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22% on average, I call that a huge lead for a similarly clocked processor. AMD will need more than just DDR2 to catch up. I doubt the new memory controller will boost them for more than perhaps 5%. The new Crossfire from ATI (RD580) is barely faster than the older RD480, so don't count on...

Manufacturer link. How does it compare to an Antec SLK30000B? I have no first hand experience with the Thermaltake chassis, but from the spec., it is lighter, so probably flimsier. The fan is supposed to be more quiet than the one that comes with the Antec. Anyone here has tried the Mambo?

With a picture included. :mrgrn:

It is hard to believe. How Intel could have concieved such an efficient processor after having developped utter P.O.S. like anythig on Netburst and the Itanium? AMD made such a convertion when they hired Dirk Meyer in the late nineties to develop the first Athlon core. Maybe Meyer has a...

That's Ford, period. The amount of safety screw up by this manufacturer over the last few years is disturbing. In French, we say F.O.R.D. is for : Ferraille (rusted iron) Ordure (garbage) Rebuts (rejects) Déchets (waste) _________ FORD! See Clocker, I can bash something else than G.M.! To...

Yeah, gray with brown patches on the elbows, like the very tasteful british suits. I hope I'll never have to wear a suit, but if I would, it would be either black or dark gray. Tip : Stretched white pants are no longer in fashion.

Tell him that for the amount of time it will take you to do the transfer, you'd have to charge below the minimum wage to do it at a reasonable price. I wouldn't bother. He better ask some student to do it. They'll be more willing than you are to waste their time doing this for peanuts.

I doubt these upcoming thermaltake PSUs will be as good as Seasonic's, but they have active PFC and hopefully their efficiency will be at least between 75%. That should add another quality product on the market. More choice is better. Thanks for the heads up.

I think you missed the ";-)" at the end of my previous post.

Well your three spices of life all consume exagerated fuel amounts and they all are very unefficient means of transportation. You can have "spice" and efficiency combined. Or at less reasonable efficiency. A Z06 Corvette consumes barely more than a regular mid-size sedan and I'm sure I could...

The moderators have disabled the image tag in your profile since you posted that bored dog picture in the other thread ;-)

A computer that needs a 700W PSU is excessive, unless it's a mainframe or such. SLI and Crossfire shouldn't exist.

I learned this evening that a young man I've known died in Australia on February 25th. News are scarse. He apparently drown. He was only 27 years old and he was visiting Australia and working from place to place to earn money to continue his trip. From what I can understand, he was near a...

It probably throttled back to something like 800MHz when the temperature of the core skyrocketed near 90C. I don't think this has damaged the processor in any way.

Samsung 173P+. Its price has dropped a lot recently. Not every Samsung display is recommendable. Most of their 17" models are 6bit panels so they can't show too many colors and sometimes some color banding is apparent. Be sure to visit Samsung's web site and read the specifications of the...

I would be curious to see a 0.1 d.c. car too. The most efficient conceivable car I've seen was the prototype with the shape of a box fish that had a d.c. of around 0.19 IIRC. It was quite roomy and perfectly ergonomical. But I doubt a 0.1 d.c. car could be practical. It would probably have...

The canayan web site cites 26/40mpg, which has to be wrong. Based on the metric figures (10.7L/100Km city, 7.0L/100Km highway), my calculator tells me that the real mileage should be 22mpg city and 33mpg highway. Also, the US web site says the 07 Camry has a 0.28 drag coefficient while it is...

Man, you're sick in the head. Go get some medication.

Don't tell me that Battlestar Galactica Season 2 ends after episode 10. Sacrament!

Hmmm... Wireless enterprise networks seem to use access points instead of broadband routers. I guess I was asking too much. Oh well... SMC seems to have a fine lineup for wireless stuff. Most of it supports WAP.

I'm just beginning my researchs on this topic, so help would be appreciated. I read a lot this evening about the various Wi-Fi security means. I knew WEP was crap and that WAP was better, but it had been a while since I touched that, so I needed a refresh. I've found this article among many...

