Promise Technology

Forum discussion tagged with Promise Technology.
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    Do I need more - faster RAM?

    Do I need better - more RAM for playing games? This is the last thing I think I should upgrade, what if any improvements will I get with more RAM or faster RAM? I know my motherboard will use faster RAM but my CPU won't. What if any should I upgrade to? Specs: ASUS Hero VII Motherboard Intel...
  2. flamefire999

    Looking for a ~$2500 laptop

    Before you ask yes it has to be a laptop. I travel quite a bit and I need a better laptop than what I have now. I want to be able to record games and to live stream (I have a 200 down and 20 up at home). I was looking at the Razer Blade Pro but I heard it's not a good laptop for the price...
  3. C

    Keep Dell 531or Dimension 9100?

    Hello, I recently spotted a good deal and purchased a Dell 531 with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ and 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS video card. I'm trying to decide if I should sell my current Dimension 9100 and sell the 531. The 9100 has a Pentium 4, 3.0ghz with a Radeon X300 video card...
  4. A

    Vista vs Windows 7

    I am being asked to migrate from XP to vista, however we have a new boss and he wants to wait until window 7 is avaiable. is there any whitepapers that shows it is better to wait to windows 7
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    My GTX560 was struck by lightning, would I get a guarantee?

    I just left my PC to download some demo. When I was going out, there was a big and loud lightning striking and my house was suddenly no electricicty. After the electric came out, I switched on my PC and there was no respond. I called the technician to check my PC and he said the GPU and mobo...
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    Software that allows you to put masks on, when in webcam

    i have seen videos of these people on their webcams and they change from mask to mask, one mask would be a dinosaur, the next would be a shark ect. and when they move their mouth the sharks mouth will move and so on. i was wondering if anyone know what that software or any other software that is...
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    I just bought a Logitech Quickcam Orbit...

    Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.webcam (More info?) I just took this thing out of the box. And I noticed one thing, there are no instructions on how to remove the camera from the stand. I tried to turn the camera itself and all it did was click. I later read somewhere don't manually...
  8. C

    Eizo L565 Vs Viewsonic VP171b

    Please help. I'm currently search for a new LCD monitor. I want to know which of these LCD monitors is better, Eizo L565 or Viewsonic VP171b.
  9. J

    Lots of mini dv tapes but no camer to convert to dvd any ideas

    Hello,I have years of mini tapes ready to convert to dvd but my camera is broken .any ideas.
  10. M

    SLI or getting 1 better card when GPU gets too old

    When my GTX560Ti gets old, will it be best to get a better GPU and throw the GTX560Ti away or get a new GTX560Ti and SLI it with my old one? Cost-wise it seems SLI should be cheaper, but I don't know performance wise.
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    Uses of a Dual cpu opteron?

    2 Questions? What can I use the following system for? -2 x 16 core AMD Opteron CPUs -Some type of an Opteron sli server motherboard -dual OCZ RevoDrive 3 X2 960GB RAID 0 SSDs (pci-express x4) -2 RAID 0 SATA based Intel 520 480GB x 2 SSDs -64 GB of ECC System RAM (8GB x 8 modules) -3 x gtx...
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    What does "IDE Channel" refer to in BIOS POST screen?

    First new build! So far mostly good. At about 2 weeks old, BIOS stopped detecting bluray drive randomly. My MOBO: http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3907&dl=1#ov has 6 SATA ports numbered 0-5. The ports are laid out stacked on the the MOBO like this: 0 2 4 (top row) 1...
  13. R

    I need some quick advice on a small build please help!

    So I had an old E7200 2.53ghz core 2 duo lying around my room so i decided to build a little gaming rig I have 4 gigs of 1333 ram in it, this is the best mobo microcenter had http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0380270 so I just went to microcenter and bought an...
  14. cortillaen

    $1200-1400 gaming build and transportation protection

    I've been pretty much out of the world since my last build, but I'm looking to put together a new system, this time for my own use. Unfortunately, I don't have the time for parts research that I had last round in addition to not being up to date on the last seven or eight months of technology...
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    Discounts on Nvidia Cards

    Not sure if this is the right section, but has anyone in the UK found any good discounts on NVIDIA graphics cards? Cause of the new year and all... And links would be helpful :D