Posts by jasonlava

Quote: Originally Posted by J W it depends on whether you want a built in tv tuner or not. obviously the 22" widescreen would be the best for games, but your x700 graphics card would probably struggle if you had...

Hi all. I have an Asus z70va with Radion x700 graphics built-in. I'm looking for an external monitor to play games on. Should I get a 19" non-widescreen monitor (1280x1024), a 22" Widescreen (1600x1050), OR should I get...

z70va has a PCMCIA slot but it's not Core Duo. It's "Core Solo" but with 100gb 7200rpm and 2gigz of ram, it's a workhorse.

DiscountLaptops rock. That's where I bought my Sager, returned and bought the Asus. Good people to work with.

I tried using fan control programs (Speedfan) and it's actually noisier with SF running (especially at power on and power off). By default, the CPU fan is off until it needs to start (CPU starts working harder). The GPU fan starts at a...

Seems like S96J is the bang-for-the-buck machine. Not the prettiest but it's a workhorse and WXGA is much better on my eyes than WSXGA.

Windows Updates. In that process I would install Microsoft Update and let it do it's thing. Even after it installs all the updates, run it again until it says you are current. Also, if you have an external hard drive or a bunch of...

I have both PremiereE and Pinnacle 9 plus. While PremiereE is more powerful and professional, it has a steep learning curve and can crash on you at any minute. Pinnacle is powerful, more intuitive to work with, and has loads of cool...

Quote: Originally Posted by eminem3150 1 MHZ Yeah, but that 1mhz kicked BUTT back in the 80s . C64 was THE gaming rig, period. Until the Amiga came out. Took PC's until the mid 90s to catch up.

The only time widscreen gets in the way is web browsing or word processing because web pages and documents are "vertical". You scroll down. And actually it doesn't because you have the same amount of pixels vertically (1050...