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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:00:14 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Raptor performance Hello
Winterlight, Thursday, November 27,
Following ancient IBM beep code lore, it would be a keyboard.
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1223
But since you have a retail intel board, it might be memory:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/cs-010249.htm
Perhaps the AMT driver or one of those quirky vista/MCE-only drivers like the
instant resume or infrared. What is your HardwareID from the device manager?
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:26:47 -0500
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Subject: [H] PCI Driver
I got this brand
They are a great discount warehouse. Usually their ground shipments arrive next
day because of their warehouse distrobution.
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:13:13 -0400
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
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Subject: [H] Provantage.com
Is Provantage.com a safe place to buy
The most comprehensive, exhaustive, slipstreaming guide on the internets for
slipstreaming the latest service pack on to any version of XP. SP1, SP2, RTM,
OEM, VLK, Retail, whatever.
Note: Be careful, this is very lengthy.
1. Copy your CD to a directory [ c:\xpcd for example]
2. Acquire SP3
Slipstreaming over RTM will yield no difference vs a later source. Stupid that
the SP1 restriction is there to scare the masses when performing a manual
update on a live system.
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 18:08:10 -0700
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
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Subject: Re: [H]
Nope! No need to seek any other controllers other than ones that begin with ICH
and end in R.
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:48:41 -0400
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
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Subject: [H] Sata
Should I begin my search for upgrade stuff, should I be looking for the
Silicon
You're following the correct steps to enable, you got the latest june 20008
distro of dx9 (updater downloads the latest files) and used the latest WHQL
driver availabe for your card since by default DXdiags in 2K3 checks for WHQL
certificates. It smells like the OS is not detecting AGP/PCIe
Yeah, that salary bracket might just get you a closet sized studio in SF.
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:31:10 -0700
Subject: Re: [H] City of San Fran hacked
That's a pretty good salary for a sysadmin. 150k/yr incl bonuses.
-Original
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:30:36 -0300
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
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Subject: Re: [H] Web safe colours
At 01:24 PM 14/07/2008, Brian Weeden wrote:
Depends. If they were chosen because they worked across a wide variety of
mediums, maybe. If they were selected to
And add to mix the 8800 Ultra, which still has higher theoretical specs in
certain areas (it is still the fastest card period for Flight Simulator X and
few other older games).
All in all, the GTX280's have the most upside.
Frankly for the price, the Radeon 4870 mops the floor with everybody.
I have two 1TB spinpoints and no issues so far. They universally test out to be
the quietest, fastest, and almost as low powerdraw as the 5400rpm WD. One less
platter than the competition is a huge advantage.
The majority of the negative reviews on newegg stem from the partition/disk
utility
The only consistency in this industry is inconsistency.
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:35:33 -0700
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
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Subject: Re: [H] Worth it ?
Have a bad taste still lingering from ATI, I tend to shy away from them
thanks
fp
The Radeon 4800 series are very good too. 4870 just got a rave review on tom's
compared to the 200's Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:18:24 -0700 To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [H] Worth it ?
Running a 8600gt and now that the gtx200's are out there are some pretty
That's why red hat still has stock listed on NASDAQ and others are either long
gone or pink sheets. Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:58:09 -0400 From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] That's got to
sting Right. But support from the vendor is still better than no
None of those brands are really high priced high end either...if you want
insane prices to match an insane cable, Krell, Cary, Theta, Mark Levinson fit
the bill...
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:27:30 -0400
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Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that
I suggest Media Player Classic - Home Cinema edition. It is a project that
supports hardware DXVA internally with no external filters/codecs required at
all. A new build is released every few days because it is constantly tweaked.
You can switch outputs from overley, VMR7/9 (and renderless)
like MPC-
HCE that bypass the frameworks that enable that seems hugely counter-
productive to me.
-JB
On 15 Jun 2008, at 20:12, Hayes Elkins wrote:
I suggest Media Player Classic - Home Cinema edition. It is a
project that supports hardware DXVA internally with no external
filters/codecs
in my music better than any cable I have ever used. Better than my Pear
Anjou's, Stealth Indra's even my MT Oracle cable.
You guys are so lame.
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Sent: Fri 6/13/2008 4:03 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Actually that's the first thing I hinted at - a audiophile cable for a lowbrow
receiver? Bah!
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:21:54 -0400
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet
cable
Nobody has
interfere, as the
spectrums overlap.
