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I just think that since IE 9 they're starting to actually put some effort into it. I guess they kinda have to, considering they get very stiff competition out of Chrome, Firefox, and even Opera these days. It's almost like they're pulling an IE 4 on us, making IE seem faster but really...

Doesn't anyone else find themselves using IE more and more? In my experience, IE 11 is faster than Chrome because its hardware acceleration is enabled by default. I just switched over completely on my newly Windows 8.1-ified laptop. A note on that - - I, er, traded my Win 7 Home Premium key to...

Whoaly crap. Das'a lotta data throughput. Would it be fair to say that it would be almost as fast as RAM? I never figured out quite how fast RAM was, its speed was always communicated in MHz, not MB(or GB)/sec.

Now it's up to CM11 - KitKat 4.4.2.

Looking back that's obvious. Sorry about that. I really hate Gingerbread. Would much rather compile an ICS rom myself. I would too, if I knew the first thing about doing so.

PCI-e SSDs? $1000? Does PCI-e offer greater bandwidth than SATA III, or what?

I never mentioned iOS. I just wanted an Android app. It'd be awesome if it ran on Gingerbread because I currently can't get anything newer to run on the device. A bit on that... I'm going to see about editing the package for the GTab to see about making it run on the "phone". Their hardware is...

Would it be at all possible to develop an appear specifically for browsing storageforum at a greater speed and with more convenience than simply using one's web browser? Similar to Tapatalk for the android forums? Browsing speeds in Dolphin on my unlocked Illusion are... adequate... but I often...

I am running the latest supported driver (my best guess is 93.71 or something like that, don't have it on hand). I installed all my drivers. I dont know how one gets an opengl renderer working with UT, but I did install UT from an ISO of the original install media (never had an issue with that...

This. Hope you come out okay in the end.

Around here, when the wind kicks up the wind chill gets down to -30 F regularly. They cancel school because it's too cold. We've stayed surprisingly warm, despite being heated with kerosene (we can't get a gas tank out cause it's winter, and our water heater, being ancient, must be replaced...

Went there, did that, and something weird is afoot. I can run it fine in D3D mode as long as I keep it windowed. I have no idea what's going on here.

I payed $30 for it. Not impressed but not ashamed either.

Thanks, you just made me download Thunderbird. Previously I didn't have an IMAP email. Also, being thrown for a loop as Thunderbird is drastically different from anything I'm used to.

Weird. My DX version is 9.0c. Guess with this I'll just have to stick with software rendering, not the end of the world.

Quality is terrible and max res is 512x384, but the fact that it runs at all is much better than it was. It's framerate is really high - - it's still playable but all the animation is fluid.

I'll be deep fried and dipped in chocolate - - on a whim I set it to Software Renderer (I was using Direct3D support, as I always - - WAIT! I just realized why it wasn't working okay with Direct3D! My DirectX version is still 8.1, I'm sure of it! lemme check...) and it runs great.

but this is on my AXP - - All it has is the one CPU. Now, if this were happening on my 1545, which it is not, then that'd be applicable. But I'll give it a whirl.

(mental facepalm) I just realized there's a tech support forum. Should I repost this there or something?

No, they really don't call it anything rather than laughing uncontrollably and then later uncomfortably. I'm definitely not what they call normal, as for one my effective vocabulary easily dwarfs theirs. They mostly keep me around as a curiosity. Being in a rural area, being someone who...

'Kay then. Got it. I literally watched them create an account to deliberately screw with me... And then I lit the beacon to call for aid... I just fed the trolls, didn't I? Wow, that's like rule 0 of the internet, don't feed the trolls. Thanks! Thing is, I didn't know exactly where they were...

Sorry for the mood whiplash in my last post, just now realized that this is supposed to be a "happy" thread. Anyway, congratulations! I have a four year old sister, myself. By "rarer" in terms of snowfall I mean it's much higher than usual. Tack that onto the wind carrying it all over the...

Congratulations! I can't say I share your sentiment regarding snow though - - hate it with a passion. It makes me go to school into June, which is a big no no for me. That and add on the fact that it's A.) cold, B.) windy, and C.) one of the rarer years here in terms of snowfall (Grandparents...

I installed UT99 on my AXP, its normal routine for my systems. It's GUI runs dreadfully slow, I can't even start a game. I can literally wait tens of seconds for the mouse to move. I could see this happening on a Pentium 133, but on an Athlon XP with a GeForce2 MX card that worked perfectly...

Y'see, this is why I use AdBlock Plus. I hate ads, they ruin my browsing experience. Also, both Yahoo! and Gmail both have a HTML option, don't they?

