Recent content by cide_

Hey guys, as a long-term oldschool 3DFX Voodoo1/2/3/4/5/TNT/GEFORCE builder, I have an appreciation for the longevity of today's machines. I work as a professional IT services contractor and an IT/BA Analyst, and since I have yet to get a morgage, a wife, or a child... I have money to spend...

So, I was doing some testing and such, Found that I could squeeze 3.4ghz out of this beast with 1.3v to the CPU, and various other tweeks. Disparity between the pair of Core1/2 and Core 3/4 of about 14C between the two… My guesses are: Physically, Core1/2 are located on an area of...

Hey guys, I can't seem to find anywhere what amp requirement the 6970 card has? Just wondering due to my original Enermax Galaxy modular PSU having only 17Amp per each of its 5 Rails. I imagine if I split 1x PCI-E 6pin to a PCIe 8pin I will be wanting to get a dual 6pin to 8pin? Or...

I'm betting money on the leaks I have read about, claiming 20-40% speed improves when compared to a 580. Ladies and Gentlemen, I have a 6870 which is performing at the same speed of my former 5870, albeit, I am not 100% convinced the image quality is the same, I have left that topic in...

I am holding a 6970 in my hands as we speak, However, NDA says I cannot tell anything of this for about another week. Will leak information to the highest bidder :P

It seems as if ATI has removed this setting, I assume it is modifable via Registry or 3rd party tweak tools, I will post the solution when I find it later - It is THE FIRST thing I noticed after DriverCleaner/New Video Card/Initial Setup and Configuration. I bet you its locked at the old...

Err yeah. I'm at work right now, I never play games on my Bench PC so I didn't even realize I had an ATI 3400 Series card, but nevertheless, As far as Mipmap Detail Level, which is what it is, I'm fairly certain that at home, It's not present on 10.1 (not E, just default) & 6870.

Hey guys, After all the talk about AMD altering default settings to improve benchmark results, I'd like to ask the community a question: What ever became of the setting that allowed you to change Texture Image Quality? I had a 5870 that I recently sold for 350 to buy a 6870, However, upon...

I actually found a better way to get the AppleControlPanel for Brightness to work in Windows 7. #1) Right Click on "Computer" -> Select "Manage" and in the users area create a user account called: Test (with password: Test) -> Not an admin account! #2) You have to create a shortcut to the...

So as wishful thinking would have it, It is not infact a perspective thing, nor is it "Just me" I had a second person verify the color uniform issue... The left side of the screen is literally half a point gamma darker than the middle/right side. You can take a white window and drag it to...

I might have sounded a little harsh.. I wanted to retract that a bit: -the display as a whole is wonderful, It looks great, and minus the issues or concerns I have, It is a very impressive monitor. I just expected it to be perfect, therefore I either must accept the issues I have or get a...

I have had the original Enermax Galaxy 1K PSU for a few years now, And its still working great, voltages rock solid. I am sure some of you would say to avoid certain disaster, now might be a good time to replace this PSU as preventative maintainance, correct? Well, if thats not the case... I...

For months and months I saved money, Particularily, Gift cards from my school - To save $350.00 on this $1049.00 monitor, And I paid the rest in cash. Beyond the cost of the monitor, which isn't too out of control, I had to sell my Radeon 5870, which worked fine for me, and ended up hoping...

Hey Guys, I must have spent at least 8 hours over the past 6 months researching various answers and topics about the ATI Radeon 5870-Series and Apple Cinema Display.... Knowing the both do not work together for whatever reason, Many people say they get a black screen or need to use this...

Hey guys, I'm trying to boot from a USB Memory Stick to install 2008 SP2 (Non-R2) on a Quad-Xeon ECC-Ram Supermicro Server from around 2002 that has with it only a CD-ROM Drive. Fortunately, The USB Memory Stick shows up as a Hard Drive boot device in the CMOS, but after following some...