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  1. J

    DEAD:Seagate 500gb SATA/PATA Retail Hard Drive

    I got 1 China HD 7200.10 Also AAK Firmware. It's loud in my HTPC with two HD streams writing to it simultaneously (but it is an almost silent rig). But sure doesn't feel slow... maybe I'll throw it in my file server instead, SPCR is saying the latest WD 500s are the way to go for noise at this...
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    2400XT, 2600XT vs 7 Series and 85/600's

    Great question, I do not know that for a fact... I guess the same Vista-only limitation could be true of the ATI parts. Anyone with an ATI 24xx or 26xx card and XP care to chime in? As an addendum: folks over at AVS forum have shared a link to some "leaked" beta Nvidia drivers that allegedly...
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    2400XT, 2600XT vs 7 Series and 85/600's

    Glad to help. I picked up a heat-piped 8600 from newegg but can't play anything over 720p due to my slow 3500+ A64... If PureVideo HD for XP doesn't happen soon, I'll have to go with ATi
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    2400XT, 2600XT vs 7 Series and 85/600's

    Just wanted to reiterate an important detail that "got" me. The 8500 and 8600 nvidia boards do not yet have PureVideo HD support in Windows XP. That means you will not get HD-DVD or Blu-Ray (VC1) acceleration until Nvidia releases new drivers. They were supposed to be out by July. I found...
  5. J

    AMD AM2 X2 4000+ OEM $275

    arghhh preorder am2 or wait for conroe pricing in three days? arghhh!!
  6. J

    Samsung 250g SATAII for $80

    about to jump on a couple... arghhh can't decide. New HD's or new tires!
  7. J

    Western Digital 250GB Internal Serial ATA Hard Drive NO REBATES

    I'll bump this, since I found it very convenient to find a very competitive price with no rebate hassle and just a short drive away. -- I was going to buy 2, but I figured I would get instant satisfaction for one, and then order it for slightly cheaper online later this month.
  8. J

    radeon 9500 pro replacement fan

    if you really just want the fan, then I'd throw a WTB on the For Sale/Trade Fourum
  9. J

    ATI (Sapphire) x800 3pin Fan header / connector ?

    I ended up finding a very *similar* 4 pin connector from some odd audio cable in my drawer. I careful use of an exacto knife and a standard 3 pin header coupler and now I have my Zalman running directly off of the video card. Works beatifully and I managed to avoid making any permanent changes...
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    Help: High CPU Load Playing Movies

    Did you try to unregister using GSpot or the command shell? What codec is being reported as the actual rendering codec? If you are having trouble with an MPEG4 codec (xvid, divx, x.264) then I would suggest that you look at the settings for each codec and decide which one you want to decode...
  11. J

    convince me not to buy a 30" apple cinema...

    DO IT! I have used Apple and Dell displays extensively (at work and home). The Apple displays are of better build quality than the Dells... (do a google search for whining, squealing, 2405fpw and you'll see what I mean). However, the Dells have goodies that the Apple units do not: extensive...
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    Help: High CPU Load Playing Movies

    try downloading GSpot to figure out what codec is actually being used to display (render) the movies. You might have a mis behaving codec installed that is doing a crap job at decoding a regular MPEG4 variant. Codecs can also interfere with one another, which is why I avoid codec packs. Edit...
  13. J

    So i fired up Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 this evening...and i was blown away, it's amazing fun without the whole...

    man, I LOVE the older NFS games. I am very stoked to get the latest = Most Wanted. Especially now that I have decent hardware so I can crank all the settings. It is fun to go back and put in some games that are a couple of years old and set *everything to the absolute MAX*. This is...
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    Video capture settings? Codec?

    My opinion exactly. To be able to get a small file size and great quality *and* not worry about dropped frames, you need to go the extra step and re-encode from a losless codec. For example, just record to AVI or MPEG2. Then, use third party software to convert to an MPEG4 codec. I would...
  15. J

    Annoying Radeon Problem

    Yeah... I'd also try a 9250. Sounds like your 7000 has hardware issues when using any of its capabilities: ie overlay, openGL. And only works OK when you are doing 2D.
  16. J

    Just orderd a Sapphire X800GTO 256Mb DDR3 & Nforce4 M-ATX

    some of the Sapphire GTO's (non squared) seem to be hellacious overclockers, and give awesome performance even with 12 pipes. I can't remember where I saw a thread about 600+ Mhz Cores being hit on stock cooling. Best of luck, and I must say, last time I visited your country I had the time of...
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    ATI (Sapphire) x800 3pin Fan header / connector ?

