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Check my math: 4.25 gigs in 55 seconds: 4250 divided by 55=77 mb/sec?

I'm trying to figure out why the player/burners are still stuck at 80 plus dollars....

I don't get that kind of speed copying from one SATA drive to another, in the same machine. One of the other considerations might be your energy bill. Anyone know what each drive runs, power wise, or, adding another computer on line? The HTPC software shows a 185 Watt draw, with the old...

Sorry my comment come out like that. I was talking about the current high failure rates in desktop drives, in particular Seagate, and in SATA. In a couple other threads, the discussions have focused on which of the current offering of large drives is likely to last, and, the Newegg customer...

Splash had a removable drive setup for SATA he recommended. Since SATA storage drives are so flaky, I figure a removable drive setup is the best. Fill it up, pull it, until you need it. I've been using Granite Digitals removable SATA drive setup, and, since the drives aren't up, aren't using...

What they should test them on is their Spanish. Sechs: This is NOT about parties. Sooner you get over that the better. We have a bunch of drunken sailors in our legislature, that spend money like there is no tomorrow, since, thanks to Silicon Valley, they got drunk on tax money they didn't...

This is REALLY huge, because endless 'old, out of date' systems will be given a new lease on life, slowing the rest of the industry, I think.

Thanks. I just ordered one. Would make life a LOT easier.

We need a new phrase: Mexican-carpetbaggers. These guys have it down. They come in in about October. Their kids miss maybe the first month. They work their tails off, doing whatever is avaliable, and, all live in one house. About November 15th, they go back to Mexico, and spend Thanksgiving...

David: Do you have a slightly lower rent solution?

Since we are in the pub, check Kali's ranking. 47th? Yep, it's amazing how bad we are, considering how liberal we are. To be real, with 49% of our student body being Mexican-Spanish, and having a different life style then the attorneys that write the laws and evaluation techniques, this is not...

16 dollars, plus 9.25% tax, on a 100 dollar item? Seems to me that it's pretty clear our new legislatures don't care about the little, poor people, now do they? Guess poor folks don't need computers, or should be paying 25% tax for that? What's bothering me is I teach kids that that 16...

Let's get this back on track. Is there a state, or company, that doesn't charge this 'waste tax'? Do you have anyone you deal with that you like? Anyone have a used monitor they want to sell, that they didn't have to pay the tax on, so they can move up to bigger and better? TV would work, as...

This argument is SO 20th century. Get over it. There is only one party: Just think Brave New World. They use war, the theory that we have a two party system, from focusing on the real issue: We have a bunch of rum runners who think they are royalty, and, are entitled to all that entails. We...

By reducing the resolution to DVD resolution, the problem went away, which I found strange. I thought the stuff was HDTV stuff, and, would be done at higher resolution, but, perhaps as with Davids' stuff, it was an issue of how it was copied causing the problem. Since changing resolutions to...

Whatever. It should fail under Privilges and Immunities Clause of the 14th amendment, since the tax seems to aim a higher percentage at the lower cost items. 100 dollar monitor gets the same 16 dollar tax as a 600 dollar monitor. Appears to move to 25 dollars at around 700, at least from...

They must be adding it at the end, because I just priced a few monitors there, and, it doesn't appear in the cart on the 'checkout' page, but, I haven't run one all the way through yet. Do you have a monitor that has the ease of use of the Samsung, for changing resolutions? I.E. just click on...

OK Went into Costco. Choices are Samsung 2233 @ 179. or Viewsonic 24" at 229. Big difference in cash, not so great difference in size. Figure what the heck, I look at the thing all the time, the extra 50 bucks might be worth it. Go to check out. Total is 267.26?"?>:-( That's almost a 16%...

I'm using a Wireless-G Linksys router WRT54GL to broadcast to my HTPC desktop, through a Linksys WMP54G. Once in awhile I use a laptop, using a WPC11, Version 4, Linksys wireless-B notebook adapter. Suggestions?

Hi Does anyone have an antenna that works to increase wireless connection quality, for a reasonable price? Using a Linksys card. Thanks GS

I just got done looking up the tests for the 4800, and, in real world stuff, it's about 10-20%, at least according to the reviews comparing it to the 3500...

pricewatch companies are just ripping people off on 939's, and, they are faster, but not that much... http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/Socket_939-20.htm

Fastest 939 I found was 225 dollars, Opteron 185, and that was a while ago. Results from people making the upgrade was it ran hot, and wasn't THAT much of an upgrade. IIRC, folks suggested they would have been better off moving to a newer MOBO/CPU combo.

