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by Austin
Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:18 pm
Forum: Gaming
Topic: Enter our Anomaly: Warzone Earth giveaway here
Replies: 161
Views: 22052

Re: Enter our Anomaly: Warzone Earth giveaway here

:P Love you TR!
by Austin
Sat Sep 16, 2006 7:48 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Thunderbird > Pentium 4 (Poll)
Replies: 59
Views: 11730

;) Just some thoughts on the original P4 2.4 vs Athlon 1.3ghz. The P4 was very reliant on memory bandwidth which is a big reason why Rambus came about, even so at DDR333 speed it wouldn't be far behind Rambus (as single channel DDR400 almost reached Rambus performance). The P4 was also very dependen...
by Austin
Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:26 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: 7900GTO - Nvidia Trumping Itself...?
Replies: 11
Views: 3980

;) Just a quick reply to let you know the 7900GTO are expected in the UK at the end of September. Current pricing: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/7900_Series.html £264 7900GTX 512MB 650/1600 24pipes £200 7900GTO 512MB 650/1320 24pipes "2000 Units arriving end of September" £176 7950GT 256MB ...
by Austin
Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:53 pm
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Hope you didn't pay to see the F1 race!
Replies: 30
Views: 11080

:D Flying Fox I don't disagree with your points but just to clarify. About the, "... stick with the same set of tires for the whole racing weekend (to keep it simple) " do note the brackets, I was trying to keep it as simple as possible. IIRC each team gets 2 sets of tires for each car for the 'race...
by Austin
Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:40 pm
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Hope you didn't pay to see the F1 race!
Replies: 30
Views: 11080

What was the reason for not allowing the cars to change tires, or whatever? I'm sure some reasoning was given, even if you disagree with it. :-? They brought in new rules this season (or was it last?) which clearly stated that each team had to stick with the same set of tires for the whole racing w...
by Austin
Mon Jun 20, 2005 5:08 am
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Hope you didn't pay to see the F1 race!
Replies: 30
Views: 11080

:wink: If Americans want to see some International car racing they should look at the Touring Car Championship which is what F1 should be trying to emulate. Essentially TCC uses suped up road cars and things are always close with lots of jostling for position. F1 gradually evolved into what became a...
by Austin
Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:25 pm
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: Hope you didn't pay to see the F1 race!
Replies: 30
Views: 11080

:P Just to cover it (some people were confused elsewhere) this race netted 18 valuable points for Ferrari not 16. This put Ferrari into 2nd place in the Constructors' Championship and Michael (pact with Devil) Schumacher right up there with Kimi in the Drivers' Championship, which is not at all rela...
by Austin
Tue May 24, 2005 3:54 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Which motherboard for a p4?
Replies: 24
Views: 7613

:wink: For Dual Channel all you should need is some RAM in both RAM channels and each channel is usually serviced by either 1 or 2 slots. Of course a mobo with only 2 slots in total (1 for each channel) is going to limit you but you could still try 256MB in Channel_1 and 512MB in Channel_2 as 768MB ...
by Austin
Mon May 23, 2005 7:52 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Lockups galore.. Please Help!
Replies: 12
Views: 3010

:( If you haven't done so already ensure everything is running stock speed until you finish trouble-shooting. Reseat all cards, RAM & cables. You can try disabling and removing anything not 100% necessary. Download & install the latest mobo drivers from http://www.nvidia.com , try selecting ...
by Austin
Mon May 23, 2005 10:26 am
Forum: Overclocking, Tweaking, & Cooling
Topic: Athlon X2 @ 3.1GHz!
Replies: 14
Views: 3468

8) Well dual-core is going to increase the thermals and power requirements but essentially the biggest problem to o/c'ing them is that the weakest one will always hold you back. If core_1 can o/c to 3.1ghz but core_2 can only hit 2.7ghz then both will have to run at 2.7ghz. Still from what I've hear...
by Austin
Mon May 23, 2005 10:22 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Which motherboard for a p4?
Replies: 24
Views: 7613

