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    LCD that wont work

    alright thanks, i'll check out that forum.. see if maybe they can give me an answer?
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    LCD that wont work

    well, im not really running that combo since im using the crt monitor with a dvi>vga adaptor... i just dont get why the lcd wont work at all on either the vga or the dvi>vga adaptor...
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    LCD that wont work

    well, for the secondary monitor the adapter is radeon x800 xt secondary... monitor is default.. for the primary monitor it shows.. plug and play monitor... x800 xt for the adapter... they are both set at 96 DPI if that matters or would affect anything?
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    LCD that wont work

    what do you mean by add the lcd? add it where? whenever i plug in the lcd the crt stops working until the lcd is unplugged... if i click on the secondary monitor (which is grayed out in the display panel) and click advanced then monitors it just says 'Default monitor' and I can't click...
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    LCD that wont work

    set the resolution to 800x600 refresh rate at 60 and switched.. didn't work... set the resolution to 1024x768 same refresh rate and that didn't work either (thats the lcds native resolution) I just dont understand how the lcd works perfectly fine on this other computer but wont work at all...
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    LCD that wont work

    bump.. still cant get this monitor to work, however i have downloaded ultramon... is there someway to completely disable the second monitor while i plug in the lcd? so it wont turn off the crt?
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    LCD that wont work

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    LCD that wont work

    when I hook up both monitors at the same time (my ultimate goal, for dual monitors) it wont let the CRT turn on at all.. so neither monitor works when I have them both hooked up.. and no, unfortunately I dont have another graphics card to put in this computer right now... im just...
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    LCD that wont work

    well, currently im using a 17'' crt on a dvi>vga adaptor.. but im not including this in getting the lcd to work... i've tried the lcd on both the dvi port and the vga port (the dvi being used with a dvi>vga adaptor) it has a dvi and a vga output
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    LCD that wont work

    right, its vga... when i boot up it does absolutely nothing.. shows absolutely nothing.. all it does is display its 'No Signal' message...
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    LCD that wont work

    alright, so here is my current situation... i have this old viewsonic viewpanel vg150... when i plug it into my 700mhz celeron running win2k server with an onboard graphics card it works great... but when I plug it into my new computer p4 3.2ghz xp home, x800 xt it wont work at all...
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    New computer, should I change anything?

    leadtek and eVGA are options, but i have no clue who makes good GT's.. i'd seen some benches of the gt ultra and it seemed like albatron wasn't too bad.. but.. heh, thats why im here :)
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    New computer, should I change anything?

    well, I was just taking a guess at how much power I would need since I honestly had no idea... I would have a 160 gig hard drive and a 60 gig hard drive in the computer... a dual layered dvd burner as well as a regular dvd-rom drive... other than that... just needs to power those 2 hard...
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    New computer, should I change anything?

    Okay.. the budget is about $1200... heres what I got.. Lian-li pc-65b - $118 Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR - $89.50 Albatron 6800 GT - $406 Antec TRUE 550 - $98 Athlon 64 3200+ (512kb l2 cache) - $191 OCZ Performance series 1gb pc-3200 - $200 EMU 0404 soundcard - $100 okay all that adds up...
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    This Prescott must be crippled

    what do you consider too hot, to the point where it slows down?
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    CRT vs. LCD - Is it time to switch yet?

    and please when you do this, dont go to best buy spend 20 minutes looking at some cheap $150 lcd that has 50ms response time and pass judgement on all lcd screens... very good post though, illustrated all the pro's and con's, should be on the first page =\
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    CRT vs. LCD - Is it time to switch yet?

    wow.... this has got to be the most uneducated, misinformed post I have ever read.... so you've never owned one... but you've played with one at best buy for a solid 20 minutes? Alright then, that shows your credibility... im guessing the one you played on at bestbuy was 50ms? Im sorry if 12ms...
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    Help me build a system for video comparible to a Apple G5

    if he gets dual opterons or any other 64 bit processors he could try the 64-bit windows xp beta thats free for a year, or windows 2003 server 64-bit which is free for 180 days... that way you can take advantage of that software...
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    widescreen lcd's?

    and im sure because its 24'' its a touch more then i'd want to spend :) so heres what i was planning on doing... get one regular lcd screen, 17'' 12ms response time (will be used for gaming) http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=24-001-159&depa=0 that samsung... then...
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    widescreen lcd's?

    perfect, thanks :) now does anyone know who makes any good widescreen lcd monitors? 15 or 17'' is fine..
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    widescreen lcd's?

    if the 17'' widescreen lcd's look good enough, i wouldn't mind paying extra... anyone know who makes good widescreen lcd's? also, is it possible to stack them one ontop of eachother instead of side by side? could you tell the dual monitor program that they are ontop of eachother? (since they'd...
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    widescreen lcd's?

