Other - Hardware - November 2007

So I'm buying a new computer based on some advice I got here on Yahoo Answers (yay!) and figured I'd buy a machine with hardware power that's up to par with present computing, and then some.

So, with 2 gigs of ram and 2.6 Ghz of processing power, I was feeling pretty good about playing some of these cool news games! Until, that is, I started looking at system reqs and recc's....

THESE ARE UNBELIEVABLE!!! Are games really this demanding?!! Or are the manufacturers simply overstating to cover their butts?

... Is there anything I can do that might help?

2007-11-19 04:01:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently read that the computer gaming industry is running at 30 or 40% of what they could really be. What would change this? What needs to be done to increase this percentage?

2007-11-19 02:17:53 · 2 answers · asked by Henry R 2

My old vga card has some problem so i change a new 1.

mainboard = gigabyte 7VT600P-RZ
old vga card = MSI GF 5200
new vga card = ASUS A9550GE

Nothing shows up on screen when i boot up. the pc reboot by itself. is the new vga card not supported? pls help. thank you.

2007-11-18 23:08:49 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

In my pc i have 2 operating systems , and by default it starts linux fedora in stead of windows xp. can i change this default setting linux to windows xp( until i press F2 and select linux), so that my computer boot at windows.

2007-11-18 22:33:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Specific in:
MC 68000 series
MC 68001 series
MC 68002 series
MC 68003 series
MC 68005 series
MC 68009 series
MC 146805 series
MC 68000 series

2007-11-18 21:57:34 · 1 answers · asked by Janiper 1

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11236036&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eCat=BC|84|56671|74658&N=4018595&Mo=8&pos=5&No=6&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&cat=74658&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDesc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC10600-Cat56671&topnav=

2007-11-18 21:48:30 · 7 answers · asked by Axis Flip 3

I have a PC with 256mb RAM which I am pulling out and replacing with 1gB (2 x 512 cards). The machine has 4 slots ie 2 pairs of 2 slots. Does it matter which slots the new RAM goes in?

2007-11-18 20:04:30 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well when ever i am running a large program or it is very hot whether my computer just turns itself off. Me and my friend think my fan just needs to be replaced because we think it isn't cooling down my computer but i checked the back of it and my fan is spinning. I don't really want a computer technician to check it out because they are way too expensive.. so if anyone can help me that would be great.

2007-11-18 18:23:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-11-18 17:02:54 · 5 answers · asked by Wise@ss 4

I noticed my folks computer was kinda slow today, I put 2g of ram into it (2.5 total now), and fixed a speaker problem. I built the computer myself in high school and it's a real good one. The graphix card has been acting up all day, even after I reinstalled the driver it has glitches and is very slow and kicks me out of programs with the following message:

VPU Recover has reset you graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands.

The card is a 9800 pro.

Is there anything else I can do to fix this?
If not what card should I buy? (I play games every now and then but would probably play more if they ran smothe and looked amazing)

2007-11-18 16:26:42 · 4 answers · asked by Nate 6

I know that using the alt key and the calculator numbers you can type special characters. But the problem is that I am using a laptop and I don't have an idea of how to do it.

2007-11-18 13:18:47 · 5 answers · asked by ƪɞ Taran ƪɞ 1

ASUS Striker Extreme specs say the memory standard is 800 (pc2-6400)

Does this mean my OCZ Reaper memory 1066 (PC2-8500)won't be supported on this board?

2007-11-18 12:57:47 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

is there someway i can check what type of RAM chip i have without having to open it up? If so please tell me how

2007-11-18 11:49:56 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

for about a month my keyboard isnt working propery. When i'm tapping the keys some of them dont work and i have to keep going back and correcting it all. I've cleaned it all out and it's still the same. when i'm typing letters are always missing, it's taking me ages to write emails! Any advice would be much appreciated. the key board is 13months old.

2007-11-18 11:13:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

without getting damaged

2007-11-18 09:47:02 · 10 answers · asked by seafish 1

Hello. I just ordered the awesome 8800GT OC card.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8594381&st=8800gt&lp=1&type=product&cp=1&id=1190678470708

Now I just need a PSU that will work with it. I heard you need +12V rails with over 20AMPS or something.

