Posts by destruya

Okay... There is no physical damage to the unit despite its Scratch and Dent cert (that I can see externally). There is some "signs of use," but nothing that made me turn my head. I also can't find any dead pixels on the...

Don't gawk at the 40%. That could be them talking about the low-to-mid-range parts performance increase over the abysmal 8400s.

Will do - with any luck I'll get the laptop and the sound card *and* the other stick of 2GB Corsair I needed around the same time.

Quote: Originally Posted by dave-p Also the gateway P 6831-FX at best buy which has a single 8800GTS card benchmarks at 7400 in 3DMark06, is a great deal @ the $ 1200.00 price tag. Only the P6860FX is on BB.com...

I know, but rather than the MS drivers Windows loads, I'm assuming the 8.x drivers Intel has are newer and more efficient. I know this is one of those "use what Windows wants and like it" things, but it's always made me...

EDIT: It's not exactly "new," it's just a decent-looking alternative to the other USB sound cards out there. TheNerds.net has the ASUS U1 USB sound card for 77.99 plus 9.99 S&H. This thing is lightyears better...

I downloaded the 7.x.x from Dell, but how do I forcefeed the most recent 8.x.x drivers, "have disk"?

I think I'm going to get the U1 in place of the D/Dock. The hit to the CPU should be negligible. Every review I'm reading says the thing is practically the same as the DX, only in a USB package. *Anything* will be better than...

I found the ASUS Xonar U1 USB one, but it appears to not be on sale yet except for one vendor. Ideally I'd *love* to stick an eSATA-300 ExpressCard 54 controller in the slot. Not having to use the D/Dock at all. =/

Quote: Originally Posted by Abadee Just make sure you get complete care... Yup. I didn't make that mistake again. I didn't get CC on my Gen 2. And I'll find out soon enough what "damage" means since...