Recent content by dougyfresh

You will have a nicer graphics card than I and I have been doing this for 15 years. Nice. But how can you skip the M.2 SSD option in 2017? Get a 512 GB SSD to add on to install your operating system and your favorite programs. Also, would you really go for 8 GB ram? Get 2x8 for 16 GB of...

I would suggest not getting 16 GB of RAM unless you can't save money by reducing it. If you know you can make use of 16 GB RAM, go for it. Otherwise, 8 GB will be the sweet spot for price-to-performance. Your cooler is almost expensive. I am not saying it's a bad choice. I am just...

Greetings. My electronics department began featuring a Vizio TV with "Theater 3D" glasses. This is a 'passive 3D' method. My question is: Will such a TV just render the image in 3D and then I just put glasses on? I was trying to see if that's all there is to it. The active 3D...

XFX Crossfire 6970s: Working great! Massive improvement over XFX 5870. 4 GB VRAM. con: price

you may want to wait. i just got my 950 running at 4.0 GHz.... just got crossfire 6970s and its working good... if you wait you will get better stuff and/or cheaper i really dont know 4.0 GHz i7 is better than what most people are gonna be running

i will recommend the 6970 crossfire, i also recommend that hyper 212 as well, dual fans using i7 950 @ 4 Ghz, ASUS Rampage III Forumla :), Mushkin 6 GB 1600 its doing very well so far. very fast. only a couple of minor glitches in bad company 2 is all i've seen. I hope it runs Duke...

get 4 or 6 GB of memory. if you want good graphics you will need to find at least a 5870 or a 6950. anything else is going to be low-end or mid-range. xfx features lifetime warranties. it is an investment... crossfire 6970's are running good.

i hit 3.6 on day 1, but i dont think i could run that stable, and it would get too hot

i appreciate the advice. any more is still welcome. i still run xp and windows 7, should i get 4 gb...should i double my current ram or try to get 4gb of some faster-than-ddr2-800 ram so that i can overclock my cpu easier? btw it hit 3.6 on day 1 the first time i tried to boot it up years...

Greetings... I am running a Core 2 Duo e6600 2.9 Ghzish on the stock cooler. max temps prob 55 or 65, usually. 550 watt antec neo Asus p5b deluxe 2 gb g.skill ddr2 800 XFX Ati 5870 raid 0 w.d. black caviar 1TBs 1920x1080 panasonic nuclear powered plasma screen x-fi 'fatality' pci express sound...

if you dont want to spend much, get a lcd. www.newegg.com 42" vizio hdtv is nice but lesser quality performance than 3 year old 19" viewsonic LCD

Interesting.....Thanks for the input. Further comments desired.... Also, what is the minimum cpu/memory combo one should have with a Ati 5870 graphics card? Also, is 2x2GB ram the same performance as 4x1 GB?

Well I can clearly tell the diference in games with my VX922 when I change from 60 to 75 Hz.

Rig: Motherboard: ASUS P5B-DELUXE Processor: Core 2 Duo e6600 @ 3.0 Ghz Ram: 2x1 GB G.Skill DDR2 800 MHz Video: ATi XFX Radeon 5870 Audio: Creative X-fi Fatal1ty Power Supply: Antec Neo HE 550 Watts Monitors: 19" Viewsonic VX922 and Vizio SV420M 42" HDTV Operating Systems: XP 32-bit and...