Posts by beatgeek

i've had the same problem for a while, which i band-aided by going into the advanced settings of the graphics card and, under the 'troubleshooting' tab, dragging the slidebar to the second tickmark. thanks to your suggestion about the...

I've had my 5680 since october (maybe november, eh, who keeps record), and within the past couple of weeks, it's been acting up. It will randomly freeze, but only for about a minute. Sometimes I have mouse control (but of course...

Quote: Originally posted by MARQUISDARQUIS Actually aussie, while there are morons involved, its not a misunderstanding of synonyms. The bureaucrats in California are really concerned about the least little thing. That is...

I just got the Audigy 2 NX, and I looked at the manual, and there was a sticker on the front of it that said "WARNING: Handling the cord on this product may expose you to lead, a chemical known to the state of california to cause...

When I start up the computer it says I have BIOS revision 1.00.0412. Does it need to be updated? (I bought my Sager after the BIOS update was released, but I don't know if that automatically means it has the most recent BIOS)

I guess what I'm saying is... if you want digital, get the Extigy and the GMX D5.1. If you get the Ultra and the DD5.1, it'll cost you like $550 to $650 (not including the Extigy), plus you have to deal with 3 random boxes on your desk:...

Well, the promedia ultras are more expensive than the gmx because the satellites are better powered- that is, they use more watts. In general, more watts = more sound and better sound. The difference between the gmx and the promedia...

Quote: Originally posted by Fusion Unless you got money to burn, it's probably not going to be worth it. The real bottleneck is the bus and ram. Dual channel helps quite a bit, and the 800MHz bus is good, but you are...

Who are these idiots saying the max you can get out of a laptop is 3 years? The only people I know who actually replace their laptops/desktops in less than 3 year increments are computer geeks with way too much money (possibly...

wait, i'm confused, i thought i read somewhere on this forum that there would be a price drop in october. can someone give me facts, not rumors?