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not on the laptops I've spec'd so far.

so what software would you typically load on a dedicated SSD? and it looks like a vertex 2 SATA II writes about as fast as the intel SATA III, but where SATA III wins is it reads 2x faster. You think an xtra $100 is worth it for the SATA III?

Finally getting around to replacing my 6 year old Dell Inspiron. Don't want Dell again, so looking at sager or Asus. Going to get 2 hard drives. Objective is to speed boot up time tremendously (wife is terribly impatient) plus have a cavernous hdd to store pics/videos/songs. I'm...

So why buy the retail version and not the upgrade version?

Thanks for the replies. It seems the Antec 193 is probably best for me, although I'm still a little concerned about the PCI power cables interfering with my 2nd GTX 260 given that the 2nd GTX 260 pretty much sits right where the cables leave the lower compartment to the upper compartment...

I need a case fast and unfortunately, I don't have time to put in the proper research. My system is really messed up and I need to trouble shoot it this weekend. Which means I'll be removing all my components from my Antec P180b and trying to figure out what the hell is wrong. The problem is...

Why do you guys feed the falsehood that mobos/cpus only last 2-3 years before they need to be replaced? It depends on the applications and applications don't change fast enough to obsolete anything in 2-3 years. Sure, you might get the new game or two that runs better with a physics processor...

So do you still have to load the drivers for your dedicated PHYSX card? I'm talking Windows XP here? If all you're doing is enabling the feature in the nvidia control panel and you're not using the PHYSX card for displaying images, then Windows wouldn't need to know anything about it. Or...

To the OP, note the PCI-E power connectors. Some of the cards being recommended have an 8-pin power connector so if your PSU doesn't have one, then I guess you have to do something special (I don't know, I haven't researched it). I went from 2x 8800 GTX's to 1x GTX 260 216 and it's about the...

Got my GTX 260 216 Core. Works great, no probs. There's one thing that should be mentioned though when going from 8800s or maybe even 9800s to next gen cards and that is the power connector. My PSU only has 6pin PCI connectors and the GTX280s (and higher) require one of the 2x connectors...

Thanks, I usually would go with the top performer, but this is an unexpected purchase. Sounds like the 260 is the way to go.

No, can't run vantage because my 8800's are corrupted and I no longer get a video signal in Windows. So rather than reformat, reload, reinstall, I'd just as soon buy a new card. By the way, main purpose is playing games at 1920x1200. (Oblivion, Fallout 3 mainly).

In performance that is, not price. I've been out of the loop for a while and need to replace both cards with one card and I want, at the very least, equivalent performance and I need to order it ASAP. TIA

Is it possible to watch blu discs at 1080p with 2x 8800 GTXs and a 24" monitor with native 1080p resolution (but at 60 hz) through the standard DVI cable/connection? I have AnyDVD defeating that annoying HDCP standard, so that's not an issue. I'm more concerned with watching at 1080p.

After 9 months of trial and error, I think I may have finally found the problem to my computer woes. It's either the SATA DVD/RW drive (the Samsung one in my profile) or the SATA cable that connected it to the mobo (which is now an EVGA 750i FTW). Background: Up until 9 months ago, I was...

As I was removing my heatsink and cpu to clean the seating surfaces prior to reattaching the heatsink, I managed to get some thermal compound on some of the pins. I immediately cleaned it off with a paper towel, then used rubbing alcohol to make sure I got it all, but there is a slight...

Is your cpu heatsink loose? If it can move AT ALL, then you need to reseat your heatsink and the best way to do that is to remove the motherboard so that you can see the pins protruding from the back of the board.

Yep, that was it. I went to remove my motherboard and noticed that the heat sink was loose. Reseated that and I'm good to go. thanks.

I just installed a new motherboard (evga 750i FTW) to replace my old one that was having stability issues (XFX 680i LT). The brands aren't really important. When I first powered on, I saw the FSB speed and memory speed (both correct), the SATA devices (all correct), then I entered the BIOS...

I'm going to go out on a limb and predict a bug-infested launch. No particular reason other than this is FOAK. (first of a kind) and in the engineering world I work in, FOAK leads to all kinds of nasty surprises.

