Other - Hardware - August 2006

I'm replacing a ATI Radeon X600 Graphics Card and don't want (read can't afford) to go top of the line X1900/FX7800 cards. I mostly play FPS (Half Life 2 & EP1, Doom 3, Quake 4, Far Cry Prey and when they’re available Stalker, Crysis & UT2007) but also render video from my DV camcorder. I'm thinking along the lines of a X1600 or FX7300/FX7600 preferably with 512Mb Ram. Certain benchmarks and reviews suggest that the X1600 sucks and doesn't run any better than the X800/X850 (which is another possible choice).One more thing - what’s with all this GT & PRO crap that they add after the card's description. Is it just there to confuse or does it mean one is better than the other (well like, duh!) but how and by how much?

2006-08-02 10:26:31 · 5 answers · asked by Cal 2

2006-08-02 10:11:29 · 6 answers · asked by bebaker82 1

ONE IS ATAPI52XCDROOM OTHER IS DVDROOM 1PLEASE SOME GIVE A TIPS I HAVE TO UPGRADE MY COMPUTER BEFORE I HAVE WINDOS ME NOW XP I LOST THE DRIVER O WHAT AREN/T NOW WHAT TO DO THANK YOU

2006-08-02 07:58:28 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-08-02 07:41:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

now when i go to device manager there are yellow exlamination marks on things. ( Multimedia audio controller, PCI simple communications controller and video controller (vga compatible)) ok so when i click to reinstall the drivers it says drivers not installed because the wizard cannot find the necessary software.

WHAT IS WRONG? what do i need to do?

2006-08-02 07:05:54 · 4 answers · asked by kimberly 2

2006-08-02 07:01:47 · 7 answers · asked by fluff_ball 2

I just found out that's why my computer keeps restarting... what is the best (and cheapest) way to get rid of it? Any suggestions on software that would work best to stop this?

2006-08-02 06:23:10 · 6 answers · asked by KooHara 2

i have xp pro on my comp i have c:drive with ntfs part and the another d,e,f with fat 32 i wana make c:drive fat32 how can i ...
and tell me how to format xp c:drive
my pc config is ..
atx radion processer
512 ram
180 gb hdd
os xp proff

2006-08-02 06:14:51 · 9 answers · asked by nrpatel25 1

2006-08-02 06:11:49 · 6 answers · asked by Ajaymi2 S 1

It would be a replacement for the one that came with the Actiontec DSL from qwest. Right now we have to make sure it is plugging in completely horizontally or we lose the internet. Thanks.

2006-08-02 06:11:01 · 8 answers · asked by Kerril G 1

When you start up my computer (before you get to the welcome screen) it tells you Hardware monitor found an error enter power setup menu for details. F1 to continue F2 to enter menu. Well, I've went into the menu but dont know what to do to fix the problem. And if you just ignore that it said that and go on bout your business evetually the tower shuts off, the moitor will stay on, along with the speakers, and printer. But the tower shuts off and you cannt push the button to turn the power back on. You have to unplug the tower for a minute, and then the push the button to turn power back on. Please any assist would be great.

2006-08-02 05:24:34 · 5 answers · asked by meems 1

2006-08-02 04:53:51 · 6 answers · asked by neilgf 1

I'm at my uncle's house now, and the speakers on his computer won't work. He doesn't care, but for whatever reason, I do. I've tried a few things, but I'm really at a loss on what to do. I suppose there's the possibility that they're just shot, but they're coming on and you get static from them, just nothing else. Even if the speakers were busted, you'd get a little sound.

2006-08-02 04:52:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Sometimes the screen goes all blue and there's a lot of text that is white... the blue screen flashes too quickly to read much, but I have noticed something with the USB driver? I looked at my device manager and here's what it looks like (i'm not sure if it's supposed to look like this or what?):

Universal Serial Bus controllers
-NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
-NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller
-Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
-Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
-Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
-USB Composite Device
-USB Root Hub
-USB Root Hub
-USB Root Hub
-USB Root Hub
-USB Root Hub

2006-08-02 04:50:06 · 11 answers · asked by KooHara 2

Some one told me that 256 RAM space is required only for windows XP.Should i opt for another 256 space,please suggest it.

2006-08-02 02:41:50 · 8 answers · asked by rock star 2

2006-08-02 02:41:30 · 3 answers · asked by Nina A 1

2006-08-02 02:19:27 · 3 answers · asked by Nina A 1

It is my project need to finish by the 20th.

2006-08-02 02:06:19 · 6 answers · asked by Nina A 1

I am from Colombo, Sri Lanka.. I am looking for Geforce VGA with 256 MB PCI express.. can any one tell me how much will it be in Rs. and where can i buy it?

2006-08-01 20:47:28 · 3 answers · asked by Lawrence V 1

efectively so they don't spike?

2006-08-01 20:37:50 · 7 answers · asked by asdfgh 2

2006-08-01 20:30:40 · 5 answers · asked by rrahim23 1

Every time the light on my CD/DVD writer drive lights up, any audio playing on my computer cuts out for a moment. This makes playing an audio CD in the computer impossible to tolerate.

The drive is also running very slow when copying data to the computer from a disk or when writing one - it takes little rhythmic "breaks" from whatever it's doing about one second long about every second while operating operating. This makes any task take twice as long as it usually would, and it also makes the rest of the computer run slowly.

Is this a software problem, a hardware problem, or is it caused by another part of my computer, like the power unit?

2006-08-01 18:47:10 · 5 answers · asked by Philip 2

2006-08-01 18:42:02 · 2 answers · asked by anita b 1

2006-08-01 16:29:01 · 7 answers · asked by tigerbaby99 3

I hav a p4 and GeForce 6600GT i also hav 1GB RAM.

2006-08-01 16:17:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Masking the fax number ie. send a fax to a local number but the local fax machine you sent it to thinks it came from europe or something ie. a european number is displayed on the fax at the recepients end !

2006-08-01 15:14:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

i tried taking the ball out and puttin it back in but it doesnt work.



HELP!


how can i fix it?

2006-08-01 15:12:39 · 5 answers · asked by samantha h 2

Could anyone tell me any sites or give me any tips on how to create a gaming pc? Plus I would like to know where a teen can work(i'm 16) in order to get enough money.

2006-08-01 14:30:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm at work and I took the keys off the keyboard and cleaned up the filth under the keys with some cleaner and now it doesn't work. POST is reflecting keyboard failure. Anyone know what can be done?

2006-08-01 12:27:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I currently have 2 phone lines. Before I got DSL, my computer and fax shared a line, and the second line was for my phones. Now that DSL is on the same line as my phones, is there a way to switch the fax on and off and use the same line, thereby allowing me to eliminate the cost of the second phone line?

2006-08-01 11:32:44 · 4 answers · asked by Linda R 1