Recent content by V99

Cheers mate - good advice. I'm just a little gutted - thinking that if I pickup a Core i7 - I won't be able to make full use of it due to the HDD. Guess I'll just need to pickup an SSD when 128Gb or 256GB versions are affordable.

I'm going to upgrade my rig to a probably a Core i7 930 very soon. With this fancy new PC the only thing that will be holding me back is a crusty old WDC Blue 640gb. So I'm weighting up my options. SSD's are still to expensive for me (Im in New Zealand where a 64Gb SSD is $250+) I can...

Awesome! Glad to see that working now...I didn't want to ruin my dual set of ASUS 22's with some randy Displayport monitor...Just have to get my hands on a third :)

Hey guys, I recently replaced my 9600GT SLI setup for a single Radeon 4870. See my specs below, I play at 1680x1050. After I put the card in I did driver cleaner in safe mode, and installed the latest drivers. I started up Need for Speed Shift...and the resulting weren't exactly...

By the time I convert some New Zealand dollars into USD, ship it over here, probably will nearly cost roughly the same. After looking at this: I'll probably go with the 4870.

I don't know who ships worldwide?

** Before reading please realise I'm in New Zealand where everything is twice if not more expensive See my specs below, pretty old setup nowdays. I'm holding out for Core i7 but I still think it's too early to bite the bullet and upgrade. I've recently got another 9600GT and put them into...

Alright cheers guys. Looks like the 4850 is it, its a pretty good upgrade and won't cost me the earth. Getting stuff shipped internationally typically and costs a lot of money. Not to meation its coming a long way and will take a few bumps. They are hard prices. Its crazy the amount of money...

I've just upgraded from two Philips 17inchs to two ASUS 22inchs. Really happy with my new monitors. Only problem is, is my 9600GT was struggling with 1280x1024 resolution. Now it has to deal with 1680x1050. Overall my PC is old. I don't want to do a full upgrade at the moment. I'm holding...

AGP or PCI-E? Won't be looking at much of an upgrade for $50.

Man... how on earth could I possibly remember the onboard video for our first computer? =P It ran Age of Empires 1 just fine though. Video cards I actually remember having: S3 8mb Onboard Video Radeon 7500 Radeon 9200 Radeon 9600 Pro Radeon 9600XT Geforce 6600GT Radeon X1950Pro...

Far Cry 2 - Terrible game... Could of been so much better if you could go prone, lean, and if it had a exciting storyline... and if the AI wasn't thick as a plank. Yup it was pretty bad. Call of Duty World At War - It's ok...But COD1 sounded and played better. Feels like a cheap medal of...

Cheers guys, thanks for all your help. I'm lining up a new PC at the moment... So I'll see how on get on with the onboard audio with my new motherboard. Sometime next year I'll definitely look into buying a real sound card & speakers. Because at the moment I have some fail 'Nicole...

That sound card is well over $300 in New Zealand. http://www.c1com.co.nz/shop/step1.php?number=15344 Isn't there something moderately priced that will do the job? Yes it will be used mostly for gaming. But spending that much money on a sound card is pretty crazy. I'd pay $84 American...

I've been using on-board audio for a long time now. Recently my on-board audio has kinda died. My mic port is no longer working and my audio output doesn't produce enough sound to use my headphones. So I resorted to busting out an old Creative Sound blaster Live (terrible under Vista, but mic...