Posts by citizen

Quote: Originally Posted by xir i bought it for the price and because it would be easy to return. Not exactly the two things Alienware is known for, but a fine machine nonethless.

475 core is seriously pushing it. You're gonna end up frying the thing, and you can't get a replacement anymore, so I wouldn't risk it. 450 is the MAX I would go, and that would just be for trying some benchmarks, I wouldn't dare playing...

The Atheros update doesn't work for me either. Just don't install it, works fine with the old one.

Best Alienware news ever...if it's true. And even if it is, they darn well better not be charging X800 prices...

Quote: Originally Posted by HULK if you have the money, why not just try before you buy? there's a 30 day return policy w/ aw and only a 15% restocking fee + return shipping. a small price to pay for a serious...

Quote: Originally Posted by blackrain I mean If you don’t feel good and you go to a doctor for an appendectomy and while they are doing the surgery find its your testicles they don’t say ”well we can just cut those off...

I have no idea what the problem could be but I seriously doubt it could be anything hardware-related. So there is no need to send it back. You've simply got something configured funny, just got to figure out what. Start by maybe...

Most machines have an S-video line-out these days. You can connect that directly to a TV S-video line in.

Quote: Originally Posted by Alien_Head13 ad-aware obviously gets rid of ad-aware Well that's certainly counterproductive now, isn't it?

You'll have to experiment with different ones to find which is really the best for you specifically, but I recommend starting with the official NVIDIA releases, such as 71.84 or 67.66. I actually get the best benchmarks with 67.03 but...