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My question is simple, is the 6970 worth the extra money? Or should I save it and go with the 6950. I plan on gaming, browsing, and eventually getting a second for crossfire. Thanks...

I am in need of a new computer and being without internet for almost 3 years has left me in the dark for all things tech. I prefer AMD and am on a minor budget if purchased all at once. Budget: $800.00 Shipping/tax is not an issue with budget. Location: Texas (Central) Overclock: No Time...

Due to my current crap satellite internet I have not gamed in 3 years so I have not bothered to keep up with current tech advances. I am getting a new house with a real connection in December/January so I want to start some research. Any information is appreciated. 1) What will you be doing...

I am at my mothers for a few bit and I had to do a bit IT work for her and set up her wirelss for her laptop. Now, my laptop was able to see her netork and the neighbors as was her laptop. Now for some reason my wireless is only seeing the neighbors and not hers. Whenever I refresh the list...

Simply put I am in need of a very lite torrent client that does not need to be installed to run. Due to limited net connection at home (satellite only) I am limited by download restrictions and limits. I need an app I can put on a portable drive and take to work and just plug and download...

Easy simple question. I am heading home for christmas and want to take some files but don't want a lot of dvds to carry. Will a DL disk be able to be read from a single layer drive? I know the SL won't burn a dl disk, I am just wanting to transfer some files.

I am needing to back-up a large chunk of data. Easy 30+ DVDs. What would be a better choice for plain data back-up aside from DVD (which I already have, just want a redundant copy), external or network drive?

I am looking for some DL Lightscribe DVDs. +R or -R either is fine. I have looked many places but have only seen some from HP. I mainly use Verbatim and they have worked fine so far so that is what I am looking for. Please point me in a direction.

I don't use a floppy drive and was wondering if there was any reason I could not clip the connector for the floppy off and make it a standard 4 pin? The wires are the same and I don't see why you can't, but just want to double check.

I got a nice short clip I cut down from futurama and want to make an avitar out of it. How can I convert it to a gif image and remove the sound. what is a good/free program

I have a few drives that are holding various vids. Each group of videos is sorted and placed into various folders. How can I make Every folder or even selected ones only display detailed info instead of thumbs icons, ect.. I can do it folder by folder, one at a time, but that is a huge time...

Is there a free alternative to PS for the mac. Ther are several for Windows but I didn't see any based on OSX Any leads would be great. Thanks

me and the gf (mainly the gf) got a mini mac today. Duo Core. :) Seems kinda neat. This is my first mac and I am afraid, much like the humorous stylings at penny-arcade.com I am lost in this new world. I need help. how do I install and uninstall a program? That is my main issue at...

just installed XP Pro on an old Compaq Presario (don't ask, I forget the model, but it is at least 5yrs. old). It has had XP Pro on it before and it ran fine, but it was pre SP2 Only things that are connected are a hard drive and CD (same chain since I have a dead IDE). sound card NIC...

I have an old 400mhz that I am gonna put IPcop on with 2 NICs NIC 1: VOIP (so I can set port triggering and rate limitations when it is active, ie. when the phone is not in use the network gets full speed, when in use upload is shifted to that card for maximum quality ) NIC 2: Linksys...

I have a Compaq MV940 19"CRT. Great monitor, never had an issues with it. A while back I found outside (at the GF's apt.) a KDS RAD-5 sitting outside under a tree. I took it, since nobody lived near here at the time and I knew no one was moving in. anyway, It's not the best for games as it...

I've got an Abit NF8 mainboard with a AMD Sempron 64. It is a 24-pin ATX connection. I am in need of a supply that will run the board with the 24pin (not backwards @ 20 pin) GeForce 6600, and a min. of 6 drives. 5 HDD 1 Optical. I am leaning toward this one at BB (mainly because its...

I am currently not going to school. quit aprox 2 years ago to pay off bills. I have about 2 years left if I continue on my current degree plan, Criminal Justice Major, Computer minor (non specific). My girlfriend is due to graduate around August and I am going to go back, but plan to change...

Looking for something to handle defrags and general performance improvments. Have norton Sys. Works 2004 and the Dick Doctor and Speed disk things are good and all, but what is better?