    I was planning on getting two 17'' lcd screens for a dual monitor setup in about a month, but what about getting 2 widde screen 15'' lcd's? Are the wide screen lcd's any good, or what? I haven't seen any at newegg, but I was at best buy today and just saw one so I guess they make them... anyone...
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    enhanced latency and enhanced bandwidth?

    bump for an answer :(
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    enhanced latency and enhanced bandwidth?

    i was about to get 2x512mbs stick of ocz memory, the enhanced latency onces since i had heard the latency was very important... but over that the enhanced bandwidth was even more? what do each of these mean and whats their importance?
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    Chaintech ZNF3-250 motherboard overclocking?

    i think i chose the znf3-250 because it has firewire ports, it has the gigabit network card and it has a 7.1 channel codec... im glad to see the vnf overclocks, so does this mean the znf does as well?
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    Mini-fridge water cooling idea...

    ah, no im not talking about buying some small processor, im talking about buying like... the fastest chip out there.. maybe a 3.2ghz prescott or something or one of the amd fx-53's basically buying the best processor you can and just overclocking it to its absolute highest point... this is with...
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    Mini-fridge water cooling idea...

    right, however this also includes extreme overclocking...
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    Mini-fridge water cooling idea...

    okay, so me and my friend have taken up case modding and have been working on it and heres an idea we've got... you take your computer throw it in a mini-fridge.. its been done before yeh great, its nice and cold... now heres the next idea... what about throwing in water cooling as well? The...
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    -= NEED SOME QUICK help PLEASE with choosing OCZ RAM (gonna pick up in a couple hours) =-

    sorry for knowing so little about memory :( but why is low latency important? whats significant about it? the time it takes to respond? edit - i guess the question is, whats the point of 'enhanced latency' and another one being the purpose of 'enhanced bandwidth' ? im about to pick up two ocz...
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    Whats the difference between these two amd processors?

    I can't seem to find any benchmarks, but whats the difference between this Opteron 64 bit chip at 2ghz http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-430&depa=0 and this Athlon 64 3200+ http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-416&depa=0 the are...
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    9800 pro dual monitor setup?

    ah, very nice :) and finally my last question... okay so i've got 2 lcd's now and they are both hooked up to the graphics card... now im playing counter-strike on lcd A and i've got aim and browsing the web on lcd B... i now connect through s-video the graphics card to my tv.. which monitor...
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    Is it true about the athlon64-bit proccessors that...

    right, so aside from the extra cost... does the athlon-64 support ecc?
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    9800 pro dual monitor setup?

    I was about to get the following 9800 pro http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=14-102-268-05.jpg/14-102-268-03.JPG/14-102-268-02.JPG however, on the back it, its got one monitor out.. then it looks like the s-video in, and also a digital out there? however it also has a converter...
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    Is it true about the athlon64-bit proccessors that...

    Is it true that with the athlon64-bit processors they dont support error correcting memory? If so, why is that and why not? Granted it may slow the memory down a bit but wouldn't you want ecc?
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    Chaintech ZNF3-250 motherboard overclocking?

    hey, i was about to order the chaintech znf3-250 motherboard which is this one http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-152-042&depa=0 and in one of the reviews or something someone said they couldn't overclock on it? I had read that you *could* overclock on this board...
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    New Computer, need help..

    the budget was 650, but its been extended to 900.. and now i can just easily make up the money to obtain the $1048 i need... im fine with paying the extra for the case, the processor and the memory the budget was more of guidelines to stick around or try to come close to...
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    New Computer, need help..

    *sigh* okay, your input is killing my budget.. lol i got it extended to $900 from $650 and now im pushing over $1k at this point... looked at the benchmarks of the foxconn and the nf3-250, and I like chaintech's ZNF3-250 its benchmarks did very well... plus that amazing ability to overclock...
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    New Computer, need help..

    ah, wow i completely read that wrong, thanks for pointing that out.. hehe anyway, i found a 400 watt antec power supply thats not too expensive, and the graphics card is the 256 bit one with 128mb (i wrote down all the product #'s so i can easily search for them and add them to cart) also for...
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    New Computer, need help..

    alright, found a powmax 400 watt power supply for $23... seems cheap? Still reliable? http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-163-013&depa=0 some of the reviews on newegg say other users have had it die after a few months or even a few days in one instance..?
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    New Computer, need help..

    ah, my mistake then... i posted that i was buying the 3000 i see :X im getting the 3200+ with the 1mb cache size (or incase i made any other mistakes, the one that operates at 2ghz heh) also, i've decided just to get a new case and power supply, so this is the case...