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post #21 of 161
7/11/06 at 2:12pm
You know what it looks like. It's almost like those bad window tinting jobs where thousands of tiny air pockets get trapped between the film and the glass.

Somebody else can try by previewing the Windows XP screensaver and seeing if you see the same thing. It's only noticeable on dark backgrounds which there aren't many of in day to day computing but are abundant in movies which is when the problem becomes noteiceable.
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post #22 of 161
7/11/06 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by GenTechPC
It's PowerDVD with Asus name on it.

I'm not sure that's the case because for people getting stuttering with Asus DVD, the solution that has always worked in installing PowerDVD.
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post #23 of 161
7/11/06 at 4:30pm
Im buying mine tonite or tommrow
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post #24 of 161
7/11/06 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by hyperluminous
I'm not sure that's the case because for people getting stuttering with Asus DVD, the solution that has always worked in installing PowerDVD.
technically, it's a slightly stripped-down version of Power DVD, so getting whatever additional features there are in the full version may have an effect. Personally, I prefer WinDVD, but that's just me
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post #25 of 161
7/11/06 at 6:18pm
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Originally Posted by hyperluminous
You know what it looks like. It's almost like those bad window tinting jobs where thousands of tiny air pockets get trapped between the film and the glass.
Funny, just tried that, don't see anything wrong at all, regardless the angle. But, for example a dark grey background, when looking at it from an angle it looks like there's a whole bunch of tiny air pockets trapped... but nothing when looking at it straight.
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post #26 of 161
7/11/06 at 6:27pm
i ordered from powernotebooks, so i'm probably in the minority here, but does anyone know what the deal with the messed up/delayed shipment is? It's supposedly going to affect all north american vendors...
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post #27 of 161
7/11/06 at 6:36pm
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post #28 of 161
7/11/06 at 6:41pm
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Originally Posted by baronvonfunke
i ordered from powernotebooks, so i'm probably in the minority here, but does anyone know what the deal with the messed up/delayed shipment is? It's supposedly going to affect all north american vendors...

As far as I know, the Z96J is the one that got messed up. Apparently they forgot to include the optical drives in them.

As for the S96J, I'll let one of the reseller's explain, but my guess is that they just didn't anticipate its popularity and weren't planning on having to make more until they got some of their other models off the assembly line.
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post #29 of 161
7/11/06 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by mem
Did you run 3dmark on you're computer eiland yet?

haven't done so just yet mem. I did install the Omega drivers & have been trying to just see if there is any noticable difference in performance w/ daily use. doesn't seem like much difference from before the omega installation.
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post #30 of 161
7/11/06 at 9:42pm
Thread Starter 
Did the Omega drivers work alright for you then? You haven't noticed any you know... like crashing of the computer or anything?
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post #31 of 161
7/11/06 at 11:07pm
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Originally Posted by tennisplayer121
Did the Omega drivers work alright for you then? You haven't noticed any you know... like crashing of the computer or anything?

Nope (knock on wood). No slowdowns, no "garbage" on my screen, no "cloudiness", no delays. Definitely no crashing or BSOD's, no freezing. I do notice that the touchpad sometimes won't react to tapping as quickly as I'd like ...as though the active area is only a quarter inch space, but maybe I need to update that driver.
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post #32 of 161
7/12/06 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by hyperluminous
You know what it looks like. It's almost like those bad window tinting jobs where thousands of tiny air pockets get trapped between the film and the glass.

I have the exact same problem... talked about it in other threads too. I noticed it first on the clouds, in WoW. They were grainy Then I went to my desktop and removed the desktop image so it was just blue and can see it there. Do you have omega drivers installed? I'm going to format it and reinstall it next week with the newest drivers from intel's site. I didn't notice it before installing omegas, but it was still there when I tried to switch back... I may not have been looking very closely initially.

Krista
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post #33 of 161
7/12/06 at 1:58pm
Hmm, What model screen do you guys have? Maybe its a screen thing?
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post #34 of 161
7/12/06 at 2:35pm
All done, just confimerd my order.

1,500 for the build! it was 1,300 but I got the extras
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post #35 of 161
7/12/06 at 2:37pm
Thread Starter 
What are your specs C4?
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post #36 of 161
7/12/06 at 3:37pm
UPS hasn't updated my tracking since saturday, and the ETA is the 13th (tomorrow) should I be worried?
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post #37 of 161
7/12/06 at 4:17pm
Z96J Asus Z96J Core Duo Barebone 15.4 Inch WSXGA/ATI X1600
256MB/Built-in Camera/Bluetooth 1 $809.00

Windows XP Home CD $95.00

Installation: Hardware and Windows Software Install

Deluxe Carrying Case: Free

Warranty: Standard Warranty

CPU: Intel® Yonah Core-Duo T2400 1.83GHz 2M 667 FSB
$265.00

RAM: Corsair 2GB DDR-2 667 SODIMM (2X1024) $170.00

HD: 80GB 5400rpm S-ATA $85.00

Internal Wireless Card: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945 Tri-mode
802.11a/b/g $38.00

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound $3.00

Display: 15.4" WSXGA 1680X1050 Color Shine

GPU: ATI Mobility X1600 256MB PCI Express

Optical Drive: 8 x DVD-RW Dual Layer Super Multi
$49.00

Bluetooth: Built-in Internal Bluetooth

Webcam: Built-in Webcam

Shipping: Ground: $0.00

Sales Tax: $0.00
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Total:
$1,514.00
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post #38 of 161
7/12/06 at 4:26pm
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Originally Posted by c4Menace
All done, just confimerd my order.

1,500 for the build! it was 1,300 but I got the extras
C4...who'd you buy from?
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post #39 of 161
7/12/06 at 4:29pm
Gentech
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post #40 of 161
7/12/06 at 4:36pm
Free case and also bluetooth and screen upgrade. Looks pretty good.
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