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Ok, so im about to upgrade from my Samsung SyncMaster 915N 19" LCD 8ms 1280x1024 screen to a Widescreen LCD, and it has come down to these two models. It is no secret that Samsung are leaders in LCD technology and displays in general, but the Sceptre model seems to have better specs as shown...

Well I just downloaded the Cat 5.13s with CCC and it runs great so far. I ran Half-life 2, Doom3, Quake4, Farcry, Call of Duty 2 and Battlefield 2 and they all run smoothly with no problems can't really tell that much of a performance increase from the 5.12s though i did run CS benchmark and...

Ok i upgraded my 2nd pc's videocard from a 5200 to a 9600pro so i decided i should just reformat the hardrive and do a fresh install of xp. Well for some reason with niether the 5200 nor the 9600pro i can't go into windows desktop without the monitor turning turning OFF the green led turns to...

My system in my sig. In half-life 2 I get a flickering/studdering effect only on water when i use the 4.12cats it happend when i used the 4.12betas also. I switch back to 4.11cats and the problem goes away. I haven't overclocked anything niether the cpu nor the videocard. I ran the CS stress...

I was just wondering what is the ati equivalent of a GF FX5200? a radeon 9000pro? Im thinking of upgrading my friends videocard from a fx5200 to a radeon 9600pro for half-life 2. The card only cost $110 which was a great deal for a 9600pro.

Which card one of THESE TWO cards would perform better in Half-life 2? 1. Geforce FX5700 256mb 8XAGP 2. Geforce 4Ti 4200 128mb 8XAGP both cost about the same under $100

Which card one of THESE TWO cards would perform better in Half-life 2? 1. Geforce FX5700 256mb 8XAGP 2. Geforce 4Ti 4200 128mb 8XAGP both cost about the same under $100

What settings do you guys recommend me putting both in the ati driver control panel and INgame options for Half-life 2 on this system. First off i will be running 4.11 cats i have noticed jittering on water effects on 4.12betas so im sticking with 4.11s...anyways this is the system...

Where can i download these 4.12beta drivers for winxp?! I can't find it anywhere in the ati website...can they make it more harder to find!? :mad:

My system i thought would be able to do much more....and especially with a $500 card...i have a x800 xt overclocked to PE speeds....(MY SYSTEM IS IN MY SIG) 17" monitor Half-life 2 settings (everything on HIGH) Reflect world 4x AA and 8x AF VSYNC enabled Cat 4.11 settings Vsync...

Just wondering how half-life 2 is running on a similar system as the following: P4 1.5GHz 512mb RAM ati 9700np What frames you get and at what settings?

I just got the game fedex to me this morning...and i went through the whole setup stuff and i had absolutely 0 problems and actually went pretty quickly the game just looks awesome on my system, i just had some questions about maybe you guys can shed some light on for me if you know.... 1. I...

Which would be a better performer if i play Half-life 2 and OVERALL? 1. Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra 256mb Or 2. Ati Radeon x800 XT PE 256mb

Im currently looking for a videocard for a friend he wants to play halflife 2 he currently has a geforce fx5200 which i told him isn't going to cut it.....sooo without throwing too much money away for no reason i have come down to this card would suit him best he has... p4 1.5GHz 512mb ram...

Hey guys i just wanted to make sure im right on this..... 9800se IS SLOWER than 9700pro 9800se IS FASTER than a gf4 ti4200, ti4600, ti4800 9800se is FASTER than a 9600xt 9600xt is faster than a gf4 ti4200, 4600, and 4800 Am i right on all?

P4 1.5GHz / 400MHz FSB 512MB PC2700 DDR Ram Radeon 9700pro 128mb max res used: 1024x768/32bit Would this be enough to get good frame rates...without AA/AF enabled?

http://bestbargainpc.com/saatira98vic.html Im not sure if this is really a true 9800 or a 9800se....the se is slower than a standard 9800 right?

Hey i noticed in the control panel i noticed something called "OVERDRIVE" its disabled what is this for?

my friend is upgrading his videocard for HL2 he has a fx5200 and he is going to upgrade to a 9700 pro ...the problem is COMPLETELY removing nvidia drivers so they won't conflict with ati cats.... how can i do this i know there is a program out there but i forgot the name of it....or should i...

