Recent content by Fizznab

Although, naturally, at 1680x1050 resolution I think the 640mb would out preform the 320mb, the difference would be minimal for spending an extra 100 or so dollars (i'm not sure what the price difference is anymore). Since your only holding off till january, I'd say go with the 320. I have the...

Ok, thank you guys. I just wanted to make sure that i'd be able to do what I want to do with the monitor. That answers my question perfectly, i'll get a monitor with HDCP and HDMI just to, like you said, be future proof. Its always possible a roommate or someone will get a blu-ray player or...

Currently I am researching a 1920x1200 monitor to use with a system dual booting on linux and vista. Linux for multimedia, Vista for games only. I also will have a 8800gts (supposidly has HDCP). Now, my big question is do HDCP capible monitors only accept HDCP signals and thus are unable to...

Thanks alot, helpful info. I think i'm going to hold out a couple weeks in hopes of price drops, and of course for the new mobos to trickle in and get tested. Then i'll go the non-sli route. I also am hoping a deal will show up for a 1920x1200 monitor, they are alot more pricey then I had hoped.

I will be going to college in the fall for computer engineering. I figured its about time I start getting familiar with Linux and i'd like to have a nice desktop to last me the 4 years or so of college. My plan is to build a box where I can dual boot Ubuntu and Vista. I will use Ubuntu for...