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    AMD Tech Tour 2006 Announced

    always ways to get around that......oh yah btw supersix, nobody likes a rat.
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    EVGA is now offering lifetime warranty

    Actually from what i remember back in my 9800 pro days, it was a 3 year warranty from what i recall anyways.
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    1024x768 MAX res. Which video card?

    Money is not of an object here. Right now I have a 15" Dell LCD, and have no plans of upgrading to a larger one. (College and upcoming moves prevents this) But My system specs are below, and Im borrowing a 6600GT for now, and looking to get a card of my own very soon. Is a 6800GT or 7800 GT...
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    7800GTX.... I AM IMPRESSED!!!!!!!!!!

    i dont think many would care about your buying practices
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    DFI Lanparty NF3 S939 AGP

    I just got my DFI SLI-DR and in the brochure it has it listed FYI, if i knew this board was coming out, i woulda waited. Moving from AGP to PCI-E is a pain in the arse
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    Upgrade Advice Pls

    I was taking a look at this mobo too earlier, Ive heard many horror stories with this board. My friend has one, and his Parallel port is not functional, he got lucky. Plus im sure your going to need a bios upgrade first before you can use the Venice chip. I did alot of searching for a decent AGP...
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    K8V SE Deluxe!?!

    my roommate got this board back when it was first released. he had many problems of just trying to get te mobo to run stable, i think he mentioned it was something with his ram. He had Kingston Value ram, im not sure exactly what model number. Couple of months later i built a system for a...
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    Nforce3 vs. VIA K8T800?

    Whats a better chipset? I was looking into new motherboards and was wanting to keep it AGP. Reason why, is because Ive had some compatiblity issues with VIA chipsets and my ATI 9800 pro (anyone else hear of this?), but other than that, what are some other distinguishing factors between the two.
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    Asus P4P800-SE vs. P4P800-Deluxe?

    Whats the difference between the two boards? Is it accessories? Also I was interested in getting a P4C800-deluxe, how does the P4p800 compare to the p4C800 board? Can I achieve a higher overclock with one or the other? thanks
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    SONY PSP is a piece of crap

    I own a DS, and I REGRET buying it. Since its launch, the DS has fewer games out than the PSP 24 launch titles. I mean come on, Wario Ware touched? Yoshi Touch and go? The urbz? Pokemon games coming out in may? Nintendo was slammed by the media, claiming the DS was aimed for kiddies, and...
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    Any IDeas? Secondary IDE channel not working?

    P4 2.0 GHZ 400 FSB Asus P4S800 Mobo 2x 512 Kingston Hyper X WEstern Digital 40Gb Caviar HD (Primary MASTER) Maxtor 80gb Calypso HD (primary Slave) Pioneer DVR-1008 Dvd Burner (Secondary MASTER) Hey guys, I thought I d just post my system specs first off. But heres my problem, I got a...
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    Max Res. 1024x768, should I get a ATI X800 XL

    Hey, Im interested in the ATI X800 XL for my system. But my monitor is a 15" LCD with max resolution at 1024x768. Is is much of a waste to purchase the X800 XL, because of the resolution. IF this is a bad choice, what would you guys recommend?
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    Quietness of the TT Tsunami vs. Sonata?

    Well in general, I just want a whole other case. I was planning to add another harddrive and the lanboy can only accomadate two, so either way, I was going to get a new case. I was just hoping if someone has demo'd the TT Tsunami or Soprano and compared the noise level to that of the sonata...
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    Quietness of the TT Tsunami vs. Sonata?

    My roomate has a Sonata, and i was impressed by how quiet it was. Currently Im running an Antec Lanboy, and it is pretty loud at night. So I was looking into either, the TT tsunami or the TT Soprano. Now, I hear the Soprano is made out of steel vs. the aluminum on the Tsunami, which one will...
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    Less than $350 flat panel display

    my roomate just got a Samsung 17' LCD for 300$, try looking into that
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    Teach me about TV and my PC - please

    well first off, your going to need a tv card. Examples; ATI TV Wonder; Hauppauge etc. Also you might want to consider the new ATI HDTV Wonder, it recently came out and this will allow you to watch High Definition on your PC. As for the remote, I would look into the Logitech remote, or the ATI...
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    Considering swapping the cpu, need ur advice

    Current System specs: p4 2.0ghz Northwood cpu Asus P4S800 512mb pc2100 ram Ati 9800 pro 128,b I was thinking about giving my system some boost. I was thinking about purchasing a P4 2.4c and a gig of pc3200 ram. I mean would I see a big difference in gaming at all? Thanks in advance
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    First Overclock.....Need a lil more info.

    System Specs: P4 2.0GHz Northwood core 512mb PC2100 DDR Radeon 9800 Pro Asus P4S800 (SiS Chipset) I just did my first overclock, got up to 2.4 ghz...settings are as followed CPU Frequency Multiple: 20x CPU External Frequency: 120/40 Mem Frequency: Auto CPU Vcore: 1.6 Now Im...
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    6800 Ultra spanking X800XTPE?

    Hate to bring this up again, but im in a market for a new vid card. If money is no object, which card is the best for gaming (mostly HL2, Doom3, Farcry, Call of Duty)?
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    Need help...9800 pro

    Figured anandtech forums would be the place to go since you all are geniuses. Anyways system specs. P4 2.0ghz Northwood Gigabyte GA-8vt800-L (VIA PT800 Chipset) 512mb Nanya Ram Ive had this problem for weeks now, I can not find a solution to it. When I go into the Ati Drivers control...
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    754 vs 939

    looking to upgrade. Ive been researching these boards to find my answer. Ive really come down to two questions im not fully clear. 1: Is the 754 line of cpus going to die out soon? Many speculate that it will. I want to try to future proof my new rigg as much as I can, and if this is the case...