Other - Hardware - May 2007

I'm thinking of buy a 8600GT with my new system just want to know whether you think its worth it.
I want a video card that can play the games out at the moment and I thought that the was quite good considering I'm getting it for $ 285 NZ.
I dont really want to spend much more that that and I was hoping to get a card that supported DirectX 10.

So if anyone could help it would be great.

2007-05-06 21:50:27 · 1 answers · asked by Shakey_101 2

I work on graphic softwares most of the time (Adobe & 3D)

2007-05-06 21:12:57 · 4 answers · asked by Jay P 1

2007-05-06 17:55:59 · 7 answers · asked by Khoka 3

My old computer is not working now. It's 32bit AMD athlon.
So i need to buy a new one.
Before that.. i need to know difference between dual core and HT Processors....
What is the most suitable one to use in my home pc?
Please help me.
Thnx!

2007-05-06 17:53:41 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like to hook a set of funs to my pc, I've bought 2 at Fry's Electronic but these are noisy. My pc is a Dell 4700 series and I'd also like to replace the cpu fun.
My question is: Are there any real quiet funs you can hook to any Pc to cool it off?
I;d be happy to hear any comment
Thank you.
Joshua Castillo

2007-05-06 17:24:14 · 2 answers · asked by Josue C 1

2007-05-06 16:17:31 · 11 answers · asked by djchrishim 2

I heard somthing bout video camera connection but I use a firewirer port for it,

2007-05-06 15:26:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I purchased a used tower on ebay, and I am wondering if the processors are 64 bit.

CPU Dual (2) Intel Xeon 3.20GHz / 2MB L2 cache, 800Mhz FSB
Memory 2GB PC2-4200 REG ECC DDR
Motherboard: Supermicro X6DVL-EG2

I know the mb is 64bit capable, but how do i know if processors are.

currently no OS installed.

thx,

2007-05-06 15:14:22 · 5 answers · asked by Michael K 1

I can't Get my DVD drive or Cd Drive to work. I accidentally deleted them and emptied them in recycle bin. How do i recover them?

2007-05-06 14:59:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

MOST of the time...all is well with my desktop PC.
HOWEVER...
Occasionally (since I added a Western Digital 250GB External Harddrive to my system), it changes the boot area in my BIOS settings, making the external drive the first (primary) drive listed in the BOOT/HARD DISK DRIVES/1ST DRIVE area of my BIOS settings.
Needless to say, I just make changes to my BIOS so that my internal hard drive is my primary drive, I exit and SAVE my BIOS settings, and I load up fine into Windows XP.
Most of the time, each subsequent start-up of the machine works just fine. But every now and then, the aforementioned BIOS settings wind up being changed again.
An interesting note is that the BOOT/HARD DISK DRIVES selection doesn't even APPEAR in BIOS when all is working well.
The external drive is one that "starts up automatically" when the PC is powered on.
Can anyone tell me why my BIOS settings are getting changed, even though I set them and SAVE the settings?
Thanks for any help you can provide.

2007-05-06 14:55:23 · 1 answers · asked by KOKOMOJO 6

I have a far bit of knowlage bout computer hardware, but am not sure bout this.

2007-05-06 14:44:16 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an MSI K7N2G. Will I be able to use the ChainTech GeForce 6200 with it?

2007-05-06 14:42:28 · 1 answers · asked by offroadn_redneck 2

I know the geForce is for graphix, is the nForce the same thing?

2007-05-06 14:40:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I go under my computer, and my CD burner doesn't show up any more.

I want to burn a CD, and I insert my disk, and nothing happens.
Why?

2007-05-06 13:49:18 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

they are really hard to find in stores, i heard they are good though. are they just not popular or is there something wrong with them?

