Recent content by samullin

@xdivenx, Danny Bui Good advice on the HDD and the case. As for the CPU and the power supply I was going to use the promo codes at http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1339446 I don't mind dealing with the rebates - I'm mostly concerned about getting a PSU that won't blow up and is...

Is there that significant of a gain for the 4870? I plan to go Crossfire in the future when prices drop, so I'm wondering if in a year or two when I can pick up another 4850, how will the dual-GPU compare to the 4870 on a price/performance scale? Along the same lines, it might be better to get...

I am building a desktop for the first time, though I’ve wanted to do it for about 10 years now. Recently my 6-year-old laptop died, I just passed my PhD qualifying exam, so this is my gift to myself! I want something that is fast and capitalizes off of the new but well-established hardware of...

it's an inspiron 9400 The dxdiag.exe gives "n/a" for all specifications of the video card, saying only that the generic drivers are installed. Tried to install nvidia and ati drivers, both said they couldn't find compliant hardware.

I just got a hand-me-down laptop at work, and am in the process of reinstalling everything. However, I can't figure out what video card, etc this thing has, and can't find anything in windows XP to tell me directly. Device Manager just tells me generic "video controller" type stuff. Any...

Bottom line: can video/physics/sound cards be configured to help cpu calculations for purposes of engineering applications (simulation, optimization, etc.) I keep up with HardOCP quite a bit, but it's been a long time since I've bought a new computer. I just finished an undergraduate...