Posts by Mog the Moogle

I don't see why you would spend almost $200 on a socket A processor when you can snag an AMD X2 3800+ and a mobo for about the same price. Plus you can use all of your old stuff if you get socket 939.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dukefrukem and you can't with nVidia? You can do both at the SAME time with ATI, but not with the nVidia. AFAIK, this is only in Elder Scrolls Oblivion, which IMO sucks.

In response to the OP's post, the 3800 A64 will run games faster than the x2 3800 unless games are optimized for dual core. The single core on the 3800+ runs at 2.4 ghz, and just 2.0 on the x2 3800. Only buy AMD right now if you only...

Quote: Originally Posted by MilestonePC yes, all the Asus laptops support Gigabit LAN now. Probably, you will not see 10/100Mb Ethernet anymore. Of course, Gigabit LAN is useful for data transfer, but for Internet...

SLI is a waste of money, that thermaltake heatsink is worse than the stock one, you only need 1 DVD burner. While it would be nice to get a conroe, they are like $50-75 over retail price right now. If I were buying a processor, I...

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Quote: Originally Posted by ibs I dont want to be a spoiler, but Ive never heard of a command line that joins video. Maybe something that existed in some old windows version, for some old codec. Also, if one could...

I know that there is a command in Windows XP when you go to "Start -> Run -> cmd" that lets you merge video files that have been split into parts. My problem is that I cannot remember this command, and have had no...

Quote: Originally Posted by Breene for what you posted in specs I dont think 1000-1200 dollars is going to cut it. Theres alot to know about all this. I reccomend newegg.com for alot of things. Theyt have a great...

Cooler master power supplies aren't very good. From what I have heard, the rails tend to fluctuate too much, thus creating unstable power, which crashes the computer. I would recommend these PSU companies in this order: PC Power and...