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Why are more people using AMD than Intel processors?

But there are still few Intel users in this Anandtech forum. Many of you will not even believe that though I was ready to pay more than what AMD costs in International market, I could not buy it. "Sorry!! We do not have AMD processors" - every single reseller repeated. So to few like me - buying...
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- Post #62
- Oct 14, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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LINK ME TO: Ram Timings w-x-y-z for dummies...

http://www.iamnotageek.com/printer-1.html http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2223
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- Post #3
- Sep 19, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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How do I pause the boot process?

If you are using Windows OSes, try hitting F8 and boot with option 'Enable Boot Logging'. I still don't know where log files are generated. (and you might have to physically move hard disk on running system to read those log files). Microsoft has discontinued distributing bootvis.msi for XP...
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- Post #3
- Sep 18, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Installing win2k over win XP

This is off topic to your original thread but let me warn you. When you forcefully install Win2k on machine that alrady has XP, NTDETECT.COM and NTLDR get overwritten by older version and you no loger will be able to boot XP. Use NTBackup (or anything you fancy) and backup those two files...
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- Post #6
- Sep 18, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Is the Firefox honeymoon over

I wouldn't be too surprized to know if MS pays hackers to read line by line open sourced FireFox for flaws. I know how vulnarable IE is - when I need to browse crack/serial websites, I create instance of VMWare, browse from there and finally delete that instance.
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- Post #42
- Sep 17, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Re : Problems with loading pages on Anandtech

By the way that section is called "Forum Issues". The error I mentioned is "Anandtech Website Article Issue".
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- Post #4
- Sep 17, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Re : Problems with loading pages on Anandtech

List of visible crappy softwares I have installed in my PC. http://www.geocities.com/willstay44/anandtech/mypgmlist.jpg I have checked every running process listed in Task manager and soon gonna run Ad-Aware SE to cross verify if anything buggy is memory resident preventing me from reading...
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- Post #3
- Sep 17, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Re : Problems with loading pages on Anandtech

Yes. I have been getting the same problem since 1 or 2 months. I thought it was only specific to my office PC. I am getting the same error in my home PC as well. This kind of error pops up now and then and I quickly scroll down and click next page (doing so sometimes work). I use IE...
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- Sep 17, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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64-bit Windows a waste of time?

I had hell lot of trouble installing PixelView TV card on XP SP2. The installation CD works only for Windows 98 and Windows 2000. If this is the case with 32 bit XP, I won't even try installing TV card in 64 bit XP. The day PixelView website list 64-bit driver for my TV card (I don't believe...
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- Post #3
- Sep 17, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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dual monitor setup question

In the Display Settings tab, there should be drop down combo box for extending display to second monitor. I don't excatly remember but you might first have to enable this feature from withing NVidia settings loacted inside Advanced dialog box (button in Settings Tab).
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- Post #6
- Sep 17, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Did Windows XP x64 even make any sense for Microsoft to release ?

Microsoft is getting us prepared for Vista launch. Without handful of 64 bit tried-and-tested drivers, transition to new platform would bring their ship to grinding halt.
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- Post #14
- Aug 31, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Will Centrino/Intel M Notebooks support Windows Longhorn?

It is very weird Microsoft has not clearly stated whether Vista gonna be pure 64 bit OS or two edition OS (32 and 64 bit). Can't someone sue MS for this discrepancy? (All I could see in official Microsoft Vista website are nanny-talks)
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- Post #19
- Aug 31, 2005
- Forum: Laptops
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Athlon64 X2 dual core

Just wondering if there are similar porblems with Pentium Dual cores too.
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- Post #28
- Aug 18, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows 2003 Schedule Task problem

So I gather no one is having similar problem with Task Scheduler.
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- Post #2
- Aug 11, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Win2k or WinXP on a P3 900Mhz

Win2K takes ages to boot on slower machines. Look at my rig, I have Win2003 and it boots up 2 minutes quicker than Win2K I used to have. Once booted up, Win2K should be more stable than XP.
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- Post #21
- Aug 10, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XANDROS or KNOPPIX

I initially downloaded Knoppix Live CD to prove myself this Unix should be a crap. But it was just opposite. To begin with, it detected Pixel View TV card on my P4 and I could instantly watch TV programs. It is really great to boot PC without hard disk and be able to dial up and browse Internet...
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- Post #8
- Aug 10, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows 2003 Schedule Task problem

I am reposting this thread. I posted first thread when I got this problem in my PC. Now, am getting the same problem in another server. This is really a weird problem. I backup various things including SystemState using NTBackup tool and is scheduled to run at night. The task wouldn't run and...
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- Thread
- Aug 10, 2005
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How can I drive around 8 monitors from one CPU?

Thanks for the link. I found another link from that thread and finally found this unique graphics card. This single card got 8 VGA outputs. This will definitely save lot of time mixing, matching and configuring cards and drivers...
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- Post #8
- Aug 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I drive around 8 monitors from one CPU?

Yes I know that I need VGA cards. Well most of those multi output VGA cards are AGP. Since there is only one AGP slot, I am restricted to only one AGP card. If I go with 4 output dual SLI mode, I may be able to get 8 outputs. But unluckily, I couldn't find any NVidia cards with 4 output which...
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- Post #4
- Aug 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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How can I drive around 8 monitors from one CPU?

I am doing R&D on multi display hardware. There are few VGA cards like Matrox QID which support 4 display outputs. Many of them are still AGP. What I need is around 8 different monitors connected to one CPU. I need to display different information on all of those individual monitors...
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- Thread
- Aug 5, 2005
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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Rate my build v. Intel dual-core

The only saving-grace left for Intel is to lower PD prices down to $50. If that happens, I shall give second thought.
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- Post #49
- Aug 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Rate my build v. Intel dual-core

The whole focus has changed after AMD introduced X2 3800+. I was elevated by PD 820's cheap price but now I have better options to select from. The only problem I see is AMDs availability.
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- Post #47
- Aug 5, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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What types of computer based jobs would pay ~ $20.oo+ an hour?

