Posts by megaphat

Quote: Originally Posted by drizek Well he put "m170" next to xps2, so I assumed that means already upgraded his card, since that is the only difference between the two. I don't play too many games, but...

Quote: Originally Posted by drizek Why exactly do you need to upgrade it. It can play every single video game at max settings at acceptable frame rates. What is the point? Just wait 8-12 months and get a worthwhile...

166.2/3 :d

Quote: Originally Posted by TurbodTalon I never once said that Dell should warranty my shit. I just said that I should be able to do what I wanted with it. When I fried my 7900GS, people were telling me to call Dell...

I think I understand what your saying here (overheats before thermal shutdown is possible), but I've run a p4 prescott (the king of heat/voltage leakage) without a heatsink and all it did was hit 101c and shut down. Happened pretty fast...

I'm not sure what the problem is with bad thermal compound. Last time I played around with a late model P4 WITHOUT a heatsink, it went super hot, clocked itself down and crashed after a few minutes, cutting the power. Big deal... these...

I agree with zzpulp on this one. I CAN exceed the design specification of the components if I want to. Sure it may damage them (I've never killed a cpu overclocking), but its MY cpu. I should be able to do with it what I want. How are...

I've found a combination of ATITool + IntelTAT to put on as much load as possible. However ATITool has to be in focus/ the active window. Putting the two together on a hot day is a very good way to test for stability I've found.

I wouldn't bet on it. The T5250 is Santa Rosa (with a 667mhz fsb). Its socket P, needs a socket P processor (e.g. t7700).

Quote: Originally Posted by ghost_recon88 As soon as you put a quad-core in there, you can kiss your battery goodbye, and start cooking eggs on your keyboard. Dude thats a feature. Its a battery powered...