Dad, my little sister and I are all allergic to cats, so cats are a no-go around here. I do so love me some cute kitties though. And no, that is not a double-entendre.

You know, the sad thing is that I know what that whole "I have a bridge to sell you" joke is all about, though it is long before my time. I honestly wasn't expecting too much, coming from Amazon, I just expected it to work, which it does, beautifully.

My 80 GB WD800 PATA HDD that is in my AXP has some interesting Power-on data. Granted, it has not been on for anywhere near as long as my 250 GB in my old Inspiron 530, but for a "new" drive (I bought it "New" from Amazon some 6 months ago). I have not by any means used that drive for 1015 days...

Well 98SE was short-lived. I liked its raw speed, but XP is infinitely more useful. In any case, I'd like the extra RAM but it's no requirement. Also, it can be PC2700 as well - DDR-333 that is (I've always been a little lysdexic regarding translating different notations). I figured out that it...

Did some lurking... You live (or lived, at some point) in or near Lansing? That's just over an hour and a half away from where I am.

D is for lysdexia... I make the same mistake all the time. Usually I notice and correct them, but sometimes things slip.

The thing is, he was using a school computer - - he's not exactly barred from making another account with a different e-mail at home or on his phone, is he?

I now have a definite username: TheOneWhoSpeaksTheTruth88.

Some people just saw me on here at school and decided they need to be on here too - - only not for any good reason. They're making accts as I speak. I'm sorry! I won't be on here at school again! I promise!

I found what I was looking for: a Sound Blaster Live! value. CT4780. Even has drivers for Win98SE! And also, I don't need the RAM anymore - - I don't trust 98SE with more than 1 GB, even though it is patched. 1 GB runs Lubuntu fine. I run 98SE for my old games and Windows applications. I use...

Same as title: I'm looking for some sort of PCI sound card and some ddr-400 ram, specifically in a 2 x 1 gb dimm set. My AXP has only 512 MB and its current onboard sound has died. I need this as cheap as possible.

Meanwhile, my AXP just needs more RAM and a discrete sound board (onboard one died) and it's golden. I might just decide to switch my little sister again. After posting in the for sale/trade section about the sound board, and 2 x 1 GB ddr-400 dimms if anyone has them.

I will say that I probably should've seen this coming, seeing as how it was sold right in that era of Dell computers being struck with bad caps. My board has a couple caps next to the processor corroded over, and one directly below it bulging. I should be thankful the board still boots. I'm...

Fine then. Nevermind.

If I can figure out how much shipping would be I might be able to piece together funds. From where you are to ~ mid-Michigan, how much do you think it'd be?

This makes me wish I had money to pay shipping. I could use that CPU as an upgrade over my T4300. That is, provided my CPU is actually in a socket.

Humorous afternote: I just looked at the mouse again and it's up to... wait for it... $35. Wow.

Lawd that's a cheap mobo. I thought for a relatively recent one you would be talking something like anywhere from $100 to $150 on the shallow end.

Never mind, found the answer to my question. Thought for some reason that CougTek's post above me was the only one... I need to either go to bed or start paying attention to my scrollbar.

Well, it is 6 TB... Still, at $800 for one unit isn't it more economical to buy 6 1 TB models and RAID them together? Provided you've got the room in the case, of course? What's so special about it being filled with helium, exactly? Are they noticeably faster or more reliable than their normal...

The whole "buying" thing is a bit of a problem. I'll be looking at getting a summer job, but I'm not holding my breath.

I am using a scratched-to-crap Dell SE198WFP 19". Max res is 1440x900. Of course, I mainly use the laptop, as it's more powerful than the rinky-dink old Pentium 4. It's display is at 1366x768. Good enough for what I do, but I don't like buying things that aren't future proof. Also, as I said...

Okay, following Chewy's advise, I will put a hypothetical price bracket on for size. Let's say I have about $450 to spend on a box. Would an A8 be a good choice? Would I have enough left over to put a half decent SSD in there so I don't die waiting for Windows or whatever else to boot? Also, for...

I don't mean the computers will fix themselves, I meant that they are being replaced with tablets! I am pretty good with a PC if I do say so myself, but put a clumsy touch interface on it and I'm a goner.

I originally mentioned this in my Windows 8 on early Pentium 4 topic but... How cheap do you think I could get an i3 based system for? I looked on Newegg... I'm actually leaning more toward an A8-5600K. Attractive price, considering my almost nonexistent budget. I don't currently have this...