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    Best CAD/3D Animation card for under $1000?

    True, but I haven't seen any good results from it yet. Software rendering has done a much better job from what I've seen.
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    Heat sinks and weight

    I am considering upgrading my socket 939 A64 3200+ to a dual core A64 X2 or Opteron. I don't have enough for a new system (that will be 4 cores at least) and the dual core upgrade will help me a lot with my 3D rendering. Thing is, only OEM X2s are available, and the Opterons are not reasonably...
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    Trouble with a wired home network

    I was able to get the printer shared, but I had to use NetBEUI. The only problem I'm having now is that while I can see shared documents on the other machines, I get an Access Denied message. I have set the folders to share with absolutely everybody, and the documents in question are NOT...
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    Trouble with a wired home network

    That's not exactly easy to understand for those who are new to networking. :confused:
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    Trouble with a wired home network

    I am attempting to network my computer with my dad's, so I can print to his USB printer. Both our computers are connected to a router via cables, and both are running XP Pro. I just ran the wizard, set them both up in the MSHOME workgroup, they both have different names, and File and Print...
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    Radeon X1950XT VS. Geforce 7950GT

    What are you using this computer for?
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    PCI / PCI Express question

    Yes, they will need an actual PCI-Express slot to work. Yes, that does need a new mobo. So what I would do is wait until you've got the cash to revamp the whole system. By then, there will be budget-friendly DirectX 10 cards, affordable quad-core processors, and the initial Vista bugs will...
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    Use Nforce4 drivers or Windows XP drivers for SATA HD's?

    I have a hard time trusting NVIDIA's mobo drivers after my bad experience with Nforce4 IDE drivers. However, all you can do is test it. If it doesn't work with one, it ought to work with the other unless you have defective hardware.
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    New System Decision

    For video encoding and rendering, you definitely want a Core 2. AMD is going to be rolling out socket AM2+ and AM3, so upgradability with them is as hard to predict as it is with Intel. I was counting on 939 to still be the socket of choice, but everybody that promised that was wrong.
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    New high end gaming system, couple of questions.

    Quad cores won't help gaming any more than dual cores will right now. Get yourself a fast dual core machine. For strictly gaming, you can go with 2 GB. More than 2 GB can help a little with multitasking, but programs can't see any more than 2 GB right now unless they are specially coded to do...
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    Giving my computer away - need help

    You'll want to do more than just format the hard drive if you've had financial information on there. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,117330/article.html
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    Need to build a pc for Graphics

    A Geforce or Radeon graphics card will do fine unless you want to get into 3D apps like Maya. Obviously, you want a graphics card with plenty of memory on it for high-res work. Max out your system RAM, and get yourself a large hard drive. The tricky part is the monitor. Gaming LCDs don't...
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    Noobie needs help please.

    Those temps sound pretty good. That's about normal for most chips these days.
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    When you actually build the computer...

    Yes you can leave it out, unless it's on carpet. If it's a card or a hard drive, you can put it inside or on top of an antistatic bag just in case.
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    PCI-Express Physical vs. Electrical - what?

    Why would anyone want a slot that size but goes slower?
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    building up a computer - from older leftover parts

    If you want to keep the cost under $250, I'd use the old motherboard and P4D. You can get a decent graphics card and power supply for around that much, but adding a motherboard to that would put the total much higher. You could try and get one with integrated graphics instead of the graphics...
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    PCI-Express Physical vs. Electrical - what?

    Something that's had me confused of late is motherboards that claim to have two PCI-Express x16 slots, but one of them is only 4x or 1x electrical. Why do they even call it an x16 slot then? Why don't they just call the slot by the speed it actually functions at?
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    When is the best time to buy?

    I think the best time to buy will be after K8L launches. My next machine will probably be quad core.
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    building a rendering machine

    Network rendering is possible, but it's a pain in the butt to set up. I don't know how to set it up. I'm pretty sure your machines need to be good enough to run Max or whatever you plan to use. That 700 Mhz machine probably won't cut it.
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    building a rendering machine

    Fraid not.
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    Motherboard recommendation?

    For a value board, I've heard good things about this. On the high end, there is this - not Asus, but highly rated. You'll pay $50-100 more for Asus's competing boards. note: It seems Asus put out a bad batch of the first board or something over the last 2 weeks. Read the reviews on Newegg.
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    What does your computer sit on?

