It angers me. Windows XP is already a good OS, and it should still be supported for the latest games and hardware even years after Vista is released.
I mean what about gamers who want to be able to run the latest games using the latest video cards, but don't want to be forced into Vista...
Ok, I know what tearing can be caused when the games FPS exceeds the refresh rate of the monitor.
But the real question is, why is it that the FPS can be higher than the monitor refresh rate and not cause any tearing, while sometimes there is tearing? It seems it is different for every...
I have two 1GB DIMMs of this RAM with the metal heat spreader. They feel a little bit hot to touch when running? Does this mean they are running too hot? Or is this normal? All stress tests pass without errors. I am currently running the RAM at 536MHz with the DIMM voltage set at 2.6V.
My GPU temperature reaches 61C under full load with the NV Silencer 5 rev. 3 fan running at full speed. At idle, the temperature is around 42C. So I know for a fact based on research that those temperature are in good range.
When my video card is under load though, it feels really hot when I...
Why is there even an NV Silencer 6? The NV Silencer 6 isn't even compatible with the GeForce 7XXX video card series, but yet the NV Silencer 5 rev. 3 is. I mean why even label something with a higher main version number of it is not going to be compatible with newer generation video cards...
The NT 5.2 kernel is the latest kernel version from Microsoft? Why doesn't Windows XP 32-bit get patched to use the NT 5.2 kernel?
Windows XP is the client version of Microsoft's most curent OS and Widnows Server 2003 is the server edition of Microsoft's most current OS? SO why don't they...
I have an ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard with two eVGA GeFOrce 7800GT video cards. I have the latest BIOS installed. I also have the latest NVIDIA Force 84.21 drivers installed.
This is a fresh install of Windows XP Pro SP2 with all the latest updates installed. This box hasn't even been...
I just purchased a Gigabit EThernet switch so I can take advanatge of faster file transfer speeds over my LAN for the PCs I have that have an onboard Gigabit Ethernet controller.
Now, does the cabling have to actually be CAT5E, or will CAT5 work just fine? I am not sure if all the cable I...
Do you think Windows 2000 is here to stay and be heavily supported for a while longer by hardware and software manufacturers releasing new hardware and software products?
Or do you think it is nearly becoming obsolete and will soon not be supported by the latest software and hardware?
Do...
I tried overclocking the Opteron 175 to 2.8GHz at 1.5V. When at idle, NV Monitor reported the CPU tempertaure as 38C. WHen running dual instances of Prime95 (one instance for each CPU core), the CPU temperature read at maximum 57C. Both cores were never completely stable with dual Prime95, so I...
WHat do you think? After Windows Vista is released, do you think Windows XP (and possibly even 2000) should still be well supported by the latest hardware and software for a very long time?
I think it should be because Windows XP is already a good OS, and there is no reason to phase it out...
I am thinking about adding another GeForce 7800GT video card to my system to have two of them for SLI. I currently have one eVGA GeForce 7800GT video card in my system. When I buy another one, does it have to be the exact same model as the one I currently have? Or does it just have to be...
I was looking at Socket 939 CPUs on NewEgg. I saw some dual core Opteron CPUs that actually stated had 2MB of L2 cache. Are there really Socket 939 dual core CPUs with 2MB of L2 cache per core? Or does the 2MB of L2 cahce mean the total and thus the same thing as 1MB of L2 cache per core...
I have there will be another DirectX before DirectX 10 and it will be called DirectX 9.0L
http://theinquirer.net/?article=26220
It says that it will feature Shader Model 4.0. ANd it seems that today's ATI and NVIDIA cards don't support Shader Model 4.0. So if we just upgraded to a new...
I am looking for a budget HDD I can buy for a Smoothwall box I am going to be setting up. I want something brand new. The HDD can be very small. I don't need anything bigger than 10-20GB. I want something extrenely quiet and very reliable and long lasting. I also want something very...
I am trying to achieve and stabilize my final overclock for my Athlon 64 X2 3800. I have tried a few different things to get it to be completely stable. It seems I am getting closer and closer, but just may not be quite there yet.
First of all, I have the dual core hotfix applied and the...
Do you think Windows XP should still be supported for a long time by the latest hardware even a few years after Vista is released? Will you be angry if support for Windows XP on the latest hardware is phased out rather quickly after Vista is released? When I say latest hardware, I mean new...
First off, I purchased a DFI NF4-DAGF motherboard and an Athlon 64 X2 3800 CPU. I purchased a 600WATT SeaSonic S12 PSU as well. The RAM I have is 4 sticks of DDR 550MHz Corsair XMS RAM for 2GB total system RAM.
When I put together the system, I try and test with Prime95 and MemTest to make...
I just purchased a new ASUS A8N-SLI motherboard and updated to the latest BIOS. I made a bootable DOS diskette and another disk with the latest BIOS file and the awdflash.exe utility. I entered the adwflash utility and inputed the file name of the BIOS for my motherboard and it began flashing...
I have been running two instances of Prime95 doing the Small FFTs stress test with one instance for each CPU core to ensure my overclock is perfectly stable. So far, everything has passed without errors for both cores. Now, to ensure my Athlon 64 X2 3800 is perfectly stable, is that the only...
