I was wondering: Isn't a Phenom II 980 a better choice? I mean, which software really does fully take advantage of 6 cores*? The 980 is clocked @3,7GHz, compared to 3,3GHz of the 1100T, which has a Turbomode(3,7GHz) but only when it uses 3 or less cores. And the 980 is cheaper.
* AutoCAD...
The 6800 series scale really well in CF compared to the 5800 series. I was wondering if the reason for this are the latest drivers or the 6800 architecture.
The reason I want to know is because 5850 prices are dropping which makes buying two of those puppies very attractive. One 5850 is cheaper...
I just received my 550 BE (CACYC 0923bpaw, this stepping any good?). I haven't decided what HSF to buy, so I wanted to use the stockfan first. I was thinking about the Xigmatek HDT-S1283, which I can order at a lokal store, but I saw two version: CAC-SXHH3-U02 and XIG-RED-SCORP-S1283. I assume...
Question: Does bios F5 have the ec firmware selection=hybrid setting? I assume it does, but as far as I know Gigabyte also complied to AMD's wishes to remove the unlock capabilities of motherboards with 710/750, at least in the US where they supposedly removed all biosses capable of unlocking.
Question: which motherboard builders ignore AMD's request to pull biosses with unlock capabilities?
I know ASUS doesn't. I wanted to buy the new M4A79XTD EVO mobo, so I mailed support and got this answer:
Pussies!:P
The Romanian guy from xstremesystems.org forum had one, so I assumed those must be the denebs. I was probably wrong in my assumption, just like I was wrong in assuming that fab 1 in Dresden wasn't ready to massproduce Propus cores yet. I heard they had production problems. I should have said the...
I am looking at upgrading my old Athlon single core system. I have been reading and both the Athlon II X4 620* and the Phenom II 550 seem to be Deneb cores, which means both can be unlocked to become a Phenom II X4 processor. As I understand, the 550 can be overclocked a bit higher than the 620...
I got mine as well this week, and I have to say it has exceeded all of my expectations. It's cheap compared to other 30" monitors and mine is basically flawless. No backlight bleed, no dead pixels, no white glow, no sparkling effect. The only downside is that the PQ is not up to par with my...
Seems the monitor is for sale and some people already got it, yet I cannot find a single review on the net. I find that a little odd. Any of you find anything?
No, it is not subjective, since you can actually measure it. If you play online, those milliseconds can actually be the difference between kill or be killed. If were a gamer, you would know this.
The LG is a very interesting option. It utilizes the newest panel, yet it is as striped down as...
In The Netherlands this model was introduced almost 6 months ago and one can order one in several webshops since then. Yet, it's never been delivered to anyone, so recently some curious people contacted Philips.nl about it and gotten the response this model was cancelled. Strangely enough, Simon...
What did Dell exactly fix with the A02 revision? And is the backlightbleed common on A02 models? How about inputlag, which was massive in the older revisions?
Not entirely true. There is one company from Holland called Qsix.eu, which sells some Dells for prices way below the Dell prices. It even sells these models with extended 5 year premium panel warranty. For example, they sell the 2408wfp A01for 490 which compared to the 796,11 Dell charges is a...
$200 incl. shipment? If I wanted a 22" I would be really jealous right now, because the 2209WA looks very promissing. In euro countries like The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and France Dell charges 418($542) excl. shipping. All models are overpriced actually. Dell is really robbing us in the...
This LCD has a Samsung S-PVA panel.
IPS 24" monitors would be the HP LP2475W or the Philips 240PWES. Have no idea what those cost in the States, but here the Philips is 50 cheaper than the DELL and the HP 50 more expensive than the DELL., which costs 500.
Anyway, I would not recommend a...
I am actually looking at the same monitors plus the BenQ FP241W. The BENQ is supposedly still on sale in a few shops, even though it is removed from the BenQ website for a while now.
The Dell is about 50 more expensive and has backbleed issues as far as I know, although I believe there is a...