Re[2]: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Greg, Sunday, July 15, 2007, 11:49:25 PM, you wrote: With the Intel quad-core Q6600 (2.4GHz) hitting $266 next week (7/22), and the new E6850 (3.0GHz) dual-core running at $266 now, along with the rather nice P35 Express chipset, why would anyone even consider an AMD-based machine for

Re: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Michael Decker
Which CPU would you choose for a gaming PC, the Q6600 or the E6850? For the chipset, would you go with the P35 Express or nForce 600i? Why? On 7/16/07, Greg Sevart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the Intel quad-core Q6600 (2.4GHz) hitting $266 next week (7/22), and the new E6850 (3.0GHz)

RE: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Greg Sevart
For gaming, I'd go E6850. More speed per core is almost universally better than more cores for current games. I anticipate that will change, but it'll remain that way for a while. Hands down, P35 Express, unless you just absolutely need SLI. The 680i has a fantastic feature set, but I've just

[H] GFX cards under $200

2007-07-16 Thread Hunter, Gary
Hi, I need to get a couple of GFX cards so don't want to spend more than $200 each what's the best gaming card in this price? I would prefer Nvidia but I'm open to all suggestions. What's the best WWW site for reviews now a days? I have been out of the loop far too long. Many thanks, Gary

Re: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Hayes Elkins
P35 is the only way to go. It has ICH9 which is the fastest southbridge to date. In addition to DDR3 support, it's memory controller has been tweaked to surpass the performance of older chipsets even when using DDR2. SLI is still immeasurably stupid. 8800 GTX's and Ultras are cheaper now and

Re[2]: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Hayes, Monday, July 16, 2007, 3:20:58 PM, you wrote: P35 is the only way to go. It has ICH9 which is the fastest southbridge to date. In addition to DDR3 support, it's memory controller has been tweaked to surpass the performance of older chipsets even when using DDR2. SLI is still

RE: Re[2]: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread Greg Sevart
Yeah I'd rather run one video card. Esp, where one card can ruin two in SLI. So looks like so far we have: P35 Express chipset board E6850 (3.0GHz) dual-core DDR3 Memory 8800 GTX or Ultra nVidia card Anyone make a call on what brand I would pursue for P35 chipset? I'm fond of

RE: [H] GFX cards under $200

2007-07-16 Thread Bobby Heid
AGP? PCI-X (I think)? Etc. Bobby From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:20 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] GFX cards under $200 Hi, I need to get a couple of GFX cards so don't want to spend more than $200

[H] Phone question

2007-07-16 Thread Winterlight
Do newer camera phones use a USB plug. Do they all just plug into a USB port like any other camera?

[H] Mac help please

2007-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I need to copy word files from a Power PC Macintosh Performa 6400//200 Running System 7.5.3 to floppies. I don't know anything about Macs. I assume there is some kind of file manager and I would just copy like I do in Windows right... probably icon, probably drag and drop? Is there a my

[H] Make a Audio Image file

2007-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I want to back up my retail audio CDs. I don't want to rip them into wav tracks. I want to image the CD to a iso file. A perfect copy. I have tried to do this Winimage 10, Nero 6, and it doesn't seem to be available. Is this even possible? Is there a special program that will do this? It

Re: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

2007-07-16 Thread zaske
SLI is pointless to consider unless you have money to burn (better to get a Roth IRA IMHO). A 550 watt PSU with greater than 80% efficiency would do just fine for what you want. Apparently my fellow listers haven't been reading too much about P35 and DDR2/DDR3 support. P35 is an excellent

Re: [H] GFX cards under $200

2007-07-16 Thread j maccraw
ATI X1950 Pro XT's from Sapphire, VisionTek, PowerColor, etc... get my vote on either bus. I am sure the similar spec Nvidia's are the same ~$200. Tom's has a nice comparison database for GPU's: http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html Bobby Heid wrote: AGP? PCI-X (I think)? Etc.