Posts by TurbodTalon

The BIOS is flashed to the chip. It doesn't get erased when you remove all sources of power, like RAM does for instance. If your BIOS was wiped, your computer would be a brick. And regarding your GPU, refurbs are fine. I was talking...

When I installed my 7950GTX, I simply broke the piece of the case out illustrated in my picture. That's all I did. Maybe you should try re-seating the GPU? Pull the AC adapter, pull the CMOS battery, hold the power button down for a good...

I originally started out with the P8600, 2GB of RAM, and a single 160GB HDD. I bought the QX9300 for $600 shipped, and am currently selling my X9100 for $325. You can't beat $275 for a QX9300. Alienware wants $1,200. Even the OEM QX9300...

I'm still around, but my E1705 took a shit on me. That 7950GTX I had overclocked to the gills finally gave up it's ghost. When I went on Ebay to buy another, they still want $450 for them. So I said screw it. BTW, don't pay any...

Just buy one through Alienware directly. Get the lowest CPU, HDD, and RAM. Then buy an ES or QS chip of your choice from Ebay, a bigger HDD and 4GB of RAM from Newegg. I'm barely $2,500 into the beast in my sig. EDIT: Of course this...

The whitebook BIOS. You'll void your warranty in the process.

There's a LOT of talk of the 4870s being available for the M17 in the next few months. There is also another Quad coming out in the near future. The QX9300 already OCs to ~3.33Ghz. That's plenty IMO.

He, he, no. I fixed my sig. I wish that was a singe card score.

MY SETUP IS IN MY SIG 3DMark'05 22,154 Default settings 3DMark'06 14,800 Default settings 3DMark Vantage P7,126 Default settings Super Pi 14s 1M 34s 2M CS:S Stress Test (Frame Limiter OFF) 198fps All setting MAX, 1920x1200 333fps...