I agree. It's also not worth buying another 2 gigs of ram, at least in my opinion. The ram for this machine, that would match, is 70 dollars, plus shipping. Don't think 2 gigs to 4 is worth it, and, awhile back I passed on a new processor, since the Opteron 185 was, IIRC, the fastest I might put...

What's the major difference between the i7 and the Q9650? Seems like the best bang for the buck, and the Q9550 not far behind... Doesn't Far Cry 2 have some really neat bench mark?

Didn't realize I was so memorialized.... Or, that I was doing that...

Anyone have a list of Ramdisk programs, and, which ones they use, and why? Thanks GS

16X TURNS Q4 into a slide show. 4x is fine, Ultra High. Couldn't do that with the ATI 850 XT.

Yes, Apple is a joke...

This was from the Nvidia software, system information. I've been wondering if this really makes any difference in my old gaming programs, and or DVD playing?

Stream Processors 64 Core clock 650 MHZ Memory Clock: 400 mhz (800 mhz data rate) Memory interface: 256 bit Memory: 2048 MB Looks like Pradeep is the winner: However, there is no DDR2 800 running at 1600MHz, only 400MHz running at 800 MHz. I will say only one bad comment, and, overall, a lot...

How and on which box, or card?

for got to mention that to build the current machine was not even possible with mac stuff at the time. Cost wise, even if it was capable, it was about 4x more for the stuff you could get for the mac. Supermicro or Apple? Now that's a real hard one...

As for law school, copyright is not a standard subject.

What's wrong with the 9600 GT for mild gaming, and, HTPC???

You have to remember, I went through this. Yes, fans on server stuff ARE incredibly loud. I had to replace the fan in the SCSI supermirco box, and, put Swiftech sinks, with Vantec Stealth fans to get it to be liveable. Still, I have been delighted with the Supermicro dual X5DA8, and the dual...

I've just been looking at the Quad coreXeon 3300 series of processors. http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=XEON3360BX&c=pw What's wrong with them, and, how do they compare to the i7?

Catch 22 is only the older stuff is avaliable on DVD, and, I've got most of that, legally.

Pradeep: Here is the conclusion to that article: "Where the situation gets tougher is when you look at the $245 Phenom II 955 vs. Intel's $284 Core i7-920. The i7 route costs you another ~$40 on the CPU and another $10 - $70 on the motherboard depending on what AM3 board you get for the 955. For...

Pradeep: Here is the conclusion to that article: "Where the situation gets tougher is when you look at the $245 Phenom II 955 vs. Intel's $284 Core i7-920. The i7 route costs you another ~$40 on the CPU and another $10 - $70 on the motherboard depending on what AM3 board you get for the 955. For...

Sam, could you elaborate? I recently got a couple notes, with a bunch of legal bull, written by my Astound provider. When asked for Universals email, or address, they gave me a account that doesn't work, and no address. Appears they are trying to scare people out of using torrents. I'm exempt...

Thanks. Looks like I need a new TV, or just be happy with the current output, that is very clear...

Composite red white and yellow. The ATI adapters are red green blue. Don't know what kind of video cable to use with the ATI adapter, either.

"What software are you using, and what's the OS?" XP Pro: Media Player Classic, PowerDVD 5.0, Nero Showtime 2. Testing at 720 x 480, and, so far, Media Player Classic is not skipping or loosing sync.

"Today, the most advanced implementation of the audio-over-HDMI feature is available with ATI Radeon HD 4800/4600/4500 series cards. The integrated audio core from Realtek can output 7.1 audio (192kHz/24bits per sample) with a bit rate of 6.144Mbps in AC3, DTS, Dolby True HD, DTS HD and LPCM...

How do you like it? Can you get the sound to work, using Ubuntu?

YAWN. Guys: I wanted a card with a LOT of VRAM, and, this one has 2 gigs. Yes, it's a 9600GT, and, no, it won't do SLI, I dont think. Not enough room on the motherboard for two cards. The slots are too close together. However, it does exactly what I want it to do: plays DVD's VERY well off the...

I've always liked duals, at least. STILL don't find twin 2.8 ghz Xeons anywhere near slow. However, having a nearly 9 year old machine... On the otherhand, when SSD's finally get down far enough in price, dragging SCSI with them, that old dual machine might just get a new lease on life. Now...

One other rather strange item. The Panasonic 32" TV is running fine at 1024X768???? Sure the type is fuzzy, but the picture is excellent, I think better then the DVD player. Also, for large hands, the Death Adder from Razer seems to do the trick, and doesn't have too many buttons, or, too high...