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How could you possibly stand to look at such giant pixels? Doesn't that work out to be a miserly 100dpi?

Unlocking the multiplier means you or the end user can reset an 1833MHz XP2500 to 1800MHz, but with a 200MHz FSB (which is not overclocking the chipset by any means), pushing it to XP2600 without any stress whatsoever. Of course, the benefit in some applications will be more pronounced. I'd...

Don't worry, Prof, I think Bill stayed up too late. ;) 15,000 users, eh? Hmmm. SF supposedly has 220 members, but I'd guess that translates into around 50 distinct humans that are active and less than 100 that still visit. I'd be surprised if SR has more than 150 active members and 500 that...

Pictures, we want pictures!

For a company that has made so many lemons (the 'Orb' range), Thermaltake has come up with some real bargains: Volcano 6 - even though the 6+ version used a stupid, loud fan that didn't appreciably help cooling. Volcano 7 - once you threw away the noisy 'thermally controlled' fan and used...

Reading through a forum devoted to the subject, I don't believe 2.41 is a problem for most people. However, some users do seem to have had trouble, perhaps with XP rather than 2000, or maybe they just had incomplete uninstalls of previous driver versions? I don't mean to alarm you, but a...

I have the option of buying a couple of the new Gigabyte GA-7N400PRO motherboards at a fairly reasonable price (about USD110), considering how much gear comes with them. However, I've balked because the only review I could find (at Overclockers NZ) found that the multiplier unlocking didn't...

Unfortunately, I'm not convinced you need to worry about the northbridge cooler under 200MHz - I think there are other issues. But if you need one, I'll send you one - I still have 3 left here ...

I read through the report, but I can't see where they used SSE2 on the P4 configurations ... Perhaps that's how they managed to score a 40% winning margin? After all, everyone knows the base FP unit in the P4 is weak. Extrapolating, I feel that Opteron would run rings around these competitors...

I've been hunting around for a cheap or free email client, and wondered if anyone had tried one of these: InScribe/i.Scribe - It's regularly updated and is becoming increasingly competent. It's also available for Linux. FoxMail - Chinese, but seems surprisingly good. This is the best...

Uninstall the old nForce driver set before attempting to install 2.41 (not 2.42 or 2.03). If that fails, try following the uninstall procedure that nVidia has posted with their driver download. I had problems earlier, trying to get rid of older driver sets. It is asking you if you want to...

Sorry e_dawg, it only works with nForce 2. The install option doesn't even appear with nForce 1. :(

Just installed the new 4.0.1.0 version of InCD. It seems to be something of a rewrite, and already feels more solid than version 3 (faster etc). Under Windows 2000, I no longer have any problems when InCD is combined with the nForce 2.41 (IDE included) drivers. So I recommend people try the IDE...

I sounded a little hard on Legend back there - didn't mean to. MangyDog, I'm curious whether or not your cards will be Legend branded. Don't forget to give us some feedback. We all know Tea has a sense of humour (after all, she has to put up with Tannin), so I'd like to share some extracts...

You know, that's not as silly as it sounds. Every time you publish your email address, you make sure you also use a second one. Then, any email that arrives in both is clearly noise (a balanced line). Hmmm ...

Well, I seem to have solved the problem, but it wasn't (and still isn't) obvious. I reverted to 7.10 and it seemed okay (I think ...), but the Java installation in the middle of the Opera installation made me realize something had been missing. Sure enough, the 7.11 package I had been using did...

1.3 - note that the date shown at POST is wrong. :( I suspect that this BIOS came with the board anyway. Like I said though, there are no memory clock speed options - just Auto.

Legend don't make them, Tea. They sell whatever they can get their hands on. They've changed brands more than once, and I found it hard to get them to remember which they're actually selling. :( Maybe things have settled down since? I can buy Transcend for less anyway, and they have published...

Gigabyte is also very good with BIOS for old motherboards.

Hmm, I'm perplexed. It seems to be a Javascript issue, in that disabling it avoids the crashes. Groltz, would you mind surfing www.news.com.au a little, just to see what happens?

SH*T! Apacer was the brand you shouldn't have ordered. :( I have a couple here that wouldn't work with a particular Nikon model (not the 4500). On a positive note, after spending a couple of days chasing the problem, the Oz distributors received a response from Apacer acknowledging the...

Has anyone else experienced instability problems with Opera 7.11? I can't seem to surf for more than a few minutes without it splattering. Tried cleaning it off and reinstalling from scratch, but to no avail.

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/mediacompare/ Check out performance with the Nikon 995 in particular - it should be a good indicator for the 4500. You'll notice that the high speed cards all perform more or less the same in this setting. Technology has moved on, and current high speed cards...

I don't know that I can add anything to that. :lol: Of course, another reason could be: "No-one in China actually pays money to us for the product, so we'll be damned if we'll bother with maps for that piratical horde."

Huh? No-one has mentioned Dell in this thread. Do you think people are arguing with you just to score off you or something? :roll: You said: eliminating moving parts will always increase reliability as long as the fanless parts are of equal quality to the fanned ones ... if i truly care about...

The components can and will fail without waiting for the fan to die. As it happens, none of the half-dozen blown or problematic power supplies that I threw out the other day had dead fans. I'm just trying to point out that you're attributing everything to a single mechanical component, IMO...

