I won't be cardless selling my 7950GX2, and second of all, not being able to play games for a couple weeks doesn't bother me. I do a lot of other things with my time.
Yeah, that's what I thought too. For example, certain games not being able to natively run SLI without modifications are annoying to deal with. I'm just thinking twice, how much performance increase would I get going to a 8800GT. Or perhaps I should just keep the 7950GX2 for a couple more...
I'm thinking of selling my 7950GX2 which I have a buyer for already for $215 in order to get a 8800GT for $250. What does everyone think? Worth the trouble and money? Selling for $215, I'm not losing any money since it's about what I got it for.
What's the voltage supposed to be set at for the 2 different ram modules? Compared to most other modules from different manufacturers, I know BH-5's usually require higher voltage levels in order to reach tight timings. Perhaps this is the issue?
So for sure this is either a PVA or MVA? Can someone please do a visual check by looking up at the screen from below the monitor at an extreme angle? If it turns dark and discoloured it's a TN.
Can anyone that has installed Vista tell me how large their Vista x64 and x86 install is? I wanna make a partition large enough for the install with a bit of extra space for updates and some headroom for swapping. Btw, I plan to put the pagefile on another hard drive.
Go with the 4GB of HP DDR2-667 that's on sale. Those sticks use Micron D9HNL IC's which can overclock well to 450-480. It's pretty much guaranteed you'll hit 400 with decent timings on these.
I'm still deciding if I should do crossfire with X1900XT, I could get a mastercard for about $150. Only thing is I got a P5B Deluxe with P965 chipset and the second PCI-E connector only does 4x...
Yeah, I'm also wondering the same thing, is there such thing as software Crossfire? I saw a review with X1950XTX doing software Crossfire. Dunno about X1900 though.
You still having power issues with your cpu overclock and the 2900XT? Perhaps you could try rewiring some of the hardware to the other rail on that PSU. I would think that 1 of the rails which handles the power to the videocard is being overloaded.
I appreciate the feedback from everyone. Right now I'm thinking of just a single X1900XT 512 for now and wait another 6 months to a year. With that 4x lower pci-e slot I have, it'll probably bottleneck the CF setup in anything requiring high output.
Performance wise, between a single X1900XT 512mb and a 8800GTX I seem some fluctuating results. Some games show an 8800GTX at twice as fast or almost twice as fast compared to a single X1900XT 512mb. Is this really the case or just a driver issue with ATI?
I got a Silverstone Strider 560W. I've seen a few reviews running a x1900 crossfire setup with an Enermax 535W fine, which was a fine psu I used to own before this Silverstone.
Yeah man, another thing is that I'm running a P5B Deluxe and the 2nd PCI-E slot is only 4x... I don't think it'll be too bad though with the crossfire optimizations and from what I've seen.
I'm stuck deciding what to get as I've come across some decent deals with an X1900XT Crossfire setup or a single 8800GTX.
X1900XT Crossfire setup = $295
8800GTX = $395
Or even just get a single X1900XT for now for $140.
I'd want it to handle the upcoming games like Crysis and all...
I got some Elpida DDR2 PC2-5300 (667mhz) sticks and on the ICs it shows this code:
E5108AG-6E-E
These sticks are certified 1GB modules, however, the codes don't seem to reflect that??
The 51 part seems to refer to 512 mb modules.
The spec sheet on Elpida's website shows this:
16M words...
I have both the HP f2105 and the Dell 2007WFP. The HP is definitely the better monitor. With a S-PVA panel the viewing angles are very good and I prefer it over an S-IPS panel where viewing angles are pretty much equal except the Dell starts to have a very annoying purple fade to the monitor...
You can get the Asus P5WDH Deluxe which would be perfect for your E6600 as the FSB doesn't go much higher past 400 with stability. That board would allow you to run crossfire as well with better bandwidth on both slots as opposed to your previous P5B D.
An the other hand, there's also the...
Or you could consider a slight modification to your proposed setup:
E6300
Gigabyte DS3
Enhance 500W PSU
EVGA/MSI 7900 GTO
Thermalright Ultra 120/Tuniq Tower/Scythe Infinity Heatsink
The reason I was recommending a C2D with the DS3 is cuz you got some ram there than can push at least...
I don't think it has to do with the 60hz thing, the problem is BF2 remembers the video setup you had with your previous monitor which was not run at 1680x1050 widescreen. It stores this information in video.con I think. Delete or move that file along with any other con file under Documents and...
I got both the Dell 2007WFP and the HP F2105 (uses the same samsung LTM210M2 panel as the 215TW). From what I can tell you is that even though revision A02 fixes the banding problems it there's still some minor banding that is visible if you look closely in a gradient test. My HP doesn't have...
NF4 boards when overclocked are known to have some slight issues with onboard peripherals, especially the onboard LAN. I have a DFI NF4 Ultra-D that does the exact same thing, but only after 1 year of a conservative overclock with my x2 3800 to 2.4ghz. On hotter days it would happen...
The viewsonic probably wouldn't be a good choice if you're going for colour accuracy. It uses a TN panel made by Chi Mei or something, anyways, the same panel used in the 22" Acer 2216. I saw it in store it didn't look that good. Other monitors you should consider along with the 20" Dell are...
Yeah, try copying the dvd to the hd first, then recode it with dvdshrink or whatever to downsize it to 4.7gb. When I recode a dvd off the dvdrw (Benq 1640) it never maxes my x2 3800 @ 2.4ghz. But if it copy it to hd, then recode it, both cores go 100%.
The bottleneck and variable is the...
All the intel boards I'm lookin at for my conroe build use that 8pin EPS 12v near the cpu socket for additional power on the motherboard - compared to the 4pin I've used previously on my past amd board.
I'm trying to re-use my powersupply, Enermax 535W EG565P, which only has a 4 pin connector...
Those gskill hz kits can do 1000 with volts, so can the teamgroup kits but would you really wanna spend more on ram when what you have already provides you with probably more than you need?
If you're building a computer to use then don't spend that premium for high performance ram, people...
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