Not in India but in the neighborhood.
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- Post #29
- Aug 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Longhorn's most useful feature "leaked "as XP tweak

EnablePrefetcher values 0 = Disabled 1 = Application launch prefetching enabled 2 = Boot prefetching enabled 3 = Applaunch & Boot enabled I found Enterprise Windows 2003 has EnablePrefetcher set to value 2 as default. You might also be interested in the following key on the same path...
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- Post #3
- Aug 4, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What was the first OS you've ever used?

DOS 3.x My first experices was on - Intel 286 640 KB RAM No Harddisk 1.2 MB Floppy to boot DOS 3.x Swapped by another 1.2 MB Floppy for Word Perfect (forgot version) In course of time, I even got to play on 8086 which had four digit LCD screen and keyboard consisiting of only numbers...
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- Post #132
- Aug 4, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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What types of computer based jobs would pay ~ $20.oo+ an hour?

Be content people. My monthly salary is not more than $360 for a full time job as Software Programmer. This is probably because I live on the other side of the Earth. You won't believe me if I told you that I can even save few when I squeeze my budget real tight.
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- Post #25
- Aug 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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How does dual channel memory work?

I searched the whole forum to get answer to my question but to no avail. Well my conscience tells me, to get any benifit from dual channel setup, it must work in similar fashion to how Hard Disk works in RAID 0. To my surprise I found one link in intel where it says equal amount of memory in...
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- Thread
- Aug 3, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Computer Building
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Do Intel boards 945 and 955 support overclocking?

Very true. It had occured to me HT on dual core might hurt things. Second thread wouldn't know there is second core available to its disposal doing nothing and hence would take the first virtual core which is already entertaining 1st thread. Unless OS finds some way of differenciating Virtual...
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- Post #11
- Aug 2, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Do Intel boards 945 and 955 support overclocking?

Intel boards are less attractive when it comes to overclocking. I am actually planning to get myself Pentium D 820 initially running at stock speed. I saw someone overclock 820 to as much as 4GHz and 830 to 5GHz. If I oc my 820 to 3.5 GHz by next year and to 4 GHz by 2nd year, I will be able to...
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- Thread
- Aug 1, 2005
- Replies: 16
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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P4 EE 3.46 or 3.73?

I don't see much point in moving from 3.2 GHz to 3.4/3.7 GHz if you still want to stay in single core chip. Except that your bread and butter depends on hours of encoding you do and every minute you gain worth additional topping, you better go for HT enabled dual core EE. If not, wait for...
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- Post #13
- Aug 1, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Does a P4 really run multi apps better than AMD?

Thanks for correction. I thought HT took 30% of the additional die space. I also agree Prescotts are hotter than anything. AMD enjoys a lot of headroom for additional GHz it can push in the future. Weighing Prescott and Athlon side by side, Prescott got all points in disfavor - more wattage...
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- Post #59
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Best way to enable remote access for an application

If remote access modules are not as full fledged as your .NET application, you can simply design those portions in ASP.NET.
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- Post #4
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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which would you buy? AMD or Intel??

I agree with Bona Fide. Single Core : AMD. Dual Core : Intel because it is overwhelmingly cheap. Second criteria - you are not a gamer. Interactive CPU comparision chart (only single cores are listed) http://www23.tomshardware.com/index.html
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- Post #17
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Does a P4 really run multi apps better than AMD?

I forgot to mention Dual Core Pentium D 820 @ 2.8 GHz just costs $245. Intel 945 = $110 (mother board) Pentium D 820 = $245 is cheaper then Athlon Dual processor which starts from $500 or more. Intel solution with additional mother board is cheaper than having Dual Core AMD on...
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- Post #54
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Does a P4 really run multi apps better than AMD?

First, I do not totally agree home computing is driven by games. There is other section of users whose primary focus is media encoding, recording and ripping. I use PC at home to watch DVD, rip them, rip audio cds, record live TV telecast, watch TV serials with timeshift enabled. While they are...
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- Post #53
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Does a P4 really run multi apps better than AMD?

I don't think so. I recently installed Windows 2000 Server on Acer Altos 310 which had HT enabled P4 running at 3 GHz. Task manager displayed two CPU graphs with varying loads of work they were doing. In the task manager, there is some option to merge multiple CPUs or graph them individually.
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- Post #52
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Poll: MP3 Compression Bit Rate?

Normally I encode at 128 kbps mp3. When it is instrumental audio cds, I use 196 kbps mp3.
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- Post #39
- Jul 31, 2005
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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5.1 sound through digital output

What's use of real time Dolby Digital decoding if your game outputs only four channel audio signal? It would be like using software/hardware filter/emulators to convert mono into stereo. In the same context, I never enable audio filters of my Sound Blaster Audigy to force Stereo signal to...
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- Post #8
- Jul 3, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Task Scheduler Problem

Since few days, I am having a weird problem with Windows 2003 Task Scheduler. Some tasks would run and some wouldn't. Before I started writing here, I was checking if I could recreate the problem - I created one task to run calc.exe scheduled for Daily run. Then I set Start Time to start the...
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- Thread
- Jun 27, 2005
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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how many users are still on Win98?

The departmental store I am building software for had 50% PC win98. 10% windows 3.11 and rest DOS 6. Since their previous billing software dated back 1990s developed in dBase running over Novell Netware, they had to rely on legacy systems. Now current software built in .NET, 75% are XP. 25%...
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- Post #12
- Jun 2, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems

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