Recent content by computerfarmer

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    14 Of The Most Legendary Overclocking-Friendly CPUs

    Really ... 14 pictures and and that is it? Pretty much a waist of time. I was past the picture stage before grade one. Some writing would be appreciated.
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    14 Of The Most Legendary Overclocking-Friendly CPUs

    Really ... 14 pictures and and that is it? Pretty much a waist of time. I was past the picture stage before grade one. Some writing would be appreciated.
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    Apple On Hold For Call Waiting Patent

    I agree with razzd3d. This is like getting a patent for a coffee cup that holds coffee with the options of different flavors for different times of the day.
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    AMD & Adobe Collaborate: Next Version of Premiere Pro Supports Hardware-Acceleration on AMD Graphics

    Corel has been working with AMD for a while, it is good to see others joining in.
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    Nine Ingredients Essential To The Modern PC Experience

    I came to see this because of the "Title" and found something different. History is good, but title and this article apear to be at odds with each other. I will go read something else, some where else.
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    DDR4 Memory Prototypes Demostrated at ISSCC

    Now that we have cleared up DDR4 vs GDDR5. I have another question. What is DDR4's bandwidth example: DDR3 1000mhz = 2000mhz effective bandwidth - GDDR5 1000mhz = 4000mhz effective bandwidth DDR4 1000mhz = ????mhz effective bandwidth Last time there was a memory change similar to this, Intel...
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    DDR4 Memory Prototypes Demostrated at ISSCC

    Why DDR4 instead of DDR5. DDR5 has been produced for years for video cards. Video cards were first to use DDR3 then computer systems followed in their footsteps. If video card companies saw no used for DDR4 then why is it being looked at it at all. I am confused a the thought process here.
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    Phenom II X2 555 Vs. Pentium G6950: New Budget Dual-Core Titans

    Good article. Will we see if this CPU will unlock and become a Quad Core?
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    Windows 7 Marketshare Jumps Past 3 Percent

    I found the real answer to the windows 7 additional printer driver problem for network sharing. It is in the name windows 7 names the printer. The INF file has it listed as a different name, there for it does not see it as a driver for your printer. You can change this in the INF file to match...
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    How To: Upgrade Windows Vista To DirectX 11

    aj28 I tried the drivers from the above site, and they also do not work. code Error: 0x80300001 I am surprised this site has nothing on this.
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    How To: Upgrade Windows Vista To DirectX 11

    These Raid Drivers are from April of this year. It will be another day or so before I try again, as the initial excitement has gone. The posting says Oct. 22, 2009, this does not appear correct.
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    Windows 7 rtm vs vista 64x ultimate

    I will wait a bit before I judge. I have an ASUS motherboard M3A78-T, SB750 southbridge. As of right now, there are no RAID drivers that work for WINDOWS 7. This means I am out of luck for now, as I prefer RAID 1. How many AMD boards are on the market? How could this happen?
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    How To: Upgrade Windows Vista To DirectX 11

    Vista and DX11 my be my only way. AMD has no Raid Drivers for Windows 7. I use RAID 1. I am unable to update to Windows 7, or fresh install until there is a driver.
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    The Fastest 3D Cards Go Head-To-Head

    All of us love to see ratings. This helps us choose and helps us feel good about our choices. GTX 280/260 use driver Forceware 177.39 and all other nVidia cards use Nvidia ForceWare 175.16. ATI cards, new and not so new all use the same driver version (8.6) in this comparison. This leads us to...
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    Editor's Corner: 790GX On The Web

    I had this same issue with my 780g motherboard. My freezing lasted for 30 seconds on each boot, Vista64. After loading CCC with driver 8.7 and the southbridge driver 8.7, this problem was fixed.