Recent content by Esteth

The dell is somewhat a firmware lottery, with revisions A02 and earlier having severe banding problems, or so i've been told, and seen in a screenpicture(taken with camera) Newer firmware revisions still have some problems. notably, no 1:1 1080p support, the image stretches to fit the entire...

Hey all, i recently got myself a new case(antec P150), mobo(DS3) and processor(E6300), but im using ram which is slower than the FSB of the processor now >.< cpu-z reports that one pair is running at 200mhz, and the other at 266mhz. I've been experiencing random crashing and lag spikes in...

that's quite a big difference, but without a monster graphics card, GTX/GTX SLi, you'll find it difficult to game at a 30" resolution (with options high/max). hell, you'll struggle with 24" without a high end card, i'd think. at any rate, this...

i beleive a peice of software called maxivista will do this for you. it allows multiple networked devices to use each others monitors as an extended desktop. Sorry i dont have a link, but it should come up top in google etc...

i should maybe have been more clear, but ill be ordering the machine fawkes suggested, or one very similar. potentially without the video card for now, depending on what kind of performance increase i can expect, and where the performance increase will be. I expect the performance to mainly...

whoa! come home from a nasty dentist visit to find my thread filled with ram speed discussions :P from that, it looks as though ill go for the DDR800, especially with the lower multiplier on the E6300, cause the FSB would need to be set higher for the same speed :) i have two questions left...

these are the 3 parts im currently not sure of then. the E6300 is essentially the same chip as a E6400, but "underclocked"? in that case, it should be able to get to 3Ghz as easy as a 6600 or 6400? or do you hit the FSB wall before heat/voltage becomes an issue. Im a little interested in...

never heard of scan before, but ill go with the suggestion :) Anyways, im running a stock dell case, a dimension 4700, but as long as things fit, i really dont care for the look of it. I dont bring my own PC to lan games anyways, when i go, i go to a cafe round the corner which demand you use...

hey all, im deciding on what to get for christmas, but have somewhat changed my approach and budget since my last thread. instead of going for an upgrade do all the parts of the system, im looking to upgrade in steps, rather than all at once. current specs: * Processor: Pentium 4 3Ghz...

indeed i do, the dell 2407WFP does 1920*1200 and is a 24" LCD/TFT/whatever :P It has a few problems. The component input is bad, but i've heard if you turn off the image processing in the service menu that this problem is rectified, though it voids your warranty. Another problem is the...

in my current state, im not really happy gaming with my X800. it barely manages to push 30FPS in games with any kind of eye candy, oblivion is flat out unplayable. While i dont care too much about eye candy, some level of AA is lovely, and i dont want my hardware to be in the same state again...

taking that into consideration, and seeing as i still have the pannel to buy, i get the feeling i might have to go for a 22" monitor, for the price (i get £25 a month, only 16). I could allways dual-screen with my current monitor that way, and enjoy widescreen gaming, and dual screen...

to confirm, socket A is indeed socket 462, as detailed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_A

Hey all, I'm wanting to have a hardware upgrade sometime before christmas, because i've been saving up my money all year. I have little to no experience at assembling a PC from scratch, but my dad has done it before, and im fairly computer knowledgable. My current system was bought two years...