This is at least my understanding :p
Scott
On Jun 12, 2008, at 10:05 AM, Hayes Elkins wrote:
That's because they aren't downloading a stream of data at 3.5MB/s
(that's megaBYTES) from a FIOS connection :)
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Is that accurate
And of all things, a super expensive interconnect for a RECIEVER? LOL!! The
most miserably marketed snake oil product ever put forth I think. At least
prior snake oil audiophile garbage was hawked to the right target - owners of
high end audiophile gear.
With most home theaters having a 100%
. From what I
can gather it's just an ethernet cable used to connect various pieces of Denon
gear together. You know, the same technology that we have been using to
connect various computers together for quite a bit of time. Brian
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 3:56 PM, Hayes Elkins [EMAIL
keyboard and wireless
network access would be able to co-exist with each other. BAH!!
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Hayes Elkins
wrote:
And to be clear - the same issue will affect the other adesso model, or any
keyboard for that matter that uses 2.4Ghz RF
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That's because they aren't downloading a stream of data at 3.5MB/s (that's
megaBYTES) from a FIOS connection :)
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Is that accurate? Does the adesso really use that much of the
spectrum? It's my understanding that 802.11b/g channels each use a
small portion of the
Yes. Profound interference when in heavy use because they share the same 2.4ghz
band. The solution is to move to a 5ghz network if you have the hardware, and
very few draft-N devices do, plus deal with the inherent signal issues of 5ghz.
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:16:44 -0400
From: [EMAIL
And to be clear - the same issue will affect the other adesso model, or any
keyboard for that matter that uses 2.4Ghz RF
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:18:30 -0400
Subject: Re: [H] Adesso Wireless Keyboard
Yes. Profound interference when
I have their other 2.4GHz combo
http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.asp?productid=336
The 2.4Ghz RF range is great but here's a big warning: it SUCKS, just SUCKS
SUCKS SUCKS if your htpc is on a wifi connection, especially when downstream is
at its peak. I'm ready to revert to line of sight
Well I'll break the sound of crickets here by saying the obligatory Wow. I
think AMD has a bulldozer core coming out in 09 that is their only hope in
competing with such a beast.
My need for speed has stalled for a bit, ever since I got my E8400 and 8800
Ultra I think I've logged more game
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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... and
then run
http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=HD103UJ
A bunch of vendors now have it under $200 shipped (which is about the same £92
price when coverting back to our toilet paper currency).
This is easily the best TB drive out as of now. 3 platters, quiet, fast.
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008
If you mean LCD flat panel as opposed to projection, Sharp and Olevia both sell
65 panels (Olevia is an OEM sharp glass). I own the Olevia, you can get one at
Sam's Club for under $3K. Sony has a 70 monster for over $30K. Date: Thu, 15
May 2008 13:15:59 -0700 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Uh...according to the article you quote - the answer is yes
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Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:40:22 -0700
Subject: Re: [H] PC Power Cooling S75QB 750W EPS12V Power Supply $149 free
shipping
According to PC Power and Cooling, no.
Long ago Intel required dual 12v rails for power supplies in systems based on
that unmitigated disaster called Prescott, the thought being that a dedicated
rail for CPU and another for peripherals would ensure clean power and push
manufacturers to beef up wattage.
Forward to today where we
I stand corrected! The dual 12v rail did not come about because of a mandate
from Intel engineering - but rather from the one of many asinine EU standards
pushed out this decade:
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/88626-info-do-you-need-multiple-12v.html
[snip]
Why did multiple 12V rails come
My famous quote:
The only consistency in the computer hardware/software industry is
inconsistency.
True for AV. For a span of 7 years, the king antivirus solution was Symantec's
AV corporate edition (not to be confused with the dogshit product with a
Norton label). Low and behold, Symantec
Pure crap. There are better utilities that do this for free.
Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 08:19:09 -0400
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Subject: Re: [H] xp sp3 ? Office update; Update Bible
This might interest some of you, if just to play with:
Good to hear.
Water cooling is just all kids of stupid these days.
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 08:40:16 -0600
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Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling
Update:
Yesterday I moved the case out from under my desk to the side of the
desk and it is
Drivers latest and greatest? Also source install patched up all the way? Date:
Sun, 4 May 2008 12:52:49 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Replace everything but cpu CPU
has not been changed. (E6550)-Original Message- From: [EMAIL
The unattended windows/office bible: http://unattended.msfn.org/
Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 11:43:37 -0400
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] xp sp3 ?
Ask and you shall receive:
Completely different segments. 780G is for ultra cheap bare bones all-in-one
HTPC solutions. You'll be lucky to find one with an PCIe slot or hell, more
than one PCI slot.
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 16:37:54 -0400
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] AMD 780G and
I gave up and used bittorrent instead. Same crap with Vista SP1 RTM. Real slap
in the face to MSDN subscribers.
