Recent content by TriRy

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    Is DDR dying ?

    sad day.. first i find out AGP is dying, and now DDR is dying also? what has this world come to! anyways, someone recommended to me an ASRock mobo here... does this still support DDR as well as DDR2? i'm still trying for the cheap-o upgrade.. to keep my DDR and AGP card. maybe cheap-o...
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    are AGP motherboards dead

    good input, i knew i could count on anandtech! i guess that is what im still looking for, that interim solution, with the same motherboard. i go to college and graduate and the computer world is completely different! looks like building your own computer isnt even the cheapest way to go...
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    are AGP motherboards dead

    thanks for those speedy replys.. ill check out that Asrock .. and yea i know, afford, the secret word :) why is everything always so expensive! haha thanks again, ... so AGP is dying huh? sad day! is pci-e really that much faster in terms of data transfering?
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    are AGP motherboards dead

    hello out there anandTech world! ok hopefully you all can help.. and im sure you can.. So the question is easy, how dead are AGP motherboards? the mission - simple. upgrade my (once newest and fastest) Athlon XP 1800+ to a new .. either intel dual core, or amd64 bit processor...
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    Well I went back to Win98 from Win2k

    i was jsut debating weather to take the same path you just took.. just curious.. what rig you have set up? i am running a amd 1 ghx, 256 ram, geforce mx, and abit mobo. i am a man of speed, so i am looking for it any which way i can..
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    seting up new comp.. please help

    thank you, as soon as the new board and cpu show up, i will go for it.. crossing my fingers of course -ryan
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    seting up new comp.. please help

    hey all, well, on tuesday, i got a new mobo and cpu ( abit kt7a and a t-bird 1 ghz 266 fsb) .... i plugged it all in.. and NADA! i took of my cpu fan and my cpu started to smoke, and then whenever i turned on my computer, it would shut it self off after 3 seconds. after many hours of...
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    new computer.. help me!

    quick, i am about to build my new computer (1 ghz t-bird, abit kt7a mobo, and 256 ram.) i would like to know what OS i should put on, btw, i am a BIG gamer. please let me know asap cause i am literally about to do this. thanx for the help
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    what is the best for my money

    hey, i need a new computer, and i dont want to go expensive i was thinking of getting a 1ghz 266fsb bird, and an abit kt7a board, but i was just wondering if you all had a different setup that would be better. keeping in mind, dont want to spend alot of money. thanx for anyhelp you can...