Recent content by PCfreak15

Thank you microsoft! Every new vista laptop that I set up for a customer runs like crap thanks to OEM bloatware. HP, Toshiba and Sony are the biggest culprits but Dell and Gateway could do much better. Vista isn't the snappiest OS around but if the OEMs hadn't jammed 30 pre-installed useless...

If the mini 11 is an nvidia ion based netbook i'm sold! I think 10" is the perfect size to be easily portable yet still practical for typing. My friend has the samsung NC10, which is a really nice little netbook, and compared to my XPS m1530 it looks tiny and is much easier to bring around to...

Also why is everyone saying that the AMD system had DDR2-800 when I just quoted this from the Test Setup page:

reflex606why would you bother running the i7 core with 6 GB($144) of RAM?? look at the prices, the other systems are running 4 GB($49), so the prices part of this article ARE FALSE!!!! take $95 off the i7 price and that would be more accurate!!! Well since core i7 uses triple channel DDR3, the...

WOW, AMD finally has a cpu that can compete with my Q6700 box, too bad that processor is almost two years old now. Pat on the back to the guys in green.

I helped my freind upgrade the CPU in his Presario 700 laptop (KM133 chipset). The fastest CPU you can use is the Athlon 4 1600+ (1.4GHz). The Athlon 4 is a Mobile Athlon XP with a 200MHz FSB. We tried a Mobile Athlon XP 1500+ but it underclocked because the chipset was not able to use 266MHz...

Well here are the particulars of my situation... My system is a dell dimension 4550. It has only enough space for two hard drives. I need more space and already have 2 drives. I also planned on upgrading to a Pentium 4 3.06GHz HT ($220). I checked out the A64 setup and for $290 i can get the...

I'm getting ready to build an Athon 64 box. I have 512MB of DDR333 sitting around and i was wondering how much of a performance decrease will i see from running an A64 with DDR333 vs the normal DDR400? Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM...

WOW!!! That looks freakin awesome! I wonder how well the mineral oil actually keeps it cool. Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5-3-3-7 Dual 80GB Hard Drives 7200RPM 2M/8M ATA100 BBA ATi Radeon 9800 128MB (400/650)

The 9500 Pro is faster than the 9600 Pro in almost all benchmarks. When anti aliasing is enable the 9500 really dominates the 9600. The 256MB wont really benefit the 9600 because it is only a mid range card. I dont know about the 9600XT vs the 9500 Pro but considering you are on a tight budget I...

How exactly do u benchmark farcry? I know how to enter the console and all i just need a source of demos, how to install them and what the command is to run them. Thanks for any replies in advance Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM...

maybe i could send back my 9800 np and get a pro back...*continues dreaming* sweet score! Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5-3-3-7 Dual 80GB Hard Drives 7200RPM 2M/8M ATA100 BBA ATi Radeon 9800 128MB (400/650)

I have a Radeon 9800 np clocked at 400/650 and it scores about 5800 My setup is lised below. I had a Radeon 9600 Pro in here before and that scored a bit over 3000. Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5-3-3-7 Dual 80GB Hard Drives 7200RPM...

What does it mean to burn in a video card. Ive heard that you should do it if you overclock your card. So what does this mean? Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5-3-3-7 Dual 80GB Hard Drives 7200RPM 2M/8M ATA100 ATi Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB...

NVM fixed the problem. I had to reinstall my mobo AGP driver. The card wasnt running at 4xAGP. OOPS Pentium 4 2.4(B)GHz i845PE, NO INTEGRATED 3D DECCELERATOR HERE! 512MB PC2700 DDR-SDRAM CL2.5-3-3-7 Dual 80GB Hard Drives 7200RPM 2M/8M ATA100 ATi Radeon 9600 Pro 128MB 4xAGP