Good stuff there! preciate the link very much.

I'm looking for a document that describes, in some detail, what each BIOS setting is for a standard Pheonix-Award BIOS. Too many descriptions I see say something along the lines of (for EXAMPLE only, I know what CPU Core 1 is): CPU Core 1 - enable or disable. Enabling turns the feature on...

I've thought about that. Not necessarily ASUS, but about going with the P45 chipset. But too much hassle selling and buying vid cards for me.

You can see my sig to see my components, but basically I'm looking for the most stable, trouble free motherboard to run 2 8800GTXs in SLI with an E8400 Wolfdale cpu with NO overclocking. My current 680i LT system is very unstable. Sometimes it will boot up, sometimes it will hang on the...

no bios virus? I don't know. Here's what I did and so far so good....but it's still way too early to declare victory given what I have experienced in the past. I cleared the CMOS. I did NOT flash the BIOS. I uninstalled the firmware updater for my DVD wirtier, and I ran chkdsk on my...

That is more likely, but.... 2 months ago I had to reformat the harddrive because I could not boot up the machine. The problem was that the bootup sequence would halt when it "checked the CD ROM" for a bootup disk. So I had to remove the CD ROM from the boot up sequence, but then Windows...

I have reason to believe that my BIOS is infected. If I reflash the BIOS, you think that would get rid of it?

Should be a simple thing, take out E6600, put in E8500, BIOS should automatically adjust timings and away we go, but.... I put in the E8500 and within seconds, literally, the computer shuts itself off. Completely off. Sometimes I can get into the BIOS before it shuts down, other times I...

So is your real question this. How fast of a cpu must you have before the GPU becomes the bottleneck and not the CPU? Is that what you really want to know?

What CPU did you have and could you tell a noticeable increase in heat output? I just added my 2nd 8800GTX and heat is more of a concern now. edit: I see you ordered it, but maybe not actually have received it. When you do get it in your system, I'd be curious to know the answer. Thanks

I'm not interested in overclocking and my mobo can only accept the (max) Q6xxx or the E8xxx series processors. Given that both the Q6700 and the E8500 are both about $300 USD, and that the E8500 is 3.16 GHz while the 6700 is 2.67 GHz, I'm wondering which will serve me better for the next 2-3...

lol...like I said, too many freaking names. But thanks for that. That means Kentsfield yes, Yorkfield no for my mobo.

My current mobo (XFX 680i LT), flashed to the latest bios, can only accept the Wolfdale architecture processors, but what I don't know if there are any quad cores that use that architecture. Silly question I know, but I also know that someone here knows the answer. I get confused between...

:) No, I guess I'm still in the hole, so to speak. I play Oblivion and CIV 4 and Combat Mission Strike Force. None of them are DX10 games. Thus my question. And I don't have VISTA either, didn't realize that was a requirement for DX10 gaming (again, because I don't have a DX10 game). But...

one of the selling features of the 8800 GTX is that it was the first card that was Direct X10 compatible. But when I bought it, there were no DX10 games. There were rumors that it wasn't optimized for DX10, but I didn't really pay much attention. So does it work flawlessly with DX10 games...

Ok, I know no one has the 9800 yet, so no one knows this, but I'm wondering how the 8800 GTX does with DX10 games? I haven't played one yet, but back when I bought my first 8800 GTX about 11 months ago, there were rumblings that it wouldn't be that great for DX10 games. Sure, it has the...

You can get a BFG 8800GTX for $300. Seems if you already have a GTX that it's better to get a 2nd one if you have an SLI capable mobo.

enter the promo code HARDOCPVGAPROMO60 to get $60 off. $469-60 instant rebate-50 MIR-60 promo=299. I just ordered my 2nd one. SLI here I come... edit: deal seems to end 2/29, so basically this is your last chance (until the next last chance that is :))

Why not? Too expensive or is there something wrong with the EVGA compared to the BFG?

I believe the NEC is the only 24" with an IPS panel. But it's only sold in the U.S. They also make a 26" IPS LCD too that is available world wide.