Recent content by Albert Silver

3DMark06 score: 3672 SM 2.0: 1687 HDR/SM 3.0: 1678 CPU: 854 Hardware is in the sig. Driver version: 83.60 (from Guru3D)

I have that cooler installed on my eVGA 7800GT (N517) and it is just fine. Albert

I can't really help you. I can say that I really do have the same monitor and no complaints. However, I can REALLY sympathize. You see, when I got the monitor, bought from NewEgg, and brought from the US to me by my sister (I live in Brazil), the XFX 6800 I had bought along with it worked for...

Is this with the default *sun* brightness settings? I have one, and it came so bright, it was unusable as it stood. Naturally, set like that, with the screen all black, it showed some backlight issues. Once I configured it to a usable range of brightness (I'd have to check, but I think it is at...

The speed is far more important in the above data, than the contrast ratio. All the same, you might reconsider the part about expense. I was really shocked to find that my ViewSonic went UP in price, since it came out (it was ~$415 when I got it in November, and it is $450 now), however I saw a...

You're bound to get a lot of advice here, I know I have. I bought my first LCD 3 months ago, and also had the same questions. Here is what I found were determining factors: Speed: If you plan on watching movies or especially plan to play some games, then you'll want it to have a good response...

If the cooler bothers you, or you find it inefficient, you might consider getting a 3rd party cooler rather than just exchanging for another standard BFG card. Albert

I agree 100%, and did what I suggested: I called up NewEgg. They confirmed it DOES come with the motherboard, and I made the obvious suggestion that they add this to the item description. Albert

So they stopped giving the motherboard as of last week? Two reviews are from the last days and mention receiving the motherboard. NewEgg has the same card, same specs, and same bundled CDs for $295 without the motherboard, compared to this one for $66 more. I think it comes with the mobo, hecne...

Yes, it is poorly explained, but it is the motherboard/video card combo. Read the customer reviews if you doubt it. Anyhow the reference is what says it all: "eVGA 256-P2-N518" The N518 is the combo. Albert

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130238 Albert

Here is a review from a site that I quite like. Instead of the usual high-lo frame-rates, and use of time demos, they find the sweet spot for each game and card, and tell you the best settings they found that were found to be playable. The link I gave is to a review of the 512 MB card, but uses...

Not sure you'll be able to downsize the resolution, though you may. Note that your computing experience will be problematic at such a low resolution. No program or web page today is configured for that resolution, so it will either be incredibly scrunched up, or will overboard the screen and...

Note also that your screen has a maximum resolution of 640x480 according to the site. So anything above that is going to be rescaled and automatically lose sharpness. Albert