Recent content by ic3dblue

on ur box, did they sticker out the directx 10.1 feature? on my HIS 3850 they did.

oh wow thanks. yah i saw that 3000 series arrival, didnt know they were competing with 8600s though. thanks for heads up!

i dont need a 8800 yet because the only game i play now is team fortress 2. not interested in crysis, or bioshock. next game i play will probably be starcraft 2. haha. i was wondering which card i should get though: EVGA 8600GTS SSC: 256mb 128bit GDDR3, core clock: 720mhz, $150 EVGA...

if ur only running 2 displays...one video card can do it. u dont need a third. if ur running maximum 4 displays, i believe the 2nd sli/xfire card can hold 2 more. i am not sure on this one because i dont have sli/xfire. i do have 2 lcds on my single gfx card though.

i think if u water cooled it, u can drop temps to about 25-30..maybe. i have a prescott pentium, which is known to create lots of heat and i idle at 27. so i think u can go a good 5-7 temps lower. i did watercooling mostly for the noise level. its really silent. and i only cool my cpu...

i forgot where i read this, but they did confirm that it wont be out this holiday season. so somewhere around 2008 i am guessing.

i am kinda in the same boat as the op, so ive thought a bit about this. what u failed to address in ur op was the fact that DDR3 and PCI-E 2.0 are both around the corner just like penryn. just some more food for thought. haha.

i know the big hype is about the 8800 series, but i dont have 300 dollars for a graphics card. haha. so i was looking around newegg and i saw the evga 8600gts ssc for 150 after rebate. it has a core speed of 756 mhz, but its 128-bit interface gddr3. whats better? to get a card with say around...

i havnt read the article yet, but if i recall correctly, samsung was punished for price fixing memory a couple years back already.

that's correct. haha if ur too lazy to follow the link...

since i dont think ur power is an issue..id be quick to rma/return/exhcnage it. ps: are u overclocked on the q6600? if u are...go down to stock settings and see. i am pretty sure 600 antec should be sufficient psu...

wow thanks for that. that was written in the sticky too, but i didnt know what each # meant. haha i know it was easier to follow a guide and just buy what's in the guide but i wasnt mentally satisfied lol.

so if i overlocked an intel quadcore to 422 * 4 = 1688, i just need ddr2-844? and thanks for all the help..this confusion is getting better lol.

so i have been reading online searches and the memory faq here, but i still don't quite understand how to calculate 1:1 fsb and ram frequencies. scenario 1: so on my current system..P4 Prescott 3.0 800 fsb, i have dual-channel PC3200/DDR400 intel fsb = 200 * 4-pumped = 800 so why is...