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My 8ms VP191b is still running great @ 75 hz, no burn-in or dead pixels. I may upgrade my monitor in a year but this near-color-perfect monitor is staying with me until it dies.

19" Viewsonic VP191b (left), 17" NEC MultiSync 1760V (right) with the ugly stand removed (now held up by a duct tape roll). The black Logitech desktop USB mic is sort of hidden under the left corner of the VP191b. Speakers: Swan M200, held up my Jenga blocks The third LCD (off): Samsung e635...

I'm going to guess you've never stepped inside an audio store. Logitech probably makes $20; $20/(5 drivers)=$4.

On my own computer, Descent 1. I played the early quake/doom etc at my friends' houses.

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An increase in price and the game bundle.

Despite my addiction for widescreen, my 4:3 media and 16:9 media watching is about half/half. I don't mind black bars on the VP191b because the black level is so good.

I went straight from a Radeon 9800 standard to a 7800GTX - the difference in framerates and quality is amazing for a few days, but it certainly doesn't make games any more fun. I run at 4x FSAA/16x AF on a 1280x1024 LCD, and everything is running 50-75 fps. Anything in RTHDRIBL gets 35-45 fps as...

I was trying to remove the heatsink from the K8 mounting bracket on the XP-90 and killed the mounting bracket pretty easily with a screwdriver. Jab-tech has them but I probably have to wait til Monday to get my replacement. Just a note for those that attempt to install it: Don't push the bracket...

All of the brands use the same reference design. The only differences are clock speeds, game bundles, warranties, and support. The % differences in clock speed from the reference design closely correspond to the % increase in frames per second. If you overclock manually and your card breaks, you...

Don't count on being able to use a USB floppy outside of Windows/your OS

If you get 8 of these you'll have an 80ft cable for $20. I don't know about data deterioration at long lengths, it probably depends on the device and the watts used.

I went with eVGA because BFG was out of stock everywhere. If BFG can't deliver enough cards, I can't buy their stuff. Hopefully my eVGA won't break right after 2 years, but by that time it'll be a mid-range card.

There's some model numbers listed in this article: Sony's XBrite LCD Technology Comes To Desktop Monitors. I used a vaio for a day and couldn't stand the screen because it reflected everything behind me and acted like a mirror. The extra color saturation wasn't worth it.

I got so tired of waiting I just ordered the eVGA 7800GTX from newegg this morning. Hopefully it won't fail right after 2 years.