Posts by ShnikeJSB

Well, you JUST missed the Dell "$425 off $1399+ and a $200 gift card" coupon. Although it still works for me... I configured this Inspiron 1720 and with the coupon it turned out to be $1,639.00: - Intel Core 2 Duo T7250...

It's proven that you'd need a pretty damn strong magnet to erase/corrupt a hard drive nowadays. No need to worry, unless you have one of those neodymium magnets stock directly to the platters...

It's possible to do with a LOT of systems, but you can't tell until you install NHC: http://www.pbus-167.com/ You can even tweak it to only use certain multipliers, and even only the highest and lowest ones. The AS5 can be done with...

Hmm, I'm not sure why, as DVI->HDMI is still digital, and should provide perfect 1920x1080 1:1 pixel-mapping. Are you setting your resolution through the nVidia control panel? What version of Windows do you use? What nVidia...

Anyone??? This is a P.I.T.A.!

Well, a quick check on Dell's Outlet can net you a "Scratch & Dent" Inspiron E1505 for $489. It has: Windows Vista Home Premium 1 GB RAM 120 GB Hard Drive Larger 9 Cell Primary Battery Intel Core Duo Processor T2250...

Your welcome ) Thanks for the compliment on my Notebook. Vista pretty much slows it down almost to the levels of my 2-1/2 year old XPS Gen 2, though... \ "AS5'ed" means I used Arctic Silver 5 compound on the GPU and CPU. I...

Oh I see how it is Tony... I spent a whole bunch of time benchmarking and giving conclusions about the Vista version of these drivers, and get no response/feedback... I see it now -- I'm EXPECTED to. :::sigh::: J/K man. Yes,...

What resolution is your laptop set to when you play the game? If you are playing CoD4 at 1440x900 like I am on your M1710 (AKA 1080i), that is obviously NOT 1920x1200 (AKA 1080p). Your TV is most likely mirroring your laptop...

I would think it work fine -- the DDR2-667 (PC2-5300) would just downclock itself to run at DDR2-533 (PC2-4200). I'm not so sure about any detrimental effects it would have. Is the original DDR2-533 module also 512mb? If not, I don't...