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    HP mininote 2 - Where When and with What?

    Is there any news of a new HP mininote to replace the 2133? I love the design and ruggedness, but the hardware inside is terrible, however it would seem they have a chance to leapfrog the performance of every single other netbook in existence. Use the Via Nano CPU, better than the Atom for...
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    will e-books ever take off?

    every year or so there is another attempt to launch the e-book market, as if it were new, and every year it fades into obscurity. i believe this is because books are perceived as the ultimate convenience, pick it at your leisure, leave it on the shelf, loan it to a friend, do whatever you like...
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    Hardware Acceleration of OpenAL and Vista SP1 XNA 3DAudio API

    I read this article on the future of Creative Labs/3DAudio Acceleration: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3114 While I see lots of people cheering the demise of Creative (and i loath the company too), are people really willing to see the last proponent of Hardware Audio...
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    GPU's and ray tracing

    Intel are making a great deal of fuss about ray-tracing becoming viable on 8-16 core penrhyn systems, using the excellent work of Daniel Pohl at the recent IDF. but why use CPU's? i accept that raster based GPU's are not optimised to do ray-tracing calculations, but surely 128+ unified FP...
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    Favourite nix desktop

    I realise some of the choices may not be considered full desktop environments, so my terminology may be iffy, but bear with me. --------------------------------------------------------------------- examples of typical distros and their default desktop: KDE/Gnome distros's: opensuse +...
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    Leaked AMD Roadmap 14th March

    http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38213
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    Opensuse 10.2 available for download

    party time folks: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-announce/2006-12/msg00004.html http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse
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    PCIe molex connector on Gigabyte DS4 motherboard

    here is the problem: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...?catid=32&threadid=1942355&STARTPAGE=1 have people with new Gigabyte 965 based systems used this PCIe molex power expansion for their cards?
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    does the XFX 7950 card require motherboard molex connection

    here is my problem: http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...?catid=32&threadid=1942355&STARTPAGE=1 i have of course attached the 6 pin PCIe power connector from the PSU, but maybe it is not enough?
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    XFX 7950 card incompatible with Gigabyte DS4 motherboard?

    and yet the card works fine in my old PC (X2 3800+/K8NGM2-FID). the Bios on the DS4 was the F2, I have since updated it to the F5, but haven't tried the card since. currently running my noisy MSI 7900GT in the case which is annoying because i specified all passive components. anyone...
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    what memory for a 6600: 533/667/800

    i understand (correct me if I am wrong), that the memory most closely matched to the FSB of a C2D processor is 533 memory, as it runs syncronously in dual channel with the 1066 C2D memory bus. i can understand that 800 memory will work well, as it is half again the speed of 533 and therefore...
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    No fat32 as a format option in WinXP Pro on a 120GB USB harddrive

    can anyone explain why there is no option to format my USB harddrive with fat32 in order that i can use it with my SUSE laptop? cheers R3MF
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    any news on the Dell 2707WFP?

    would be great for a HTPC screen, but the internet has collectively gone silent on this in the last few months. has there been any news recently that would indicate Dell is still intending to release a 27" widescreen with a 1920x1200 resolution around October 2006? regards R3MF
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    any idea when MCP61P chipset boards will turn up?

    just to be clear, i am not interested in the MCP61S board as the ethernet and PCIe are rubbish, it is the P version i want. any ideas?
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    Gigabyte Conroe mATX board with solid capacitors

    Dailytech claims that all four boards mentioned have solid capacitors: http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=2692 However, i have read elsewhere that only the boards with a "D" prefix have the solid capacitors, and the mATX board does not have a "D" as a prefix. what is the truth...
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    who will get to 3.2GHz first for a non EE/FX processor?

    a 3.2GHz Athlon X2 would be a 5600+ god knows what a Core2Due's code name would be. 3.2GHz is a magic number for me, tell me when my dream will come true? regards R3MF
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    Inq: X2-3600+ is 35W TDP

    http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33227 this IMO is a good thing. 35W TDP is going to be great for loads of people, but lots of us were getting very lary about paying 5000+ prices for 3800+ performance, even if the power consumption was tiny. i would happily sacrifice a...
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    has the 4 dimms @ 333MHz Athlon64 problem been solved with the AM2 generation?

    i have a s939 board whose memory i cannot double by sticking in two more dimms because the FSB speed will drop from 400MHz to 333MHz. does this problem persist with AM2, or can I get 2x 1GB DDR2-800 dimms safe in the knowledge that i can stick a further two in the board later on with no silly...
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    1x/16x/PCI riser card for the Silverstone LC11

    Silverstone appear to be very flexible with the LC11, first adding a 300W PSU and then an option for a PCI-E adaptor for its AGP/PCI/PCI riser card. However, we are now at the stage where AMD mATX boards get really interesting with the advent of the low-power dual cores, but the majority of...
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    27 inch dell ultrasharp widescreen

    http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/27/dell-planning-27-inch-2707wfp/ it would be rather nice if it was. there are loads of people building HTPC's for the living room, and generally speaking the speakers are rubbish compared to the 5.1 setups that most geeks are likely to go for. so a 27"...
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    down-clocked 7600GT in a Silverstone LC-19 mATX case?

    hey-ho peeps, got a question for you. > a LC-19 case comes with a 120W PSU > an AM2 low power X2 3800+ uses 35W > an nForce 570 Ultra chipset will consume about 30W > two GB?s of DDR2 will consume about 15W > a Seagate 320GB 7200.10 will want about 10W > to recap, thats 90W used out of...
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    Maxtor DM10 200GB SATA150 problem