2007-05-06 13:23:36 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

My Computer Has Blue Screens And Restarts Sometimes After That My Computer Is Very Slow

2007-05-06 13:18:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have an old house with very few outlets, and with my computer, monitor, printer, phone, answering machine, tv, and DVD player, I have to use power strips. I currently (no pun intended) have one plugged into another and the second plugged into the wall. Can I add one more or will I overload the outlet?

2007-05-06 12:50:34 · 11 answers · asked by Alice K 7

2007-05-06 12:32:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-05-06 12:20:11 · 2 answers · asked by offroadn_redneck 2

When it comes to the hardware, I am not quite the brightest. I wanted to know how you could increase your Bus size (?) to let your processor use all of it's power. I asked another question like this about a game and still no answer. But I have 3.2 GHz of processor it says, and I want to know how to let it actually use all of it to play a game. Thanks to the technical answers when they come in =P

2007-05-06 11:59:12 · 1 answers · asked by Valtenez 2

Would 4 GB of Ram be a noticeable differance over 2 GB for gaming?

2007-05-06 11:30:01 · 4 answers · asked by Greg H 1

I have a sandisk 2GB and 1 GB and I usually put pictures on them for projects. However, It seems that after I a certain amount of files on the drives and try to save more it says that file can't be copied because disk space is full. I check the capacity of my drives and they are no way near full. I don't know why it does that. Can someone help? Thanks :)

2007-05-06 10:52:45 · 3 answers · asked by koolgirl242003 1

i lost my driver download... i tryed the mutes... i cannot find it the problem... i do not get it! heres this from dxdiag
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Sound Devices
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Description: SoundMAX Digital Audio
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_12BC103C&REV_02
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: smwdm.sys
Driver Version: 5.12.0001.3620 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 5/27/2003 13:05:42, 578304 bytes
Other Files:
Driver Provider: Analog Devices
HW Accel Level: Full
Cap Flags: 0xB5B
Min/Max Sample Rate: 8000, 48000
Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0
Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0
HW Memory: 0
Voice Management: No
EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No
I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No
Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Registry: OK
Sound Test Result: The tests were cancelled before completing.

2007-05-06 10:25:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

Like normal audio cd's, MP3 disks, data files, ect...? Or ONLY DVDs? This is mostly to clear up a debate.

2007-05-06 09:31:08 · 2 answers · asked by Dani 5

I am looking at this abit Mother board. Its RAM slots says it works with 800mhz. The RAM that I would like to buy for it works at 667mhz, would it be safe and ok if I did install this RAM with this Mother board?

P.S. The RAM is DDR2 so is the M.B.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2244194&CatId=2320

2007-05-06 09:29:52 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

Hello

It is summer and the temperature is high over here (Cyprus). HDDlife show that my hard disk has high temperature 45 Celcius. Should I get a hard disk cooler/fan and which one would you advice. I don't want to get anything with water cooling system. Also are there some ways to cool the PC more. I have a Zalman CPU cooler and the case is open. Any advice.

Thank you

2007-05-06 09:19:38 · 2 answers · asked by DeepSev 3

i went to a walgreens last week sometime, and as i was walking out the front door i found a green, kingston 2 gb usb disk. it has historical files and copies on it. from 1830s.

it just has a lot of info that someone probably spent a lot of time getting, and i dont want to just delete it.

contact me here.. or email me

2007-05-06 09:03:43 · 6 answers · asked by anieoli136 1

ive done a system recovery because my pc wouldnt let me do a system restore i need to know what do do if this eva happens again

2007-05-06 03:58:37 · 9 answers · asked by Christine D 1

I am considering upgrading my graphics card to one that requires 300 watts of power. My power supply on my computer has an output of 305 watts. I haven't taken into account that I would only have 5 extra watts for everything else in my computer. Is that enough power?

2007-05-06 03:51:41 · 3 answers · asked by cjh6793 3

I want to but two sticks of 1 GB RAM, working at at least 677 Mhz. What else, apart from that frequency, and price of course, should I take into consideration while buying them?

2007-05-06 03:38:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous