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What you have is a "Fixed mode" monitor. Modern monitors (Multi-mode or MultiSync) allow for multiple horizontal and vertical frequencies: That's why you can change from 640x480 to 1024x768 ... A fixed mode monitor only operates at specific horizontal and vertical frequencys. To operate a...

I would say that about 170KB/S would be my normal DL speed. I have actually tested the BW and I get close enough to not complain. However, it is highly variable. I've had upto 800+KB/s but not with a single connection, but rather using a DL accelerator or a P2P program. In general, I...

Well, that did improve it: Before 22.5 now 63.4KB/s

I've actually had quite good luck finding memory errors using Memtest86+. My experiance is 1-2 passes but occasionally overnight is needed.

I'm getting 22.5 KB/s on a 8 Mbps Comcast connection. Just as a side note. I had to restart it three times because twice it immediately finished at around 200k.

It's been many years since my door has been knocked on, and that is a good thing because my immediate reaction is to torcher those poor souls that which to attempt to convert me. In the past, I typically start out asking why does the christian god need to lie in the "Word of God" (The bible)...

The way my mind works, constant editing that never quits is necessary. If I really need something to look right, I simply compose it in Word and then when all the spelling and gramer is correct, I simply cut/paste it into the forum's reply box.

After spending a day, going the rounds from store to store, I am choosing the Sony. The local fry's has it for $1,699 and the cheapest I could find it anywhere else was $2,399. I just can't beat the price. Now Fry's is about 40 miles away and that's a pain, but I went to several local stores...

I suspect that it won't matter. The point in blocking off the surplus holes is to prevent an air-flow short-circuit and that shows up as poor cooling. With just one upper fan running, you won't get poor cooling, so there probably no short circuit occuring, so there is no point in blocking the...

By the way, the new updated Beta client, now supports X1600, x1800, and the x1900 series cards: including the sub-series like the AIW, or the 1650/1950's. Now people don't have to fudge the .inf files to make their lower-end cards to fold.

Really, the big problem with GPU folding is the Lag that sometimes occurs with 256 MB cards. If I was using the machines on a steady basis, I'd probably only run the GPU folding when I wasn't on the machine and run the CPU client, while I was using the machine.

First, you can probably turn off one of the two top 120mm fan's: I find one is just fine; Nex, may I suggest that next time you buy a video card try HIS: Their cards are very quiet compared to other brands that I've delt with. Unfortuantely, they do cost more ...

Good article: It explains alot about shale oil. One of the things that caught my eye was that it says the amount of shale-oil equivilents is aprox equal to 1/2 the known crude reserves: So much for hundres of years because if the known crude reserves is only 20 years worth, then we've only...

very Unlikely -- 4x/8x is the ticket. Unfortunately, the 2x AGP standard has really been totally abandoned by virtually everyone because it is incompatible with the 4x/8x cards.

Again, I will definately surrender that point, and yes it is a strong one. As a nation, we are following an energy path of destruction by being dependant upon oil. If one looks at the independant forecasts concerning crude oil supply and demand, $3.00 a gallon is gonna be outright cheap in a...

I will give you those points. Unfortunately, all forms of power generation (including nuclear) have their unwanted byproducts and environmental flaws. Those will not be counted as emissions caused by the car's electricity usage. So it is still simply passing the emissions buck. It may be...

When dealing with a plug-in hybrid, One that uses an electricity outlet rather than the gas engine to recharge, aren't you just fooling with the energy statistics and envirornmental statistics. Sure you may be getting 70MPG, but that isn't counting the cost of the electricity gained from the...

Don't worry about that: folding is really optional. I wouldn't be buying a new card anyway, untill the new RD600 come out late January. These should be directly competing with Nvidia's new 8800 series. From history, when a new series comes out, I rather expect a 100% increase in graphics...

According to an ATI product manager -- There is no risk of that. The GPU's are designed to deal with 90 degrees C and the fan's are designed for continious opperation (at least for the cards made by ATI). However, one does have to take it with at least a grain of salt: When will an ATI...

Is it my immagination or are Clocker and I the only ones using the GPU client on our team? He's the only one that appears to be getting 330 point WU's that are currently characteristic of the GPU WU's.

My observations on showrooms, is that, at least in my area, the TV's are not shown at their best. Most are simply not shown at high-Def but rather, SD or using a DVD. The only exception is Samsung and that's because That specific manufacturer is supplying the showrooms with dedicated HD source...

