Recent content by Zovreign

I'm all about support these days, without that you are sunk. Back in the summer when I went video card shopping, I picked out 4 vendors and called the 800 numbers on the box to see how fast I was connected with support. XFX and EVGA I got US based support within seconds to 2-3 minutes...

I'm building a workstation for home use, and looking at options ranging from buying/leasing a hp or mac pro to just rolling my own workstation. I'm building different configurations and it's been a few years since I looked at the geforce/quadro softmod scene. I was curious about what geforce...

I was looking at a similar system but with just the raptor as a drive, with 4-8GB of ram. The problem I have with the quad core is that I want to use xp64 with the system, even though only 1 or 2 of my core applications [graphics and simulation] have 64bit binaries to take advantage of the...

The system is looking awesome. I'm lurking this forum on build ideas for my next upgrade in a few months provided I ever get enough time off work to do any 3d work at home. As for gaming cards for 3d, its no problem for most freelancers or home 3d use. I use a plain jane Geforce 6800 with...

I think some guys are missing that this is the UPDATED Razr V3C not the older V3. More storage, more bells and whistles and a better camera. The camera in the old V3's isn't that hot. As for transferring stuff, I like the Razr, it uses a standard USB mini connector for charging and data...

Hey, send it back. I was in the same boat, 3 months ago when I got my 2405. It was perfect, except for the internal powersupply which buzzed. I figured eventually I'll have a silent computer and it would drive me nuts, so I called up dell, and they sent me a new replacement. I got it...

A good rule of thumb is to take the time it should take to do and multiply it by 3 or 4 to account for changes and revisions. Trust me there will be revisions especially if the client has no idea what they want [the worst kind of client]. Keep their choices simple, ie, give them 2 or 3 different...

Actually I found out that if I go through a dell business support contract [extra $$$] that support is based in America. As I said the additional cost doesn't matter to me, just so that my mom's happy, ghost is a great idea, but I won't be that way to do that for another 6 months to a year...

Whats the best PC Vendor out there that has good support and a idiot proof backup restore mechanism? I created a homebrew game box for my mother to play world of warcraft and pay bills but when a problem pops up shes fucked because I'm not there to fix it and the local computer people are...

I have the whine, which sucks because my monitor is perfect otherwise. I called dell, or rather used the online chat option to get approval for a monitor exchange. They are susposed to ship me a new 2405 to replace the one I got. I've had the whine since I got the monitor, which only...

Depends on the monitor calibration. I've been using 1280x1024 since the SGI Indy/Indigo 2 days in the mid 90's and today on my linux box at work. My workstation is set to 1280x1024, and my circles are circle, but my monitor is color, gamma and geometry calibrated every week by a guy because...

I posted in the unoffical thread about my 2405 that showed up this week. I won't trust other peoples eyes on the interweb anymore :) I'm definately too picky when it comes to monitors. But its an ok monitor for the price. Theres some minor tearing/bluring with FPS games, my video card is...

Why would I ? Why not? I got a handy little Toshiba Portible DVD player thats sitting unused here for the last few months with Component [not composite out]. Thats like asking why bother hooking up video game consoles to the 2405 if you got a computer to play games on. I don't want to use my...

I just got mine from Dell last night. Had fun setting it up, didn't blow me away as much as I thought it would, [I've worked with large displays over the last 10 years, including some very expensive Sony and Barco monitors used for film color timing]. Its not bad for the price however. The...

I'm weighing in on this because when I was in high school I was in a similar situation as you. Even down to being in the middle of nowhere in Canada, except in my case I was in Newfoundland. Note: my perspective is from the 3D graphics/Television/Film end of things, but some of this applys to...