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On [Other Components] Monitor upgrade: Bigger or more what should it be?     Cafuddled 6 445 Cafuddled
06-30-2006 at 03:32 PM
On [CPUs] AMD & ATi are now one, but what does this mean?     Cafuddled 3 593 Ycon
07-28-2006 at 12:52 PM
On [Other Components] The finest lcd monitor today
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Asus TFT's… next we will be having motherboards made by Thermaltake and CPU’s made by Creative. Theres a good Viewsonic 22” 16:10 TFT on [...]
    1ghzdude 35 4682 TunaSoda
12-18-2006 at 02:21 PM
On [Other Components] GRAAH! I'm so pissed off I could kill people! Need a new...
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That’s a big price to pay for a customizable keyboard… Does anyone actually look at there keys when playing a game, cost I don’t :?
    RTsa 22 1973 Highspeedf​reak
11-25-2006 at 09:14 PM
On [Other Components] which is better PC turned on 24/7 or shutting it down daily?
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Yup the only thing you will notice is a bigger power bill, PC components are designed to power up and power down. You can get unlucky though [...]
    Nocutius 24 1965 BadDog1
12-03-2006 at 03:38 PM
On [Other Components] vsync and frame rate question
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This problem is nothing to do with Vsynk it is only a simple problem to do with you not setting refresh override in your drivers display opt [...]
    samir_naya​najaad 6 579 samir_naya​najaad
11-27-2006 at 09:26 PM
On [Other Components] Standard 19" or Widescreen 20" ?
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Nah with games that don’t have hacks for them (there are very few) they are best played with the screen stretched since ATi has a problem do [...]
    scarface19 30 3421 Cafuddled
10-18-2006 at 04:06 PM
On [Other Components] Best gaming monitor
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How much money have you got to spend?
    Khalinsar 8 5707 losergamer​04
10-13-2006 at 12:47 AM
On [Other Components] Need help choosing a monitor for gaming (non-widescreen)
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My brain is now hurting thanks to you, I sat there staring at that reply for 5 minuets thinking of a reason for someone to dislike widescree [...]
    rig_ster 14 1399 Spiv
09-29-2006 at 09:17 PM
On [Other Components] Whats more important no a days?
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Games will normally always run much faster with a GPU upgrade than it will with a CPU upgrade. But there is a point when a CPU upgrade will [...]
    Qeldroma 10 1103 akahuddy
11-22-2006 at 12:18 AM
On [Other Components] What Monitor to choose?
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At the moment you wont get any better than the VX2235wm, it seems all the other manufacturers are playing catch up. Besides that one is 22” [...]
    jasonsgian​ts 4 1406 Doughbuy
09-27-2006 at 02:48 PM
On [Other Components] Cannot figure out what the problem is...
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Download a program called and run the torture test, if you get a stop error there is a problem with your system configuration other than yo [...]
    comphuzed 15 890 hergieburb​ur
09-18-2006 at 06:24 PM
On [Other Components] opening web pages in new window
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I got both, IE7 is a faster browser and does run faster on slower systems. But Firefox is more stable and a lot better on the security side.
    suprcharg 11 607 qwertycopt​er
09-11-2006 at 06:28 PM
On [Other Components] How will Ricoh's "Superdrive" affect the PS3?
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I can’t see this hurting Blu-Ray at all, if anything this will help them immensely. Since the people who buy these units will not be lost to [...]
    r0x0r 2 249 Cafuddled
09-11-2006 at 01:17 PM
On [Other Components] harddrive problem help please
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Are they on raid by chance?
    MARTINT123 3 424 rbarone69
09-07-2006 at 03:45 AM
On [Other Components] any advantage of 2 SATA drives in Raid 0 over IDE?
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When using raid you need to have a reason for using it or you are simply increasing the likelihood you will get problems with out actually g [...]
    batteryboy 4 1315 batteryboy
09-09-2006 at 12:37 AM
On [Other Components] Ink cartridges
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My company used to deal in ink, if you want cheap a deal on ink go for Epson. The printer will cost you about £35 and the ink would cost (th [...]
    tvfreak 12 1138 jtt283
01-10-2008 at 03:58 PM
On [Other Components] Memory, memory, oh memory
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You have just answered your own question you are technically trying to overclock your memory. Memory will only go so fast before it tops out [...]
    2Cb 2 338 Cafuddled
09-01-2006 at 12:04 PM
On [Other Components] LCD Gaming Display?
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I was in the exact same spot as you about 3 months ago. I had a 19” LG Flatron CRT that I was using for gaming but needed a new monitor as i [...]
    julesjt 36 5304 Michaelahe​ss
09-03-2006 at 08:15 PM
On [Other Components] Viewsonic vx2235
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I was the same as you, in the fact that I had to choose a wide screen monitor. I went for the VX2025 as the monitor you are thinking of gett [...]
    Skanabanug​an 20 20026 pvreditor
10-29-2006 at 08:05 PM
On [Other Components] My widescreen LCD wont play widescreen DVD's in widescreen
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I run my 360 through a VGA adaptor in to my 20.1” widescreen monitor. I guess there is nothing to stop you doing that with the PS3. One th [...]
    Adon 8 1026 Cafuddled
07-28-2006 at 11:09 AM
On [Other Components] dead AGP slot
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He has loads of AGP cards... Why would he need to buy a PCI-E motherboard and a new graphics card on top of that? It’s like you are all sayi [...]
    sbdragon 20 2393 ikjadoon
07-31-2006 at 07:57 PM
On [Other Components] High pitch tone from DVI port upon logging off
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There is sound coming from your DVI port 8O I think you should book your self into the loony bin if you ask me :?
