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What's the major difference between the i7 and the Q9650? Seems like the best bang for the buck, and the Q9550 not far behind... Doesn't Far Cry 2 have some really neat bench mark?

Didn't realize I was so memorialized.... Or, that I was doing that...

Anyone have a list of Ramdisk programs, and, which ones they use, and why? Thanks GS

16X TURNS Q4 into a slide show. 4x is fine, Ultra High. Couldn't do that with the ATI 850 XT.

Yes, Apple is a joke...

This was from the Nvidia software, system information. I've been wondering if this really makes any difference in my old gaming programs, and or DVD playing?

Stream Processors 64 Core clock 650 MHZ Memory Clock: 400 mhz (800 mhz data rate) Memory interface: 256 bit Memory: 2048 MB Looks like Pradeep is the winner: However, there is no DDR2 800 running at 1600MHz, only 400MHz running at 800 MHz. I will say only one bad comment, and, overall, a lot...

How and on which box, or card?

for got to mention that to build the current machine was not even possible with mac stuff at the time. Cost wise, even if it was capable, it was about 4x more for the stuff you could get for the mac. Supermicro or Apple? Now that's a real hard one...

As for law school, copyright is not a standard subject.

What's wrong with the 9600 GT for mild gaming, and, HTPC???

You have to remember, I went through this. Yes, fans on server stuff ARE incredibly loud. I had to replace the fan in the SCSI supermirco box, and, put Swiftech sinks, with Vantec Stealth fans to get it to be liveable. Still, I have been delighted with the Supermicro dual X5DA8, and the dual...

I've just been looking at the Quad coreXeon 3300 series of processors. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=XEON3360BX&c=pw What's wrong with them, and, how do they compare to the i7?

Catch 22 is only the older stuff is avaliable on DVD, and, I've got most of that, legally.

Pradeep: Here is the conclusion to that article: "Where the situation gets tougher is when you look at the $245 Phenom II 955 vs. Intel's $284 Core i7-920. The i7 route costs you another ~$40 on the CPU and another $10 - $70 on the motherboard depending on what AM3 board you get for the 955. For...

Pradeep: Here is the conclusion to that article: "Where the situation gets tougher is when you look at the $245 Phenom II 955 vs. Intel's $284 Core i7-920. The i7 route costs you another ~$40 on the CPU and another $10 - $70 on the motherboard depending on what AM3 board you get for the 955. For...

Sam, could you elaborate? I recently got a couple notes, with a bunch of legal bull, written by my Astound provider. When asked for Universals email, or address, they gave me a account that doesn't work, and no address. Appears they are trying to scare people out of using torrents. I'm exempt...

Thanks. Looks like I need a new TV, or just be happy with the current output, that is very clear...

Composite red white and yellow. The ATI adapters are red green blue. Don't know what kind of video cable to use with the ATI adapter, either.

"What software are you using, and what's the OS?" XP Pro: Media Player Classic, PowerDVD 5.0, Nero Showtime 2. Testing at 720 x 480, and, so far, Media Player Classic is not skipping or loosing sync.

"Today, the most advanced implementation of the audio-over-HDMI feature is available with ATI Radeon HD 4800/4600/4500 series cards. The integrated audio core from Realtek can output 7.1 audio (192kHz/24bits per sample) with a bit rate of 6.144Mbps in AC3, DTS, Dolby True HD, DTS HD and LPCM...

How do you like it? Can you get the sound to work, using Ubuntu?

YAWN. Guys: I wanted a card with a LOT of VRAM, and, this one has 2 gigs. Yes, it's a 9600GT, and, no, it won't do SLI, I dont think. Not enough room on the motherboard for two cards. The slots are too close together. However, it does exactly what I want it to do: plays DVD's VERY well off the...

I've always liked duals, at least. STILL don't find twin 2.8 ghz Xeons anywhere near slow. However, having a nearly 9 year old machine... On the otherhand, when SSD's finally get down far enough in price, dragging SCSI with them, that old dual machine might just get a new lease on life. Now...

One other rather strange item. The Panasonic 32" TV is running fine at 1024X768???? Sure the type is fuzzy, but the picture is excellent, I think better then the DVD player. Also, for large hands, the Death Adder from Razer seems to do the trick, and doesn't have too many buttons, or, too high...

Update: David sent me the Azuntech Xplosion card. It's pretty amazing. Runs the stereo, which is actually 6 speakers, perfectly through the SPID/whatever cable, in 5.1 Surround. Just amazing. That's the good news. The bad is I spent pretty much an all nighter moving the OS from the scsi setup...

