Recent content by acruxksa

You wouldn't be mixing ecc and non-ecc memory by any chance would you? Also, as mentioned above, you may need both processors to use all 6 sockets. I'd have to dig our my user manual to double check though.

This cr@p only seems to get worse. Personally my TIME is worth way more than any savings I would receive getting up at some ungodly hour and standing in huge lines. It's kind of like driving an extra 10miles each way to save 5 cents a gallon for gas. ;) or driving across town to a sale so you...

I've got an HD 5850, 8800GT and GTX 260 (192), there is no doubt the GTX 260 is an upgrade over the 8800GT, but if your intended resolution is 1920x1200, I don't think you are going to be happy with it or the core 216 version. At a minimum you should be looking at the GTX 275 or a screaming...

It makes no difference, Apple fans will stay loyal no matter what. Windows users for the most part will stick with windows because that's where their software is. That being said, I'm typing this from a unibody 13" macbook. Why? Not because I love OS X, but because the damned thing is...

Dude has a freaking lighthouse light in his room what do you expect. I thought those were just for bathrooms or something.

vmware player and linux smp client on one machine (or native linux install) and gpu client on the other. You could probably run both the gpu client and the vmware linux smp client on the 8800 GTS Machine, but you would have to set the gpu client to a slightly higher priority. This is common on...

Not to jump on the band wagon, but going i5 or i7 with a 9600GT is kind of pointless!

Sounds like they were serious, they bought the whole "winmodem" fud that was being spread around back then, hook line and sinker. The BS about winmodems being "optimized" for WinME was typical of the trash regurgitated my M$ and the media in an attempt to further cripple Linux by moving forward...

I'm not in the technology field, but I've got a degree. I do quite well because of the education I received in college and frequently try to explain to my 15yr. old son the importance of a college education. What it comes down to is this: You can graduate from high school and do quite well in...

2 G0 stepping q6600's at 2.8Ghz and 1.25v (24/7 folding@home machines) with stock coolers. 1 B3 q6600 at 3.2Ghz 8x400 1.375v with Tuniq Tower and also a 24/7 folder. I'm pretty sure I could take the g0 cpu's to 3.2Ghz without much trouble, but since they are part of my folding farm I prefer...

Bulging caps are a sign of them going bad, but also be on the look out for discoloration on the tops of the caps. When one of my mobo's died, the caps had a brownish substance on their tops that kind of looked like rust. I actually successfully replaced both of them and had the system (mATX...

B3 stepping 1.275v VID

Not sure if this is the "fastest or the smallest", not really even sure it works, but if it does it may be the easiest. I personally haven't tried it, but it might be worth a shot. http://reilly.homeip.net/folding/

This is a discussion for the ages. Similar to the apple vs. windows, or intel vs. amd. There really is no winner, but sometimes it's fun to argue the point and in the end everyone learns a whole lot more about video cards than they really ever thought they would. x1950 Pro = folding@home...

Don't forget these cards were oc'd. (Not to mention the computer they are/were in) HIS x1950 Pro IceQ Turbo 256mb 620/1480 eVGA 7900GS KO - 256mb 550/1400 The 7900GS is now in my nephew's computer, but If you want me to I can go get it tomorrow and swap it back in, change drivers and run...