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On board sound on my old Gigabyte 2500K system (It's old!) was horrible when my ASUS Xonar DGX bit the dust in the great apocalypse of PSU failure, so I picked one of these. It's called a DreamBass Genie. For a $14 USB sound solution, it's actually pretty good. It has an amp, and paired...

Sorry if this is the incorrect place to post my request, but I assume it would be. Yesterday when I was unaware of the issues with the board I accidentally started a thread twice. It is in the NVIdia section of video cards, and the topic was about the EVga step up. Please delete the dupe (I...

My monitor is native 1920x1200. My primary box has an 8800GTS 640MB. So far, it has served me well, but it isn't always quite fast enough for native resolution and high AA. In the next few weeks, though, I won't be using my primary for gaming, so I need to fix my secondary to be a credible...

I couldn't wait any longer to upgrade my secondary box. I was intending to wait until the 9600 GT was released to get a cheap video card, but I found myself needing to actually use it as a primary gaming box for a couple of weeks. possibly longer. The "problem", and trust me I am not...

I couldn't wait any longer to upgrade my secondary box. I was intending to wait until the 9600 GT was released to get a cheap video card, but I found myself needing to actually use it as a primary gaming box for a couple of weeks. possibly longer. The "problem", and trust me I am not...

I've been playing Shaiya, which is Open Beta. It is an MMO, but I'll be damned if it isn't fun. It is rather adult oriented, since there are boobies, but it is also not quite as grindy as many I have played. Screenies...

I'm sitting here, reading about the 8800GT, about to open Hellgate London, eating Hershey's chocolate with cashews. Not a bad holiday for me at all :p I want to hear more about volt modding the 8800GT, the upcoming RV670, and speculation about the next 8800GTX killer.

I put together a box out of spare parts. It's an ABIT M2S/AMD64 X2 4200+/2GB DDR2 667/Geforce 6600. The hard drive I was going to use crapped out in the midst of an XP install, so I decided to just use Ubuntu. I am using the LiveDVD. I installed the ia32libs, configured it, and it is now...

I finally got a display to do my 8800 GTS 640 justice. I wanted a 1920X1200, but they were too expensive, and I'm a bit space constrained. I opted for the Chimei 221D from Newegg. :eek: It's nice. I'm about to watch a movie on it for the first time. I'm using XP and the 97.92's so that I...

...Who do you sue? You can't sue the pirates, since they are criminals. You can't sue the hackers, because they are criminals too. Do you sue your hardware driver writer, your software manufacturer or the manufacturer of your OS? They aren't going to raise their hands and say "oh we did...

My email to ABIT: ********************************************************************** This is the THIRD time I am sending this email. I have gotten no response, and I sat on hold for 25 minutes before giving up. ***The new BIOS does not correctly support Brisbane!*** It is either...

Ugh, my NF-M2 died and now I've learned that it is being replaced by something else! I've had this system for all of a week, and it just ::: poof ::: won't POST. I even got a Brisbane to put in it. It came in the day before the board just died. I tried a different PSU, different RAM, even...

My CPU is currently housed in a Microfly with what has turned out to be a very sorry cooling solution. It is a Thermaltake HSF, but one of the fins fell inward...yeah, high quality. I bought a BLORBII. Anyone have experience with this, a Microfly, and an Nf-M2 nView?

I've always wanted to build a system like this, but I've never been a fan of the aesthetics of huge cases. I guess it is because I've worked with servers for a long time, and few things are less attractive than a 137 lbs. beige box. I know that towers are better looking these days, but I...

My system was stable with my 4200+ @ 2635 and using ATI tool too OC to 535/1730. I decided to use the temperature monitoring with nTune to see if it worked better than Everest, and BOOM. Blue screen. I decided it was a fluke, rebooted, started the monitor and BOOM, BSOD. Then I tried a...

The good: I got one of these to put in a relatively junkie, but on the higher end of power hungry box I needed. I paired it with a Prescott 3.0Ghz, a Geforce 6800 GT, 2GB of RAM and a cheapo PATA 250 GB hard drive. I needed a decent VMWare capable XP/Debian box. I've overclocked the...

Uh-oh. My Arctic Freezer Pro I *thought* would fit. I could swear the Will it Fit chart said that it would fit in a Microfly but I guess not. What can I do? Do I need to mod the case a bit? If I need a different fan, I need to order it so that I can get it tomorrow from New Egg, otherwise...

G.Skill 2GB PC-6400 5-5-5-15 LG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner ABIT NF-M2 nView (MicroATX) Micro Fly Case Enermax 485 W PSU Crappy PCI-e Geforce 6600 until 8600 Ultra or whatever ATI has in mainstream if R600 ever actually comes out That's what I have so far. I need to pick a processor and possibly a...

Okay, so I am a dummy - I ordered a Microfly and the Micro part escaped my attention and I thought it took ATX motherboards. It actually takes ATX power supplies, obviously, but needs a MicroATX motherboard. I don't know why I got the impression that it took an ATX motherboard, but now that I...

