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Check this nice new cooler out(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
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Do you really need a new one?Originally posted by Fez
I think my Geforce2 TI450 Video card is in need of upgrade.. maybe I can convince my dad.. it still works though. Any suggestions on that? I am leaning mostly towards ATI right now.. 9500 or 9600.
I have a Radeon 9500 (non-pro) with a 9700 PCB. I'm happy with it. If you're lucky enough, you can successfully patch it to a 9700/9800. (I get a bit of the checkerboard-effect unfortunately, so I put things back.)
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Gah... and I thought I'd expect some help from euro-geeks..
For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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You also want a heavy-duty power supply(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."
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That cooler master aero7 looks better.. I'll get that one instead..
My power supply is 400 watts... wouldn't that be enough?
Well it depends the Geforce2 might stick around much faster.. I am probably going to go with the pro version.. priced at $172 (US) at mwave.Originally posted by Zopperoni
Do you really need a new one?
I have a Radeon 9500 (non-pro) with a 9700 PCB. I'm happy with it. If you're lucky enough, you can successfully patch it to a 9700/9800. (I get a bit of the checkerboard-effect unfortunately, so I put things back.)For there is [another] kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions -- indifference, inaction, and decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. - Bobby Kennedy (Mindless Menance of Violence)
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I'm replacing my computer in September.
Specs:
Intel Prescott (P5?) 3.4GHz (1MB L2 cache, SSE3, improved hyperthreading, 90nm process, etc)
Intel i875-based motherboard
1GB Dual DDR400
Radeon 9900(?) Pro 256MB
200GB SATA HD, 8MB cache
Also buying a laptop around the exact same time:
Intel Pentium M 1.8GHz (Dothan: 2MB L2 cache, 90nm process, etc)
Intel i855E-based motherboard
512MB DDR266
Radeon Mobility 9600 64MB
802.11a/b/g wireless
IBM ThinkPad (T40?)
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still afroman I see
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