What is the best card that this computer can have...."best bang for the buck" System specs: P4 1.5GHz / 400MHz FSB 512MB DDR PC2700 17" monitor ( highest res 1024x768) for games Windows XP Home sp2 This is my friends system and he wanted me to pick out the best card he can get...

Hey guys first of all my setup is in my sig ....i got 2 questions... Except im going from a 9800pro to a x800 xt pe Question1: I basically have tweaked my system to the max ...from windows tweaking to videocard to memory. I was concern haveing such a fast videocard would my CPU be...

Ok here is the deal...I have 2 machines connected to a network via router. On 1 system it has windows 98se the other has windows XP sp1a. When i run windows update it finds 0 critical updates for both the xp and the 98 machine. I did a full format on both systems and it found sp1 and many other...

Whats the deal with the agp fastwrites is it better turned ON or OFF? Whats your experience with this setting?

If these 2 cards were the last cards on the planet which would would you use? 1. GeForce4 MX440se 128mb or 2. GeForceFX 5200nu 128mb Which owns the other...i really can't decide but i think the FX card would rape the MX..what do you all think?

I have the sound blaster Audigy 1 card by creative. I was wondering if this card is capable of playing THX Dolby Digital Output. I just got some new 4.1 THX certified DOLBY DIGITAL speakers by Altec Lansing and i can choose from different settings from stereo to prologic (which sounds the best)...

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Does turning on LED lights in a computer heat up your C inside? Is it better to turn it off? its only 1 blue LED about 10 inches long...does the led make the everything heat up faster or doesn't matter? does it generate HEAT?

anyone know how to dissable the annoying "balloon tips" that keep poping up from windows xp? i did a google search and nothing on it i know there is a registry tweak to do this similar to make xp shutdown faster "timetokill" or something like that...can anyone tell me how to dissable windows...

I just bought these Cosair XMS 2 x 512 = 1gig Dual Channel PC3200 DDR400 memory sticks. Heres the ones i got http://www.tigertv.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=618631&Sku=C13-5102%20PT&CatId=1082 I have this mobo that does support 800FSB and Dual Channel DDR400...

I have a older system i want to upgrade the videocard for..but i wanted to know which videocard would be the best for this system without spending to much and NOT bottlenecking my system. On this system its mostly Counter-strike. Here are the specs. Pentium3 500mhz 256mb pc100 ram 10gig...

I sold my 9700pro for $250 on ebay and bought a Ati Radeon 9800 Pro Retail for $280ish. So i basically got this card for $30 :D I was wondering how high can i overclock this 9800 Pro? http://www.allstarshop.com/shop/product.asp?pid=6722&sid=0H6USPM816R59PQRKUC73M0QVBAP67UE And how faster...

I have this motherboard. http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?name=P4TSV Biostar P4TSV 800FSB Motherboard Socket 478, Intel 865G/ICH5 Chipset. My question is...ok i have a Samsung 120Gig 5400rpm Serial ATA-100 Hard Drive....i want to upgrade to a 120Gig 7200rpm...

http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?name=P4TSV This is my motherboard/chipset im running on. My question is am i running at 800mhz FSB right out of the box ....or is there some tweaking to do to fully run 800mhz FSB. I will soon run Dual Channel PC2700 2 x 512mb of ram. Do...

Pentium 3 500Mhz 256mb ram ( 2x128mb ) PC100 SDRAM 10gig 7200 RPM SCSI hard drive GeForce4 MX440se 64mb PCI Windows 98se Those are the system specs i ran 3dmark 2001se on. Im not sure if its normal that i can't even reach 2000 points on 2001se. I even overclocked the card to (300/410)...

which nVidia card is equal or equivalent to a ati radeon 9700 Pro card?

i saw the screensavers on techtv today and they said microsft has available windows critical updates for windows xp...i check for windows update on both my xp machine and windows98se machine and niether reported that there are new updates....you guys get the updates that were released today the...

http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php3?name=P4TSV Thats the motherboard i have. Now im currently running dual channel DDR333 ram PC2700 2x512mb - 1024mb Would i see a BIG performance boost if i pay $200 to order PC3200 DDR400 2x512 1024mb ram VS what i have now? DDR333...