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Thinking about going to an HDTV as a monitor

Just make absolutely certain that any such LCD HD TV wouldn't have significant amounts of input lag.
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- Oct 22, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU

Perhaps DVD Decrypter and play it as an ISO?
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- Oct 18, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Intel x25-m, whats the difference between C1, R5, etc..

In essence, you'd be paying $50 more for an included bracket and plastic spacer. Does that seem worth it to you? ;)
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- Oct 12, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Unable to create 3 TB Bootable Raid0

MBR only supports up to 2TB. GUID can support more than 2TB but it won't be bootable. Besides, 3 x 1TB RAID 0 in my honest opinion is a terrible idea and just asking for trouble.
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- Oct 11, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Does adding system RAM increase integrated graphics performance?

Nope. Same way that more VRAM doesn't translate as the only factor of a graphics adapter's performance, adding more system RAM to benefit an integrated graphics adapter is akin to using a hard disk as system RAM; there's just too much latency. Not to mention that IGPs are crippled and crap...
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- Sep 24, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Can RAID disks be faster than SSD?

In throughput? Yes, a RAID array can thoroughly beat a single SSD. In access time? Never in a million years. Now, if you want real performance, try RAID'ed X25-Es. :Q
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- Sep 23, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Video card missing pins?

Looks like RMA time, unfortunately. :(
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- Sep 19, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Blown capacitors on 8600GT

Could be PSU; what are you using and what is your computer rig specs?
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- Sep 16, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Please suggest

The reason why people are telling you to bite the bullet and upgrade the rest of your system is that upgrading to a more powerful single component does no good if you are bottlenecked by other, older components like your CPU. A lot of computing purchases are about minimizing the bottleneck, and...
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- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Video card missing pins?

Did you buy this card new or something? Would you have pictures of what you're talking about to help aid in your description of your issue?
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- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Half Life 2: Will my video card hold up? ATI 4350

HL2 is nothing for modern video cards (other than Intel integrated graphics). You don't have much to worry about, especially with those specs.
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- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Dell U2410

http://www.cnet.com.au/dell-ul...rp-u2410-339298064.htm CNet (I know, I know) has input lag testing at the bottom of the review if this would interest any of you.
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- Post #68
- Sep 15, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Connecting a stand alone DVD player to a LCD Monitor??

A U2410 for just DVD playback is a waste, IMO. Play it on your computer and then use the U2410 for other things, because a $600 H-IPS monitor isn't going to do any justice if you're going to be using it for just DVD playback. ;) For sound, a Dell Sound Bar may be appropriate, but they don't...
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- Sep 10, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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STICKY: ATi 5xxx pre-release thread

Can't wait for benches of the 5870 2GB. :Q
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- Sep 10, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Choosing a SATA II controller

Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 if you want eight ports on PCIe, though you'll need to get ~$15 SFF-8086 SAS-to-SATA breakout cables to connect to your PC. Still, for ~$100 with clean cable management and simplicty, that can't be beat. Of course, there's the AOC-SAT2-MV8, which is a PCI-X card (that...
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- Sep 10, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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A DPU , How does that sound ?

So I guess OP doesn't take kindly to constructive criticism despite asking for it.... :roll:
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- Sep 9, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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What happened to DVD burner prices on NewEgg?

Then buy elsewhere. No one is forcing you to buy from Newegg, despite the bitching and moaning that's going on in the X-25M whiners' thread. ;)
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- Sep 5, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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TB + sized HDD?

If you've gotta ask that, then your current hard drive's gotta really suck. ;) HDDs will not be the bottleneck for FPS unless if the game utilizes methods to load textures on-the-fly during gameplay to minimize actual load periods. 5,400 RPM drives have plenty of sequential read speeds but in...
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- Sep 4, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Another RAID 0 question?

Yes, you have to reinstall Windows. Yes, more than likely, you'll have to mount drivers during the install so it recognizes the array in the setup.
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- Sep 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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laptop sodimms

Probably about as simple as unscrewing the bottom memory panel, taking out the SO-DIMMs, inserting new SO-DIMMs; done. :)
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- Sep 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Intel G2 available but is NewEgg gouging?

There are always going to be moaning about hardware people can't afford. This effect seems to be amplified when the prices of said hardware goes up, as if they EXPECT low prices. Simple solution: find another competitor and don't pay Newegg's ludicrous prices for their SSDs.
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- Sep 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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video card upgrade: good or bad?

