Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread James Boswell
On 21 May 2008, at 04:00, Winterlight wrote: At 02:41 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote: Why would you get a 3Ghz quad, 4GB of ram, and x38 mainboard... and then run a 32bit OS? The performance gain for a 64 bit is not as big as you are making it out to be, and there are lots of issues. At least fro

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Sevart
> My OKIDATA color laser has partial support. None of my ATI > TV/Capture cards are supported. MY HP Scanner isn't supported. I > guess my 32 bit software will run OK. I would assume anything on a > new high end board would be supported. I have only briefly thought of > this and no little or noth

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread DHSinclair
John, It took many tries, but I finally got this sort of done. I now have the taskbar back to windows classic gray! It turns out that I've somehow lost my default "My Computer" icon from the desktop(s). The icons I do have are shortcuts (with the little arrow symbol). I never saw the "Advan

[H] View this web page

2008-05-21 Thread xtempore
Load this page, then wait a moment: http://producten.hema.nl/ Al -- Spontaneous I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Hayes Elkins
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 12:23:03 +0100 > Subject: Re: [H] Time for upgrades > > > On 21 May 2008, at 04:00, Winterlight wrote: > >> At 02:41 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote: >>> Why would you get a 3Ghz quad, 4GB of ram, and x38 mainboard... a

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread James Boswell
On 21 May 2008, at 14:34, Hayes Elkins wrote: On 21 May 2008, at 04:00, Winterlight wrote: At 02:41 PM 5/20/2008, you wrote: Why would you get a 3Ghz quad, 4GB of ram, and x38 mainboard... and then run a 32bit OS? The performance gain for a 64 bit is not as big as you are making it out to

Re: [H] View this web page

2008-05-21 Thread Veech
very cool, thanks! - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:56 AM Subject: [H] View this web page Load this page, then wait a moment: http://producten.hema.nl/ Al -- Spontaneous I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Winterlight
and, I didn't say anything about performance gains? Certainly, that was your implication. Although video encoding is one of the places those extra general purpose registers in AMD64 mode can show themselves, that must be in bizarreo world. Every time I have run encoding tests with AMD C

Re: [H] FIXED-How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread DHSinclair
FIXED! Found and restored the "My Computer" icon back to the desktop! Best, Duncan At 16:50 05/20/2008 -0700, you wrote: Right click 'My Computer' Left click 'Properties' Click the 'Advanced' tab Click 'Settings" in the 'Performance' area Click 'Adjust for best performance' Click 'Apply' That

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Sevart
> >Although video encoding is one of the places those extra general > >purpose registers in AMD64 mode can show themselves, > > that must be in bizarreo world. Every time I have run encoding tests > with AMD CPUs against Intel they perform slower by factors of three, > and four. > Not AMD vs Int

Re: [H] FIXED-How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread DHSinclair
FIXED! Found and restored the "My Computer" icon back to the desktop! Best, Duncan At 16:50 05/20/2008 -0700, you wrote: Right click 'My Computer' Left click 'Properties' Click the 'Advanced' tab Click 'Settings" in the 'Performance' area Click 'Adjust for best performance' Click 'Apply' That

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread FORC5
right click anywhere on the desktop choose properties goto desktop tab hit customize desktop button check the my computer box should be back fp At 07:24 AM 5/21/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Once I clicked the Find Target button, I found the real "My Computer" icon in >a folder called

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread JRS
Not sure how you lost those, but when you put the Start menu into classic mode, it puts My computer, My Network Places, and My documents on the desktop for you.  When you first install XP, Start menu is not in classic mode.  You can also click start then right click My computer in that menu if y

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread James Boswell
On 21 May 2008, at 17:53, Winterlight wrote: and, I didn't say anything about performance gains? Certainly, that was your implication. Although video encoding is one of the places those extra general purpose registers in AMD64 mode can show themselves, that must be in bizarreo world.

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread DHSinclair
fp, I will save this suggestion. not needed ATM, but who knows what may happen in the future. Liking XP a bit better now. Best, Duncan At 08:01 05/21/2008 -0700, you wrote: right click anywhere on the desktop choose properties goto desktop tab hit customize desktop button check the my

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-21 Thread DHSinclair
At 08:20 05/21/2008 -0700, you wrote: Not sure how you lost those, but when you put the Start menu into classic mode, it puts My computer, My Network Places, and My documents on the desktop for you. Thought so too. Did not happen :( When you first install XP, Start menu is not i

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Winterlight
Yes, the non EE's are clock locked. That does provide some value, but (1) from what I gather, you don't do overclocking I don't because FSB overclocking puts a stress on the entire system for not much real world needed gain. And I keep my systems much longer then you do. However, if I can j

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread Greg Sevart
> That would work out well for me is this DDR2 supported CPU? If I > bought a high end board now, like the ASUS P5E WS PRO > would it support the new CPU, probably not without a BIOS flash, > which can't be done without a modern CPU, which is kind of a catch 22 > if you have old stuff. > T

Re: [H] Time for upgrades

2008-05-21 Thread James Boswell
I imagine we'll have a more firm date soon, but it's definitely in Q3. It was just today the price (at $530) was confirmed. That would work out well for me is this DDR2 supported CPU? If I bought a high end board now, like the ASUS P5E WS PRO would it support the new CPU, probably not w