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    AMD Dual core - Affinity help

    I just like being in total control :wink:
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    AMD Dual core - Affinity help

    Hi there guys I got the AMD 4200+ dual core CPU with the ASUS A8N SLI motherboard. 2 X 1 Gig hynix RAM Everything is running smooth and great. I was just wondering how I could basicall specify my normal programs like outlook, winamp to always use core 0 and my progs like vmware, and...
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    Opteron 165 Pricing

    hmmm, I would have thought the Home/gamer market with all the dvd conversion and compression, encoding and gaming would mean the Athlon would be more stressed than a Business Used Opteron??? The Opteron if so successful at overclocking they would work out to be cheaper than the Athlon X2 64...
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    What AMD CPU and Gigagyte Motherboard - Help!

    1. Gecube ATI X600XT PCI-E 256MB DDR x16 PCIe TV-out $171.65 2. Gigabyte GV-RX70256D ATI Radeon X700 256MB PCI-E X16 $187.50 3. GeCube ATi Radeon X850XT PCI-E 256MB 256-bit DDR3 Dual DVI-I Vid $395.80 Well those 3 are what I can choose from. Number 3 is pushing it...
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    What AMD CPU and Gigagyte Motherboard - Help!

    Whoa thanks Pat, great info! :D Feeling a little dated now with technology, fell a little behind. I will get a PCI-e graphics card then. WIll see if that card you recomended is available locally. My 6600GT card will have to go to my TV/Internet PC then. I currently have two 250 gig 7200 rpm...
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    What AMD CPU and Gigagyte Motherboard - Help!

    Thanks Would that motherboard and the Dual core 4200+ be a good combination? Any issues using them together? WOuld someone recomend something different? SO far I'm going with Gigabyte GA-K8NF9 AMD 64 socket 939 NVIDIA NFORCE4 DDR 400/333/266 8CH AUDIO Motherboard AND AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+...
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    What AMD CPU and Gigagyte Motherboard - Help!

    Hi Guys. I need some major help here :D I am switching from INTEL to AMD so I am not into the AMD terms. The motherboard listed below seems to be a good enough for my needs, not sure what NFORCE4 means, but somebody told me to make sure it was nforce4??? MOTHERBOARD ************* Gigabyte...
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    ATI's version of nvidia 6600GT

    Slightly OT, but what are the performance implications of running the 6600GT 8xAGP Card on a 4x AGP motherboard? Sorry if this is a stupid question? Cheers Opel Superboss, now that was a car!
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    16 bit color quality on 6600GT pcie

    Only thing I can recomend is trying onther card in your computer? Could be a faulty graphics card or you have mucked around too much in the advanced display settings of BF2. If you have your Graphics card correct drivers installed, and your desktop is set to 16 or 32 bit and you do a clean...
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    16 bit color quality on 6600GT pcie

    Dude. I wish I could help you but youve just confused the bejeezers out of me. Just right click on your desktop and select 32 Bit colour quality. You keep mentioning 16 and 24, did you try to use 32 Bit quality mode? What about directx, do you have latest version installed? Good luck Opel...
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    xvid to dvd converter

    TMPGEnc Opel Superboss, now that was a car!
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    good dvd copying software?

    As far as I'm aware, Nero can make DVD player discs using avi's ??? so Ive heard anyway. To get the Avi's I use virtual dub, with some codecs, DivX5 or Xvid cheers Opel Superboss, now that was a car!
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    very general dvd question

    Hi there, not 100 sure, but I think Nero 6, will automatically convert AVI to DVD format when you burn a new dvd with the DVD-Movie option. This seems to be the easiest option. cheers Opel Superboss, now that was a car!
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    RAID v. nonRAID for video conversion

    Yip, probably. :-) thanks for the update! Opel Superboss, now that was a car!
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    dvd copying/ripping

    I think he is reffering to the Entire Ripping and Encoding process using divx. I use Smart ripper to rip, virtual dub and xvid codecs with 128 mp3 sound. If I use 2 pass encoding, it takes about 4X the length of the DVD. ie 90Minute DVD = 360Minutes = 6 Hours, + about 5 Minutes to Rip with...