I had a few glitches at 233MHz, as well as some CPU overheating problems. So I pulled the motherboard, refitted the CPU cooler, and changed the Soltek northbridge cooler to a Zalman ZM-NB32J. I had to drop the multiplier because I was having trouble with high clock speeds on the CPU; like Jake...

As I said, the thermal protection really does work, on Athlon as well as P4 boards. You don't need to be in front of the PC. Recently, I was experimenting with different CPU coolers and became a little cavalier with the mounting procedure. Specifically, a Falcon Rock II ended up with its base...

If the component doesn't need one, then failure of the fan is hardly likely to cause component failure, is it? I'm particularly disputing your suggestion that fanless power supplies are more reliable than actively cooled ones. There are other components under stress apart from the fan...

This is as good a time as any to admit to something. :oops: Some time back, I applied the AMD AGP (LargePageMininum) patch to a few computers after experiencing the problem with one. It seemed like a good idea at the time. :( A few weeks ago, I was cleaning out some papers and came across...

Without checking, I seem to recall Storage Review's tests show the WD still in front performance-wise. And they definitely have a 3-year warranty, it's just that some people here (including me) have experienced slightly erratic quality. But then I've also become a little suspicious of Seagate at...

Fanless doesn't necessarily mean higher reliability. As you say, having cooler components is a better focus. Your first point of failure is the power supply, so you should definitely select that carefully. I'd also go with Merc's recommendation of HEC (Compucase) - they seem to have a similar...

E_dawg, what version of the nForce driver set are you using?

On mine, the only memory speed option is "Auto". I have already updated the BIOS, but it made no difference. I know you can change the timing manually; I've set it to 2.5-3-3-8 after discovering that 2.5-3-3-6 seemed a whisker slower. I meant that I can't force the board to read the SPD on the...

IIRC, bigger L2 cache = better multitasking, including the larger effective cache achieved by coupling two CPUs. But it's unsound to directly compare Athlon with P4 in this measure. If you believe OfficeBench, Athlon is inherently superior, but P4 hyperthreading presumably reverses this. So on...

Um, I allowed for that. Ironically, the new Intel chipsets increase the strengths of the P4 while failing to do much about the weaknesses. It was already strong in streaming operations - too bad about everything else. And obviously hyperthreading is a very mixed bag. As an over-the-top...

Jake's not going to like this, but ... I picked up a Soltek SL-75FRN2-L board. It displaced Epox 8RDA+ because: a) I had a case without front panel Firewire. b) It definitely uses the revised nForce2 chipset. c) It was US$20 cheaper. That extra $20 buys you a fair bit with the Epox: a)...

James found that a single faster processor was more useful. But I don't think he was talking about Photoshop. Still, with either an overclocked P4 or Athlon, it's hard to go wrong. If you can wait a bit, the newer AMD Bartons might overclock better and become a really terrific bargain for...

Piyono, your UDCL/AU or UDCLU is just wonderful! :D I'd probably use the onboard sound because the SNR and THD are more than acceptable, and why the hell should I stuff around with Creative Crap? Okay, seriously, with computer speakers no-one will be able to tell the difference. Use whichever...

Honold, anyone would think your initials were MD. :D I agree that the inclusion of MS Office, and the remarkably cheap Radeon option, are great bargains. Unfortunately, the rest of your argument founders in a puddle of logic. Yes, you can (or could) buy a PC from Dell for $599, sans monitor...

Tannin's kangaroos must be more docile than the ones I've seen in nature parks! Perhaps it's the warmer climate, but they certainly didn't seem averse to pushing and shoving, and while watching them I was all too aware of the keepers' warnings about personal safety. But it really depends on the...

No, I don't think that's completely correct. Firstly, it's obvious that Antec isn't a case manufacturer themselves. Their most famous case (the style CougTek linked to) is clearly a Chieftec. Chenming is apparently an alternative name they appear under in the US (yet another of many rebadges, I...

The 6A19 we get here has had the front connectors for several months at least. The newer ones (last few months) have Firewire as well. Merc, do yours have the filter? The Compucase 6919 has been available for more than a year. I'm fairly sure the Antec is the knock-off, not the other way...

:excl: I take it your ears don't have anywhere near the same acuity as your eyes, then? :)

I've been fiddling with another Epox 8RDA+. Before it even went in a case, I checked how the northbridge heatsink was attached, and sure enough, there was only a miserly little square pad barely 15mm square. (I've seen a picture somewhere, but can't find it now). The circular contact area on the...

What, complete incompetence of Australian government departments? Surely not ... :cry:

If you can only get Bud and Millers, what possessed you to hang out in such an uncivilized place? Well done, oh hawk-eyed-one-who-likes-133dpi-runny-glass-displays. Does this mean DB will get a turn now? ;)

Why would I want a shell for IE? After all, Exploder still lurks underneath ... The listed features seem to be a ripoff of Opera - I'm guessing that's what they're trying to do.

Same here. Can't help but wonder if it's more to do with InCD, though. :(

Did you find the ZM-NB32J covered the Northbridge contact area, Jake? That spacer on the CPU cooler looks interesting - where did you get it?