    I'd rather keep the stock fan intact for the moment. Yeah, the AC's have the correct connector, but I couldn't find any information about what kind it is. Everywhere I look I can only find the larger 3 pin molexes used for mobo headers.
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    ATI (Sapphire) x800 3pin Fan header / connector ?

    Does anyone know what the mode/ type of 3 pin connector that is used on the Sapphire (ATI) x800 series cards is? I have a bunch of small 2 and 3 pin connectors from old fans, but none fit. I want to solder up an adaptor to get my Zalman VF700 AlCu hooked up directly to the video card's...
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    Just got my Sapphire GTO2... a little confused

    With the stock cooler, I played BF2 and GTA ViceCity for hours last night at XT speeds (520/540) at 71 deg. steady. When I get my Zalman I will try to discover my max... ATItool was in the process of doing so last night and was past XT Speeds, but I got a bit nervous and aborted. I am pretty...
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    Just got my Sapphire GTO2... a little confused

    unlocked and overclocked without a problem!!! YES!
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    Just got my Sapphire GTO2... a little confused

    Thanks for the info guys. I hope so. I am stuck at work for another three hours, so I will find out then and report back. Looks just like the fotos. And yes, my P/N starts with 102 and it was ordered as a GTO2
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    Just got my Sapphire GTO2... a little confused

    Haven't broken the static bag yet, but the white stickers on the back of the Sapphire card do not state GTO2 Limited Edition. Instead it says: Radeon X800 GTO 256MB GDDR3 v/d/vo PN 102-A47487-10-AT Is this the coveted Sapphire card, or did I get hosed? Am I just being paranoid...
  23. J

    DEAD! Dell 2405 24" LCD for $754.98 at Dell Home

    I just want to say that I have had mine a few days (May 2005 build date) and I have the terrible whining noise after some hours of use. The display is beautiful, but as has been said: too bright (calibration can fix that); many units have a nasty high pitched whine that will drive people with...
  24. J

    Any reason not to run AMD Cool and Quiet?

    CnC ran awesome with my MSI board and 3200+. I never felt the system was sluggish compared to running at full speed all the time. I did, however, gain the ability to run a nearly silent system by slowing down all my system fans (manually). I only sped them up when I was gaming. That, and...
  25. J

    MCE 2005 minimum video card requirements

    the guys are all correct dx9 64MB is the threshold for MCE. I used a 9200 64MB card (AGP) for quite some time with no problems. However, when I upgraded the video card everything was *much* snappier. J
  26. J

    Free Mormon DVD

    ?
  27. J

    Did you watch Steve Jobs keynote?

    some of us like the kick ass OS... not all of us are cultists, you know.
  28. J

    Seriously pooched laptop!

    Second that.
  29. J

    Your Neighbor has an Insecure Wireless Network

    Awesome answer, besides golden entrepreneurial skills, you could meet some cute girls.
  30. J

    Apple.. or Gateway ?

    Totally agree with thraxes. I have a G4 PB that I use for everything other than gaming and HTPC... that includes school, Java development, and of course using the iApps for managing 'my digital lifestyle' lol. Oh yeah, I play UT2k4 on my PB sometimes too...
  31. J

    Best Case Ever Made

    CoolerMaster ATC 710 -- Built like a tank and still the best looking PC case.
  32. J

    XP on an old system

    Turn off the Themes service, Wireless, etc, etc. Look up some guides on what Services actually do... BTW to get to the Services, you can right click on My Computer and select Manage from the pulldown.
  33. J

    Backups and long term Storage

    For my personal stuff, I backup to my little file server and I archive to DVD. Like a previous post, If things are still worth keeping, I will just reburn in a couple of years. So far so good. I feel safe when my mission critical docs are on at least two different machines and one burned copy.
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    K8T NEO FSR with CLAWHAMMER??

    I have a Clawhammer 3200+ 1MB Cache on the MSI K8T Neo FSR Rev 1.0 board. This thing is still a beast, in my book! Works flawlessly, with full support for cool 'n quiet
  35. J

    Dell 2005FPW and older vid card

    congrats... I've had my eye on that monitor ever since I found it was the same panel that Apple uses....
  36. J

    Need help finding a crt monitor

    NEC/Mitsubishi! I have an older Diamond Plus 91 and the NF tube is great. Color and picture integrity at the edges is still fantastic.
  37. J

    What is the most expensive hardware you fried?

    I bought a refurbed ti4680 (that was WICKED for about 1 week.) fried and took the mobo with it. It was a sad, sad day.