Recent content by yipsl

Home computers: Atari 1200XL, replaced with a Commodore 128. I also picked up a Laser 128 Apple II clone to play all the Wizardry games a friend gave me when he replaced his Apple with a Mac (he wouldn't sell me his Apple, his Mom got that). My first PC build was based on a barebones system I...

Though I'll probably go X3 720, I could wait till fall and see what's out. I don't see any bottlenecks at 1920 x 1080 with the 8750, and it's good enough for everything else. I'd rather not overclock or run with shady bios hacks. I'd rather have a native Phenom II quad or triple @ 3.6 down the...

It probably depends on which X3 720 anyone gets as to whether the 4th core is equal to the others. As jcknouse reports, he can get a decent overclock and get Prime95 to work, but he can't get the overclock he wants that can run Prime95. Seems like there are several variables deciding if a core...

I've heard about this. Have you checked the WoW tech support forums? Here's a link to the WoW forums where someone suggests temporarily disabling Aero under Vista (if you have Vista) just prior to starting the game...

I would go with a quad over a dual core. That will futureproof things a bit. There are a couple of nice less expensive options to getting a full 24": http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010190020%2050001146%201301919996%201109917843&name=1920%20x%201080 I got the 21.5"...

What I"d want to know is how well it would overclock with a Zalman cooler without changing the voltages one bit. I haven't tried overclocking since the Williamette days and all I'd be interested in is getting 3.4 to 3.6 with a nice air cooler. I'll have to wait on the Phenom II 720 though. My...

Since when is 3.8 a problem? Yes, we know that Intel has higher IPC but the 720 is close enough to the 8500 in game benchmarks and comes out ahead where more cores are recognized. Heck, I'm going to replace my 8750 with one. put another in my wife's PC and move the 8750 to my 8 year old's PC. I...