None of that makes any sense. Does anyone have a link to a relieable PSU that is reasonably cheap? I would prefer to buy from newegg.com but tigerdirect.com is good too.

thanks! Is there anything else I should know about? my computer is a HP a1230n too. I hope the card will fit in it...

2007-11-18 09:11:53 · 1 answers · asked by silvergoldo3 1

How much to buy a computer?

2007-11-18 01:02:56 · 1 answers · asked by YSG 2

the pen really works and all but it's always in "right-click" mode. so whenever i drag it across the desktop this square thing appears every time. and i can't even double click an icon neither drag it across the screen.
And whenever I use photoshop or any paint programs it writes automatically without the tip touching the tablet
does anyone know the solution to this problem? >__< please and thank you! :)

2007-11-17 19:24:50 · 1 answers · asked by cherry_kura 2

i have xp home edition service pack 2, i can't get any usb storage to work i.e my camera my mp3 player ..etc
i have a vivitar 5188 camera which doesn't come with a driver. it does work with any other computers but not mine. how can i get my usb to work normal? it seems that some of the windows files are missing! please help.
p.s other devices connected via usb are working perfectly its just mp3 players, usb sticks and storage devices. thanks in advance !

2007-11-17 17:37:30 · 3 answers · asked by white hawk 2

When i turn on my computer it does not send a feed to my moniter and it wont read on give power to my mouse or keyboard and wount output anything. What is it and what should i do?

2007-11-17 17:18:07 · 3 answers · asked by ? 1

Hi all, i hope the question is clear enough. The main thing is that i dont want the children to use microphone feature for voip or msn or yahoo messenger. But at the same time i have no objection for watching movies and listen songs. Also i dont want to make separate accounts for this purpose. I am using windows XP, IE7.
So is there any perfect way of doin such stuff...
Thanks in advance

2007-11-17 17:06:52 · 2 answers · asked by saka 1

yea i hav a compac computer and its about 10 years old but its worked good then this summer i updated it from windows 98 to ME which was good then tonite i insatlled my dvd/cd burner and now it says operating system not found press any key to try again help me plz.

2007-11-17 16:25:13 · 4 answers · asked by gibby2434 1

2007-11-17 15:33:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

When I was plug my pen drive in my computer.Then It was found hardware but when click on removele drive icon then said "Insert a disk in to drive F"

2007-11-17 12:27:15 · 3 answers · asked by Jewel 1

today i turned on my computer and it ran really slow it took 5 mins to load and took a really long time to get anywhere can anyone tell me what is wrong with my computer

2007-11-17 12:26:03 · 8 answers · asked by Suezanne C 1

How does the motherboard connect to other parts of the computer? How does the motherboard or computer relate to a person? what does input and output do?

2007-11-17 07:19:30 · 3 answers · asked by fahim.nawaz 3

what i want to do is do a big wipeout of the entire hd, i made a hp recovery disk yesterday... but anyways i backed up all my important stuff like: music,pictures...etc w/ norton ghost and it backed up all of the stuff to a folder... but once i format my hd, those files that were backed up w/ norton ghost will be erased won't it be? if so, is there any way that i can backup the files somewhere... i have about almost close to 5 GB of files and the upload would take forever, and also i tried partioning with many things, first i tried computer management>disk management then tried it there, but it didn't show an option to add a new partion and i tried partionmagic, and i dont have a dvd burner to burn em to i only have a dvd player.

2007-11-17 03:39:45 · 5 answers · asked by Jake 5

2007-11-17 03:13:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I only have a 300W power supply and I want to run this card: http://www.amazon.com/BFG-GeForce-7800-GDDR3-Graphics/dp/B000EH5A5Y

What would happen? The card calls for 400W.

2007-11-17 03:07:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to play splinter cell double agent and it requires a 3.0 ghz processor. I currently have 2.13 ghz. I have a 256 video card and 1gb of RAM. I was wondering if I can play SCDA with only a 2.13ghz.

2007-11-16 23:41:03 · 5 answers · asked by drsdlln 1