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- Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: L2 Cache - How does it affect performance?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5805
L2 Cache - How does it affect performance?
I'm building my first laptop and opted to purchase the Intel Pentium M 1.50Ghz processor. Here are the specs below for the processor: BXM80535GC1500E 1.50Ghz 1MB L2 cache 400Mhz FSB 0.13 micron I'm wonder what the performance would differ noticeably from the following similar processor: Intel Pentiu...
- Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:14 am
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: March 15th Forum Contest: Epox 8NPA SLI Motherboard
- Replies: 165
- Views: 58263
Please enter my name.... 3x... no, wait... 10 times. Is it too late to ask for 100 entries? Alright, just send me the board! :) Thanks Apop for doing all this! As Antonik said in last month's contest, this forum is very rewarding, not only because of the prizes, but the information and members as we...
- Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:58 pm
- Forum: All About The Games
- Topic: Video Game Sales Down Five Months Straight
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4846
I blame WoW. Since I have played it, I havn't purchased another game. My next new game is going to be Oblivion, and thats only because I love those games. I second that, but I must admit that the following also play an important role: 99% of launch titles for the 360 were just CRAP Sony's PSP has y...
- Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:37 pm
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: February Forum Contest: 2GB Mushkin DDR PC-3200 Memory
- Replies: 208
- Views: 66172
- Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Gaming is AMD or intel the best . Look inside to see
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2163
What this article offers as far as news is not anything new to me. That's why I'm still sitting pretty at an AMD 2200+ processor. If it weren't for the switch from AGP to PCI Express, I'd just toss in a new 7800 GTX in my system and be good to go. Because my Geforce 4 TI 4200 128mb card is AGP, I'm ...
- Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:49 am
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: February Forum Contest: 2GB Mushkin DDR PC-3200 Memory
- Replies: 208
- Views: 66172
I just decided to upgrade my PC and this could save me a couple hundred if I win. For those of you interested, here are the changes I plan on making: Current System: Case: Antec 300w mid-tower beige Motherboard: ASUS A7M266 CPU: AMD 2200+ Heatsink: Zalman Super Quiet RAM: 1GB (512MB PNY, 512 no-name...
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:20 pm
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: February Forum Contest: 2GB Mushkin DDR PC-3200 Memory
- Replies: 208
- Views: 66172
- Fri Feb 10, 2006 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Cordless gaming mouse
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5643
Best to have a mouse pad with a pattern. Not true. With laser mice, I've used it on a glass table and it still tracked well enough to navigate in games and in Windows. A true gamer would never do that, but black, white, reflective, cloth,... doesn't matter with laser. It reads 20x more accurate tha...
- Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Cordless gaming mouse
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5643
I just got a Logitech G7 and it's THE ONLY wireless gaming mouse. I have yet to see the 2.4ghz wireless connection display even the slightest bit of latency or wakeup symptoms. It glides so nice on a hard mousepad and can be used on nearly any surface. The on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment works gre...
- Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:08 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: New Computer, Your Thoughts
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6238
- Fri Jan 06, 2006 8:50 am
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: I finally gave in and ordered a Dell 9300
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6812
The graphics card is a little on the weak side, but only if you are looking to play the latest and greatest games. If you are not big into the gaming scene, then it will do just fine. All pre-assembled notebooks are designed for that, that's why I can't even consider buying one from companies such ...
- Fri Jan 06, 2006 7:53 am
- Forum: General Computer Forum
- Topic: Best AGP Video Card?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 9594
Personally, I'm recommending the 6800GS AGP to all my friends and family for upgrades. The articles I've read concerning its performance seem to be very comparable, if not more powerful, than the 6800GT AGP. The PCI-Express version of the card however, continually out-performs they 6800GT by up to 8...
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:15 pm
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: December Forum Contest: ECS Motherboard & Intel CPU
- Replies: 237
- Views: 73218
- Mon Jan 02, 2006 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: Selling laptop on eBay, any suggestions?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9399
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 8:47 am
- Forum: NVIDIA GeForce, Quadro and Tegra Forum
- Topic: Hope you have some cash for this one...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2486
- Thu Dec 29, 2005 7:46 am
- Forum: Forum Contests - Giving Back To Our Readers
- Topic: December Forum Contest: ECS Motherboard & Intel CPU
- Replies: 237
- Views: 73218
- Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:18 am
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: Selling laptop on eBay, any suggestions?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9399
From experience, I've tried selling 2 laptops on eBay in the last 3 months and the only bids and responses I get are from Phishers or Scammers. They all want you to send the item to Nigeria or Asia or ask to pay you via an unreliable source. I've had NOT 1 legitimate question or bidder on eBay for m...
- Fri Dec 23, 2005 8:17 am
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: Gaming Notebook Design Thoughts: GPU/Screen/Capability
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4028
With heat though, you should see little to no problems at start up and see the problem significantly increase in symptoms. From the sound of it, you don't seem to fit that scenario. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm out of suggestions unless you'd like to reformat. I'm not too familiar with what a CPU an...
- Thu Dec 22, 2005 8:31 am
- Forum: General Mobile Computing
- Topic: Gaming Notebook Design Thoughts: GPU/Screen/Capability
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4028
If you had read what I wrote en toto, you'd know that I look at it in much the same way. Not worth the risk of damaging an expensive component to save a degree or two, but only a 'court of last resort' issue if I was having thermal troubles. Yes, I read what you had posted, I was just agreeing with...
- Wed Dec 21, 2005 10:23 am
- Forum: AMD Processor Forum
- Topic: Upgrading from AMD 2600
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2660
plus it is the FSB differance that will help. 64bit doesnt really have a FSB like the old athlons do. they use the clock speed sort of to carry the data. so it will be like going from a 333mhzfsb to a 1000mhzfsb in a way. On that note, be sure your RAM is compatible to match it's FSB to avoid bottl...