    Mine is on a VERY cheap tile floor. It is considerably louder than where I had it at my previous residence where it was sitting on carpet.
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    First Computer Rig.

    Those that repped it over there have spoken. I find those mini-reviews helpful, personally. Corsair is a good brand, but I have never used their memory. The real question is, will they work well with your mobo.
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    First Computer Rig.

    In that case, you don't need a modem. You hook the cable or DSL modem up to your Ethernet port. Or to a router, which would then go to your ethernet port or wireless adapter.
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    First Computer Rig.

    It all looks like it should work together. One thing I like to check though is a motherboard's compatible memory list. It is usually on the vendor's website, though I couldn't find the list or get the manual (which sometimes has the list) of compatible RAM sticks. Speaking of RAM, I saw you only...
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    Motherboard recommendation?

    Technically, NVIDIA is because they have two DirectX 10 cards out while ATI doesn't yet. Of course, they are far from cheap.
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    Motherboard recommendation?

    It depends on the features you want. I'm an NVIDIA man, so I insist on an SLI-capable motherboard. That drives the price of my "sweet spot" up. If you're an ATI guy, a 975X mobo will be just fine for you. If you don't ever want to run dual graphics cards, your "sweet spot" will be considerably...
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    building a rendering machine

    Like I said, rendering does not use the graphics card. The graphics card will affect modeling, surfacing, and setting up your scene. OpenGL stuff. OpenGL is just a serviceable, interactive preview of your work because rendering in real time would require a supercomputer. In fact, professional...
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    What have I done?

    Get them to finance your computer/software purchases. ;)
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    building a rendering machine

    There isn't really any difference to speak of between the Opteron and the Athlon 64. The Opteron has twice the L2 cache, but but that's it. That extra 512 K is not going to catch it up with a Core 2 Duo. Unless I'm mistaken, the 8X barrier is only going to affect you if you play games...
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    building a rendering machine

    Yes, but with today's 3D apps, I wouldn't trust a regular PCI card. We got away with it at my internship, but we were using Lightwave 7.0 which isn't terribly picky about which graphics card you use. These days, you want to have at least 128 mb of graphics memory available per display, and that...
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    building a rendering machine

    Yep, we did that with the old rig I worked with at my internship. That hardware was pre-SLI.
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    building a rendering machine

    Ilikepiedoyou: You could get what you have, or you could get a Core 2 Duo and this motherboard will offset the cost. The only real difference is some of its expandability, and those differences are minor. I don't foresee a need for a PCI-Express x4 slot, unless you want to spend money on a...
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    building a rendering machine

    That's the first I've heard of that. I'd want NVIDIA's tech support to confirm or deny that though. It seems really wierd that SLI Multiview wouldn't work as advertised in Windows, especially since NVIDIA knows that the majority of Quadro buyers would be using Windows. Oh well, if it is true, he...
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    Dual Channel Question

    I'm currently running an A64 3200+ with 1 Gb (2x512 sticks) of DDR400 RAM. I've got two slots left on my motherboard, so my question is this: Since I've got 512 Mb running on each channel, should I just get 2 more 512 sticks, or will I still get dual channel performance if I get 2 1GB sticks for...
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    building a rendering machine

    Just so you know, the modeling, surfacing, and all that is what the graphics card can help. Rendering is pretty much your CPU and your RAM. Quadros will run SLI, but Quadro SLI is different from Geforce SLI. Quadros in SLI will support multiple monitors, as Geforces in SLI will not. Quadros...
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    First build

    I like the variants of the Chenming 601/Chieftec Dragon/Thermaltake Xaser. Inexpensive, solid, and roomy with good cooling. It is very easy to set everything inside one of them. If I had some extra cash though, I'd get a Cooler Master Stacker or a Thermaltake Armor.
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    How much faster is a Core2 Duo than a P4 2.4ghz cpu?

    Huh. That must be why I didn't notice it. Whoops.
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    How much faster is a Core2 Duo than a P4 2.4ghz cpu?

    They didn't make 2.4 Ghz Prescotts. Prescott started at 2.8 Ghz I think.
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    Sharing a laser printer?

    Thanks, but the Googling only brought up places where I can buy toner cartridges and RAM. I'll see if we've got the proper length of Cat5e to try what you suggested, thanks.
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