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The company i am employeed at has grown a coniderable amount over the past 6 months, and our dual-socket xeon webserver/database isnt cutting it anymore. The plan is going to be to switch over to a cluster array with 3-4 servers(depending on preformance) attached to a large NAS. Ive always...

The Only game i play is Battlefield2 online well almost .. :wink: It seems to me the type of game that always challenge the current top of the line video cards Are ONLINE first Person shooters , and ONLINE MMO's RPG's Then the OFFLINE Rpg's and first person shooters Example BF2...

Hi everyone. I posted this in the PSU section but no responses. I currenty have a XION 450W PSU that came with my case. It only has 18amps on the 12v rail. I have had no problems with my psu so far (I am currently running A64 @ 2.45 ghz, 6600gt OC, 2 IDE HDDs, 1 DVD rom, 1 DVD burner, 1...

Does anyoe have any info on the upcoming 8 series gpu? Im curious if they will have apoor man;s version (around 400)

Hy ! I'd like to buy a Galaxy GeForce 6800XT 256MbDDR3,256bit,425/1000Mhz,8 pixel/4 vertex pipelines,Zalman cooling,Pci-E. I'd like to know is someone have this video card and if it can be unlocked the extra pipelines and how many can be unlocked. It is possible to reach 16 pipes unlocked ??

I know i sound funny , but my old pc is running with only agp 4x. So can u suggest me best 4x agp card? Tnx !

Hello, which motherboards are compatibles whit the EVGA 6800GS?? My motherboard is this: http://www.computerhq.com/ECS_L4VXA2_SOCKET_478_VIA_P4400/L4VXA2/products/partinfo-id-15716.html (http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/9306/pb0dw.jpg) It's compatible? Thanks. PD: Soz my english, im spanish.

So, I just bought an X800XT AIW and an ATi Silencer 4. Yet, as I am trying to install the cooler, I don't see how to put in on. Unless I am that retarted, is this the wrong cooler and should I buy the ATi Silencer 1 instead???? I feel so dumb asking this question...

Although I didn't know it at the time, I now know that AMD's X2 and Opterons are essentially the same CPU... with the X2 being designed for your every day desktop PC and the Opteron destined for use in servers. I think it's safe to say that the X2 bests its Intel rivals (800 and 900 series...

ok i am being told that the x-fi gives a much better sound experience over the audigy 2 products and people tell me there are less issues. i was wanting one of the drive bays or external boxes you get with the card but i cannot afford anything in the x-fi range except extreme music. are those...

This was quite amazing. I don't even know if I read it correctly but I was kind of wondering how the GT was getting higher FPS then the GTX in alot of cases (not all). It seems they were using dual GTs in SLI vs. a single GTX, which would make sense because the GTs were winning as far as I could...

Ok I'm working on the basics of my next computer, and this time I've decided to do some modding, a window and a paint job. A problem being is this minor perfectionist part of me that will not be satisfied with just the case being painted, so essentially all my computer is going to be...

So, right now, I got Ripjaws, running on 1600MHz 9 9 9 24. 2x2 GB of those. They run on 1.5v I also got my slightly older Mushkin laying somewhere here - 2x2GB as well. They are designed to run 1600Mhz 7 7 8 18 on 1.8v~1.85v So, I'm thinking about running the Mushink on 9 9 9 24, but lowering...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?) I am getting no where with ATI. I have recently replaced my nVidea 4600ti card with a Sapphire X800XL AGP and at the moment can only run the card on 'VGASAVE'. Tried installed CAT 5.5 both from hardware wizard where I get the...

My sister has asked me to build her a system. She has asked that it be a great price/performance system, and able to play the sims 2. I know that I will likely get her an A64 3000+ or a 3200+. What I don't know is the video card that I should get her? Having never played the sims 2 I don't know...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia (More info?) Anybody know how to configure the built nVidia LAN to connect to the web thru a linksys wrg54 router? The mainboard is a DFI LanParty UT nForce3 250 gb. Making me nuts...................Please help

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt (More info?) Hi, I would like to upgrade my brother's old celery 300A computer, so I'm thinking a Pent 4 mobo and chip and possible memory and case. I can put it together but I'm not good with specifications. Please recommend the above items...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit (More info?) Is there an easy way to convert Fat32 to NTFS whilst windows is already loaded. I can't recall seeing the option to chose which file system I wanted when loading XP onto my pc. TIA

Im trying to fix "Display driver has stopped responding and has recovered" issue and was wondering if updating my BIOS would help. Where do I go to do that? I have a 760GM-E51 (AM3)

Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but, I am useing Pinnacle Plus 9.4 to capture family video, if the 200 Gb harddrive is on my normal IDE interface the "Test Data Rate" is about 25440, If I put the drive on to the RAID...

Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) What is the best way to set the Sony FCB series block cameras? I tried the FCB-B Series Control Panel software for download on the Sony website, but it seems to issue random commands. The cameras use the VISCA communication protocol over...

Hey Guys, I've looked through a bunch of previous threads, and I'd like to rule out the Mobo as the source of this issue. Essentially the power button doesn't function. The light on the motherboard power switch is on, as well as the reset light. I've unplugged every component one by one, no...

Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) Anyone happen to know any programs that will take a video file, add a watermark to the video, encode and compress it to a .flv format, and then upload it to an FTP site, all while being able to place it in a que? Mac or windows, no matter...

hello i was wondering if anyone could tell me the temp of the p4 3.4 and the amdathlon 3400+ with stock fan and heat sinker and if anyone has had problem with the 2 involeing heating problem

Hi all I just bought the x800 pro card from ati for 400 euro in greece and I dont know whether I should keep it or return to the shop! My system is p4 3.15 (over cloacked) with radeon 9700 pro. In rome total war I get sometimes slowdowns since I am playing at 1280 resolution. So I thought I...

I have an WD My Book Essential 1Tb. and i opened the case and take the WD 1Tb Green from it and use it for internal drive ( the data on it can't be read on computer running Win XP .. it says RAW.. i have to re partitioned the hard drive, before i re-partitioned the hard drive i try to read the...

So I recently put together a new system (probably my 10th system build or so) and I have to say that I have never had this many memory problems before. First for reference purposes: Motherboard: GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3 rev 1.3 (Bios: F12) RAM: G.SKILL Value Series (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)...

I work at an electronic recycling company so I get parts for VERY cheap. With that being said, I just got a case to build a computer. The case came in yesterday. I was able to hook up most of the cables for the front panel(power switch, reset switch etc..), hooked up the psu to the motherboard...

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?) I have a 8300 with a DVD burner and after a month, I decided to use the burner however it is asking me to change the Region Code as my current region code is blank. How do I change the code to 4 for Australia. I cant seem to find this...

Hey whats up guys I was just wondering if I could run a agpx8 card if my mobo only supports x4?

Hello there, Just a quick benchmarking question for you. I have a new PC (p4 3.2, radeon 9800 (128 meg) and 1 gig RAM - all running at stock specs ). The benchmark numbers generally seem good: 3d mark 2001 (1024x768) - between 17,500 and 17,850 3d mark 2003 (1024x768) is 5950 (676 CPU)...

It's around 100 extra for the Sabretooth board, so is it worth it? Some people say that Asus is the only one doing x79 right; yet I know value-wise the Extreme 4 can't be beat. It's z77 model has great reviews, but there's not as much to find about the x79 version.... So what do you recommend...

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati (More info?) Installed the 4.9 CCC drivers on my AIW 9600 Pro. Seem to be working OK but.... Have an old NEC Multisync 70. Installed the .inf file and Windows XP XP2 shows proprer refresh rates and lets me set 85Hz. However that does...

What should I set my Aperture size to? And should I enable Fast Write? ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB (on a 4x AGP connection) AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 512MB PC2100 DDR RAM Mobo: ASUS A7V266-E "A delayed game will eventually come out, a bad game is bad forever." -Shigeru Miyamoto

Hi, Just new, so sorry if i've posted this in the wrong section. Im upgrading to a AMD 64 amd a new motherboard for it. I was thinkin of getting a AMD64 3400+ (as thats the highest available retail in Australia) and a MSI K8T Neo motherboard (that THG recommended in one of thier news stories...

I have a 6800 12pipline card from Galaxy, i got it for a price of £200 thats all i could afford since my old fx5600 256mb was a pile of [-peep-]. i recieved my card and i kept hearing people in forums on about swopping the bios or modding the bios of a 6800 12 pipline to a 16pipline. Since i...

I recently discovered that one of my RAM modules failed memtest86. It is brand new and was working fine for about a week, so my question is, was the RAM defective from the factory and just broke, or was it something the motherboard did (either some change in BIOS I may have done)?

I made a post prior to this but not really any clear response so I'll repost I would love some help on this issue Ok guys, so I'll let you know exactlly what my specs are I got a Gigabyte MA785GM-US2H mobo Phenom II Quad core 955 BE 3.2 not overclocked 8 gigs ddr2 (2 sticks 667)(2 sticks...

intel seem to be having huge problems with the scotty... rumours abound of release with 533fsb due to problems at 800. and inquirer claims a q2 04 release date http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=12353.. great time for amd if they can capitalise on this :)

After changing the motherboard from Intel D101GGC C Rev. 1.02 (which died due to bad caps) to Intel D101GGC Rev. 1.03, XP will not start completely. The XP logo comes up then shuts down. I am using same processor, memory and hard drive. Any Ideas?