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Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:34:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [H] XP SP RTM?
Haven't tried it yet, but I downloaded it off MS
]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:59 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling
I would run a utility to record GPU temps while gaming to gauge what
kind of heat you are outputing before crashing. The 9600GT's run
You should have intake air from the front, exhaust through the back. The side
fans typically should be intake as they are placed usually above the CPU.
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:55:50 -0600
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Subject: Re: [H] Water-cooling
All the
Cumulative hotfix refresh to 04/2008 patch tuesday release, HD audio, and legit
check for MU/WU
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:36:45 -0700
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] XP SP RTM?
How does the RTM version differ from the RC2 refresh?
Hayes Elkins
Cumulative hotfix refresh to 04/2008 patch tuesday release, HD audio, and legit
check for MU/WU
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:36:45 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] XP SP RTM?
How does the RTM version differ from the RC2 refresh?
Hayes Elkins
No offense, but I would call going from an x38 to a 780i a downgrade, not an
upgrade, unless you must have SLI - and even then I'm not sure of the
value/performance ratio of two 9600GTs vs a single 9800GTX.
Water cooling should not be required in a non-overclocked system these days,
even an
stable just
because I'm not going to let it get the better of me. (I still have the
X38 so will probably switch it back eventually)
-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:07 AM
To: hardware
It's already out in the wild, just not Microsoft. Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008
14:48:38 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] XP SP RTM? I heard service pack 3 was released to
manufactureTrue? Anyone tried it yet? Gary
Both systems will do fine with a 3-series chipset board with an E8400 (~$200).
I recommend intel retail desktop boards. Your 2nd system as described (dealing
only in 2D imaging) needs nothing more than integrated graphics as far as
speed, but you'll want a digital output so I would recommend
I noticed the same issue. Actually it wasn't with just showtime, it was Nero's
codec/filters in general. After v8, x264 would not play using nero's filter.
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:15:39 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Nero Showtime MKV I'm
on the fly withing a DVD should trigger the logitech to switch modes
and induce brief pauses. I'd make sure all processing on the logitech are
disabled and see if a DVD 5.1 soundtrack can first be played back via your
toslink.
Hayes Elkins wrote:
I never mentioned using analog cables
If the material you are playing is not native DD/DTS source material, I don't
see the concern with it being passed through spdif/toslink in its native 2.0
format as long as your receiver or speaker system expands it using PL-II or
whatever matrix to get 5.1 out of your speakers (if having a
seems
broken on this card).
Bottom line I want to use digital not analog to attach
to my speakers which means
DD5.1 like I had been doing for the past 5 years! Asus
could have saved me $50 by not
bundling this pile of shit with my mobo and I would
not be complaining now.
Hayes Elkins wrote
AMD processor. Sorry, $2000 for a system with an inferior CPU has no value to
me. Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:10 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Very nice Shuttle HTPC Great form
factor, tons of good features including Blu-Ray HD-DVD combo player for
:38 PM, Hayes Elkins
wrote:
AMD processor. Sorry, $2000 for a system with an inferior CPU has no value
to me. Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:08:10 -0400 From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Very
nice Shuttle HTPC Great form factor, tons of good features including
Blu
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins
Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 12:38 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Very nice Shuttle HTPC
AMD processor. Sorry, $2000 for a system with an inferior CPU has no value
to me
The only factor that would make it less capable would be the choice in GPU, and
only if you stick with XP. It has nothing to do with CPU. Date: Sat, 12 Apr
2008 14:02:45 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com;
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Very nice Shuttle
htpc.
They're both way overpriced and under-performing but that's what you get off
the shelf.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Hayes Elkins
Sent: Sat 4/12/2008 2:06 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Very nice Shuttle HTPC
In house Exchange makes zero sense for Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:50:33 -0600
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Exchange servers - Hosted vs. In-House
Hello,
I have a new client who's business I need and want. He's been talking
about Exchange and I don't
Regarding x48 vs x38, indeed. The Intel retail X38 successor to badaxe2,
DX38BT, is the EXACT same layout of their upcoming X48 board, DX48BT2. In fact,
they share the same BIOS.
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:51:19 -0400
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H]
Analog - what's that? :)
By 2009 a 32 1080p HDTV w/ tuner will cost $500
And hopefully by then Joost or whomever similar will be so good (and still
free) that I will no longer need a cable TV subscription.
