Recent content by jlgrandam

I have had the same problem for a while now. I have a large music collection (120GB) and *most* of the songs play find in itunes. Every so often I run into a song that just won't play until the end of the song and itunes automatically jumps to the next song. I've tried figuring out what the...

I got a refurb 9800Pro 256 and it wouldn't run at stock speeds without artifacting like crazy. So I lost about $40 in shipping and restocking fees from that mistake.

I got a refurb 9800pro from newegg and it wouldn't run at stock speeds without artifacts. Be careful as the newegg rma policy for refurbs is only 15 days, not 90 days as previously posted. I'll stay away from refurbs from now on as I lost about 30 bucks on the shipping and restocking fees.

Love my Northwood here and haven't been persuaded to upgrade by anything that has come out since. Conroe looks to be my next purchase but I will wait for some real world reviews first.

I bought my box from Monarch 2 years ago and have been extremely satisfied with it and the build quality. They were prompt and the machine was packaged very well and I have not had any hardware related issues with it that I didn't cause myself. I'd go with them again but I want to experience...

I get kind of a sticky dust in my case that doesn't blow out with compressed air very well. I took out the 7700 and washed it in a sink of warm water. I let it dry completely and put it back in and it works fine and looks brand new.

Same here, my 478 system purrs and I am waiting for Vista and Conroe before I spend another dime on upgrade stuff. All the releases after the i875 haven't impressed me enough to open my wallet.

I just got the same 6600GT and have been pretty happy with it so far. I put a Zalman VF700 on it and it runs BF2 at 2xAA and High detail on most of the settings except for dynamic lights and shadows. I tried turning high on all setting but it stuttered alot. I think it's a great card that was...

I just got an eVGA 6600GT AGP card to tide me over for about 6 months. I installed it and the latest drivers and everything seems good. I was a little disappointed that I couldn't run very high settings in BF2 though, mostly all set to medium. Now my real question is that I downloaded...

I got it as a refurb from newegg. I heard people had good experiences with newegg refurbs so I gave this a try but maybe that was a mistake. I guess I have 15 days to return it.

I recently got my hands on a used Sapphire Radeon 9800 pro 256mb Ultimate edition card that comes with the passive Zalman heatsink. I installed the card with the Cat. 6.1 drivers and it works fine for normal computer use but when I fire up Atitool and scan for artifacts at the default core and...

Total audio newbie here. I have been using the onboard IC7 sound and it sucks big time. It crackles when my refrigerator turns on/off lol. Looking to spend under $50 for a soundcard to run a 2.1 speaker system mostly for listening to MP3's and some gaming. Also for plugging in headphones...

lol talk about being butthurt over nothing...

I use ceramique. I think its performance degrades over time though and a fresh application once every 6 months or so is needed.

You are the head of Intel R&D and you have a great new core based on 10nM carbon nanotubule transistors... Please come up with your own flashy "codename" that will be used extensively throughout PC enthusiast sites and by overclocking noobs. Please keep in mind that "Mr. Intel" upstairs really...