Lets see, First, I already subscribe to Comcast and am perfectly willing to rent their HDTV box... From the research that I did, the KDS-60A2000 has excellent reviews, is one of the few LCoS displays, and signifigently cheaper than the JVC HD-ILA sets. I have to admit Merc's correct that...

My interpretation of your logic: Drag queens are generally not girls. Computer nerds are generally not girls. Therefore computer nerds are generally drag queens. My conclusion is you need to take a logic class: Quickly, before more such logic errors occur.

Time to get a new TV: Old one is having problems and not worth fixing. So, obviously HDTV and one that will display 1080p is preferable. I have a daytime sun, so projector is not appropiate and anti-glare is important. The maximum case width is 67"; The current viewing distance is 96", but...

In Portland, Or they already have an organization such as that: Free Geek

You've probably solved your problem simply by changing the channel and thus shouldn't have to deal with antenna's till more difficulties show up. My history with such is that most people will not even go to the effort of diagnosing problems and then changing their channel from the factory...

Yes, 100Mb only results in aprox 10MB/s usable speed on a switched network. Since modern drives are commonly able to sustain 20-30MB/s, you can do the math and see why 100Mb Ethernet isn't acceptable. If you are gonna do NAS, 1000Mb Ethernet is much better than 100Mb Ethernet because even...

Thanks, when I next see the client, I'll try it out.

Try folding, that'll test its stability better than anything I know.

So much for portability ...

I'm doing my transplant right now: MB, Processor, and case. This server was the last of my XP2500+ machines. I had bought the MB and processor and started that transplant with all the others a couple of moths ago, but the CPU was bad. Yesterday, I finally got the replacement CPU and today, I...

Being in the middle of the details, I didn't look at it that way, but looking back, yes that is really what it means. Further, there is a certain amount of Microsoft logic in it all: They really don't care about anyone else but themselves...

Yes, that is what I was refering to (not the access pak).

Sorry about the above post. I have a headache and my native negativity is showing through.

People can be intelligent and not be computer savey. The masses, regardless, deserve respect. You, I, and my client, and even the intelligent, are all in the same boat: We are being screwed by pollititians world wide. While you may be able to avoid individual instances like DRM, you can't...

I use the M$ Access Pack ($299 US/year) to keep up with the new stuff. It includes most of the server software offered by M$ and 10 client licenses to each. It's enough to fully populate all my lab's computers with different OS's. I've noticed that for the last couple of years the amount...

First, I'm not going to question his ethics but he has no access to the original CD's so using another program to re-rip the songs and using a different player is not really an option. And Yes, that really is the best choice. I suspect that turning off DRM within WMP won't work, though I...

These are not Codec's, what Media player is doing is DL'ing DRM licenses.

Just because I can, I'll ask a dumb question, that was asked of me by a customer and I didn't know. I gave a work-around and the customer is happy, but I'm not. The person uses M$ mediaplayer to listen to listen to music that typically he has gotten from ripping CD's. As a security measure...

Same price? or did they price match their own web-site?

The price is just too good, I ordered one too. I'm simply going to swap-out the contents of a very noisy server case.

I've got a bunch of Barton 2500+'s. PM me, if you want one.

Good deal

Nope, When I've returned Nvidia, it has always been to a retailer; distributor; or it was left with the customer to deal with. I did recently returned, to ATI, a AIW 9600 pro and got a AIW 9600XT (a modest upgrade) back to my surprise and it looked brand new (The fan cover was nice and...

I really haven't seen that ATI cards or software are any worse then Nvidia. All have problems to some degree or another. Over time, On both brands, the biggest issue I've noticed are fans that fail and when they do, the card is inevitably toast. Now one thing I've noticed, very recently...

Install a monitor driver. I'm currently running 1920x1200 on a 6100, so there is no reason you can't run 1600x1200.

You are both quoting from your own personal knowledge of a personal printer. Again, for low-volume applications then there are injets that survive and thrive. As soon as you get into business level usage survivable inkjets don't seem to exist. I really don't care if they have large paper...

As a irrelevant side note. If you really want to see printers that last look into the high-volume impact printers. From a technicians viewpoint they are beautiful in how well they are built to last. And then there is the technicians horror story about a high volume impact printer under a...

I'm sorry, but when I give a recomendation for a printer to a business, I really try to stear them away from inkjets unless they really need low volume high quality color output. I try to be very upfront with them and basicly tell them to be expecting to replace the printer on a regular basis...

While occasionally, there are a series of good WU's that can produce very good results your assumption is generally wrong. Newer machines produce far more points than older machines ever did. The WU points are assigned via a reference machine (2.8 GHz P4 w/o SSE == 100PPD). As better, more...