Posts by Maklar

Actually a 2.0 Ghz Dothan is pretty close to a 3.6 Ghz Prescott in gaming when things are equalized out. Granted you can't get the better video cards with the Dothan which is annoying as that's the processor I want. Would be better for...

Actually, he probably won't need a floppy if he is having Windows installed on it as it appears. But, if he needs to reinstall it he will need a floppy drive. New 2.5" drives should be out next year as Seagate is trying to get...

When you are looking at your task list/performane tab it should show 2 processors as windows reads a HT proc as 2 processors. If both are running at 50% then you are really running at 100%.

Are both processors maxing out or is just one? If both are around 50% that is the same as 100% utilization with HT.

Unless you do a lot of video editing or graphic work you'll be better off with a single 7200 rpm over a raid. The raid will not benefit you in games or normal usage. There have been numerous reports that show this. Your synthetic...