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    video card settings need advise

    thanks for the help, by the way, there are 2 other options 1) usa verticle sync 2)windowed mode what r these for. thanks again for the input...if there is anything else that would be knowledgable please let meknow, thanks
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    video card settings need advise

    hello all, i just purchased my first pc game. its G.T.R2 well i never installed one before and its asking me after i installed it, about video configuration such as refresh rates, resolution, shader level, full sreen anti allasing ect...what do i put all these on?!? its running on a sckt 754...
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    video configuration for noob

    hello all, i just purchased my first pc game. its G.T.R2 well i never installed one before and its asking me after i installed it, about video configuration such as refresh rates, resolution, shader level, full sreen anti allasing ect...what do i put all these on?!? its running on a sckt 754...
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    please help select my pc

    thanks for all the help. you dont think i should go ith amd instead since their new cpus are coming out soon and i will beable to upgrade to it later with a current am2 board? i will just use the crt for now...good idea, that way i can use all my budget on my pc. if everyone thinks i should...
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    please help select my pc

    hello all...i am currently looking to build a new computer, which will be used for primarily audio and video conversion, as well as some light gaming with racing games being the focus. i will need a complete system, including lcd and a descent case as well as wireless keyboard and mouse (but...
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    can i install programs on different partition

    hello...i was wondering if it is possible to take a hard drive that has 2 partitions (c and d) and install windows on 1 partition and then install programs on the 2nd partition?...if so, then if i were to have to reinstall windows at any time would the programs still work ( i asume i would have...
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    ATI Catalyst isnt working: DLL files?

    here this will probably help...it does me good every time 1- Unregister DAO by typing or cut and pasting the following in the Start, Run box: regsvr32 /u "c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\dao\dao360.dll" Click OK. 2- Then similarily re-register DAO by pasting in the...
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    whats a good cpu for my gfx card

    i have an ati x1600xt, and currently i have a athlon 64 3200+ running with it. i know that my cpu is probably bottlenecking my system, so i want to know what amd cpu would be appropriate for my card so that neither were bottlenecking each other. i dont plan to do a whole lot for change seeing...
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    Computer Dilema

    well first off, i thinkn all are going in the wrong direction...try flashing your bios with the motherboards manufacture website,. many times i have built a systme and it wouldnt install windows. it would either restart in the process or freeze or do nothing. maybe your bios isnt acpi...
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    !!! Help with XP install???

    no, ive already tried this and that dont work. i think i need to update the bios, but when i dl the files onto floppy it didnt work. im lost man...can someone please help
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    !!! Help with XP install???

    well i got an error screen saying that my current bios isnt fully acpi compliant...what does that mean. i try to go to asus site to get the latest bios, but there site is not working...can anyone else help with my problem please...perhaps link me to my bios update...the board is an asus k8vse...
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    !!! Help with XP install???

    hello everyone...i never came across this problem before, so if anyone can help, that would be great... i just put together a pc from spare parts that never were really used, specs are as follows: asus k8v se deluxe (socket 754) 1 gig ddr333 (1x1gig) amd athlon 64 3200+ ati x1600xt agp...
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    amd compared to intel

    i have an athlon 64 3200+ vanice core @ 2.2GHz. i was wondering what intel cpu would give the same performance when it comes to games, and then when it comes to converting dvd files from say, vob to mp4. thanks alot
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    hows this for gaming

    i have many parts for a new build and was wondering how it will be with gaming and as a general performer...please give opinions, and maybe value...thanks in advance... asus socket 754 k8v se deluxe socket 754 amd athlon 64 3200+ (vanice core) 2.2GHz 2 Gigs (2x1Gig) kingston ddr400 ram (not...
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    hows is my pc for gaming and or performance

    thanks but please read that i have these parts laying around so i am not spending any money cause of all the parts...maybe if i sell both computers of mine i will then upgrade prpoerly but till then i just would like to know opinions about the computer, and if i were to sell it, how much would...
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    hows is my pc for gaming and or performance

    well i want to know what to expect from some pc parts i have laying around...an asus socket 754 board, not sure which model but it does have spdif out and a via chipset. with it will be an amd athlon 64 3200 (vanice core), 1 or 2 gigs of kingston ddr400 ram, 80 gig wd hdd, dvd burner, 550 watt...
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    help ati tv tuner wont work

    i recently bought an ati theatre 650 pro tv tuner and put it on both xp pro and ex mce, and i cant get the darn thing to work. i always get an error when i install catalyst media center and memmory dumps when i boot from xp pro and i get decoder error when i boot into xp mce. my graphics card...
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    rate my card please

    i just got a visiontek ati x1600xt agp, 256mb ddr3 video card for free, new. on a scale of 1-10, based on an agp platform, where would my new card rate...also, it is replacing an ati 2006 edition all in wonder based on the radeon 9600. is my new card much better than my old one, thanks for the...
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    media center problems with tv please help!!

    hello all, i have media center edition and i had my ati all in wonder 9600 series working through media center. after i installed the rest of my programs i ran system machanic pro 6 and v com fix it utilities pro 6, both reg cleaners and junk file cleaners, as well as ccleaner, to get any errors...
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    Could someone clear this up for me?

    if your computer is close enough to your receiver, or if you had a long enough cable, you could get a sound card that has an optical out which will run pcm signal to your receiver and whatever format your audio signal was recorded in, the optical will send it via fiber optic cable, and let the...
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