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    Help choosing a new sound card

    I'm looking for a new sound card which will be used 95% for music on a 2.1 only system. My computer is too slow for games so i'm only interested in music fidelity. Currently have a 1998 creative Live value card. I hear some of the better audiofile cards like emu 0404, m-audio or external...
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    BAD IQ on laptop video goig to LCD monitor

    I've been using a radeon 9800XT on my desktop with DVI connection to a Acer 20" lcd. Image quality was very nice! Just bought a laptop with a intel 945 gm/gu graphic chipset. when outputting the video signal via vga connector to that same Acer monitor, the image quality is horrible...
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    CPU architecture and GHZ performance?

    Curiously how do cpu's of today compare with those of a few years ago at similiar speeds both in real-word and synthetic environments? For instance my old desktop athlon XP 1800+ @1.53 Ghz versus a core solo at the same clock speed?
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    EISA configuration partition on laptop?

    Just got a ACER Aspire 5610 with vista premium. the 120 GB hard drive is partitioned into 3 partitions, C:, D: and a 6.8 GB partition that disk manager reports as Healthy(EISA configuration). There is no drive letter on this partition and windows disk manager doesn't allow me to do anything on...
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    Database reporting tool?

    Is there any software that can report on a database (something like crystal reports) and generate a professional looking report on whichever tables and records you specify? i.e. the report is customizable to present whatever information you like in whatever format you desire? This is not...
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    what Mobile graphics chipset is better than desktop radeon 9800XT?

    I'm looking for a decent laptop that will game better than my old desktop. I have a slow cpu and a radeon 9800XY. My current rig will run half life at medium settings with some slowdown and doesn't really run prey well... too much slowdown. I'm considering this laptop ACER but how does the...
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    dust free case?

    Are there any cases with dust filters that work well, im tired of the nasty crud that builds up in my case. my cooling needs are very modest, i just want a case that years from now will have almost no dust inside (or no dust at all!).
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    discrete sound card, worth the money?

    I have an nforce2 ultra non-sound storm mobo and a very old creative live value. question is, is it worth shelling out say $70 for a audigy 2 value? What tangible benefit does a new sound card offer for occasional music listening, rare movie watching, and sporadic game playing especially...
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    Hard drive stuck in DMA mode 2???

    I have a WD 160 GB 7200 rpm hd on primary IDE channel set as master, its the only thing on that channel. an optical disk is on secondary ide channel. looking in device manager, under ide ata/atpi controllers under primary ide channel advanced properties the transfer mode for both devices is...
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    contrast ratio and brightness in LCD monitor

    How important are these things, is a 500:1 contrast ratio with 400 nits brightness better than 800:1 contrast and 250 nits?
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    lcd vs. crt, which is better on the eyes?

    my crappy work might force me to give up my 21" sony trinitron for a gateway 19" lcd. Other than losing about 1" of screen real estate, how are lcd monitors for eye fatique? I'm in front of the screen almost all day so im worried about my eyes. Arent crt monitors more flexible as far as...
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    J2ee or .NET

    If I wanted to learn about one of these technologies, which one should I invest my time in learning. My organization is migrating all of its systems to a central portal and they are using J2EE. Is this platform widely used?
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    CRT vs. LCD for eye strain

    just started using a belkin pro series 8 port kvm with highest quailty cables available. it still degrades the video signal going to my 21" flat screen dell trinitron. I am told there is nothing i can do about this, all kvms reduce video quality at least somewhat. If I were to change...
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    KVM poor video quality

    I just set up a fairly expensive Belkin 8 port kvm switch at work. When i fired it up, I noticed that the video had degraded somewhat. The monitor looked much brighter and washed out, slightly fuzzy and the text was not as clear. Almost like when you go from 100hz to 60hz refresh rate you...
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    wireless router with com port for dial up modem?

    d-link makes a wired router like this, anyone know of a wireless version?
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    open office or KDE office?

    well which is better?
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    visual studio .net OR KDE Kdevelop IDE?

    I have taken a few programming courses and really want to master an IDE and vastly improve my programming skills so that I oneday may be able to develop commerical quality software products and work as a programmar. I am also learning *nix right now and noticed KDE comes with a integrated IDE...
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    secondary channel hd only using DMA mode 2?

    ide 0 master is my western digital 160 gb hd. ide 1 master is cd rom, ide 2 slave is maxtor 80 gb 7200 rpm hd. the WD is using ultra dma mode 5, but the maxtor(and the cd-rom) are stuck at ultra dma mode 2. why wont the maxtor run at dma mode 5?
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    Suse linux network module?

    trying to install this os by ftp, which requires a small .iso and then all you have to do is specify the fpt ip. Well when i select network install, it says no network device found, plese install network module first. I have a few modules I downloaded with tons of network devices in them, but i...
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    configuring Xfree86?

    as the root user, when you shell configure xfree86 on freebsd with xf86config, after I'm done I save the config file to the default location. then when I try to start it with startx, it gives me this message. Am i saving the config file to the wrong location? I'm running this in microsoft...
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    multiform windows app in VB .NET

    I'm trying to build a windows app with multiple forms. in project explorer i'm right clicking the current project, add->add existing item. then I select a form, but now the project won't build. I get these errors: 'Form1' is ambiguous in the namespace 'WindowsApplication1'. 'Sub Main' was...
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    ASP .NET web apps/service in VS.NET won't let me name the project?

    when I create an ASP web application it saves it in the default location with the default name which is WebApplication1. This now appears in the IIS(http://localhost/WebApplication1) list under web sites->Default web sites. Another folder is also created in mydocuments->visual studio with the...