Recent content by graffen

wow, this PayPal situation is really causing NewEgg a lot of grief. I found this on NewEgg's own Eggxpert forum site: A lot of people are confused, and disappointed. Here is a thread where you can add your comments about the PayPal situation...

I completely agree with the quoted remark just above, by fellows. I was so happy to see the 8800 GT arrive, but I think for sure even by the week before Christmas the 112sp version will be priced around $250. At least I hope I am correct, because I am waiting...

This is the tale of two very similar setups, and my frustration on trying to understand how a P35 chipset could possibly outbench a 965 chipset in the manner below. First, let me mention that this is with benchmark program PassMark Performance Test 6.1 . All arguments aside about the value...

Thanks, Ken. Thanks, wtburnette ... By chance are either of you using this on the IP35 /Pro ? Thanks again.

Hello -- I would like to purchase a replacement for the Intel stock fan/heatsink on my abit IP 35 Pro. I know there are a jillion fans out there, and I know some won't work on all boards because of what I understand are passive cooling solutions (pipes) present on the underside of some...

That is true. The 32-bit operating system can access 2^32 bytes of memory allocation, which is 4 GB. However Windoze reserves about 768MB of that 4096MB for graphics operations, as I understand, and this is true even when there is a discrete graphics card solution. I have seen XP reserve as...

Around mid-November, I'll be looking for something like G92-380. (This week's 8800 GT offering is G92-270.) They can call it whatever they want for market, but it will be worth waiting (in my mind) until late December to see how this 'newer' GTS (or whatever) will perform against this week's...

That's really great, thank you so much, I just ordered the G.Skill 4GB kit for $169.99. I saw right away in the reviews of people successfully using these in the IP35 Pro. I'm really lucky in that NewEgg's distribution center is right down the road (250 miles down the interstate, that is)...

Thanks to everyone for their input. It's really helped me a lot. I just got back from the post office to return to NewEgg the 2GB of DDR2-1066 RAM. I wouldn't have understood exactly the nature of these clock cycles without your assistance. I sure won't be overclocking to a point where I...

Thanks to everyone for their input. It's really helped me a lot. By the way-- I figure I will keep this setup for three years, which is how long I kept my trusty Prescott 3.0 GHz/925X kit. I just got back from the post office to return to NewEgg the 2GB of DDR2-1066 RAM. I wouldn't...

Thanks very much for all the info. I had ordered earlier today, but I'm game to exchanging the DDR2-1066 for DDR2-800 if the argument is convincing. However, I will line up here what I did achieve to order, and the price paid. Feel free to comment in any fashion. In particular, if you...

Darthbob and enginurd, Thanks very much for the replies. As you might imagine your help and knowledge is very much appreciated! I was able to read a lot of reviews today on the IP35 Pro. I did compare it to the lesser brethren in the line, too. In the Pro, I liked the manual switch to...

Hello -- Thanks for reading. I have on the way to my doorstep at this moment the abit IP 35 Pro, and 2 x 1GB of Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 RAM (DDR2-1066). In case it is a useful link, the RAM is here: http://tinyurl.com/36jguv As I read the reviews on NewEgg for the motherboard, I...

Now that the GeForce 8800 GT has arrived, I feel that I can move forward to buy and build my next personal gaming machine. I would like to take a fairly large leap from my Prescott 3.0/925X/socket 775 to a quad core. I'll be discarding the motherboard. My budget is as follows: (c) quad...