[H] HTPC low end video card suggestions

2008-09-25 Thread Robert Martin Jr.
I need a low end HTPC PCI express video card that is -Quiet -Fairly cool running -has component out -half decent 3d capabilities for running quake 3 engine games occasionally -HDMI a plus for later It will be running on a pentium-m 2.0 Gig HTPC box. Full size cards are fine. TIA lopaka

Re: [H] Gaming Box Survey Was Re: [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread DHSinclair
This probably might be a trip down memory lane... :) Dedicated game box: Asus A7N8X-E-Deluxe Windows 2K sp4 AMD "Barton" 2500+ (not overclocked) 1GB Mushkin/Winbond DDR400 RAM Gainward Gforce 4 ti4800SE (agp) video card (8x, 128M ram) used mostly to play MS FS 2002, SerSam, Ghost Recon,

[H] Fwd: Setting up a second NIC card in Windows server 2003

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Weeden
I got the following from a friend of mine who's doing IT work for a school. I've never messed with setting up VPNs or Windows Server. Can any of you networking guru's make sense of this? I can send you the diagrams he mentioned privately if you want. --- Brian -- Forwarded message -

Re: [H] Gaming Box Survey Was Re: [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:39 PM 24/09/2008, Stan Zaske wrote: My old setup was an Epox NF4 Ultra mobo with an Athlon 64 FX55 running about 2.8 GHz and the upgrade has the Biostar 790GX/SB750 chipset and an Athlon 64 X2 5400+ BE running again about 2.8 GHz. Both had the same 4850 video card and the same 2 gigs of R

Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Winterlight
At 06:05 AM 9/25/2008, you wrote: Is that 300GB drive the drive with the largest amount of free space on the system? If so that may explain why the MS updates are picking it to unpack their archives. yes it is the largest drive, and I thought the same thing but there have been no updates, whi

Re: [H] dir attribute tool?

2008-09-25 Thread DHSinclair
Forc5, I did use the attrib cmd from the command line. It only shows me the actual files below the dir (container) level; not the attributes of the container. The attributes of the files in question are correct per the batch file, but I am still in question of the containers in the string. Still

Re: [H] dir attribute tool?

2008-09-25 Thread FORC5
how about attrib from a command line ? At 10:43 AM 9/25/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Is there a tool that allows me to see the attributes (a/h/r/s) of file >directories and/or at the parent drive level (like c:\)? > >I use the Hosts File. It seems to work for me. But, I have one machin

[H] dir attribute tool?

2008-09-25 Thread DHSinclair
Is there a tool that allows me to see the attributes (a/h/r/s) of file directories and/or at the parent drive level (like c:\)? I use the Hosts File. It seems to work for me. But, I have one machine (out of 5) that the included mvps.bat batch file fails on. With the tools I have/use, I can not

Re: [H] Reactionless drive??

2008-09-25 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
I'm not a good enough mathematician to tell which side is right. The comment comparing the logic to that behind a laser gyro makes some sense; light is NOT in "our" frame of reference. As always the real answer will be in the toast. Man, but IF ! On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:48 AM, Brian Weeden <[

Re: [H] Reactionless drive??

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Weeden
At an event last year in Beijing the head of CASC (their big space company) was asked if they were going to the Moon to mine He3 and he said yes, it was something very important to them. So take everything with a grain of salt. Who knows if this is legit or just more pseduoscience. -- Brian

[H] Reactionless drive??

2008-09-25 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive Man this would be TOO DAMN COOL if it turns out to be real. The Chinese space agency is building one. They aren't stupid. I mean: whoa. -- Ramadan Mubarak Gregory Waleed Kavalec --- McCain on Spain shows he doesn

Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Soren
Most probably XP SP3 leftovers. Right clicking on the relevant file or folder, and changing access rights, the file or folder should then be accessible. If you want to be more certain, get Dependency Walker from www.dependencywalker.com, just to confirm if (or if not) all of the .dll files' dep

Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Ben Ruset
Is that 300GB drive the drive with the largest amount of free space on the system? If so that may explain why the MS updates are picking it to unpack their archives. As for deleting them, search for "File Unlocker." It's a free utility that has helped me delete files that for one reason or not

Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread James Boswell
On 25 Sep 2008, at 09:14, Winterlight wrote: now, low end cards with half a gig or more of ram are another matter, but I can't say it's a bad idea on anything that's north of the performance line of the 8800GT or so. -JB GB vs. 512MB on an 8800 GT The big question was does having 1GB of vi

Re: [H] Gaming Box Survey Was Re: [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread Naushad Zulfiqar
Remember a couple of days ago I asked about a mATX mobo and/or Shuttle computer? Well, I found out that for my needs that's way too much money to spend. And it was my luck that intel just released the Atom 330 (Dual core) at that time. So I snagged the Atom 330 board and it's on the way, I have

Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Lubomír Čabla
It seems like folder from SP or some patch installation. On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Winterlight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > I have been having these folders pop up on one of my stand alone drives for > a month now. > > Directory of H:\dcade4f357d18b8d14e36f46c8 > > 09/25/2008 12:07 AM

[H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Winterlight
I have been having these folders pop up on one of my stand alone drives for a month now. Directory of H:\dcade4f357d18b8d14e36f46c8 09/25/2008 12:07 AM . 09/25/2008 12:07 AM .. 11/02/2006 07:22 AM51,680 kmdfcustom.dll 10/08/2006 09:51 PM14,

Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread Winterlight
now, low end cards with half a gig or more of ram are another matter, but I can't say it's a bad idea on anything that's north of the performance line of the 8800GT or so. -JB GB vs. 512MB on an 8800 GT The big question was does having 1GB of video RAM really make a difference on a GeForce

Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread James Boswell
On 25 Sep 2008, at 08:32, Winterlight wrote: At 12:25 AM 9/25/2008, you wrote: Looks like Anand just answered my question for me: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3415&p=1 "The Radeon HD 4870 1GB is a better buy than both the GTX 260 and core 216 variant." -- Brian I wa

Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread Winterlight
At 12:25 AM 9/25/2008, you wrote: Looks like Anand just answered my question for me: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3415&p=1 "The Radeon HD 4870 1GB is a better buy than both the GTX 260 and core 216 variant." -- Brian I was going to get 1GB, but then I found a article tha

Re: [H] [Bulk] New video card - GTX 260 or HD 4870?

2008-09-25 Thread Brian Weeden
Looks like Anand just answered my question for me: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3415&p=1 "The Radeon HD 4870 1GB is a better buy than both the GTX 260 and core 216 variant." -- Brian On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 2:48 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What, that backs