Is there some reason why you think you'd need an upgrade? A 9800GTX+ isn't a slow card and it should be enough for games like Call of Duty or WoW, unless you're gaming at like 2560x1600 or something. If you really do want to upgrade your video card, though, I would wait for AMD's new cards to...
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- Sep 3, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Another RAID 0 question?

What is your onboard RAID controller? ICH9/10R? NVRAID? JMicron? What? EDIT: Just noticed your signature; assuming you're using that setup, your RAID is based on NVRAID, which is notoriously bad at RAID 0. You may want to consider enabling write caching in advanced properties for your drives...
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- Sep 3, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Time to replace the dying 2001fp

The only real acceptable solution for you that is sold on the market today IMO is the 2209WA.
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- Aug 31, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Anyway I can get my LCD to run @ 64hz in Win7?

I hope you enjoy the massive amounts of input lag that inherently comes with interpolation so the LCD HD TV marketers can claim "120Hz" or "240Hz" :laugh: EDIT: Also, I think yusux fails at understanding sarcasm.
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- Aug 31, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Which DDR2 memory should I get?

No need to get faster memory if you're not overclocking. Get the DDR2-800 cheap stuff as Yellowbeard stated; they should be fine, if not more than enough.
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- Aug 31, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Monitor problem

OLED? I doubt even 1 out of 10,000 of us would have such monitors, so in all honesty, good luck trying to get tech support for such new, rare, and expensive technology. :Q
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- Aug 31, 2009
- Forum: Displays
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Seagate hard drive is loud

Make sure your drive is mounted well in your case, it could very well be acoustic vibration. That being said, I have 10 of these in a server and I've found that these drives aren't particularly loud, but they're probably louder than any WD Green drive that you may have. As long as it's not...
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- Aug 31, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hard Drive Toast?

Hard drives don't come back from failure to be used reliably for long periods of time. Treat them as commodity items, and as such, require replacement the moment they exhibit faulty behavior of any sort, or risk losing your data.
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- Aug 30, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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WD Black vs. Green

If your drive can limit eSATA, I want to know what drive you're using. In other words, it's not an eSATA bottlenecking issue. In terms of sequential read performance, there really isn't a huge difference between the WD Caviar Black series versus the Caviar Greens, the only real difference is...
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Hardware based RAID controllers and SSD...

Seems like you're trying to convince me otherwise. You're doing your research, draw your own conclusions.
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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recommend a Raid 5 card

If you plan on doing any kind of OCE with an Adaptec card, be aware that it'll take like a month to expand the array with additional drives.
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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dell E2210H 22 ?

Hehe, should've also put an "affordable" caveat. I can't afford a $2,000 monitor. :P
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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a good example of CPU limitations

Big difference between 1920 x 1080 and 1920 x 1200.
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Hardware based RAID controllers and SSD...

I can't claim to have SSDs in RAID 0 with hardware RAID controllers, but if my experience with HDDs in RAID 0 on onboard controllers vs. hardware controllers, there's not much difference. Perhaps there is a big difference that I'm not sure about, or maybe the RAID algorithm is just that much...
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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dell E2210H 22 ?

Cheap TN panel and mediocre build quality. LED backlighting isn't really special anymore. Maybe in late 2007/early 2008, but with laptops being LED backlit as a standard feature and a few Dell monitors (G2210/G2410) being LED backlit for around that price as well, there's nothing really to...
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Hardware based RAID controllers and SSD...

You don't need expensive hardware RAID controllers for RAID 0. Especially on ICH10R, which in itself is a fairly capable simple-RAID controller. Really, at this point, if you were to get a hardware RAID controller for your SSDs, you'd only be throwing your money away. The RAID controllers you...
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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I'd like to know why this card is ONLY available in NZ.

That's great for a server that requires a low profile PCIe 1x card, though I doubt the pricing would be good either.
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- Aug 27, 2009
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Swapping HDD to new box

You're better off reinstalling Windows. As for disk imaging, a good software tool is Acronis True Image Home, but that's more for if you're swapping your OS partition from one drive to another, not from computer-to-computer, which would have different hardware, and in turn, different drivers...
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- Aug 25, 2009
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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[Retired] The LCD Thread

CNet's just come out with some input lag figures for the U2410: http://www.cnet.com.au/dell-ul...rp-u2410-339298064.htm Dell UltraSharp U2410 (sRGB) min 21 max 34 Average 31 Dell UltraSharp U2410 (Game) min 0 max 29 Average 14 Dell UltraSharp 2209WA (Standard) min 0 max 32 Average 20...
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- Post #7,361
- Aug 25, 2009
- Forum: Displays

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