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:57:44 -0400
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
From: [EMAIL
The monster fancy stuff that had filtering (the higher end had higher stages
of filtering) drove me nuts because it definitely changed the sound, couldn't
put my finger on it but it sounded a bit duller. Most of this power filtering
crap is just that - crap. Pure snake oil. $5000 for a power
The solution is to hire a competent contractor to find the problem outlets and
fix them for 1/10th the cost of buying a snake oil. Usually this can get
accomplished in tandem with your home inspection before buying your house.
That mantra of needing to spend a fixed PERCENTAGE on accessories
The thermalright and scythe flagships are considered the best overall - the
fact they are so monsterous make them a favorite among silentPC enthusiasts
because you can use relatively low noise/underpowered 120mm fans instead of
stock. The cooling cababilities of the XP 120 and Ninja (now all
your stroke yet, you sure do rant :-D fp At 12:08 PM
3/11/2008, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: So next time a snooty salesman
tries to sell you the virtue of a $100 Monster 1000 HDMI cable vs. a cheaper
line, or that a $2000 3' digital coax cable from Kimber is clearly superior to
a normal
The first real objective proof I came across that really opened my eyes (and
maybe my ears?) was Roger Russell's rant (a former engineer of high end
McIntosh speakers and amps)
http://www.roger-russell.com/wire/wire.htm
And for shits and giggles, I present to you all the most profoundly
This dick swinging between memory manufacturers concerning who has the fastest
memory, stability be damned, has got to stop.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/03/10/cebit_fastest_memory_earth/
CeBIT 2008: The Fastest Memory on Earth
Every year, manufacturer of memory modules fight for the
Meanwhile SP3 actually *does* speed up XP a bit and the idle memory footprint
is a little less. Go figure.
Vista = Windows ME part II
Pure garbage.
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:08:01 -0400
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [H] Vista SP1 comments
I've been
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:40:19 -0600
Subject: Re: [H] Vista SP1 comments
No, SP3 does not speed up XP.
http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-xp-sp3-yields-performance-gains.html
The test everybody references was comparing
at 1:19 PM, Hayes Elkins wrote:
If this is accurate, this is by far the best IGP for HTPC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_700_chipset_series#Integrated_graphics
AMD/ATI right now clearly has the superior IGP for hardware accelerated
H.264 and VC-1, plus superior post processing vs NVidia's
It's pretty much the standard corporate environment now to have a PC with no
floppy or ROM drive (or access disabled), usb ports turned off (save for KBM)
and PCI slots disabled. Nobody 10 years ago though much of security concerns
when taking 1.44MB floppies home, but when you can put a 32GB
Uh, those policies are pretty common, and it would cripple a citrix farm (for
example) if not...
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:17:12 -0600
Subject: Re: [H] Save XP!
You clearly have not ever worked in a formal IT department in a
IT isn't Corporation X's internet cop, they are the IT handymen who make
sure their fleet of desktops, servers, and network gear are working properly.
For any large corporation, the only sane policy to make sure there are no leaky
pipes on the network is to have completely controlled, locked
You wont believe how many requests I see put in our help desk queue for a user
to bring in their laptop to download music and videos onto it. They ask with
a straight face not even expecting this request to be scorned or the activity
in question malicious.
Kids these days coming out of the
Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition (SAVCE) is now Symantec Enpoint Protection
(SEP).
It actually works as advertised, in that it takes us LESS memory footprint in
this current generation (v11) vs the last SAVCE (v10).
In the past, SEP's low-level filter driver causes some havoc on servers
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 12:22:31 -0500
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To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Is the Zune really back?
Think iPhone. While everyone is scrambling to develop the next iPod
Apple is taking over the smart phone market with a device that makes
iPods
It practice, the cap for a 32/33 PCI bus on a modern intel chipset is ~ 100MB/s
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:33:37 -0500
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Subject: Re: [H] PCI Bus at 3MB/s
Greg Sevart wrote:
Is there actually any appreciable difference in cost?
Hope you bought with a CC Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:10:36 -0500 From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] StarMicro - Bad Guys?
Hey People, Anyone have experience with StarMicro:
http://www.starmicro.net/default.aspx I ordered a Intel Pentium 4 521
2.80GHz
All I gotta say is thank god for ATI pulling through and having a superior HD
hardware accelerator that works flawlessly in XP. NVIDIA's PureVideo was the
one bullet point for dipping your wick in Vista. No more!
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:56:07 -0500
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To:
Not really, it's a step down from Quad SLI and even then you won't get over
30fps in Crysis Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:29:56 -0400 To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [H] 3-Way SLI
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/071213/aqth037.html?.v=40 Three video cards?