I just reformatted. Still updating and patching. Anyway, I went ahead and got FF. the problem is that instead of opening new tabs in the background, it opens in the foreground. I have looked but can't see where anythign is listed to change it. Any ideas?

I have to boxes both running XP Pro Box 1: Old Compaq 1gig Athlon w/ 512 pc100 Issue: Only will boot into safe mode. Hangs and hard locks when doing a normal boot (stops at the loading scren). How can I fix this? It only happens with Window, linux boots fine even though it is not currently...

I did a search and didn't see anything that helps me. I have 3 drives in my main box. 14g main 40g games 60g misc stuff I am needing to transfer files from the main and the games drive to the 60. Not everything just a select few. I goto copy the files to the new drive and I...

I have a DI-624 wireless router running 2 computers (wired) , 2 Tivo's wirelessly and another computer wirelessly. The Tivos transfer great and have good reception. The wired boxes run fine. The wireless box on the otherhand says it has a good signal strenght but only connects at about...

ok, I am running a radeon 9000 Pro and it is fine, handles everything I put on it. But I need to use it for another box. So, I am in need of a new vid card. My board is AGP 4x and 8x no PCIe. I am looking at the x700 AGP card, but would like some suggestions. Thanks BTW, I dont'...

ok, I'm not sure if this goes here or hardware so feel free to move it. Last week my computer started to shutdown windows when I was Firefox after about 5 min. IE was fine. Then it got to where it would load windows then turn off. I decieded to go out and get a new harddrive and just do a...

Ok, right now I have 2 computers (soon to be 4 I hope) and a Tivo connected to a Linksys BEFSX41 and everything is golden. The problem is I want to be able to conect the Tivo wirelessly so I won't have a cord running across the living room and down the hall. Anyone have any...

I am running WinXP Pro (not updated in about a month) 1 gig ram I got 4 HDs running and whenever I try to open "My Computer" from start menu, the window opens but it hangs there and makes everything else hang. Once I force it to close the other programs resume. Any ideas on how to fix it?

Ok, here's the deal I have had 3 drives fail on me this year with minor data loss. I am moving in with the girlfriend next month and plan to turn one of my older computers into an in house server for games and music and such as well as some audio programs. What I am needing/wanting to do...

I did a fresh install of XP Pro on a 15g HD, well I messed up and had another drive on the chain and it marked the slave as the C and the main as E. I have changed the C letter to a D and now I have C free. When I goto make the main C it says it can't change the boot volume. How can I...

I just put a drive in my computer. It has redhat 8 on it. I am needing a media player to put on it and a command to install it, or a step by step walkthough since I keep installing/uninstalling linux, I have not yet got it down

IE and my services window keep auto closing the second they are fully loaded. I did go and make some services adjustments via Blackvipers website, but everythign was cool until this morning. When I run services multiple time I can make out a very brief pop window with Internet Explorer...

ok, I have a 3 meg down and 256 up from charter communications. I recently had to reformat my computer due to a harddrive crap.. Anyway, I am fully updated (winXP Pro), latest drivers, Nurton System Works (fully updated). I can run chat programs and torrent clients, but my IE and Mozilla...

I got 2 drives that I received from a friend to try and fix. The first is a 160gig WD and the 2nd is a 80g Maxtor. Both somehow are locked. When you boot the computer up the drive is seen. When you goto to install an OS or format it shows the entire disk size. When you acctually proceed...

I got WinDVD which is very good, but for some reason it likes to lock up if I switch files on it more than 3 times. Is there anything better, or what are some other good ones? Thanks

The past few days I have been getting mad hardlocks. Norton Util. can't find anything wrong in Windows or any files, what else can I use to do a hardcore system scan for errors. Device or software related?

Ok, here's the deal, I decided to restart my box since it has been going for about a week and a half non-stop. all is going fine, normal reboot, then once the Windows loading thingy goes away it just restarts itself. I have F8 during reboot and gone to the last know good settings and...

I have a few bin/cue video file that I want to extract the data from and use WMP or DivX player to play. What can I do to extrac the data and recompile it into an avi, mpg, or other video format?

I went to install mp10 and it fails to install. Now mp9 isn't in my system anymore. Everytime I try to install mp10 it fails, no reason given. How can I get this thing running? I am running WinXP Pro, fully patched Athlon 1600xp 1 gig pc2100 help.