Posts by CyberZombie

Quote: Originally Posted by zakaluka2 VERY thorough benchmarking. Mainly done to highlight Opteron 150/250, but it benchmarks against everything imaginable (for desktop...

XGA, SXGA, UXGA, QXGA (2048x1536) are for LCDs the native resolution of the monitor. In a UXGA LCD, there are 1600*1200 physical pixels (*3 for TFT == 5,760,000 transistors). This only has an inderect relationship to a game's FPS (in...

Given my tube is also over 3 years old, I'd say it's still good (I AS'd my 5680 a couple of days ago).

I got around to pulling apart my rig last night to move it to AS. The heatsink was quite flat -- I was surprised by that as most heatsinks I've run across required lapping. The P4 heat spreader was another thing altogether. I wet...

It only says Prescott -- no 64-bit mentions. I think this thread has morphed into a 2-topic (AMD 64 and PCI-X) thread...

Quote: <snip/> Another thought is to reverse only only one fan, but I've already taken apart enough today. You'd likely get an airflow short circuit if you did that. I.e., you'd get a small loop of air between...

At the very least, someone needs to do a comparison of this cooler to the Podium CoolPad. The only english article uses a cooler CPU and compares the cooler against the laptop sitting on a flat surface. Also, it'd be interesting to see...

I'm not sure if it's a valid swap-in or not. I know that the Celeron and P3 were swappable (and had the same pinouts like the P4 vs. P-M). They even had different voltage req's depending on the model, stepping, MHz etc. Perhaps the...

I have the same question as pertains to the 5680 (Dothan drop-in). I'm assuming Clevo will have to release a BIOS update to support the CPU. And I'm holding off on any purchases until I hear otherwise...

Assuming flat surfaces (which is not a given), less is better. If you don't want to go the lapping route, the 'little dab squished out' method won't hurt. Too much is a waste anyways -- ends up on the edges of the heat spreader and not...