Should
Whichever is the cheapest. Paraphrasing a more articulate rant I posted here a
few months back on this same question; 'tis all the same more or less, we are
old men from the dark ages that grew up in a time when certain burners were
either really good or really sucked. It's a non-issue today.
http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_photo.php?pno=cw02area=usa
The CW02 is one slick looking product. $400 is a bit stiff, but this is the
only HTPC case I've seen thus far that looks just like a high end receiver - oh
wait, it IS a high end receiver, Marantz uses this exact same chasis
you're after. I
am very, very, very impressed with the case. That case, and the TJ09 case are
both incredibly impressive from them.-Original Message- From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent:
Saturday, December 01, 2007 11:54 AM To: hardware
What do you do with a big widescreen that has a native resolution of
1920X1200 when setting up games?
Honest short answer: gamers pay to play.
_
Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live.
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:01:46 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Quake 4 on my Dell 24 On Sun,
Nov 25, 2007 at 08:56:16PM -0500, Hayes Elkins wrote: What do you do
with a big widescreen that has a native resolution of 1920X1200 when
Dell, HP, pretty much anybody big who sells servers these days. Date: Thu, 15
Nov 2007 09:26:29 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re[2]: [H] IP KVM switches Hello
Thane, Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:04:29 AM, you wrote: shrug
Doesn't sound like it
Bah for KVM price gouging! With Dell DRACs (Dell Remote Access Controller) and
the HP equivalent working with standard cheap ethernet switches, I never saw
the point in buying into the KVMoIP pricing scam. The new generation 9 Dell
Poweredge racks dont even have keyboard and mouse ports
Dell servers and dell desktops are two different things entirely. Date: Thu,
15 Nov 2007 09:40:51 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:
hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re[3]: [H] IP KVM switches Hello Joe,
Thursday, November 15, 2007, 9:26:29 AM, you wrote: Hello Thane,
Thursday,
Steam was a steaming pile of dogshit when HL2 came out back in 2004. The bloat
was beyond any overhead previously encountered. I was given a coupon that
entitled me to a free verison of Half Life 2 stemming from an ATI purchase,
however that free game then had $15 shipping and handling fee to
Overclocking a CPU is has never been my worry, intel cores since the late 90's
through today (with the exception of that turd Prescott) overclock with little
effort - the problem has always been the supporting cast. Overclocked memory is
in my experience much more sensitive and unstable at
For intel branded boards, yes. Liberate yourself from 16bit ISA I/O! Date:
Mon, 5 Nov 2007 15:32:33 -0500 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] Subject: [H] Intel m/b's? Hayes, If I choose to come back to
Intel mb's, do I have to give up my PS/2 mouse and PS/2 kbd? (and my
Passive cooled 8600GTS. Dual DVI and under $200. MSI and Gigabyte both have
passive cooled models out.
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:23:30 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]: [H] Dual Monitor Video Card
Hey All,
Looking for some quick advice on which video card to request at work.
X-fi is supposed to significantly reduce overhead, and that means less work
from your CPU and less heat. Real world tests show improvements up to 10%,
you'll have to search toms for the articles but I distinctly remember that real
world delta.
Integrated sound will take some CPU from you,
Subject: Re: [H] Mobo Sound vs SB X-FI Xtreme Sound Thanks for the comments.
I'll hunt around at Toms. I guess I remember it too, come to think of it.
Hayes Elkins wrote: X-fi is supposed to significantly reduce overhead, and
that means less work from your CPU and less heat. Real world
I have 8 on, only problem so far is it's caused me some grief in the codec
shuffle. Generic H.264 content doesn't seem to use Nero's renderer anymore (I
know Nero's codec is supposed to be for Nero Digital files, but it worked with
all other HD mp4's in the past). Other than that, it's ok.
It affects every format as they all have to be converted to display at 72hz
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:29:39 -0700 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [H] HD questions At 12:23 PM 10/19/2007, you
wrote: I'd seriously consider waiting till 120hz panels are
I'd seriously consider waiting till 120hz panels are saturated. 120hz is an
even multiple of 30fps ntsc, 60fps HD, and 24fps film. In theory, the smoothest
picture to date for any format. Samsung already is pushing their line heavily.
This is LCD of course, not sure if there are any plans to
If your resolution is set so in your box... do AIW's pass through HD content
from a cable box?
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:23:37 -0700To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
RE: [H] HD questionsIf I go exchange my Digital Cable box for one that supports
HD... and then output to my 2407WFP
You bypassing the router for testing? Ask to speak to a Level 2 engineer/tech -
it is absolutely a provisioning problem if this still happens when bypassing
the router. Firmware is updated from the ISP. Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 09:36:11
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