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Page file size for systems with lots of RAM?

Aha. Thanks for the insight.
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- Post #4
- Sep 3, 2008
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Page file size for systems with lots of RAM?

Hi I'm working on a 64-bit computer with 2 quad-core Xeons and 16gigs of RAM running 64-bit Windows XP (it's a lab computer used to run simulations). I was looking at the system settings and noticed that the page file size was manually set to 2046-4092 megs. This is a dell computer that has...
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- Sep 3, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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1gb Single rank ddr400 ram? (non-ecc, unbuffered)

Hi, I am building a machine with an AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ Manchester, using a DFI Lanparty SLI-DR motherboard. The board supports at most 4gb of ram, but because of the cpu, apparently it is only possible to run 4gb at ddr400 if one uses single rank ram. Does anyone know where to find this...
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- May 25, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Quicktime plugin problem

Ah-ha. Good to know. Thanks a LOT.
- Stug
- Post #3
- Sep 23, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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Quicktime plugin problem

I'm trying to watch the Elegant Universe nova episodes from pbs (they have them on their website at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html if that'll help answer the question or if youre just curious since it's pretty cool.). Anyway, there are two (or maybe 2.5) options for watching...
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- Sep 23, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Dell Laptop Warranty

Hi, I will be entering college next month and I'm currently in the process of ordering a laptop. I'm planning on buying a Dell because my school supports them and has an agreement with Dell which allows them to do repairs on them in their campus computer store. When I was configuring the specs...
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- Aug 2, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Laptops
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Pentium M slows down with low battery?

I was discussing laptops with someone a couple days ago (I'm about to enter college, so I'm on the market), and they mentioned that someone had told them that the Pentium M will slow down when the battery runs low on power. I've read before that the M's slow down when idle, but I had not heard...
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- Jun 22, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Laptops
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Half-life 2 vouchers -- worth the trouble?

Hi, I'm looking at getting a radeon 9600xt soon, and I was wondering if anyone here has any idea if the voucher will be worth having? It says ground shipping could take 4-6 weeks, so that leaves me with downloading it from steam. Do you think this will be worth it, or should I just wait and...
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- May 30, 2004
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows
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radeon 9600 pro or xt?

Whoah whoah. There's no way I'm going to spend the money for a 9800pro. Surely video game designers don't expect everyone to have the highest-end video cards or they wouldn't be making any profit. I've mucked around on various review sites, and the gamespy reviewer used only a Geforce4 Ti4600...
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- Post #15
- May 28, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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radeon 9600 pro or xt?

well, but if the xt comes with hl2, that might make up for the price difference... Do the xt's come with different memory speeds like the pros?
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- Post #5
- May 27, 2004
- Forum: Computer Building
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radeon 9600 pro or xt?

I need a new video card so that I can play KOTOR and HL2 this summer. I'll be starting college this fall, so I don't really want to spend that much money on a new card that I won't use for that long. I'm looking at the radeon 9600 pro and xt, but I can't decide which to go with. The pro can...
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- May 27, 2004
- Replies: 21
- Forum: Computer Building
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Upper-range video cards worth the $ in the end?

Will it last significantly longer than the 9600pro, though? I'm just a high school student, and although money does burn a whole in my pocket, I need to upgrade other parts, too. I'm not a super-heavy gamer, but I'm looking forward to a lot of new games coming out soon (Doom3, HL2, SW: KOTOR...
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- Post #3
- Jul 25, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Upper-range video cards worth the $ in the end?

