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post #1 of 92
10/1/03 at 1:44am
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Wow, my desktop can't run this!

http://hdshowcase.microsoft.com/trai...reef_1080p.exe

its in 1280x1080 res, a true benchmark for video perfomance and cpu usauge haha. U need windows Media 9 codec to view. Leets see how many sager lappys can run this at full frames with no probs
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post #2 of 92
10/1/03 at 2:07am

Re: Is your sager fast enough to watch this? The advantage of 8x agp heh...

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Originally posted by AlkalineX
Wow, my desktop can't run this!
You nearly gave me a heart attack AlkalineX. I thought for a split nano-second that you said "my laptop can't run this"...
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post #3 of 92
10/1/03 at 2:11am
runs flawlessly on my sager. looks like a pretty interesting documentary...however it was kind of dumb how they tried to add some suspense to the trailer.
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post #4 of 92
10/1/03 at 2:41am
it craps out on me halfway through the download
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post #5 of 92
10/1/03 at 2:53am
ok it finished. wow.....i mean. wow
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post #6 of 92
10/1/03 at 5:35am
Wish I could download it.
I recently moved and unfortunately my new home doesn't have DSL access.
So I'm once again on ....ahem dailup . Yeah, dialup
I refuse to pay cable the rip off amount of money they want for high speed access

SBC tells me they are working in getting DSL to my area.
I'm guessing that if I started downloading this file now, by the time its finished, they'll probably have DSL here.

Believe me, once you go DSL, it really really sucks going back to dialup.

What's even worse is the lines here are so noisy that the best I get is 33.6K baud.
Which techie god did I piss off to deserve this!!!

*really misses his wireless internet*
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post #7 of 92
10/1/03 at 11:01am

Re: Is your sager fast enough to watch this? The advantage of 8x agp heh...

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Originally posted by AlkalineX
...U need windows Media 9 codec to view...
That lets me out... NO wmp for me!

-myrkat
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post #8 of 92
10/1/03 at 11:49am
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Originally posted by Wizbang
Wish I could download it.
I recently moved and unfortunately my new home doesn't have DSL access.
So I'm once again on ....ahem dailup . Yeah, dialup
I refuse to pay cable the rip off amount of money they want for high speed access

SBC tells me they are working in getting DSL to my area.
I'm guessing that if I started downloading this file now, by the time its finished, they'll probably have DSL here.

Believe me, once you go DSL, it really really sucks going back to dialup.

What's even worse is the lines here are so noisy that the best I get is 33.6K baud.
Which techie god did I piss off to deserve this!!!

*really misses his wireless internet*
Oh, man. That burns!!!

I know how ya feel.

When we lived in an apartment, I had DSL and it was working great. Moved to a townhose and the DSL station was over the optimal distance so it was crawling at about a third of what it was supposed to put through, not to mention disconnecting all the time. To my huge relief, a few months later, a DSL station was installed right accross the street!!! ! Now I get all that the station is capped to give me! Its awesome.
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post #9 of 92
10/1/03 at 12:17pm
Just downloaded (cable is where its at man).

I am running out of supleratives to describe my 8890. Lets just say its the best f'ing toy I have had to work with in a long time.

That clip really gives you an idea of what the system is capable of. Again I love my SXGA super duper LCD .

If you ever needed and excuse to have one of these Sager puppies that clip is it. I have to try out some of these DVD's with 5.1 sound in them .

Edit: whilst I was downloading the clip I was copying the last of my sw from my old Toshiba. I wanted to open a program on the Toshiba so I could find a link. The Toshiba took like 2 minutes to open IE. The 8890 is sucking its brains out - literally. The poor old Toshiba just can't keep up with it...
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post #10 of 92
10/1/03 at 1:22pm
THat was the highest resolution video I have ever seen.
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post #11 of 92
10/1/03 at 2:39pm
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Originally posted by aussie
(cable is where its at man).
Even though people started switching to DSL quite a while ago, cable is still slow because too many people are too lazy to switch or just dont care about speeds.

Personally, I think DSL rules. I like having a dynamic IP (more secure), not being bogged down with neighbours eating up the bandwidth, and having 1.5Mbps download speeds (clean; raw is 1.7).
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post #12 of 92
10/1/03 at 4:02pm
You 'merkins don't know what you are missing. Our cable system here in Oz flies. We get full bandwidth (no caps) and because cable here is not used by many people, I get all the bandwidth to myself .

DSL here sux bigtime. Unreliable, slow and expensive relative to cable. If you are in Oz cable is definitely it.
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post #13 of 92
10/1/03 at 4:19pm
my 4760 jumps when viewing
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post #14 of 92
10/1/03 at 4:21pm

How long should download take?

I clicked on the link, and said save to computer. It says it will take 8 minutes.

I have a brand new Cable package--Modem--wireless.

How do I know if my service is providing me top speed?

Thanks--Mike
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post #15 of 92
10/1/03 at 4:25pm
divide 100 Mbytes by 8 minutes - that will give you your cable's transfer (download) speed.
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post #16 of 92
10/1/03 at 5:10pm
NOT FAST ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1






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post #17 of 92
10/1/03 at 5:17pm
there are several webbased utilities online that will measure your speed. just google for broadband speed test ro something similar
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post #18 of 92
10/1/03 at 6:43pm
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Originally posted by aussie
You 'merkins don't know what you are missing. Our cable system here in Oz flies. We get full bandwidth (no caps) and because cable here is not used by many people, I get all the bandwidth to myself .

DSL here sux bigtime. Unreliable, slow and expensive relative to cable. If you are in Oz cable is definitely it.
Then I have no quarrel with you, good sir. Cable really does suck in Ontario, though (for the above reasons, lmao).
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post #19 of 92
10/1/03 at 6:44pm
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Originally posted by litehedded
there are several webbased utilities online that will measure your speed. just google for broadband speed test ro something similar
DSLReports.com
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post #20 of 92
10/1/03 at 7:14pm
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Originally posted by Wizbang
Wish I could download it.
I recently moved and unfortunately my new home doesn't have DSL access.
So I'm once again on ....ahem dailup . Yeah, dialup
I refuse to pay cable the rip off amount of money they want for high speed access

SBC tells me they are working in getting DSL to my area.
I'm guessing that if I started downloading this file now, by the time its finished, they'll probably have DSL here.

Believe me, once you go DSL, it really really sucks going back to dialup.

What's even worse is the lines here are so noisy that the best I get is 33.6K baud.
Which techie god did I piss off to deserve this!!!

*really misses his wireless internet*
I was on dsl (768 up/down sdsl) but then I went back to dial up. Its not really that bad. I still download like all the time. I download all night light. but now im getting cable in my area so I will be back on high speed again.
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