Recent content by prolfe

@Albert.Thomas thanks for the great review and the honest answer on why you used the NH-D15S. I'm not personally in the market for a quiet cooler right now (my solution for quiet computing was to put the PC itself in the next room and put a hole in the wall, hidden by the TV, to pass the cables...

Thanks for the explanation and glad to hear it was something completely understandable. You keep making good articles and I'll keep reading!

Sean, It sounds like you're saying you did all the work required to make a complete review, but decided to hold some back and get a second article out of it for those sweet sweet clicks. I'm a longtime toms reader and that won't change anytime soon. Also note that I didn't accuse you but...

@spongiemaster Thank you for a thorough explanation without the flame or snark so common in online comments these days. I too was wondering how it was possible and I really appreciated your explanation.

Any leads on how to ensure successfully ordering one at launch or what time zone it goes live?

Hey I don't understand the "allocable memory" references in the article. It seems to say that if you have a lot of memory you can allocate more to the GPU for caching unused textures, thus preventing pop-in and artifacts. However, I can not find any settings the configure that would allow me...

Thanks for the replies to my resolution question. Not to change the subject TOO much, but, since we are hashing out the differences between 88/9800s and the 4800 line, does anybody know if the 4850 or 4870 is compatible with the Accelero S1 Rev 2? I happen to have one, with the little fan...

I recommend the Zalman paste with a brush for good coverage!

I have a 22" Compaq CRT that I game on, a P1220 which I absolutely love (besides that fact that the back of it stretches into the next ZIP code)! Anyway, I was wondering if you could shed a little more light onto "Eye candy over resolution for CRTs". What res should I be rockin' right now...

This 8800 GT is only 30 bucks more and would be a lot faster, without the complications of SLI. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125088

My two older brothers sparked my interests in computers and gaming! When I was 8, they bought a Commodore 64 with a monochrome green monitor. I used it for many years, then when I was 12 I saved $600 of grass-cutting money, and my dad matched it so I could buy a shiny new 486-SX25 with a 14"...

Thanks for everyone who looked this one over; I know it was a tricky one. I have found a solution on it (more of a workaround, really). I went into Folder Options on my Admin account and checked "launch folder windows in a separate process", so that I could launch multiple instances of...

Hey everybody I have a quick question. In my job function, it is necessary for me to access other machines on my network to, for example, copy off someone's profile to a network share, or drop a file on a desktop, or alter NTFS permissions on a server fileshare. I have an administrative...

I'm actually having the same problem! Well, maybe not IDENTICAL but darn close: I usually have this problem if I go into Stealth mode, or sit down in a chair. The screen goes completely black, except for the menus, and if I stand back up, it goes away. Like you, it hasn't been a big enough...