Posts by Tomasz

In general, 64 bits will not be a panacea. One big advantage is that it will allow for >4GB memory. Also, the biggest performance gains will be seen in 64 bit integer calculations (not too common). There will also be performance...

Omega drivers use the same binary files as the Catalyst drivers. The only differences are a modified .inf file and the addition of some supporting programs (e.g., overclocker). For notebooks, they are somewhat useful because, unlike...

CL56's 9700 = 390 core/200 mem Desktop 9600XT = 500 core/300 mem Sager 5690's 9700 = 500 core/300 mem This video card's clockspeed difference is why the CL56 is slower in games

In reality, Mac based systems are not as bad as you guys make them out to be. OSX is a very nice and stable operating system, just like Windows XP or 2000. Moreover, plenty of software is available for the mac, so that shouldn't be much...

Nope, the fsb is 100 MHz quad pumped (400 MHz effective for data lines, 200 MHz effective for address lines). Look here for more details: ftp://download.intel.com/design/mobi...e/25261403.pdf Edit: To answer your other question,...

There's not much you can do about the 345m. I don't know much about it, but I think its graphics core is based around the original radeon that only supports the DX7 feature set. I have no idea if overclocking is even possible on this...

For burn-in, I would recommend: 1.) Prime95 (http://www.mersenne.org/freesoft.htm) 2.) 3DMark 2001se 3.) 3DMark 2003 4.) Sandra 5.) Memtest86 (http://www.memtest86.com/) Just loop these programs for a few hours each. Is...

Yeah, T3 is under 6 MB/s (easy for a modern hard disk/bus to keep up with). It would take an OC12 dedicated line, which is ~78 MB/s, to really stress the hard disk/bus quite a bit... but who is using one of these in a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sad Mr.Woo toms hardware says they didnt notice any difference in noise between the hds. and actually i was bit wrong about the battery life, apparently the 7200 does have very slightly more...

As long as you are getting Hitachi's 5k80, you should be fine. It uses the same advanced power saving technology as the 7k60, but has 80GB and a 5400 rpm speed. Obviously, it will perform somewhat slower, but will also run quieter and...