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Thanks Merc, I'd been looking at that and some other boards on Newegg. All of them seemed to have complaints in the customer feedback. I know they are unqualified whining, but they scared me a bit nonetheless. As I'll be building about 15 systems all at the same time, a bad choice would be...

It's really crazy for me to still be using add-on video for basic office machines and low-end servers. What do you guys use? S939 is preferred, but A64 is a must. DVI is preferred, but VGA will do. TIA

Weren't we talking about meauring speed where it doesn't matter somewhere else? Ah, and I like this part: Almost like testing harddrives using multi-GB datasets and 4+ queue depths...

Quite the difference indeed. I'm lucky in that I have a white-to-black gradient background that I can consistently shoot against. I may get the cards anyway, help clean up some of my shots.

If they made it to 7200RPM i'd be really impressed.

"This computer is cactus!" ???

Just for reference Merc, can you give me the rest of your HTPC specs?

Thanks for the link sechs, I really liked this article. Revised Specs: Case: SILVERSTONE SST-LC11-B Black CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice MB: ASUS A8N-VM CSM GeForce 6150 Micro ATX RAM: Mushkin SP3200 1GB 184-Pin HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS 300GB Audio: BlueGears/HDA Digital...

Case: SILVERSTONE SST-LC17-B CPU: AMD Sempron 64 3000+ Palermo MB: DFI nF4X Infinity Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4-4X RAM: Mushkin SP3200 1GB 184-Pin HDD: 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS 300GB GPU: AOpen 6200TC DV128 Geforce 6200TC 128MB PSU: SeaSonic S12-330 ATX12V 330W Audio: BlueGears/HDA...

Oh, well. I'll give VIA another try when they have better product in the channel. In the meantime, I'll go with my old favorites. I've dialed back the budget for the machine, as I need to upgrade my server as well (running out of capacity). Final Spec: PS: Antec Performance One P150 w/NeoHE...

Exactly what I was thinking. Who needs a 30" LCD when you can have a 55" SED? What kind of resolution are we talking? :roll:

I'm looking at the HIS Hightech H160XTQT256GDDN Radeon X1600XT video card. I believe it supports dual-link DVI.

There are a few people here whos opinion I respect that reccomend VIA motherboards (Tannin and Mercutio primarily). I've ignored their suggestion, preferring nVidia nForce4 options until now. I know nothing about VIA's products, haven't read anything about them in ages, so your suggestions are...

Very nice link, thanks mubs. My current light tent is working for my project, but that is a neat idea!

Um, how about pouring it diwn the sewer? Wasn't it going there anyway? Along this vein; what baout adding power-generation capabilities to sewer treatement plants?

Very cool. I like the "Flo Watch" website that logs all entries/exits in realtime and posts a very easy to read report to the web.

...sodomized by a marine...in hell. Don't forget that last part, it adds color ;) Great joke.

Cases: Antec / Silverstone Power supplies: Antec / Seasonic Motherboards: Gigabyte RAM: Geil Video cards: Sapphire, Gigabyte, Asus - Always fanless. Keyboard & Mouse: Logitech Cordless Desktop Floppy drives: No Hard drives: Samsung / Hitachi Opticals: Lite-On / BenQ Speakers: Altec-Lansing at...

My favorite takeoff so far was on the run to China. Fully loaded 747-400 out of SFO; he's taxiing fast and doesn't stop at the ramp. He just makes a hard turn onto the runway and goes full-throttle. Very nice and fast. I wonder if traffic control told him to hurry up or if he was trying to save...

Meh, it's fine....after stripping the keyboard and ram and running a hairdryer over it, it booted right back up with a fully functional keyboard.

My girlfriend's Powerbook G4 just took a cup of coffee to the keyboard...we'll see what I can do for it.

In this vein of practical speed, we should put together a list of SCSI cards and how much of a delay they introduce into the POST sequence. Or which motherboards pass you off to the first boot device sooner. Or how to code firefox to be pre-cached during the startup sequence...

My favorite so far is: "matrix synergistic relationships" Also known as screwing with a good thing. Common practice while I was doing the dot-com.

