Recent content by Captain Picard

WHEEEEE!

Alright, I'm in. Hot deals are good to look at because of the large amount of bang that can be had for one's buck.

Your post reads like broken wind across the keyboard. You could have just spared everyone the meaningless contribution.

It's nice to have a sounding board, and an opportunity to analyze my preferences and the underlying reasons, good or bad, rational or irrational, behind them. Sometimes I find it nice to discuss these things, especially if I have some notion in my head that does not follow the general...

I stated earlier that I'd probably be upgrading the monitor as well, if I get a new videocard. Presumably, I'll be running 1920x1080. I may just have to raise my budget in order to appease my desire for a faster GPU AND more VRAM. The next best stop looks to be the GTX 470. There's an EVGA...

Currently, I'm at 1440x900. This resolution fits the rendering power of my 4850 pretty well for the latest games that I've played, like DAO and ME2. Yes, I realize that I could have PROBABLY been just fine with the 512MB version of the 4850, but I'd be feeling buyers remorse in a big way if it...

I'm irrationally risk averse at times, and I absolutely DO NOT WANT to experience the stuttering and poor framerate associated with too little VRAM at any time during the service life of my videocard. If I were to upgrade my card more often than every 2 years, I'd also want to spend less on...

So in the next three years, I'll never ever have to worry about having too little RAM on a card with 1GB, no matter what games are released and what mods might be made for them?

According to that Anandtech article, the price premium looks to be in the neighborhood of $50. As I recall, that's close to the premium I ended up paying for the 1GB version of my 4850. I'll probably be gaming at 1920x1080 if I upgrade my monitor when I upgrade the videocard. Being that I...

How much of a price premium will there likely be for these versions of the GTX 460? I'd like to get an upgrade sometime this summer, or maybe for my b-day a few months from now. I've had my 4850 for just over two years now, and I'm feeling it's time for an upgrade. My mobo doesn't have a...

Count me in. Thanks, HardOCP and MSI!

I told myself that I wouldn't buy Nvidia again because their CEO is a prick, and the fact that they've locked ATI users out of Physx. However, I'm a sucker for things that give really sweet performance for a relatively low price. Lord, keep me from temptation, or at least lower the...

I've had the H50 in my system for a couple months now, and while it allows me to reach 3.5GHz with my Q6600, the temperatures are quite high. I have all the little clock and voltage stepping features enabled, but even when idle at 2.38GHz 1.25v in Windows, I sit at 59*C. On a warm summer day...

I've had bad experiences with pulling air into the case through the radiator on the H50. my 4850 will idle between 15 and 20*C higher, and the sensor on the mobo will read ~ 10*C higher than if I were exhausting past the radiator. Furthermore, there is no appreciable temperature difference for...

I am yet another person who will stick with their socket 775 system. I bought this Q6600 from a friend only 6 months ago or so, for $75. Before that, I had an E2180. I've got the Q6600 @ 3.4GHz right now, and perhaps if I can get a different fan configuration, I might be able to get a stable...