Recent content by Ustauk

Hence the integrim upgrade. I probably won't want to upgrade until nine months, when the prices drop a bit.

Yah, I know about Red Flag Deals, but, oddly enough, I didn't see this one on there site. I just stumbled across it while checking if Compusmart sells the GTO.

Well, I lucked out and ended up getting the Radeon x850 Pro at the local Canadian chain Compusmart for $250. The card normally retailed for $400, and the cheapest version I could find online in Canada was $330 for a Sapphire. The card is alive and well in my machine. My 3dMark score went from...

I didn't realize it was that close. Then again, I don't know if I'd want to by it when M2 first came out, since it'll carry the standard new equipment premium. I can sell my old card for $75, so I think $125-$150 over six months aint that bad. And I'll get a bit of that back when I sell the...

I'm looking for an interim AGP video card upgrade. I don't want to go PCI-e until the M2 Athlon 64 comes out. Anyways, here's my system specs. 2400+ 266 FSB Atlhon XP 2 gb 400 mhz DDR RAM Shuttle AN35/N Ultra Nforce 2 motherboard Radeon 9800 Pro 128 mb I was looking at the follwing...

Got the AL1731 a month ago. So far its been good to me. I had some trouble getting the contrast/brightness right, but I found an option called Hue on the monitors menu. Changing it to Warm made everything look colourful and vibrant, not washed out. It seems to be working quite will in games...

I'm considering replacing my old KDS 19" CRT monitor with a 17" LCD. According to web searches, the Prophetview DVI series was supposedly a great gaming monitor. However, it seems to have been discontinued. I did some research, and the ACER AL1731 has the same Hydis manufactured LCD panel...