Hi, I posted here yesterday about the difference between a Radeon 9500pro and 9600pro, but some people have brought me to consider another option. I was initially only planning to spend around 150-175 on the video card, but I think I can afford to go 200-250 or so, if I decide it would be worth...
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- Jul 25, 2003
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ATI 9500pro vs 9600pro

Is it agreed that the 9700 np would be a better card to get?
- Stug
- Post #10
- Jul 24, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ATI 9500pro vs 9600pro

Well, I just might be willing to pay an extra 50 for the 9700 nonpro. I was more concerned becuase the difference between the 9500pro and 9600pro varies depending on what one looks at, and some things I've read show the 9500pro as being only marginally better. Does the 9700 significantly...
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- Post #4
- Jul 24, 2003
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ATI 9500pro vs 9600pro

Hi, I'm looking to upgrade my video card and I was looking at the mid-range ATI cards. I've been told by a few people and read in a few reviews that it would be better to get a 9600 pro, as the performance difference between it and the 9500 pro is negligible. However, I've also read in some...
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- Jul 24, 2003
- Replies: 23
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Redhat 9 and WineX

I'm trying to install WineX on RH9. I downloaded from the cvs and then, from the directory to which the cvs source was downloaded, ran ./tools/wineinstall as root. After spending a good time configuring, compiling, etc, it asked me a few quetions regarding registry installation. After...
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- Apr 26, 2003
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Operating Systems
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RH9 and mplayer .90 problems

Well one thing's for sure: It doesn't have fortune!! Why would any linux distro come without FORTUNE???
- Stug
- Post #6
- Apr 25, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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RH9 and mplayer .90 problems

Ok, installed gtk-devel and recompiled. it works fine. thanks a lot!
- Stug
- Post #4
- Apr 24, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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RH9 and mplayer .90 problems

Hi, I'm trying to install mplayer for linux with a gui. I've downloaded rpms from freshrpms for rh9, but when i try to install, it tells gives me a long list of dependencies, so I decided to try compiling the source. When I ./configure --enable-gui (which configures it, obviously, so that the...
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- Apr 24, 2003
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Operating Systems
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soundcard setup

Hi, I'm running Slackware 9.0, and I'm trying to install drivers for an ISA Soundblaster 16 PnP. I ran modprobe sound, and that didn't give me any trouble, but when i modprobe sb, i get the following: /lib/modules/2.4.20/kernel/drivers/sound/sb.o.gz: init_module: No such device...
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- Apr 7, 2003
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux Booting help!

Alrighty, it worked. I went in and editted my lilo.conf like you said, and now here I am typing on Slack. Thanks a bunch!
- Stug
- Post #3
- Apr 5, 2003
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux Booting help!

A couple days ago, I decided to give Linux another go. I'd tried RH8 and 7.3 and Mandrake 9.0 and 8.2, but hadn't really cared for them. This time I decided to install Slackware 9.0 (which I liked a lot more). However, both Mandrake and RH used GRUB as the bootloader, whereas Slack uses LILO...
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- Apr 5, 2003
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Morrowind Crash Problem

I'm having a problem with Morrowind crashing. I'm running a 1.4 ghz athlon t-bird w/ a GeForce 2 mx. I've got the newest drivers for my motherboard (the 4in1's) and the newest Nvidia drivers. I've updated XP via windows update (I got the patch that says it stops some games from just exiting...
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- Dec 29, 2002
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Windows
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Can't decide between Maxtor or Western Digital !?

I've always used WD drives and never had a problem. I've got an old 3.2gb Caviar running in my Linux Box, and even a drive that old by them has never given me problems.
- Stug
- Post #6
- Dec 27, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Upgrade CPU or Video Card?

When are the nv30 boards scheduled to come out? If it's any time soon, I'll just wait for those and then nab a 9700.
- Stug
- Post #11
- Dec 27, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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Upgrade CPU or Video Card?

I have a 1.4 ghz Athlon T-Bird running on an Abit Kt7a with 256 megs of pc133 ram and a 32meg Geforce2mx. Recently, I've been looking to upgrade my videocard, but a friend who is more knowledgeable about these things told me my motherbaord/cpu may not be able to provide a newer videocard with...
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- Dec 27, 2002
- Replies: 10
- Forum: Computer Building
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Windows XP Pro crashes (error message interpretation)

I recently installed Windows XP Pro, and I've been experiencing frequent random crashing. It seems to occur more quickly if I'm running more programs, but regardless, it never fails to crash. I set it to leave the error message and not immediately restart when it encountered a problem, and it...
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- Aug 17, 2002
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems

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