Posts by nxs138

I use Avast antivirus with Sygate firewall (all freeware), and have seen much better performance than the Norton piece of crap I was using prior. I can't even begin to rant how bad Norton was for me, especially with all the conflicts...

I've used System Mechanic 5 for a few months now, and have had no issues after doing registry cleanups, etc. I just use the default mode on everything, and the i9100 is still going strong! You should find out if others are...

1. The MR9800 is a noticeable increase from the 9700. The scores can depend on overclocking, but expect around 3300 for the 9800 vs. 1300 for the 9700. I've seen the 9800 go up to 3800, btw. 2. Dell will try to charge...

I bought a retail version, using the Dell MR9800 driver, and had no issue in game play. However the game crashes all the friggin time when trying to connect to a server. I got so pissed I threw the disk out the window, got up, picked...

Pray tell, where can I pick one of these up? What about price range...is it reasonable? Thanks.

I had read an article stating that running in dual channel configuration gives you 10-15% improvement in speed. Other articles I saw seem to confirm that. Don't remember the article, don't have the link, sdon't have any data to...

Quote: Originally Posted by suryad ... but note that having 2 gigs of memory results in a slight drop in performance overall... What's the reason for the drop in performance? I'd still be running in dual...

I've just upgrade to 2 gig using Crucial, and it's been doing well for the three days I've had it! I previously had 1 gig from Kingston (2 X 512), which worked great with Doom 3, Half-life 2, FarCry, etc. Maybe going to 2 gig won't...

See the thread below (terrible gaming performance thread) but to summarize flip your laptop over and remove the two fans nearest the hinges (2 screws each). One will pull out easily while the other one (where the headphone jacks are...

Dated 6/16/05. Has anyone noticed a difference with them? Supposed to have improved performance with 3D games...