Thanks for the compliments guys, I really appreciate it (and the suggestions)! I'm currently using 2 250W 3200K bulbs in 12" lamps diffused to within an inch of it's life. I think I'm going to take some more advice and set up a light tent to be lit by these two and use a point source (perhaps a...

That Rebel is so tempting. Here are my latest attempts (warning: 5 really big images). I have a feeling I'm getting close to the capabilities of my equipment. I'll leave the decision of whether it's good enough to the jeweler. Any more suggestions would be more than welcome.

I'm currently using some frames with really heavy diffusion paper in front; basically turning 6000 lumens of point source into 3000 lumens of 12"x12" panel. It seems to be dropping the color temp a bit in the process. What is a good materiel to bounce light off of? I'm thinking of white glossy...

I don't want to think about how much you had to spend to to get that much back; but I'll go read up on the offer if it's still valid.

I've been spending some time at Cannon's EOS site, and you guys know how much I like toys...is there an online retailer in the US anyone would recomend? (Just for pricing at the moment) I notice they have an entire line of macro lenses, what would be best? Would the differences between the...

Oh yes, that's definatly something I'm considering. But I want to make sure that it's not the human element that's holding me back. I'm also futzing around with technique, placement, lighting position/color, and of course, my photoshop skills.

New Chinese SUV gets lowest safety rating ever: A perfect zero Besides simply scoring it, aren't unsafe vehicles actually banned?

RAW files....wouldn't that be lovely. ;) This project is business related, but it's just not feasible to send it all out considering the number of pieces we need to shoot. The photographer we have been using charges $50 per piece, and I've got shots almost that good already. The pro others in...

Also want to add: I've been using a 2 second shutter delay to get my hand clear - is that enough? Or should I use a 10-second delay?

Thanks for the advice, Tannin. I've found that the camera can do F 7.2 if the optical zoom is completely...zoomed? but that the minimum focus distance is now 50cm! It's at 10cm when completely zoomed out, but then I can only manage F 4.0, and only at ISO 100 and higher. Working with the...

That sure is a pretty picture. Just for grins I opened it on my old laptop. It's an XP-M 1600+ with 384MB running XP Pro SP2 and I opened it in Photoshop CS2. Glutton for punishment.

Why do I always end up committed to projects I'm not qualified for? Anyway...I find myself needing to take the best pictures possible of jewelry (silver, gold, and stones). I have control of the environment and just need the cleanest shots I can get. I'm currently using a Fuji FinePix S602Zoom...

Any comments on this contraption? In my designs I'd be more than happy to get the heat of the GPU near the heat of the CPU. It seems every case is designed to deal with the latter and not the former. By doing this, it allows the dual 120mm fans common to the top-back of high-end cases to deal...

Just got a new phone, the LG VX9800 looks like fun. The speakers sound much better than I expected.

I'm slightly sick, 102 with significant sweating and other "weight loss" qualities. Yuk.

People always tend to pay ridiculous amounts for "the best" - whatever that is. This is the best SATA drive. It's not the best 10k rpm drive, but I would pay more to avoid putting a SCSI card in my machine.

Drool. That is the sexiest thing I've seen today. Isn't that way above the DVI spec? Any guestimates on the price? My 191T is getting a bit old in the tooth, it will soon be sent to the kitchen.

Quite so, as they have told me every time they pull me over. But I'm a friendly enough person ;)

10-4 Merc, looking forward to a better one coming up. My hope is to keep a beter perspective on what makes me happy and not to lose focus on that. This year seemed to be full of senseless projects and silly objectives. Best wishes to all, see you next year.

When he blows I call dibs on his Aston Martin Roadster.....85mph; psh.

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great

Here it is. This board would do it for you ;)

Most of the SLI boards I have looked at (actually, all the consumer-level PCI-e boards) have ben limited to 20 channels of PCI-e. Thus the funky behavior and speed divisions amongst the slots. That ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe claims that it is using a different chipset. I'd bet that the chipset gives...

If you have no one who would particulary care what happens to you, I wouldn't worry about it that much. I know I don't really care what happens to this body after I'm done with it. What's your timeframe?

Just a bit o' braggin'... 11PM December 22nd, 62F with light rain. I love our seasons here (rain in the winter and summer, fog in the fall, and sun in the spring)

nice idea bozo...