Why is not every 2D velocity increased in the past four years? [true colour mode] [screen flash]

Q: 3D velocity seems to be what everyone cares about anymore! You might think that 2D would still be important, but apparently it is NOT! This is very annoying! We have cpus pushing close to 2 GHz PCs yet still can not scroll pages like this (http://www.weather.com/weather/local/21401) without choking! It seems really hard to get to perform true color mode. Full screen flash animations look jerky too! The GeForce3 is marginally faster than the GeForce2 2D. I use the benchmark to compare Wintune

In 4800 X2 comes on Tuesday, is there anything special I should do before installing? [cpu upgrade] [am2]

Q: Hey guys, Im a bit late getton the dual core bandwagon gon, and frankly I do not mind. I just wanted to get in on the X2 fully constructed before the end of the year. This will be my last CPU upgrade to Socket 939 and I will probably move to the AM2 pending on how everything goes with AMD.

Anyways, my 4800 X2 comes in quickly and I was just wondering if theres anything special I should be Before doing with Windows. My board has the correct BIOS on it to X2 so thats made to support.

Need opnions of P4 1.6A OC'd temperatures . [case temp] [prime 95]

Case en une semaineRe:Not bad, I'm getting 23c case ambient, 27c cpu idle. I still have some fans coming in that should air circulation.
(92mm tornado, another 60mm y.s. tech high speed)
I'd say just keep it under 50c.
Fulcrum Affiliate System : $118,112 Case Study Step by StepRe:Hmm, I'll check out to see if there's a [...]

Hard drive failure, tell me if you've heard before [hard drive failure] [audio recording equipment]

Q: I have a hard drive that one of my clients gave me, its a 3.5 “drive, Maxtor D540X-4K model 20GB. It came out a kind of audio recording equipment in his sound booth.

When on, spins up, then there is a sound perhaps best described as a marble dropped on a table of about 1 centimeter, then the disk spins up higher, it remains there for 2 seconds, then again that same sound, then it spins back to the original speed and stays there indefinitely. Now I saw on the label that a power of 5

XFX PCI-E graphics cards 8500-8600 [power supply connector] [watt ps]

Q: do all the 8-series require the PCI-E power connector? Im looking for the bypass onboard nvidia GPU and get something better. I do not want the OEM 350 watt PS upgrade if possible. Sorry if this has been asked before.

EDIT: Im looking at the newegg pictures and I dont see the conector. But I remember reading somewhere that the 6 pin connector was needed.

Plextor PX-708A – DVD + R discs not recognized by DVD drives [plextor px 708a] [panasonic dvd player]

Q: I have a brand new Plextor PX-708A. So far I have burned two DVD + R data, neither of which is readable in my DVD player or DVD drive of my roommate. I also tried them in a standalone Panasonic DVD player that plays MP3s (a DVD full of MP3s) can not read the disc. The Plextor reads them fine.

Both LiteOn drives are 163s, so I suppose it is possible that a problem with the discs. I have no other standalone drives try.

Anything else I could do wrong?

Media is T

Do I need special drivers for my dual core? [amd dual core driver] [amd dual core]

Q: Hey guys, sorry if this is an ultra noob question but I have no special drivers etc so my dual core is running well? All I had installed the AMD dual core driver of their website (the really old in May). I have the latest Windows updates. Do I need anything else so my dual cores are actually used?

BFG 6800GT PCI-E are in stock here !. [bfg 6800gt] [6800gt pci]

Q: Just found this site! Are still on the green status, meaning it is in stock, when it becomes yellow worry.

Anyways I have ordered 2! WOOOOT!

Heres the link

http: / / www.chumbo.com/Info.aspx?id=242673

1Ghz PIII still . *** UPDATE *** [pci bus speed] [piii 1ghz]

Q: Well, I was all excited for my PIII 1GHz (one of the few teeth to get 100MHz) and overclock the snot out. I can not get more than 1050 mhz! My guess it has to do with the PCI bus speeds. But my 600E was overclocked to 800, and many bus speeds between without a problem. It will not boot to anything other than 105mhz bus. Is this chip a bad overclockers? Anyone have any ideas?

Chad

Is there enough juice in the diet for my rig? [2gb ddr] [seasonic]

Q: food in question is a Seasonic 430W unit

System specs: 977 503 – Opteron 165 (dual core) 2GB DDR
-to-2.5GHz
4-2 HDDs
SATA DVD +-Rs
-7300GT underclocked by half-80mm speed
4-1 system fans
80mm CPU fan
-1 Audigy sound Card

Do I need to move to something bigger?