Posts by Rube

Other than what's been said already, the only other problem I see with this is Alienware drags their feet on bringing new technology to market. Their 17" with an 8800 just came out. (without cpu overclocking!?)

Quote: Originally Posted by CStradling24 I did have a 5400RPM on my older M1710 and I really dont notice the difference at all. Just in benchmarks +1 Switched from a 100GB 7200rpm to a 250GB 5400rpm. Games load...

I get the following with the system in my sig: Processor: 4.9 Memory: 4.5 Graphics: 5.9 Gaming: 5.8 HD: 5.2 My HD is a WD 250 GB 5400rpm. I believe 5.9 is currently the max score WEI supports.

Quote: Originally Posted by regchamp Paid 1300 for it from dell certified refurbished. If you compare it to ebay its a deal, most people want 1000 to 1300 for a M170 6800u pentium M. A few more questions if you guys...

Quote: Originally Posted by nonya24 4. They just call it UXGA but yours is WUXGA. a 7950 will run games at 1920x1200 easily. -1 The M1710 will NOT run the current crop of games at 1920x1200 unless you are...

Quote: Originally Posted by archalien Sorry, not gunna werk me thinks...... All matrox does is span I think..... I want separate monitors to allow for min/max of windows to the monitor..... Correct me if Im wrong...

http://matrox.com/graphics/en/gxm/pr...gital/home.php

Get a copy of an imaging program like Ghost or Acronis True Image and you may not have to reinstall. Hopefully someone else has more experience with these programs. However, Any opportunity to install Windows fresh is a good thing. A...

RAID 0 ideally should be done with identical disks. However, you can do it with disks of different sizes and speeds, though I don't recommend it. In hardware RAID 0, the resulting stripe will be the twice the size of the smaller of the...

I saw a news report this week (can't remember where) that stated that there has been an extremely high return rate on systems shipped with SSD drives (as high as 20% for some vendors.) Either they fail or are slower than expected. I...