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AfterDawn Addict
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3. June 2008 @ 21:37 |
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Ugh, and to think I'm going to have to go through all this if I crossfire 4800s..
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3. June 2008 @ 21:41 |
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Ughh, I am SO out of it now.
I'm using a GMA X3100 chipset to play my games. Man going from a Quad core with a 8800GT to THIS is horrible. lol
I've decided to wait till Nehalem.
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3. June 2008 @ 21:42 |
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I really do admire you for putting up with that for so long Abuzar. I wouldn't have the patience.
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redice
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3. June 2008 @ 21:49 |
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@theone
are there any downsides to installing sp3(service pack 3) for windows xp? should i install the pack?
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3. June 2008 @ 22:05 |
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azubar, nehalam, mainstreme is not to come out till Q2/3 2k9. can yu wait that long?
only the EXTREEME versions will come ou in Q4 2008/Q1 2009
and Russ, im using samsung HDDs, not a probelm, when i got it a few weeks back, same with the mobo, ASUS P5K-E. everythign worked w.o any drivers needed.
hell i could play games on the 7800GT, with no nividia Driver) :O
i like vista, and i would never go back to XP.
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ddp
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3. June 2008 @ 22:08 |
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red, i've heard of problems about sp3 so haven't done any updates to sp3 on customers' computers.
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AfterDawn Addict
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3. June 2008 @ 22:10 |
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So nvidia's drivers are so bad you don't even use them these days, eh?
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3. June 2008 @ 22:12 |
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Originally posted by sammorris:
So nvidia's drivers are so bad you don't even use them these days, eh?
no i just tried it to see if it would work.
i now use Omega drivers.
cant stand the bsods from Nvidia.
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redice
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3. June 2008 @ 22:14 |
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ok thanks ddp and now thta i think about it. i remember reading that sp3 had problems as well.
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3. June 2008 @ 22:33 |
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Talking about Vista vs XP.
I USED to have Vista on my Laptop. So I try running my favorite game(Advent Rising) on all low at 800x600 and the frame rate was too low. So I decided to install XP. Now I can max out the game at 800x600 lol.
Hell this Laptop is WAY faster than my "main" computer. I'm actually gonna set up my desktop in the Guest Bedroom with my old CRT and hook up my Laptop to my LCD monitor and use it as my main computer instead.
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3. June 2008 @ 22:34 |
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Funny that, the omega drivers for the 3870 were dreadful.
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3. June 2008 @ 22:45 |
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YEA WHAT RUSS SAID!!!!
lmao
got my card reader and new round ide cable installed . everything is running great everything seen by windows on the card reader install.good ole XP..lol why couldnt this thing run like this from day one??????? even with this old 100gb 8mb cache HDD with my OS on it, it isstill fast as Jeff Gordon running away from a woman..lol
with all the talk about sata vs ide. with the ODD not really matterng which you have. is there i big difference in the hards? sata vs ide? i can tell a difference in my 2 drives but one is 16mb cache andthe other is 8nb.
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3. June 2008 @ 22:48 |
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fast as Jeff Gordon running away from a woman..lol
good one rob hehe
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3. June 2008 @ 22:54 |
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2009, huh? I don't know what I'm going to do. I keep on changing my mind. One time I just want to build myself a budget PC because old parts like the 8800GTS(which we all agree on is still a great card for 80 bucks) are so cheap. Then I want to wait till Nehalem or Q9450 price drops. I'm so confused lol.
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3. June 2008 @ 23:00 |
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just seen the Q9450 over at microcenter for $299. it has come way down. the Q6600 they are giveing away. $189thats what i paid for my E8400.
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3. June 2008 @ 23:22 |
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@LocoQuote:
I'm jealous...all I got to do was watch at home. MMA is one of the few things I take time out to watch when it's on. I try not to miss a fight. Watched Saturday night too on CBS...twas decent.
I couldn't watch the Saturday Fights...since I forgot they were on...
This new CBS thing threw me...so I forgot to Tivo it...I don't follow EliteXC as much as WEC...and UFC...
I never got all the hype about Kimbo Slice...
Fighting bar bouncers in backyards...hardly compares to true professional MMA Fighting...
Kimbo is going to get his ass handed to him if he goes up against any of the UFC...or the top WEC guys...
The Fights were a Blast with all the local MMA guys on the card...Arco was Loud...just like at a Kings Game...
This was my 2nd live MMA Fight...I was at UFC 65 in Sacramento as well...it was when George Rush Saint Pierre...defeated Matt Hughes...to become UFC Welterweight Champion...
I am Hooked...I can't wait for the next fights at Arco...with the Champ Faber there...I know there is going to be more...:)
Just to stay on track...I haven't installed SP3 yet on any of my PC's...just because there is always problems with the Service Pack...and I want to wait and see...if MicroSuck is installing anything funny...or anything to interfere with any of my Rights to...Freely...Roam the Seas in Search of Treasure...}:)
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rick5446
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4. June 2008 @ 07:49 |
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4. June 2008 @ 07:53 |
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One's a WD, one's a Seagate - plus the Seagate has firewire, not sure about the WD. However, I'd strongly recommend AVOIDING both, as external hard disks built as a unit have software that can cause severe problems with what you can store on them. You're much better off using an internal drive with your own box.
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sytyguy
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4. June 2008 @ 08:06 |
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Actually, the Seagate has USB/SATA/Firewire connections. I never use the software that comes with external drives, I just let the XP install them, then I format them to NTSC, because they usually default to FAT32. I personally like the Seagate better because one can obtain free backup software (Acronis Trueimage).
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4. June 2008 @ 08:10 |
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spaul40
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AfterDawn Addict
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4. June 2008 @ 08:30 |
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You mean NTFS? lol
I didn't know the Seagate drives were so well equipped, I'll bear that in mind for next time.
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sytyguy
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4. June 2008 @ 08:42 |
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Yes, of course. I was on another forum concerning NTSC, a TV broadcast format, and lost my mind, LOL.
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4. June 2008 @ 12:22 |
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redice,
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are there any downsides to installing sp3(service pack 3) for windows xp? should i install the pack?
I've been using SP3 since the beginning of the year and haven't had any problems with it at all on the Intel. The AMD was another story! I didn't have the re-boot problem like so many reported, but I had all sorts of glitches with the I/O. Mouse problems. keyboard and things like that. As long as you're installing it on an Intel, you shouldn't have any problems!
Best Regards,
Russ
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4. June 2008 @ 12:28 |
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Hmm, I read SP3 was causing issue for AMDs, but funnily enough I read that Vista SP1 had the same issue.
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4. June 2008 @ 13:00 |
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Hey, so I had a guy call me about a monitor. He said that he couldn't max out WoW on two monitors with a 8800GTS 320. Anyway his computer got stolen and he has to get a new one.
Seriously, I DOUBT a 8800GTS can't max out freakin' WOW on dual monitors. What do you guys think?
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