:) So you're on Skt478 with a NorthWood P4C 2.6ghz, right? Is that 1x512MB or 2x256=512MB? With remotely modern mobos you need 2 sticks of RAM for Dual Channel which really boosts perf, the sticks need not be identical noe the same size (although it is an ideal). Before getting into brands and speci...
by Austin
Mon May 23, 2005 9:39 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: LCD choice...12ms vs 8ms
Replies: 43
Views: 15782

:lol: Yes it's practically all marketing, an 8ms panel may be no better than a GF-6200 with 512MB. We saw this when the first panels < 25ms came out which is just as LCDs began hitting the mainstream. Back then there were only essentially 2 panels; 16ms and 20ms and both were virtually the same just...
by Austin
Mon May 23, 2005 9:19 am
Forum: General Software
Topic: mbm5 successor
Replies: 9
Views: 2206

:wink: I wasn't aware of it either, one of the top TR gerbils pointed me to it and revealed its Aida32 roots a little while back.
by Austin
Fri May 20, 2005 2:59 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: BenQ FP71E 17" TFT
Replies: 2
Views: 1939

:) It seems AU Optronics make the best panels at the mo (eg Viewsonic VP191b) and BenQ are their main producer (much like Sapphire are for ATi gfx cards). This stands them in good stead. I can't find any info on the exact LCDs you mention but these are of the same brand which may be good for an idea...
by Austin
Fri May 20, 2005 2:42 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: RAM question
Replies: 3
Views: 1394

:wink: You should find all that's needed to run Dual Channel is to put some memory in both of the memory controllers (often there's two slots for each controller). You don't actually need Dual Channel sticks/sets. 1GB is plenty for almost any consumer and using only 2 sticks might be optimal (maybe ...
by Austin
Fri May 20, 2005 2:31 pm
Forum: General Software
Topic: mbm5 successor
Replies: 9
Views: 2206

:) My understanding is the main guy behind Aida32 went on to produce the current program EVEREST = http://www.lavalys.com/products.php?lang=en
by Austin
Wed May 18, 2005 9:32 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: How to tell if...
Replies: 4
Views: 1698

:-? Just to confirm all of your current hw had been 100% stable up to this point? Have you updated anything recently, drivers perhaps? First thing is to ensure everything is running stock. The gfx are the biggest suspect so uninstall the drivers (and all related apps) then try using a driver cleaner...
by Austin
Wed May 18, 2005 9:22 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Hosed MBR (I think) - how to fix?
Replies: 2
Views: 1495

:-? Are you using a slipstreamed WinXP-SP2 CD? IIRC there was an issue similar to this that SP1 or SP2 fixed. It could also be the filesystem, choose NTFS not FAT32 for any partition bigger than 32GB. Another possibility is a jumper on the drive limiting it to 131GB for better compatibility with anc...
by Austin
Tue May 17, 2005 7:24 pm
Forum: Processors
Topic: Chaintech VNF3 or Epox 8KDA3J
Replies: 4
Views: 1600

:-? Someone on these forums reported issues with an Epox 'J' mobo which could be the 8KDA3 J . IIRC the mobo didn't like running the RAM any faster than DDR333-PC2700. You'd have to do a search to check out specifics including who reported the problem. I haven't heard much at all of Epox mobos in th...
by Austin
Mon May 16, 2005 7:58 am
Forum: TR Sports
Topic: English Premier League
Replies: 8
Views: 3132

** Premiership Update ** :D West Brom, right at the bottom of the league for practically the entire season were the only team to win and so they stay up while the other 3 face relegation! Crystal Palace led 2-1 against Charlton but with 8 minutes to go it was 2-2 (which is how it stayed). Norwich l...
by Austin
Mon May 16, 2005 7:37 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: AGP 8x gfx-cards in an AGP 1X/2x/4x motherboard
Replies: 11
Views: 4359

:wink: 3Dmark2001:

