Windows Vista drags Core i7 down
http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/how-windows-vista-drags-core-i7-down-480468
Also some games sites simply disable hyperthreading before benchmarking ?
So should it be disable :confused:
thanks for any input.
Absolutely no difference in benchmark vs old Patriot kit.... so buying this faster kit and pay more for no improvement at all....what a scam !
Well see the result here... (the 4 should read a 9 ) btw these are my benchmarks.
triple channel kit often show only 4gb instead of 6gb.
I could said the problem happen especially when I do a reset or go in the bios and exit, then it will reboot and the MB will detect only 4gb instead of 6gb. If you go in the bios or boot to Vista x64, it will show only 4gb.
I...
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I'm asking because I got some problem when running furbenchmark http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/715/Open_GL_FurRenderingBenchmark.html
Got a crash with VPU recover then a red led turn on on the back of my 4870. With the red led turn on, cannot run any 3d application, it crash.
So I...
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I'm asking because I want to buy the G.Skill but I was wondering if they...
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thanks
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I try to remember ? There was a video of it compare to ATI if I remember. Was it the Geforce 5 ??? It sounded like a vacuum. Where can I find this video? thanks
with latest drivers 97.02 ?? It was fine before with my 7900 gtx, what's wrong ?
I want to have 1:1 aspect ratio, fixed aspect ratio.
I have a 21" LCD monitor.
Is it a bug from drivers ?
Don't buy any PNY videocards from ebay, unless you don't care about warranty, because even if it's an ebay store and the card is brand new, they won't honor the warranty.
I tried to RMA one defective 7900GTX without success. they apologize but couldn't care less.
For them ebay=second hand...
Deep Freeze will give me a BSOD most of the time with the message nv4disp.dll has stop working normally and I must reboot. Sometimes the test will pass but the desktop will flash and I must reboot. Allways see artifact starting at 48 seconds of the Deep freeze test.
At one time I tried...
In the native resolution 1680x150 I have tearing in all movies (DVD and divx) ? I don't understand why ? How do I remove tearing ? My video card is a 7800GTX, vsynch is allways on for games but does not affect movie.
thanks for any input.