I overclocked my Athlon 64 X2 3800 to 2.5GHz (250*10) I have 4*512MB DIMMs of PC4400 Corsair XMS RAM. So my RAM is easily fast enough to handle the overclock I did.
I have the VCORE set at 1.5V. When I run two instances of Prime95, they both pass perectly on the first round of Small FFTs...
Is it necessary to do that and have one run on each separate CPU? Why does it only use 50% of your CPU when you run only one instance of Prime95? But with only a single processor, any games or Prime95 use 100% of your CPU cycles? I mean if the Affinity is set for all processes to use both...
I have a DFI NForce 4 motherboard?
In the BIOS under PC Health Status, it lists the CPU TEMP, SYSTEM(Inside) TEMP. and SYSTEM(Outside) TEMP. Is either of the System Temp readings the NForce 4 chipset temperature? The reason I ask is I want to make sure the chipset temperature is ok since I...
I have a DFI NForce 4 motherboard with a Athlon 64 X2 3800 CPU with a Thermalright XP-120 heatsink mounted onto it. I have heard it is a bad idea to unmount a motherboard from a case with a CPU heatsink still mounted to the motherboard? Is this really true?
The reason I ask is because I...
I am trying to replace the stock heatsink on the Northbridge chipset of my NForce 4 DFI motherboard. I used ArctiClean 1 from Arctic Silver to clean off the thermal paste before I apply the new NB cooler. When cleaning it off, I accidently put a drop of it on the side by where the brdiges...
I decided that the NV Silenecer 5 rev. 3 didn't seem like it got enough contact with the GPU, so I decided to take it off and use a different video card cooler. What made me come to this conclusion was seeing how the NV5 RAM white stickers seemed to be leaning off of the RAM chips. And after...
I plan on having a few 120mm fans on my case. I would like to have one in the front, one in the back, and one on the side of the case. Perhaps I would like one on top of the case as well.
Are there any concerns with air pressure inside the case with a lot of large fans? I haven't found...
I am looking for a retail store in my area where I can find a large selection of computer cases and fans. I want to buy a case for a reduced price with no fans or power supply. I want to buy separate fans and PSU for my case.
So, any stores I can walk into that would have tons of cases and...
I have a SeaSonic S12 600WATT PSU with one fan. My case is designed for the PSU to go at the top in the back as almost all cases are. Should I place it so the fan is on the bottom or facing the top of the case?
I have always had problems with Intel Northwood Pentium 4 3GHz CPUs. It seems that whenever I use one with hyper threading, eventually I run into occasional BSODs. On a Prime95 FPU test, it eventually fails with a rounding error. I know for sure the CPU is the culprit because I have swapped...
How much life do you see left in Windows XP once Windows Vista is released? Do you think Windows XP will still stay around a while longer and continue to be supported by hardware and software manufacturers after Vista is released?
My opinion is that Windows XP deserves to stick around a lot...
What is the best way to overclock a Pentium 4 3GHz Northwood socket 478 CPU?? How much voltage is too much?? Is it safe to raise the voltage as high as you want as long as the CPU doesn't get too hot? Or is this not always the case? How much CPU VCORE do you need to achieve an overclock to...
I have disabled the Application Layer Gateway service, and the Windows firewall seems to work just fine. But I have read various reports online that says it's absolutely needed and you will mess up your system if you disable it. Everything I did on my system seems to function just fine without...
For all of those who say the Windows XP SP2 limit on concurrent TCP/IP connections shouldn't cause any problems for a properly written application. it seems that's not the case. I would think all applications should have been written properly since the release of Windows XP SP2. However, NBA...
DOes anyone know of an up to date tool that can scan files for viruses? I mean something that is most effective at catching viruses in files on your non-OS drive. It seems that almost all virus removal tools I find just remove viruses that are implanted in Windows opertaing system registry or...
I just purchased a Leadtek GeForce 6800 GT video card. Whenever I play games after about 15-30 minutes when running the game, it will lockup. Sometimes, it will just lockup for 5-10 seconds, then the game play will resume. But sometimes it will lockup for maybe 10 seconds, then the screen...
I have a HYUNDAI L90D+ LCD monitor and a GeForce 6800 GT 8X AGP video card. The maximum and native reslution for this monitor is 1280X1024. I have my desktop set to that resolution and everything works just fine. WHen I go to play C&C Generals, it won't let me choose any resolution higher...
Do you think Windows 98/ME should still be supported for today's hardware and software? If so, how much? Why or why not? Share your thoughts on this now as we approach mid 2005.
Whenever I open a bunch of applications and then close them, I notice that the amount of physical RAM available as shown in Task Manager is considerbly less than when I first boot up my system. I have 1GB of physical RAM in my system and the amount available upon bootup is approximiately 808...
I'm looking for a program that can capture a specific portion of a video you play on your computer. WHat I mean is the ability to be able to play any video format file (including a DVD) and record an exact scene from it. Another words, I want to play the video, pause it at the spot I want to...
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