Recent content by tonlin

I am looking to purchase the 4870x2 online tomorrow. Besides Newegg, where are some other reliable, non-eye gouging places to look (online only)? Thanks.

Does the monitor bypass the scaler when the videocard output is 2560x1600?

Quoting Tom's Hardware The numbers speak for themselves: the 9800 GX2 out performs the 8800 Ultra (with 768 MB) by 29% on average and up to 41% at a resolution of 2560x1600, while activating antialiasing at this resolution shortens the gap to 13%. Yet, for many games, it's the only mode that...

Thanks a lot everyone. I have not really tried to over-clocked anything before but I have never really built my own rig either... So this may be the start of my over-clocking learning curve :eek:. I appreciate all the input and have revised my build quite a bit. Keep all the useful info...

2 x 8800GTS 512MB for $195/each after rebate Or 2x 9600GT 1GB for $210/each after rebate? Also was looking at the MSI P7N diamond 780i and a reviewer said problem with Q6600? Can you shed any light on this? Is it only the $10 cheaper from 2x2GB Gskill DDR2 1000 --> DDR2 800 the reason...

Q9450 - $300 - awesome suggestion. Thanks a lot. I will definitely think about the stock 9800 GTX. (Don't know much about OC :D). Also considering SLI in the future, when the need arises and when 9800 GTX even cheaper.

Mainly for work but built for gaming. Need to power 30 inch monitor (Dell 3008). Been lurking in other threads and implemented many of the suggestions. Pretty new to this, so any advice is appreciated. Budget: $1500 -$1700 Current build: $1478 Case: CoolerMaster Cosmos Silent Gaming...

Maybe too many monitors were being returned because of the backlight bleed, input lag, and lack of HDCP support at 2560 x 1600. Hopefully a new revision is on the way. Dell has really dropped the ball here on what was suppose to be a great monitor.

How do you keep the strips in place?

Have a dell 2407 rev 3. Absolutely versatile for work, gaming, movies etc. Would definitely recommend looking into the new 2408. Max resolution is 1900x1200.

From what I understand the 3008 has 15ms native panel delay + 30ms scaler delay. If I understand this correctly, it works out to ~2-3 frame/sec delay at 60fps. How noticeable is this for a 60fps games? Seriously considering upgrading my 2407 to this monitor because of all the inputs. Now if...

After reading 12 pages (OMG)... I still have a question. Can the upscaling in 3008 be turned off to decrease lag?