Recent content by ural

Are you getting paid to run your videocard? What kind ass-backwards comparison is that? NASCAR teams have sponsors that PAY for fastest cars and their drivers. Do you have such sponsors? I don't. Besides, the general trend in technology is that more and more performance is achieved at higher...

Idontcare, seems like you are a controls guy, so I have a question - is enabling LLC is similar to adding Integral Gain Ki to the voltage controller? As far as I remember Ki added in PI-controllers to bring in a resistance to steady-state disturbances.

Here is a good GPU analysis: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3517. Good thing about this particular analysis is the "Performance per $100", i.e. how much bang you get for your buck. There were 7 games tested, so I added up "performance per buck" for all 7 games for HD 4850, 4870...

Good thing I found this thread, I had created a new topic asking questions not knowing my way around the forum. Duh... Anyway, I am thinking of ditching my p4 and getting 45W Athlon X2 (or single-core 45W). I am using it for internet/media, p4 is fit to do the job flawless, it is just way too...

And for the size - since in "|\|" the longest member is the diagonal one, I would set the diagonal equal to the length of one toothpick and go from there. And given average toothpick is about 2" long, you are looking into 3 levels of simple rectangular trusses. Just make sure your diagonals...

yeh, no kidding, ANSYS is just plain weird and... sooooooo frustrating!

Your best bet is simple rectangular trusses. Triangles are best when you are building a truss that spans between supports (think bridges) and those diagonal members do carry critical loads. In your project the weight of the book will be carried entirely by vertical members (think of columns...

Thanks VirtualLarry, that's the thing - the Sony PC didn't come with OS reinstallation CD. Will it be too risky to proceed without one? I guess it might not be worth it since the only reason I want to replace the mobo is the power consumption of my P4 CPU. Otherwise 3.4 P4 is perfectly fit to...

Thanks Mango, I will make sure to do that if I decide to replace mobo. And yes I will be using DDR2 both in my new build and for the Media Center if I decide to replace mobo in it. It's hard to find one with DDR anyway. I will keep MicroATX SONY case for Media Center, it's small and looks...

Yes it did. At the very end when both candidates were trying to walk around the table to shake Bob Schieffer's hands. McCain couldn't readily decide which way he should go around the table - so he makes a face... If you can call it that...

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McCain decides to pull the goalie out in the beginning of 1st period for an extra attacker and it pays off in a lot of goals scored into the opponent's net... the 3rd period comes and McCain, having played with empty net for 2 full periods and being outscored ~58:37, decides the best chance to...

Thanks for a reply, poohbear and mpilchfamily. 12V amperage is rated at 18AMPs, which I suppose amounts to 216W. Will that be enough? I wanna keep it as Media Center/DVR in my living room (hooked up to TV), with quite a bit of media stuffed into it. I am not really buying any HDDs now, just...

I know this might be a trivial question for many of you, but I have never swapped a motherboard under a working system. I am planning to turn my current system into Media Center PC, and I don't like the power hungry P4 for that purpose since it will be on for long amounts of time (watch/record...

Interesting thread since I am planning to build one from ground up. I think OS will matter too, since XP requires only about 300MHz CPU and 128MB of RAM, while Vista 64 requires like 1.0GHz and 1GB of RAM. Having both gives an option of running XP to surf web and working with office tools with...