Search results

  1. N

    Widescreen Woes

    I'm having some headaches getting the Wii to output widescreen mode to my TV, but first, here's all the equipment in question. TV: Sharp AQUOS 37" LC37D62U A/V Receiver: Yamaha RX-757 (discontinued, apparently) A/V Components: Charter HD DVR, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox360, Sony...
  2. N

    AnandTech Readers on Windows XP

    While I have yet to upgrade to Windows Vista - the only thing that's keeping me is the full migration to DirectX 10, to be perfectly honest - more often than not I see that just about everyone has a fairly strong opinion on the fledgling (can I still call it that? No? Okay) OS. I see a mostly...
  3. N

    Memory timing issues

    I have an older machine that I'm working to squeeze just about every last ounce of power out of it that I can. Here are my specs: AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (Holy) Toledo @ 2.0GHz (stock) 2 GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS 184-pin DDR400 (PC 3200) 2-3-3-6 ABIT AV8 Socket 939 Motherboard PowerColor...
  4. N

    A64 3500+ Overclocking Question

    The first time I ever overclocked anything was this afternoon, about two hours ago when I started to try overclocking my computer, so please bear with me. I have an Athlon64 3500+ socket 939 (stock speed: 2244 MHz or 11.0x204) on an Abit AV8 motherboard. I printed out the overclocking guide...
  5. N

    Have you ever invented something?

    Like many young engineers, I border between "too creative for my own good" and "dangerously creative", which tends to manifest itself in (usually) several good ideas that could potentially be useful. A vast majority of them, I would say, have either already been invented or simply suck, but...
  6. N

    Motherboard Confusion

    Firstly, please pardon my rather *ahem* strong language in the subtitle. :) I may be in the market for a new computer, complements my moving company. (For the unabridged version of my tale, you may click here, though I would advise against it unless you have some time to kill.) The...
  7. N

    Mysteriously High CPU Usage

    I've discovered a problem with my home computer that I've run out of ideas on in terms of troubleshooting. I've had success getting solid advice in the past from the AT forums, which is my hope for this topic. First off, the specs: AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2GB RAM ABIT AV8 Socket 939 Mobo...
  8. N

    Computer Construction Help

    A fair warning in advance: this post is likely to be a genuine doozie. I will do my best to keep it as lean and logical as possible, but also keep for your consideration that I'm an engineer and tend to overanalyze/overthink things. As such, assume that my degree of comfort digging around in...
  9. N

    Radeon X1950 Pro AGP

    A month or so back, I ponied up and created my AT forums account to get some input on upgrading my (regrettably) aging AGP-equipped gaming rig of slightly over two years with the two options I had identified as being immediately feasible: either gut the whole thing entirely and foot the cost of...
  10. N

    The Woes of Upgrading

    First off, I suppose an introduction is in order. I'm Chris and I'm new to AnandTech forums. I have what I would describe as an advanced amount of experience and exposure to hardware, though my knowledge of current hardware standards is not quite as up-to-date as I would like. I'm comfortable...