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by bimmerlovere39
Tue May 24, 2011 2:08 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Upgrade to Sandy Bridge
Replies: 4
Views: 983

Re: Upgrade to Sandy Bridge

Yeah, I ended up caving and went for a 2GB 6950. Everything's ordered now, and should be coming in by the end of the week, with a little luck. Thanks!
by bimmerlovere39
Tue May 24, 2011 12:56 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Upgrade to Sandy Bridge
Replies: 4
Views: 983

Re: Upgrade to Sandy Bridge

Have you considered Blu-ray? I've considered it. I don't think a burner makes much sense at this point, considering that seems to be another $40 or so above and beyond a reader. For the extra $40, though, a blu-ray player could make sense, if I watched movies. I'm not sure I do enough to justify th...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon May 23, 2011 9:34 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Upgrade to Sandy Bridge
Replies: 4
Views: 983

Upgrade to Sandy Bridge

Hi guys, just wondering if you guys had any feedback for this build I'll be putting together sometime shortly. (I was going to hold out for bulldozer, but between a few sales that popped up recently and the debut of Smart Response, Intel may have won me over.) Carry-Over: Asus Xonar DX Seasonic X650...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon May 16, 2011 6:21 pm
Forum: Mobile Tech
Topic: Laptop for graduation gift
Replies: 15
Views: 2325

Re: Laptop for graduation gift

If you're interested, outlet.lenovo.com sells some interesting stuff, if you don't need Sandy Bridge. Probably a little budget stretching, but an interesting alternative to the new Edge laptops.
by bimmerlovere39
Wed Jan 12, 2011 12:12 am
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: Feeling the Upgrade Itch
Replies: 10
Views: 1468

Re: Feeling the Upgrade Itch

Being in a very similar situation (same processor, with Lightroom being the thing that beats up on it the most), I'm very interested in this, too. I'm going to guess the SSD would add more "snap" to your daily routine, especially coming from a Caviar Green. If Lightroom seems slow, it migh...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:33 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna
Replies: 28
Views: 6310

Re: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna

Okay, well at least you don't need extreme ISOs. 12800 is quite the feat. Also, one other thing that's probably mentioning: Vibration Reduction/Image Stabilization. Two main camps here: In-Lens and In-Body. Canon, Nikon, and Panasonic are in the former, Sony and Olympus in the latter. No clue where ...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:24 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Does using a lens adapter lose you a full aperture stop?
Replies: 16
Views: 6987

Re: Does using a lens adapter lose you a full aperture stop?

Yeah, I don't see why you'd lose any light with those converters.

You do "lose" two stops of aperture as far as depth of field is concerned - the bigger the sensor, the better the DOF isolation. From a light standpoint, though, I don't see any problems.
by bimmerlovere39
Mon Jan 03, 2011 11:20 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna
Replies: 28
Views: 6310

Re: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna

Actually that is quite a load of bulls**t now. You, like many others have not been following recent developments (however the new Sony sensor DOES rule when used in the Pentax and Nikon) and are spitting out old info. For instance the new GH2 with its new u4/3 sensor competes quite well with the A5...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon Jan 03, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna
Replies: 28
Views: 6310

Re: Affordable low light DSLR dilemna

I've been quite pleased with my D90. With either the 50 f/1.8 or 35 f/1.8 DX, it's quite competent in very low light, and you can always add in flash if need be (be it straight from camera, ghetto-style notecard bouncing [hey, it works pretty well, actually!], or external flash bouncing), which I've...
by bimmerlovere39
Mon Jan 03, 2011 7:44 pm
Forum: Visual Haven
Topic: Does using a lens adapter lose you a full aperture stop?
Replies: 16
Views: 6987

Re: Does using a lens adapter lose you a full aperture stop?

Teleconverters cause you to lose aperture (one stop for a 1.4x, two for a 2x, etc). A simple adapter should have no effect on that. Hard to help much more without knowing more about the system or lenses, etc.
by bimmerlovere39
Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:17 pm
Forum: System Builders Anonymous
Topic: AM2 Board, AM3 processor, how (well) would it work?
Replies: 6
Views: 1848

Re: AM2 Board, AM3 processor, how (well) would it work?

I'm running a Phenom II X3 720 on a Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P with 8GB of Corsair DDR2-800 (hey, it was only $100 for all 8GB back this past summer :D ), and I've not noticed what feels like the memory bottlenecking. If there are bottlenecks, it's in the GPU (Radeon 4770, which is quick enough, but I ...
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