2400 = Duron 1ghz GF2mx400
3000 = Duron 1ghz GF2TI
5300 = Duron 1ghz GF4TI4200
5600 = AXP2400+ GF-FX5200
7700 = AXP2000+ Rad8500LE
10000 = AXP2000+ GF4TI4200
by Austin
Mon May 16, 2005 7:11 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: AGP 8x gfx-cards in an AGP 1X/2x/4x motherboard
Replies: 11
Views: 4359

:wink: AGP1x & AGP2x are 3.3v while AGP4x & AGP8x are 1.5v (but AGP8x has 0.8v signaling). Some AGP slots are "Universal" and can take all cards but others are '1.5v only' and are keyed to prevent 3.3v insertion. AGP4x & AGP8x cards should happily fall back to 3.3v & AGP1x/2x but the...
by Austin
Mon May 16, 2005 6:56 am
Forum: Processors
Topic: Intel panics and announces Merom
Replies: 19
Views: 4523

Pentium http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/cpu/pentium-1.ars/1 "2-issue, two 5-stage integer pipelines & one 6-stage floating-point pipeline" Pentium MMX http://www.bdti.com/procsum/mmx_pent.htm "2-issue ... MMX means deeper pipelines, larger caches, improved branch prediction, and 57 new i...
by Austin
Sat May 14, 2005 12:16 pm
Forum: General Hardware
Topic: Which is better, tighter timings or "faster" ram
Replies: 7
Views: 1768

:) Most reviews use Sandra to test for increases from various memory settings, of course actual FPS is what counts and I would expect the diff to be small. The A8V-Deluxe uses the VIA K8T800Pro chipset, most of the timings talk deal with nForce3 & nForce4 where 8 to 11 tends to be optimal, I'm n...
by Austin
Sat May 14, 2005 12:09 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: HELP : GeForce6200, how much faster than GeForce 5200?
Replies: 5
Views: 2151

:-? I've only really flicked through 6200-TC reviews but I'd imagine the amount of local RAM isn't as important as bandwidth and speed. Generally to keep costs down some 64MB-TC cards may use slower clocked RAM or a 32bit interface. 8) Just checking 'Page 3' now and the AnAnd review specifically sta...
by Austin
Fri May 13, 2005 3:46 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Video card & crashing
Replies: 4
Views: 1627

:lol: Are you telling me I need to check my RAM memory ... or maybe go buy a Pentium P4?
by Austin
Fri May 13, 2005 6:52 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: dual monitors with different resolutions
Replies: 6
Views: 2285

ozymandias wrote:
Reinstalling the drivers solved every problem.

;) Another possibility would have been that nVidia or the card manu either don't bother implimenting dual RAMDACs or cut corners somewhere, more likely with lower end cards like the 6200.
by Austin
Fri May 13, 2005 6:47 am
Forum: Graphics
Topic: HELP : GeForce6200, how much faster than GeForce 5200?
Replies: 5
Views: 2151

:-? Which 6200-TC? There are two types, a slow 32bit and a faster 64bit, it's rarely stipulated. So you'd only really look at the 64bit 6200-TC (which use 128bitDDR). Also the PCX5750 is just the PCI-E version of the GF-FX5700 ultra which is decently faster than the FX5600ultra which in turn is load...
by Austin
Fri May 13, 2005 5:55 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Easy New HDD Question
Replies: 23
Views: 4994

:wink: You need to look for a diagram usually printed on top of the drive which specifies what each pair of pins is for. Your IDE connectors can support up to 2 drives but one should be marked as Master and the other as Slave. You can try using the "Cable Select" option but this was never truly stan...
by Austin
Fri May 13, 2005 5:45 am
Forum: Storage
Topic: Fixing Bad Sector HD, possible?
Replies: 5
Views: 1833

8) Suspected bad sectors are marked as such but you can retest these via format (IIRC), usually by using the HD maker's own sw or do a similar thing with "chkdisk /r" (as rec'd already). If the marked sector truly is bad then you can't fix it, you/programs can only attempt to read the data from it o...
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