Recent content by kershek

ok, understood about not coming in April, but I'm more concerned about the ports the new cards will have.

Unfortunately, an active adapter is needed for 120hz and 3d support. It was described as such on nVidia's website and on forums I researched on the topic.

I have a GTX690 with 3 ASUS 3d monitors (DVI output) running nVidia 3d Surround. I just got a Gigabyte G1 GTX980ti which only has 2 DVI inputs, so I had to buy a $100 Club 3D CAC-1151 active DVI to DisplayPort adapter. It works, although the active adapter flashes the screen to black once in a...

After doing some more reading, I ran DiskFresh and then re-ran HD Tune Pro 5.5: http://i.imgur.com/LBkLAUZ.png I ran DiskFresh on the first 50% of the disk and it took about 3 1/2 hours. The performance has been restored (for now). I notice that the last 30% of the disk, which hasn't been...

I appreciate your response. I am aware of the read speed degradation issue (I follow PCPer through the TWICH podcast). My SSD came from the factory with the latest firmware that resolved that issue (EXT0CB6Q). The Samsung web site still lists that firmware as the latest available. So unless...

I ran an HDTune benchmark on my Samsung 1TB EVO I purchased a couple months ago, and was alarmed at the result, with transfer rates varying between 82 and 381 MB/sec, average 243 MB/sec: http://i.imgur.com/dmZjmDT.png Then I ran an ATTO Disk Benchmark and Crystal Disk Info and it looked much...

Any other recommendations?

Thanks for the response. I'm only using Windows Firewall and Microsoft Security Essentials on the PCs in the network. Although it has the exceptions in the firewall, I disabled it but still get the same results. What is the reasoning behind removing internet access from the network?

I don't see a response there, but I'm still having this issue.

I have a Windows 7 PC that's joined to a domain. The network location says "Domain network" and cannot be changed. According to Microsoft, you must set your location to "Home" in order to be able to join a computer to an already existing HomeGroup. My advanced sharing settings for both Home...