    Hey ho all, bit of a conundrum here, just built my new PC which consists of: X2 3800+ 2x 512 PC3200 Cas2.5 MSI 7900GT Samsung 250GB SATA (main drive) Maxtor DM10 200GB SATA 150 (storage drive) MSI K8NGM2-FID I cannot see the Maxtor drive in Explorer, however, it is both recognised...
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    new dell ultrasharps do not rotate into portrait!?!?!?

    i really need to get hold of a Dell 17" monitor that rotates 90 degrees into portrait mode but dell have just dropped the Ultrasharp 1704FP's from their site. the new replacement models make no reference to being able rotate unless i'm very wrong...............? can anyone confirm this...
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    where is my Dual-View option in XP?

    hey-ho all. i have been testing various multimonitor setups before i drop a bomb on two Dell 17" monitors for a three screen wunder-rig, and i came across a curious anomaly: I want a Dual-View mode using three screens due to the differing resolutions involved, which i am assured can be...
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    any news on what might be the 7900GT

    will it exist? given the high clocks needed for the 7900 Ultra (?) will this increase the likely-hood that the 7900GT will be a low clockspeed 32 pipe part as opposed to a high clockspeed 20/24 pipe part? regards
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    Using three monitors, with 6150 and 7800GT

    I have asked this question a couple of times now, and never got a decent answer, but i'm hoping the wide availability of of nVidia 6150 boards has changed this, as well as the release of nView 3.5. What i want to do: > Use two 15" Dell Ultrasharp monitors on their sides (768x1024) as...
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    problems with a Asus A8N-VM m/b

    heyho all, i bought someone a Mesh PC with an Asus 6150/430 motherboard, and instantly reinstalled XP-pro over the original XP-home, and deleting the annoying rescue partition in the process. so having reinstalled XP i then load up the latest nVidia drivers. only problem = no sound! then...
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    Running 3 screens on a nVidia SLI board (2x vidcards)

    i've asked before and got very general answers, and lots of maybe's and should-be's, this time i need to know. i am setting up a CAD workstation for my boss, what i'd like to do is have an SLI motherboard and two nVidia vidcards running 1x 2405FPW and 2x 1704FPV screens. i want both the...
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    Getting Our Beans In A Row To Fight Vista Circa Q4 2006

    This is intended as a discussion about desktop linux generally, and SUSE specifically, and i welcome all your thoughts: Vista launches late Q4 2006. The Big 4 all launch new releases shortly before then; SUSE, Ubuntu, Mandriva in the Oct timeframe, and Fedora around August'ish. Ubuntu has...
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    SUSE 10.0 released

    http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse http://www.novell.com/linux/suse/ i'm buying the retail version, but the eval and OSS versions are available for free D/L. have fun
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    when will the 2.6GHz AMD dual-core X2's arrive?

    hello all. i understand that AMD has released some 2.6GHz dual-core Opterons, but when will the X2 versions show up? i am not looking to O/C with this PC, so i want good stock performance at a reasonable price, which to me means an X2 4600+ running at 2.4Ghz with 512k cache per...
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    multi-screen setup questions

    these questions are regarding dual-view not horizontal-span Q1 - can i game with dual-view without having to run in windowed mode which many games cannot do, and looks ugly to boot? i have a 2005FPW and wish to get a 1704FP to sit along side it, the vertical resolution is not the same for...
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    external widescreen on a Dell 9100

    my boss has a Dell 9100 with a 15.4" widescreen @ 1280x800 running XP with a GF4 Ti4200 graphics chip. he wanted a bigger external screen for the office so i recommended the 2005FP. it arrived......... but i can't get it to recognise the native resolution of 1680x1050, and, the only option...
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    NVRAID onto Win64

    just found this excellent article about using NVRAID on WinXP: http://www.aoaforums.com/frontpage/inde...ion=content&task=view&id=292&Itemid=33 would i need the floppy with drivers on Win64, for either the Storage driver or the RAID driver? having setup a RAID1 array in the BIOS and...
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    What resolution do you game at?

    see poll: i realise that there was a similar poll a while back (caught a reference to it in another thread), but i can't find it and it will be interesting (for me at least) to see how used resolutions are evolving by contrasting with past polls. have fun. R3MF
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    mATX nForce4 SLI board?

    there are now at least three mATX boards that even enthusiasts are raving over: > Antec Aria (Aria2?) > Silverstone SG01 > Aspire Q-pack so where are the motherboards that enthusiasts who rave over mATX would love to install? When will the likes of DFI/MSI/Abit/Asus make an nForce4 SLI...
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    7800GT a good upgrade

    http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=24777 these specs seem pretty secure now and the result is exactly: > double the fillrate > double the bandwidth > double the memory over my month old 6600GT which i paid about £120 for. question is; shortly into the new year i would like to get an...
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    Novell Linux Technical Resource Kit

    https://secure-www.novell.com/community/linux/techkit_order_form.php a great OS and well worth it.
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    Keysonic 3700c keyboard

    just recieved this keyboard: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=170463 lovely, just what i wanted, one slight problem tho; i tested it in the office by typing in a URL into firefox (www.trustedreviews.com) and found that some of the letters had been output as...
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    just got me a new wireless intellimouse explorer v2

    anyone got any bright ideas as to why my microsoft mouse won't operate under a microsoft OS? halfway thru the boot process the green light on the reciever unit turns off, at which point i can only assume either the mouse has decided it doesn't want to play with windows, or vice versa...