[H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread Joe User
Hello THG, A few years ago, with the help of some of you, I put together a game system which has served me well. I don't want to lay out for a new system this year, maybe in another year or so. I mainly play WoW and STO. However, I do play some Steam games, FPS, RTS, etc. I thought, I would

Re: [H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread James Boswell
Your 4870 is still pretty capable, to get something that meaningfully outperforms it you're looking at a radeon 5850/5870, or an Nvidia GTX470/480 On 6 Apr 2010, at 17:31, Joe User wrote: Hello THG, A few years ago, with the help of some of you, I put together a game system which has

Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives-Closed

2010-04-06 Thread DSinc
The Old Floppy Drive thread is now CLOSED. OK. I reply to my last receipt. Mark's. Thank you to Mark, Anthony, jmccraw, Steve, Bino, gibney, Rick Glazer, FORC5, JRS. Now have 2 USB floppy drives. All of you were so correct. Sorry I was so thick-headed.. :) Shocked how well they do

[H] Swiffer Sheets really do work!

2010-04-06 Thread DSinc
I just do not recall who suggested the Swiffer Sweeper Sheets. Sorry. They really do work! Yes, it takes some time to cut the sheets to fit my frames. And, there is some trash post cut. I now have 5yrs worth of future filters! And, these sheets filter so much better than the oem ?washable?

Re: [H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread Stan Zaske
Sounds like you have a more than adequate video card right now so why upgrade? You want an Nvidia solution then go with the 480 which is overkill in every way possible (heat, energy, noise etc.). AMD is a different matter entirely and Nvidia can claim fastest video card on the planet but it

Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives-Closed

2010-04-06 Thread Stan Zaske
I just sold quantity 5 3.5 floppy drives on Ebay for $.50 plus shipping. Not really worth it but at least someone will get some use out of them and I don't have to suffer guilt throwing them into the land fill or letting them clutter up the place. I got my 1st PC in 1994 with a floppy drive

Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives-Closed

2010-04-06 Thread gibney
I'd still like to hear if anyone runs across such a thing in a 5 1/4 :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 4:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H]

Re: [H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:31:54 PM, you wrote: Sounds like you have a more than adequate video card right now so why upgrade? You want an Nvidia solution then go with the 480 which is overkill in every way possible (heat, energy, noise etc.). AMD is a different matter entirely