My standby rig, Old Faithful, this s939 Opty 165 at 2.2 Ghz on an A8N32-SLI mobo, 2GB Corsair Valueselect, and a 150GB Velociraptor, has lasted me 6 years. I know I need a new cpu/mobo/ram/ssd badly, but I'm at school and finances are tight. A few months ago, my videocard, a 7900GTO, shat the...
I bought a EVGA 7900GTO back in Oct. 2006 and it has been in my main rig ever since (Moved over to consoles for gaming, nerded out on home theatre, went to school). Well, the card died a few weeks ago and remembering it had lifetime warranty, I rma'ed it. They are sending me back a 9800GTX+ as a...
There is something strange going on in England right now.
"Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of the houses of parliament in other words, the working log of the British government.
It is an authoritative primary source, and records every speech made in the...
I upgraded the cpu in my main rig from a S939 venice core 3000+ to an opteron 165 that I bought off of a forum member here. I made sure to update the bios to the newest version for my motherboard (Asus A8N-E). Here are my system specs:
Opteron 165 stock speeds stock volts
Asus A8n-e with...
The title is rather self-explanatory, but my bank account is registered and verified with Paypal. I'm not sure if I need to transfer the funds from my bank account to Paypal first, then pay someone, or if Paypal will automatically withdraw the funds for me. Thanks.
I was planning to buy a PS3 with the recent price drop to 550CAD, but this deal seems way too good to pass up. It appears to be both online and in-store, and goes to the 19th.
After reading about the current cablecard issues with PCs, and the numerous restrictions and technical problems with many providers, as well as the design itself, I thought that perhaps there may be a solution. Establish a non-profit organization, that charges a reasonable user fee to pay for...
Recently I had began to consider purchasing a PS3. For $559 CAD, the 20GB PS3 was a decent deal compared to the 360 Elite, which is listed at the same price. Unfortunately, nowhere seemed to list them and everybody had been OOS since launch. After denying the demise of the 20GB unit for so long...
Well, as many of us with year old cards are pondering, should we go for this great deal or wait for possibly much higher performance. Personally, I plan to stick with XP for a while, so i'm not even sure that waiting for a higher performance DX10 card would be worth it. Also, I have a Zalman...
I just recently ordered an overstock Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2060U off of Azatek. I was wondering if the X-530s (specifically the satellites) are in fact magnetically shielded. I searched the intarweb high and low but could not find any reviews which said anything about shielding. Also, the...
After reading the 6800GS article and pondering for awhile, i realized that the 6800GS core is the same one as the 6800Ultra Mobile. It should overclock quite nicely... sounds like a great card, and i would buy one if i already didn't have a 7800GT. Discuss.
No, not using uber Jedi powers. I dl'ed 3dmark 05, forgot that it was dowloading and turned off the pc. When I turn the pc back on after i've realized my mistake and go to delete the .part and shortcut files, i cannot delete them because they are "in use". What is this bs?
My friend is unable to play bf2. It displays the initial bf2 logo, then goes to full black screen, and then crashes to desktop. After failure to start, task manager doesn't show any indication of bf2 running. We've updated the graphics drivers to 77.77 (cleaned with DC first, of course)...
Here's my setup:
3000+ Venice
1GB Corsair VS
Asus A8N-E, rev. 2.00, bios 1005/modded with NB47J
eVGA 7800GT
Seasonic S12-430HB
Thermalright XP-90
I have been following Zebo's A64 guide with little success. I set my RAM to 100MHz (200MHz ddr of course) and SPD timings, HTT multi at 3...
As the above states, i'm not sure about whether to stretch for a 7800GTX in my new build. I realize that it will be bottlenecked badly at 1280x1024, but for future games doesn't it have much more pixel shading power than the 6800 series? I won't be upgrading the video card for two years if i...
I'm building a silent gaming rig, with an SLK3000B, S12, Nexus fans, XP-90, and so on and so forth. I plan to mod the A8N-E with a NB47J to silence the chipset, and was wondering if a large card like the 7800GTX will fit. I realize an NV5 will not fit, but maybe a VF-700. I do not prefer, but...
As I have stated, I have tried changing it to no avail. I even deleted the account off of my machine, changed my name again at gamespy, and retrieved the account. Still, the old name came up. I emailed EA tech. support, and while the response was quick and polite, it was otherwise useless. Help...
It looked very promising when I saw the preview, but barely any motherboards have come out so far that use it: the MSI RS480M2-IL and a Foxconn one. The NF4 boards are great too, but wouldn't retailers sell lots of boards based on the Xpress if some better ones were out? Hopefully DFI, Asus, or...
Normally, I would just buy XP Home, but if I am going to a Lan party or just on a network with more than 2 computers, do I need pro? I dont care about the remote access or "enhanced" security. Thanks.
I regularly defrag, virus scan, run adaware, and delete temporary internet files, but I have heard that cleaning the registry is a good thing to do. If so, what is a good, reputable, free, cleaner? Thanks.
As I was saying, I was thinking about ordering an Evga 6800GT off of them because they ship to Canada and their price, which works out to about $500 Canadian, is much lower than any Canadian retailers. On pricegrabber.com, most reviews of ZipZoomFly are good, but there are a few very negative...
Hi. I just downloaded Counterstrike 1.6 and Steam. I was under the impression that CS and Steam were free. I own a copy of Half-Life. Then when after I install Steam it says for me to create a new account or use an old one. Is it free or do I have to pay. If so, can I just download CS1.6 without...
I downloaded the D3 Demo, ran it, and im getting mostly white but some red snow. I have a A64 3400+,
MSI K8N-NEO Platinum, an ATI 9800Pro 128mb, and Corsair Twin-X 1024 XMS 3200LL 2-3-2-6 (My current timings are 2-3-3-10, because that is optimal for A64). At first I thought it was the video...
I have a MSI K8N-Neo Platinum 250Gb. My case is well ventilated (Coolermaster Wavemaster w/2 intake fans,
1 exhaust fan, 2 psu fans, there is a mesh grille for ventilation in side panel, and blowhole is in place with no fan.).
I am running stock cooling, hsf unit is all aluminum, is this the...
I bought Norton Anti-Virus 2004 and was wondering if I can shut it down completely so it doesn't consume
any system rescources. I absolutely hate 5,000 programs running in the background and in the Systray, but I
just want to scan the computer maybe twice a week. I already have a hardware...
Hi, this is my first build. I have a MSI K8-NEO Platinum Mobo and a (OEM)Hitachi/IBM Deskstar 7k250 SATA
Hdd. The motherboard came with a floppy with sata drivers. How do I install hard drive w/drivers after I put
the computer together and make sure it posts? All help will be appreciated...
Hi, I'm planning on this config for my next system that I'm building myself.
These are the (relevant) specs:
Athlon 64 S939 3500+
ASUS A8V Deluxe
Corsair TwinX-1024Mb 3200 2-3-3-6
Ati Radeon 9800 Pro*
Will this config be able to run D3 at an acceptable framerate (24fps and up)?
I will run at...
As the above statement says, I am thinking of buying the Samsung 172X but had heard that
some people had noticed ghosting on it , despite the 12ms response time. Does anyone here
own one or used one. Did you have a good/bad experience?
Thanks.
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