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Video Memory Explanation

I must not have been clear in my explanation. The fluxuation fo FPS is when I am doing NOTHING. Just standing there in the game with no other players etc. on the screen, the framerate will take a hit from time to time. I can't figure out what that could be. I am giving the program no input at...
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- Post #3
- Jan 5, 2006
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Video Memory Explanation

Hi there, I was hoping someone could explain what happens with my FPS while playing games and perhaps give me an idea if it's possible to improve my situation... When playing WoW I average about 60FPS, however, I've noticed that in a static situation (i.e. not moving or interacting) my...
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- Jan 5, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Formatting Help

I booted from the 98 CD and then used the format and fdisk commands that are in the win98 folder on the disk. Is there any difference between using the utilities on the cd and booting from a win98 diskette?
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- Post #6
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Formatting Help

The drive is pretty old. I was trying to run the win98 setup and it found some files that were causing errors. I deleted them, since I was planning on formatting the drive, but now I think maybe the MBR got deleted by mistake. Are there any programs that would let me make a dos disk to force a...
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- Post #4
- Dec 4, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Formatting Help

I have been trying to format my folks old computer and clean install win98 so they can give it to a friend. Unfortunately, the drive has somehow become corrupted and I'm at a loss on how to fix it. I have tried to format it in the 98 setup, but it says the drive is unuseable. I then tried fdisk...
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- Dec 2, 2005
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Computer Building
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Stutter at regular intervals...

Hi there, I revently got an X800xl AIW to play WoW with. It looks and runs beautifully on my Athlon 2500+, execpt for one small nit pick that I have. Rougly every 3-4 seconds tehre is a tiny pause in the action. I was hoping that someone might know what may be causing this and give me an idea...
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- Dec 1, 2005
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Best upgrade path?

Bona Fide, my card is OC'd as far as I can get it to go. :) Wouldn't I be looking at a new MB and ram too if I got a new processor or would it be worth it to get an older but faster version of the Athlon XP? PSUstoekl, in your opinion are the X800 series a better choice than the GeForce's...
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- Post #5
- Sep 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best upgrade path?

Hi there, I've been thinking of doing a bit of an upgrade to my system and was hoping for some advice as to which compontent(s) would make the largest improvement to my performance. I will state now that I am using the maching primarily for music production, but also game on it relatively...
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- Aug 31, 2005
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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SATA Slow?

I think I have the latest drivers. I have an Abit AN7-Nforce2. Would they be included with the unified drivers from Nvidia?
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- Post #4
- Jun 1, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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SATA Slow?

I have a Seagate 80GB 7200rpm drive and it seems to only get around 90mb/s when I bench it with HDtach. My ATA133 Maxtor 60GB gets 120mb/s on the same bench. I can't understand why this happens, since SATA is supposed to be a faster interface. The 80GB drives even have a larger 8mb cache, as...
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- Jun 1, 2005
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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Outlook Receipts

Hi there, I'm hoping someone will be able to help me out with Outlook. I have multiple accounts set up and like to get read and delivery receipts for a specific account. Everything works fine, but the receipts come back as messages with an attachment. I have to open the attachment in order to...
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- Apr 7, 2005
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Why so much free RAM?

I have 1024MB of RAM and almost always have 600 or so MB free. The only time I see more usage is with Photoshop or Nuendo (recording). Is there any way to cache more stuff in RAM so my system feels faster?
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- Aug 21, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Computer Building
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DSL and distinctive ring not playing nice!

Hi There, I have the Bell "ident-a-call" service which gives 2 different rings for 2 different numbers assigned to my line. I also have DSL service. My problem is this: I want to put a ring selector onto my line which will filter out one of the distinct rings and route it to my computer for...
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- Jul 16, 2004
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Networking
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boot dealy with network cable plugged in

Ok, cool I got it fixed. The IP for my "Local Area Connection" seemed static so I entered the info into TCP/IP and bang! boots about 30 seconds faster now. Thanks for the help!
- bobdobolina
- Post #9
- Mar 4, 2004
- Forum: Networking
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boot dealy with network cable plugged in

I think the DHCP thing sounds right. I remember someone mentioning that to me a while back. Is there a way for me to specify the DHCP? I believe the ISP supplied them to me with my username etc. Would I have to specify DHCP for the PPOE connection or the Local Area Connection? Thanks! Bob
- bobdobolina
- Post #6
- Mar 2, 2004
- Forum: Networking

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