Recent content by mrporky

I don't think there is anything preventing one from being made. Aren't the "current" crop of higher-end AGP video cards really PCI-E devices with a bridge chip? There would be nothing preventing anyone pairing a newer GPU with a bridge chip. Whether or not a company makes one is a different...

I can't very well use SLI mode while running dual monitor mode, can I? (Seems wrong that I can attach 4 monitors, but only use 1 at a time If I want SLI mode) Ever tried running this setup? It really is a pain in the ass! You have to navigate through no les than 3 menus to disable sli...

If the information here is true: http://www.guru3d.com/newsitem.php?id=4834 Then the 8600 GT looks a little gimped: 48 SP, core 350 MHz, memory 1200 MHz, 256 MB, 128-bit, $149 However the 8600 Ultra looks like a real bang-for-buck budget sweet spot. 64 SP, core 500 MHz, memory 1400 MHz...

Wonder how wide the memory bus will be. I'm guessing it will be 256bit since it they are 256/512. Judging from the layout the memory must be snuggled right up next to the GPU. How many stream processors enabled? I'll guess.. 64. They are budget cards after all.

Has it been that long already? Wow. Yeah, I can imagine there being a smaller/cooler running/die shrunk/cheaper 8600/8800"pro" thats nearly as fast. Picking up a 640meg 8800gts is tempting tho.. I'll be paying 300 less out of pocket! Must.. Resist..

Got a 300 dollar gift cert for newegg! Upgrade time! Looking at a 320 or 640meg 8800gts because I'm having a serious hate-on for SLI. Why you say? No dual monitor mode when SLI enabled. Pain in the ass to switch back and fourth. Much of the time I play WoW and like to have a dual screen...

Are this prices in US or canadian dollars? :D (bump)

Thats a hell of a deal on the 939 4400 and 4800 (2x1mb cache cpus!) A week ago they cost twice that :)

Fortune has smiled upon my bank account and I find myself with some spending money. I've decided I want to bump the power that keeps the pixels purring on my monitor, but I've got to decide what to get. Oblivion likes to studder when I tweak the .ini and really turn up teh pretty. System...

The 2 gig user/kernel split is a limitation of 32bit windows. There are some ways around it, but almost none of them are practical for desktop use. Nearly are all aimed at enterprise class servers that run on 32bit hardware and have much more than 4 gigs of memory. The 3.5 gig cutoff you see...

That’s it. I think I’m going to order a 922 from newegg today. A lot of people have a lot nice things to say about gaming on this monitor. A while go I finally replaced my old, old, old 21 inch half dead CRT monitor with a new 1905FP. While I love the crisp graphics and sharp text and vibrant...

What, exactly, does 'sound stage' mean? I don't mean to flame, but the audio industry is filled with marketspeak non-words. If someone says so and so's product has a good sound stage, what does that mean? The only reason I don't like the grado's for nonstop gaming is that they arent the most...

Asus A8N-SLI premium onboard audio --> Grado SR-80 headphones. (http://www.gradolabs.com/product_pages/sr80.htm - Nice sound on the cheap! I can't belive I don't see other people in here talking about grado) Yeah, I need to get a sound card, but I've been lazy about it since this is the first...

Heh. I think this is a good point. How much can it cost creative to add a 3 dollar 512mbit memory chip? You can even see the solder points where the chip is missing on the non-xram cards. I'd bet someone with a little surface mount soldering experience could upgrade their card for cheap...

I’m not a big fan of creative in general, but there simply aren’t any other chips on the market that can match an audigy2ZS or X-fi for gaming. If you go above 2 channels or more than a couple of voices all the other cards start to eat huge amounts of CPU. Not fun. Aureal did it right, and...