    Buzz66 10 584 CompTIA_Re​p
07-27-2006 at 12:43 AM
On [Other Components] RAM Overheating
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If your ram is overheating you will get all sorts of errors.
    Dan1317 1 397 Cafuddled
07-25-2006 at 12:34 PM
On [Other Components] Can I install any RAM ?
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I got the same problem but it was down to the motherboard timings... it seems that the the CPU can not cope so well with the extra bandwidth [...]
    takumatix 12 1141 Cafuddled
07-21-2006 at 02:13 PM
On [Other Components] Ergonomic vs. Standard Keyboard
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:lol: I just remember it was awkward with the shift and control keys. I would go to sprint out of the line of fire from someone and would [...]
    asap 3 227 Cafuddled
07-20-2006 at 01:00 PM
On [Other Components] RAM and Mobo
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Yes slower memory on the same format (DDR2) will normally always work on motherboards that support faster types... Of course as is the case [...]
    Dan1317 5 296 Crashman
07-26-2006 at 11:16 AM
On [Other Components] LCD Monitor's!
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The way it works out is that you have 1000ms in 1 second so all you do is divide the true pixel refresh rate (on-off-on). Which on a 8ms scr [...]
    asap 14 1478 asap
07-22-2006 at 07:48 PM
On [Other Components] it's "look" perfect but it is ?!
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I already answered his exact same question in his original post that’s why this one has a rant in it: Oh and when I said specs, please u [...]
    Dvirus 9 836 Waylander
07-18-2006 at 10:30 PM
On [Other Components] Wierd mouse problem
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It’s because the bandwidth of the PS/2 is not in anyway close to that of USB. Which means when you plug a high performance mouse in to a PS/ [...]
    rahul_crac​ker 4 490 Cafuddled
07-18-2006 at 05:10 PM
On [Other Components] External DVD RW Light Scribe
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Getting an external USB2 drive bay and sticking in a plextor would be a good choice.
    kjgeraci 1 156 Cafuddled
07-18-2006 at 04:13 PM
On [Other Components] Help ::: LG1970HR vs 960BF vs ViewSonic Vx922
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If I was going to settle for a 19" TFT it would be a mid range one, something with 8ms response time and a contrast ratio of 800:1. The [...]
    Dvirus 3 1616 Cafuddled
07-18-2006 at 03:54 PM
On [Other Components] Running BF2.
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Are you kidding, you could host a 24 player server while playing with only 2gb's of ram... The game only actually takes ~900MBs when running [...]
    Chuckshiss​le 9 1014 YourMother​sAnAstrona​ut
07-18-2006 at 01:47 PM
On [Other Components] HP MONITER HELP
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If it has a 3-year warranty now would be the time to use it… If it is older than 3 years of course then you will need to look at other optio [...]
    Froggertmc 3 193 Froggertmc
07-14-2006 at 07:01 PM
On [Other Components] New 19" LCD Monitor - 4:3 or Widescreen ?
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Guess it's not that bad, your only loosing 16.666666666666666666666666666667% of your height.
    redmanc 46 6265 Hella-D
07-15-2006 at 07:42 AM
On [Other Components] Problem with monitor settings
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What kind of GFX card do you have, with the ATi card thats in my system it lets me change what number a monitor is.
    thanksinad​vance 11 522 thanksinad​vance
07-15-2006 at 01:17 AM
On [Other Components] Which Mouse???
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Just had a look at that Creative mouse... the only words I can use the describe that mouse is "Yuck". I have an MX1000 and I co [...]
    Bolero 22 1102 chrislax20
07-10-2006 at 10:27 PM
On [CPUs] Buying an X2 after price drops
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Well a 3800+ clocked at the same clock speed as a 4200+ will be much faster than the actual 4200+ since you can only overclock the FSP on th [...]
    sjps220 18 1427 RichPLS
07-18-2006 at 01:44 AM
On [Other Components] CRT Calibration!
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I got something bundled with a winfast GeForce3 ages ago that had a card with colours and you had to match all the ones on the screen to the [...]
    os008 3 516 Cafuddled
07-07-2006 at 05:26 PM
On [Other Components] Super Talent Memory
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Sorry was not aimed at you just in general, Judder is normally caused by lack of ram rather than the speed of ram, but in newer games tha [...]
    kye3k1 19 1018 MasterLee
07-08-2006 at 12:25 AM
On [Sound Cards] Onboard vs Dedicated Sound Cards/5.1 Surround Sounds System
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Onboard has a problem with noise... I have tried out onboard sound over 5 different motherboards for 8 years now and they all have terrible [...]
    nedlands1 33 3182 nedlands1
07-13-2006 at 07:28 AM
On [Other Components] How can I get support from A4 Tech?
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Go over to taiwan and pick up the CEO by the scruff of the neck and tell him that he is "bad" and you "want your money back&# [...]
    fructoser 2 368 Cafuddled
07-07-2006 at 10:35 AM
On [CPUs] PS3 vs. a home-built computer
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You mean 1080p has 2073600 where as 1600X1200 has 1920000... So that means 1600X1296 would be the exact same pixel density as 1080p... so [...]
7   Miecz 313 12786 Jake_Barne​s
07-04-2006 at 04:31 AM

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