is a good price, fairly quite, reliable and with adequate power. I don't need some 700W fanless glowing monster. i am open to seperate or...
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    99$ PQI Turbo Dual Channel PC-32001GB Kit (CL 2-2-2-5)

    PQI Turbo Memory Dual Channel PC-3200 DDR 400 Mhz 1GB Kit (CL 2-2-2-5) for 99$! i stumbled upon this at excaliberpc. is this too good to be true? http://www.excaliberpc.com/product_info...sCsid=e77108baf765dd88a2f998b978c778cf
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    Angled PCI-E Bidge?

    Thanx sheik, that helped very much. Once I was able to figure out what these things are called (riser cards), it was very easy track down. Apparantly they are used for xU rackmount systems? I thought that was a server/renderfarm form factor! They come in a variety of types... apg, pci...
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    ABIT under investigation for financial irregularities

    that is too bad, i liked abit
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    Angled PCI-E Bidge?

    I am thinking about building a DIY pseudo-SFF system. It would be wide and deep, but flat (think sony PS2 shape) and use a standard atx motherboard. I definately need a graphics card but they obviously stick out, which would make my system not-so-flat. It would be great if somebody...