I have this motherboard and a 4000+ San Diego. I haven't gotten it to reliably overclock past 2.5-ish. Are there any good OC-ing guides for this board? I think the PCI-e clock is locked, but there is nothing in the BIOS that I can tell for certain. Any help is appreciated. See desktop in...

I've come to the conclusion that I am back to the days before Windows 2000 had adequate support - having a "98"-esque box for gaming and a serious PC for everything else. :::sigh::: This is just what I needed - another OS that contains useful functions, but isn't appropriate for many tasks...

I am looking at the Apevia QPack, specifically this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811144161 I am also looking for a motherboard, CPU and a good video card for it. I have a bunch of questions. Will it take a better PSU? Does it need a better PSU for an 8800 GTS...

This title still does not work well for a number of users. Now we have an expansion coming, and they refuse to patch it until the expansion comes out. They have made such blunders as forgetting to enable texture compression when the textures are set to "low". It also caused some graphics...

I wasn't sure whether to put this in video cards or in mobile, so if it isn't in the right place, my apologies. Anyway, ASUS is showing an external graphics box that routes any video card through the ExpressCard slot. Read about it here: http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=4426. Now this is a great...

I have several questions about this, and haven't found the answers that I am looking for (or they didn't explain it well enough). My questions partially pertain to the nVidia control panel. Specifically, what does it do, does regular AA have to be enabled, does forcing AA off in the nvcpl...

Well, for a week I had no problems after the new power supply. You might remember the Turn On Stove, PC turns off thread. Several people urged me to get my power lines checked out. I got a new power supply and thought that all was well. All was fine until... Sparks shot out of my LCD...

This is a very very strange situation. Every time I turn on the stove, the PC shuts down. I am putting this in power supplies, because it is power related, but at this point, I suspect that it's the 6800 GT that is causing the problems. Last night, I put a supposedly dead PS in, put in...

I haven't seen this posted yet. This hack really works. Look at the supported sound chipsets. I have a Dell XPS (m1710) and it sounds a hell of a lot better using this. Try it for yourself, and give some feedback. It makes the sound a lot fuller, and gives you a surround sound experience...

I got my new M-Audio Revolution 5.1 in today, and it sounds great. I listened to a couple of dance tracks and wow, is the music much more vibrant and exciting. I do have a couple of questions, though. The audio control panel seems a bit strange, or maybe it's just more high end than I am...

I'm not sure if I killed my PS, but it's looking like it. My original thread is here. I'll paraphrase for your convenience ;). Athlon 64 4000+ * eVGA Nforce4 SLI x16 * 2GB RAM (2 sticks) * Geforce 6800 GT * DVD-RW * (2) 160 GB SATA drives in RAID 0 * (2) 250 GB PATA drives in RAID 0 *...

I have this motherboard. I was happily using it today to look for a new soundcard, since the ALC850 onboard sounds horrible, and ::: poof ::: blue screen of death (stop 00000004 - I think, couldn't get more). It posted one more time, died in the middle of a boot and now the LED Fan lights...

I recently replaced my dead chaintech VNF4 Zenith motherboard with the eVGA s939 SLI x16 motherboard. I've been happy with the motherboard, except that the on-board audio is absolutely awful. It has the realtek ALC850 and to put it plainly, it sucks. I am by no means an audiophile, but...

I read the article posted on the front page about demand for the G80 being weak. My first thought was, "No, demand is strong. The price is just too damn high." I'd love to have a Geforce 8800, but I just can't see paying over $450 for a GTS, much less close to 700 for a GTX. It is an...

I got this laptop today, because I needed something lighter than my gaming Acer (which I wouldn't part with for blood or money :) ) If I hit the "turn off fan" button, the cpu goes to 400mhz. Yes, 400 mhz on a brand new laptop, but that's fine, because it will save battery life if I'm just...

HELP! I saw a thread where a guy was griping that he ordered two and only got one..l can't find one anywhere ultra, gt, oc anything in stock. My butt is burning because of the cash I have stashed to buy this card. Please help me before I need to go to the hospital for third degree burns.

What has anyone seen that fits this description, and if not on the shelf at present, anybody seen estimates as to when?

I fuxxored a little when I built my little sff box. It has only a PCI-E slot (no AGP) so now I have a 6600 256ddr in there, and a 6800 GT AGP sitting in the closet about to go back to new egg. Obviously, the 6600 isn't a thrilling performer and while to core will merrily overclock, the ram...

If this is supposed to go in case mods, I'm sorry, but it's for a laptop too, so I'm not sure where it would be best to ask. Someone posted a link a while ago for these laptop covers that were like high quality acrylic stickers to apply to your laptop. I'm interested in doing a mod, but I...

I have an I865 (Springdale) MB. I am looking for the best 1GB (2x512) of RAM for this system. I have entertained buying this: OCZ Enhanced Latency PC3200 Platinum Edition ...... $250.00 I will not be overclocking it at all. CPU is a 3.0/800. I am looking for the highest performance...