That's what's listed for my motherboard. Not sure what I can go with that would work, and be faster. I'm considering just leaving it alone, and, buying a new motherboard, ram, etc. The i7, and the accompanying bus speed looks like a pretty good jump. IIRC, the Athlon 3200 is really running at...

Sounds good. Does it have XP Pro drivers? Got the system hooked up using SPDIF out from the computer to the amp. It only has a couple such ins, but, it also has TOSLINK as well. May hook it up with the multiple connectors just to get true sound. Have to try the card first. I'm getting 4 of 6...

XP Pro, ram disk vs. SSD?

SSD vs. ram disk? Anyone have a suggestion, which one? 2 gigs of ram is about 80 bucks, shipped. How much is a decent ram disk program for XP pro?

System is up and running. The 9600 GT plays Quake 4, @ ultra high settings, no problem. Sound out IS a problem. Don't have a cable connection that will go to my high fi. David: Do you still have that sound card, and, does it support the normal cables to go to my amp? I just cut the cord on my...

WHAT a pain. Went to Sparkle's site for current software for this card, and, it's downloading at a lightning like 40k per sec. 3 minutes to go. Forgot how BIG a 850XT really is... So far, this card is smaller, takes up one less slot...

Thanks. For what it's worth, going from a 60 mb sec to 105 mb/sec Seagate SATA drive produced a noticeable change in OS response, and, a noticeable change and snap in loading. After that, the difference diminishes. Considering the failure rates of current SATA/PATA drives, one really wonders...

Kind of ironic that after 10 years my original argument, placing access time over SDT is being clearly shown to be accurate, thanks to SSD's. The one thing you forgot to factor in is that the Raided SCSI drives do have the advantage of so far superior interface, and caching. Given time, or...

Doesn't seem quite as user friendly, and, the stuff I'm after seems to revert back to being originally Vuze anyway...;-(

Faster???? I will...

http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_optimization.htm http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314878 http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q174619 After reading this, I still wonder what the best cluster size is for your raids? If the cluster size is set at 4k, does that...

Hi I had Vuze going 24/7 on the Athlon 3200. I came in this morning to check on the download progress, and, the machine seemed frozen. I opened Task Manager, and Vuze was using 99-100% of my processor!;-0 Seems the 4 uploads, and, mainly the 4 completed torrents being sent out hogged the entire...

David: The default cluster size is 4kb, right? that would mean 71 mb/sec and 91 mb/sec? Does the cluster size limit the data transfer rate to just that one figure? I will say I wished you hadn't put up that ram disk test. Your machine is now more then twice as fast as mine, bus speed, and, I...

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Sorry. My bad. Thanks again for the help...again...

Seth: I just didn't see numbers that I felt were statistically far enough apart to justify some of their strongly worded conclusions. Also, I think they should include the mb of vram on each card they are testing.

Thanks for the update. Nice to know I didn't totally screw the pooch on this one. I'm actually more into making sure the card can play DVD's, at high resolution, on a LCD, like 1080. My experience has been the amount of VRAM helped play stuff smoothly, that wouldn't prior. HDTV in particular.

I stand corrected. I've got the spliter from the old ATI cards, and, you are right.

I'm perplexed. The video out on the cards I have is S video. If I use an adapter, to go to component video, I'm still starting with a video out with s video compression, right????? I'm really just trying to get DVD's to play on the TV, through the computer, or DVD quality stuff off the computer...

You may not be an ATI zealot, but that website sure is. They must have stock in ATI, or something. On another set of numbers they can't beat the 9800 GT, so they throw in a 4850 with a gig of ram, clearly in another category, to beat it...

Seth: If you look at the test page on the article in fudzilla, it's kind of hard to figure how the 4830 'wipes the floor' with the 9800. Their test results just don't give a clear winner, which is kind of what Tom's said about the two cards. Since I've got an Nvidia motherboard, I'm going with...

Try this one if you want lots of VRAM. I did. Thats the one I ordered Saturday night. The combination of VRAM, and, the price made it too good to pass up. I would have liked a 9800 GT, with a gig of VRAM, at least, but, I couldn't find one for much under 150 dollars...

The current card, 850XT, ATI, used to be state of the art. It does not have an s-video out, which is why it's being replaced, not to mention that with 512mb of memory, it just won't load the Quake 4 maps, much less anything more current, at Ultra settings. As David, and Tom's have pointed out...