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Vizio or Element 42" Plasma HDTV $849.99 no rebates

Even thought the pixels are rectangle, does it not lose some picture quality due to a 720p signal be defined as 1280x720? Does it also mean that 4:3 material will look odd on this tv?
- morino
- Post #16
- Jul 17, 2007
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Graphics card for Vista

So the 6600GT would be able to handle Vista Aero just fine? I like the price on that one, and can do without gaming on this computer. Also, I have an old Radeon 9600XT (AGP). Would this run Aero fine? I realize that with the rig (specs above) I will not be able to install the AGP card.
- morino
- Post #5
- May 30, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Graphics card for Vista

I'm making a second build for a Windows Vista computer. Can any1 recommend me a suitable graphics card in the sub $100 range? Very little gaming, but want to run Vista aero smoothly.... Anyone with experience can tell me if the Geforce 6100 or Intel GMA 950 integrated graphics sufficient for...
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- May 30, 2007
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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AMD X2 Utilities & Cool'n Quiet

nova2, I have a desktop computer with AMD X2 3800+ Energy Efficient version. It would be nice to save a a little $$$ (most likely cents) a month on energy bill since I plan on leaving the computer on at all times. 1) Does Cool'n Quiet make that much of a difference in the power...
- morino
- Post #6
- Mar 5, 2007
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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What is up with Tigerdirect???

newegg.com has excellent service and is almost always cheap. For some items I also find zipzoomfly.com to be cheaper than newegg.com, but only on some occassions. My experience is that newegg.com has the best customer service of any vendor I shopped from. zipzoomfly.com is good, but customer...
- morino
- Post #13
- Mar 1, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMD X2 Utilities & Cool'n Quiet

I recently purchased my first Dual Core CPU. Yeah!!! Anyhow, installing WinXP I found the following utilities at AMD: AMD Dual-Core Optimizer AMD Athlon? 64 X2 Dual Core Processor Driver for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Version (x86 and x64 exe) 1.3.2.16 They can be found...
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- Thread
- Feb 27, 2007
- Replies: 6
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

I think the article you are reffering to is: http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2101&p=1 However, the article states that they used a 128KB stripe size. I'm not sure how a too small stripe size affects writes, but it would seem like the most optimized striping size is the same as the...
- morino
- Post #11
- Feb 19, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

By the way I did a little search on my computer to find how many files were less than various striping sizes. Here are the results: 16KB -> 61397 32KB -> 70984 64KB -> 77817 All Files -> 91128 That is a surprising 67% of the files I currently have are less than the smallest striping...
- morino
- Post #9
- Feb 16, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

I reason I used Ghost is because that is what I have laying around and do not use it enough to purchase a license. Anyhow, I wonder if I can break the array (of RAID 0) and restore or image each disk individually. Then I would reconfigure the BIOS for the array again? Otherwise I might...
- morino
- Post #7
- Feb 15, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

Captante, Your explanations clear up some issues, but creates new questions about what I though was Software and Hardware RAID. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like there are 3 types of RAID: 1. Purely software RAID, like Windows XP/2003 dynamic disk configured 2. Hybrid...
- morino
- Post #5
- Feb 15, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

Thanks, Captante. That helps clarifying the process. Why do I need the floppy disk with the RAID drivers? I mean why wouldn't the RAID drives appear as one drive to Windows? I assumed that the two drives in RAID would be transparent to Windows and the OS would see it as one drive. All RAID...
- morino
- Post #3
- Feb 14, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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SETUP RAID 0 on NF590

I decided to raid two hard drives with nvraid on a nForce 590 board. Do anyone know where I can find step by step instructions on how to do this? My manual is pretty scarce and have very basic instructions. Also, why do Windows XP need RAID drivers during installation? I thought the...
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- Feb 14, 2007
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building
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RAID 0 for Performance on Budget

I want to RAID 0 two drives for better performance (not too worry about the data) on a budget of less than $140. I'm looking for 2 hard drives with the following requirement: - SATA interface - 80GB or more (I'm willing to trade space for speed) - Price range $50-70 (I don't mind...
- morino
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- Feb 13, 2007
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Computer Building
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Help, finding monitor for triple monitor setup

I just found the Samsung 204b, that seems to fit my bill. Do anyone have any experience with this model? From the reviews at newegg, it seems to develop some green specks/banding issues over time...
- morino
- Post #4
- Dec 16, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Dual Monitor Dual Desktops etc etc

Grimmysnr, I think what you are looking for something like this: http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm It's add a taskbar to each screen. I haven't used it myself, but I think the software is free to use. I'm currently looking to setup a triple monitor setup myself. Currently...
- morino
- Post #2
- Dec 16, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Help, finding monitor for triple monitor setup

Matthias99, Does the 2007fp use the same type of panel as the 2007wfp (widescreen) version? Also, my experience with Dell product & services has been poor in the past. Maybe I will give them another chance, I like the fact that they have inputs for other than VGA and DVI. I'm open to other...
- morino
- Post #3
- Dec 16, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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Help, finding monitor for triple monitor setup

I'm looking to buy 3 20"+ monitors for a triple monitor setup. It will be used for games, movies, light photoshop and lots of programming. I read the "LCD Buyer's Guide" and found it extremely usefull. However, none of the monitor seems to fit my bill with regards to the following...
- morino
- Thread
- Dec 14, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Displays

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