I usually fix airflow problems with my enclosures by using my foot to create a large intake hole on the front panel. My CPU temps are very acceptable. For instance, after the foot operation, my 3GHz P4 is no more than 53C. That's with a Zalman 7700Al-Cu and inside a "modified" Sonata II...

The write speed depends on the size of the data chunks you're writing. The Corsair Flash Voyager doesn't cap at 9MB/s, but at 12-13MB/s. The read speed can reach 17-18MB/s. See this review and this other one. With its rubber outfit, the Flash Voyager is one of my favorite USB drive. It is...

I hate Steve Jobs and Apple's marketing department.

So we really are being screwed by the oil and motor companies with the vehicles they currently offer. Not that I didn't know...

50% male and I scored like a robot would. 2/20 for empathy, 18/20 for systemising. I missed a single 3D shape and I only wrote one word for each term. Apparently, I haven't received enough testosterone when I was conceived, but I'll behead the first s.o.b. who dares to make a comment about it.

Ok, let's say a small cookie box instead.

Same size as before, only more powerful. The 1.5GHz Single Core version sells for 600U$ while the 1.67GHz Core Duo goes for 800$. Both come with 512MB of 667MHz RAM by default and both use Intel's GMA950 integrated graphics. There's a DVI output. IMO, you pay a lot for the small size...

You're kidding right? 0 to 60 in 20 seconds will drive other drivers behind you mad at every red light because it means that you'll also make 0-40 more than twice as slow as other cars too.

Azalia is Intel's new integrated audio gear. It is suposed to be significantly better than typical AC97 audio. I think ATI's SB450 southbridge and ULi's 1575 southbridge also feature Azalia-compatible audio.

157MPG car. Only 20HP and 0-60mph in 20 seconds, with a 50HP variant doing the 0-60 in a much more tolerable 9 seconds. The 50HP version still features a very respectable 87MPG rating. The best thing about this car is the price : 13000$ for the 20HP and 17800$ for the 50HP.

I've been unable to access SF during the past few minutes, but then poof, it went back like if nothing happened. I even took the time to write Doug a message (which I now think I should have waited before). Anyone else experienced the same?

I know you Americans tend to be fat, but that's just getting ridiculous.

Wow. What kind of bandwidth is this? Must cost you a fortune.

I thought that it was cyclones for the Pacific and Typhoons for the Indian ocean, but thinking about it now, it could very well be the reverse.

Bucalan is indeed a little on the west side, but the land isn't very wide on your part of the island. Let's hope my cyclone theory won't happen.

The bottom will be when multiple cat5 cyclons will hit your island because of the global warming later this summer. I hope you live on the west side of the Philippines.

That's biodiesel, which is a lot easier to make and less polluting than ethanol (corn oil). What I would like to see in the future is more biodiesel-powered vehicles. Supposedly, biodiesel doesn't release much CO2 into the atmosphere, only the one caught by the plants while they growed. So...

I have my answer.

With the kind of income you have, I already knew she wouldn't do anything to you ;-)

ATI's X1?00 series offer enhanced video image quality with the most recent Catalyst driver. The older X?00 series doesn't have the hardware to support the new quality enhancement IIRC.

I've never seen any picture of Mercutio, Sol, JTR1962, CityK, Sechs, Mubs, Time, EBB, Gary and many others. Buck's pictures must have been quite old since he often complains about being overweighted, but he doesn't look like the standard american format (a .fat citizen) in the shots he posted...

41823! Now I can pass to something else in my life.

Not everyone caught the Windows disease.

And they are supposed to sell Vista at a significantly lower price than previous Windows OS, so my 20$ per copy isn't that far stretch.

Three trials and I achieved 54­. Previous were 49 and...3. Groltz will certainly do at least 200 on first attempt. :bow:

Waste of time. Sure to become one of Groltz's favorite.

Ahw, so you bwother com fwom Afwica? Nice to ahdd mowe cultwal divehsity.

One thing that just came to my mind : why don't they just bundle Winblows with motherboards? Since you can't have more than one copy of Winblows per motherboard, it would make sense. And M$ should make quite a lot of money from this move, even if they only charge something like 15$ or 20$...