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Partitioning, made simple?

I've got to agree completely with Noels and uberman. I've also got Partition Magic 8.0 and although I rarely use it, when I need it I NEED IT and I've never regretted the pretty hefty cost for something not used every day. My first experience formatting a hard drive and setting up partitions...
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- Post #12
- Jun 3, 2008
- Forum: Windows
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new video card for 24" LCD?

Okay, I did that and it makes things much better; I ran two media players playing .avi files at the same time along with email and web browser with 6 or 7 tabs open and the videos played smoothly without jerkiness and same with page scrolling and mouse movements. I also ran DVD authoring...
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- Post #10
- Apr 20, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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new video card for 24" LCD?

I'm no expert but from what I know and have read, the monitor or video card should not be causing the problems that I'm having. Yet they started when I installed the new monitor (still using the 6600GT). After the problems, I went back to the old monitor and everything went back to normal. I...
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- Post #8
- Apr 20, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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new video card for 24" LCD?

No, I could run just about anything I wanted simultaneously without any delays at all. I had an LG L1810B LCD running at 1024x768 (if I remember correctly).
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- Post #5
- Apr 20, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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new video card for 24" LCD?

the 6600GT was even worse. The system would barely move. I'm running XP.
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- Post #3
- Apr 20, 2008
- Forum: Displays
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new video card for 24" LCD?

I recently got an LG L246WP (24" LCD panel) and needed to upgrade my old video card from a 6600GT. I don't play games at all but do video stuff (editing, authoring, etc), web browsing, email and usually have them all running at once (rabid multi-tasker). I was advised (on another forum) that...
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- Thread
- Apr 20, 2008
- Replies: 9
- Forum: Displays
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Clock speed vs. Memory speed vs. Memory type

Thanks guys. I knew that some of the newer cards (e.g. 8600) decoded the h.264 files of HD video, taking a big strain off the CPU, which is really the only reason I was thinking about a new graphics card. And I do come across more complex graphics from time-to-time so I guess an upgrade is in...
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- Post #4
- Feb 19, 2008
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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Clock speed vs. Memory speed vs. Memory type

There are lots of cards that are right under the $100 mark after rebates and they all seem to play a balancing game; to keep an economical price point, they'll jazz up one aspect of performance or maybe two, but not more. While a different card makes something really fast, but uses mediocre...
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- Thread
- Feb 19, 2008
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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graphics card upgrade WITHOUT GAMING?!

THANK YOU. I guess here is where I back peddle, because what you're saying is what I had figured out awhile ago, that video processing, etc. is not reliant on the GPU except as it relates to what I see, as the user. As long as had a competent card that could display what was going on, I'd be...
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- Post #5
- Aug 8, 2007
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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graphics card upgrade WITHOUT GAMING?!

Hello, good people of the forum. It's almost impossible to find any reference on any tech site, review or forum that even suggests the idea that of video cards that are NOT used for gaming (HORROR!). Yes, it's true, I do not play games. I don't care who knows it! I do, however, spend a...
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- Thread
- Aug 8, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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"No Audio Device Detected"

It's been a mystery to me. I pretty much knew it was a software/driver problem because the sound worked for the first few days. I'm thinking somewhere in the process of installing software, updating drivers, etc., it somehow turned itself off. JimRev
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- Post #3
- Mar 12, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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Will a first gen Audigy sound better than my onboard realtek ac97 sound?

I just built a new system with on-board Realtek ALC888 8-channel sound (Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 m-board) and I uninstalled it and put in my 4-year old SB Audigy card. The sound is most definitely, noticeably better with the SB card.
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- Post #6
- Mar 12, 2007
- Forum: Computer Building
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"No Audio Device Detected"

I just finished my first build a few weeks ago. Everything worked just like it was supposed to the very first time I flipped the switch. A few days later, though, I noticed I was getting no sound. Thus began two grueling, confusing weeks of trying to figure out why the machine had lost track...
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- Thread
- Mar 12, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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965P-DS3 not playing nice with XP...

;)Well, it's official. I Am A GEEK! I just completed my first computer build and I am pretty darn proud of myself! And despite reading all about the tribulations you IT folken go through on a regular basis, plus the horror stories from the newbies, it turned out to be pretty painless. Here's...
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- Thread
- Feb 28, 2007
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Motherboards

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