Posts by ifrit

Quote: Originally Posted by Zeus Wouldn't the higher res on an already inferior vid card cause even more degradation in performance? The card has to deal with another million pixels. yeah... higher res does...

yeah i never realized it but the 8790 did beat the 5690 in most (all?) of the benchmarks when you overclocked the 8790 to the 5690's stock clock speed.

Quote: Originally Posted by Q-Ball lol I am going to, but hell i dont know how to put a computer toghther, im not techincal minded at all, I can get software and stuff to run, hell i dont even know what i means to flash...

Ok, I want more USB/Firewire ports. And it'd be nice if they came out of the side of the notebook, unlike the built-in firewire that comes with the 8790. Are there any PCMCIA (is this the right acronym; I always screw it up...) cards...

hmmm i have a bisoncam as well in mine. wasn't aware that there was a change.

hm. nothings wrong with mine.... I'm just thinking of the future.

im not sure.. its a 2.4ghz with a 9700 + 128mb vram. It'll probably be fine for gaming at 1440x1050. though you might have a few problems with the latest games, i.e. Far Cry. There are users in the forum who report seeing choppy...

a 1.6 centrino is about the speed of a p4 2.4ghz. give or take a few ghz. if its at 1600x1200 - yes it's too slow. 1400x900 is a smaller resolution than 1600x1200 so there is less need for speed. at 1600x1200 you will need a...

i email'd this question to Adam - he emailed me back saying he wasn't aware of a power supply revision. He says they've been using both power supplies interchangeably all along. He was not aware that one was "newer" or...

ok here it is: you can see it most clearly in the 4th pic i think.