Recent content by Cathar

Impressive. Yeah, I need to switch back to AHCI mode. I tried doing it without re-installing windows, but I can't seem to get that going. Looks like it's back to the install disk again.

Oh, and here's CDM being run on the System Disk 840Pro with your settings for comparison. I use a 300GB partition on the 840Pro for capturing video as its standard application. The system partition (C: Drive) is 108GB, and the rest is set aside for OP. As you can see, the standard 840 holds...

Uh, okay. Just downloaded it. This is running on a Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UP4, with a 3770K CPU @ 4.0GHz, using the Intel RAID controller in JBOD configuration (ie. not AHCI, and no actual RAID being employed). This is the 500GB Samsung 840 drive being measured here. I set my partition size to...

I picked up a 500GB Samsung 840 yesterday. I also have a 512GB 840Pro as a system disk. I used to have my games on a 240GB Intel 520, but have since moved them (Steam & Origin) to the 840, and subjectively noticed no difference. The 500GB 840 doesn't write as quickly as the Intel 520, but a...

Ok, got it all sorted now. Thank you for the help. The HDMI wasn't working, because I had selected to display just to the Samsung. I then tried to do extended displays, but couldn't get the 2560x1440 res on the Samsung. I finally managed to figure out the correct sequence to do it all in...

Mate, thank you so much. That was it exactly! Been driving me nuts, and it was as simple as that. I kept moving the mouse, moving, moving, and eventually the pointer showed up on screen. Clicked to set the resolution, and got the displays to select. Set it to the Samsung as the main, and...

That's hard to test. I've currently got audio working via SPD/IF to the receiver for compressed surround sound decode. If I start up anything that plays sound, before plugging in the HDMI to the receiver, then the sound source is already bound to the SPD/IF output, and so it doesn't switch...

Thanks for your response. Yes, I've tried loading Windows without the receiver HDMI plugged in, and then plug it in. As in the OP, as soon as I plug the receiver HDMI in, all I see is the desktop background, and nothing else, in 1920x1080 subsetted within the 2560x1440 frame (ie. desktop...

Thank you for the reply. The DVI is definitely the primary, or at least I think it is, because when I boot up, it's all working fine. It seems to be as soon as the windows drivers load is when it goes haywire. Yeah, I tried from GPU to receiver to monitor, and no go. Receiver is actually...

Ok guys, I got a bit of an odd one, and I've not been able to find an answer. I have a Radeon 7970 video card, and previously was driving my old 1920x1200 monitor with a dual-link DVI cable, and driving a surround sound system with an HDMI cable plugged into the HDMI out of the video card...

In a nutshell, it was found that various of their data points for their own radiator are physically impossible. Placing trust in the rest of their results and diatribe at your own peril. Brass radiators actually do use all-copper fins. The impact of the brass used in the very thin tube-wall...

No, but I do reckon that there's enough out on the web in the form of myths about watercooling that there'd easily be enough material to base a one season show on. Hmmm. I have a decent little solid state camera that puts out near DVD quality images. That's a thought. Could start doing...

I have an 80mm radiator here (MCR80-QP). Not a double mind you. Next time I run a round of tests (coming up shortly), I'll whack it onto the testbed with some decent 80mm fans and doing noise vs performance tests. The issue I have with sweeping statements is that for ages now people have...

Yes - gotta be picky about the fans. A pair of Panaflo FBA08A12L fans on each side of the radiator would yield decent results with the lowest noise.

As did I. I just wanted to ensure that we weren't dismissing the dual 80mm rad as junk for all scenarios. It is far from such.