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You would think that being in the computer capital of the country (you find all the best deals here in San Deigo) that I would have noticed. I never said I was the computer guru anywho. I am allowed to be wrong when it comes to computers. _________________ "Veni. Vedi. Spooki." - Julius Caesar
I came. I saw. I spooked.
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:48 pm |
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I'm aware, I was just asking if anyone here had any experience with a good PCI card. But as most anyone who knows anything already has an AGP card... Heck I'm asking and I'm am a pseudo-guru. But PCI is the only available slot in Angela's computer... and we're too poor right now to buy a new one ^_^ _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 2:56 pm |
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I'd say just to scour the internet's various computer part websites. _________________ "Veni. Vedi. Spooki." - Julius Caesar
I came. I saw. I spooked.
He's better than Pop-Rocks! |
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 4:33 pm |
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dougisfunny wrote: |
I'm aware, I was just asking if anyone here had any experience with a good PCI card. But as most anyone who knows anything already has an AGP card... Heck I'm asking and I'm am a pseudo-guru. But PCI is the only available slot in Angela's computer... and we're too poor right now to buy a new one ^_^ |
My opinion for you is to get the ATI card. It has onboard hardware DVD decoding. It also comes with a CD player, file player (MPEG, VOB, etc) and a DVD player. Nvidia does not. If you're lucky they give you a DVD player that does software DVD decoding.
But if you don't have a DVD-ROM and just want the card for gaming, it doesn't really matter. I'd still go with the ATI though. _________________ "Robots don't say 'ye'."
"I'll show ye!" |
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:23 pm |
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Hey, I'll sell you my old 8Mb Ati RAGE PRO PCI card. Sure it may be old but its one of the few old cards that let you use Direct 3d with Final Fantasy 7 on the PC! Sadly though, It never could use Open GL. |
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Tue Oct 07, 2003 11:22 pm |
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Beefy wrote: |
My opinion for you is to get the ATI card. It has onboard hardware DVD decoding. It also comes with a CD player, file player (MPEG, VOB, etc) and a DVD player. Nvidia does not. If you're lucky they give you a DVD player that does software DVD decoding.
But if you don't have a DVD-ROM and just want the card for gaming, it doesn't really matter. I'd still go with the ATI though. |
well I currently don't have a DVD player, and I already have all the ATI software due to my tuner card and my old ATI card that was AGP. WIth my Nvidia Card they packaged PowerDVD which worked better than ATI's anyway. but i can't get one yet... a little poor at the moment. _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:24 pm |
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dougisfunny wrote: |
a little poor at the moment. |
aren't we all...
peace _________________ "one time yug!-Steve O Fuss
Y.U.G.
"If I threw a stick would you go away?"-a shirt
"Toonami, better than getting kicked in the nuts!"-me
"If I was so inclined, I would have groped you five times!"^O^hohohohoho!-Vash |
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Wed Oct 08, 2003 1:37 pm |
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well i wouldn't be except i just got an apartment and we have a bill for an MCAT course and a wedding. _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Wed Oct 08, 2003 2:02 pm |
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dougisfunny wrote: |
Beefy wrote: |
My opinion for you is to get the ATI card. It has onboard hardware DVD decoding. It also comes with a CD player, file player (MPEG, VOB, etc) and a DVD player. Nvidia does not. If you're lucky they give you a DVD player that does software DVD decoding.
But if you don't have a DVD-ROM and just want the card for gaming, it doesn't really matter. I'd still go with the ATI though. |
well I currently don't have a DVD player, and I already have all the ATI software due to my tuner card and my old ATI card that was AGP. WIth my Nvidia Card they packaged PowerDVD which worked better than ATI's anyway. but i can't get one yet... a little poor at the moment. |
besides, did't you say it was for your girlfriends computer? _________________ "Veni. Vedi. Spooki." - Julius Caesar
I came. I saw. I spooked.
He's better than Pop-Rocks! |
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Wed Oct 08, 2003 5:10 pm |
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which means what? I've already installed the TV tuner, CD burner, 2nd hard drive, and RAM stick... _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Thu Oct 09, 2003 12:16 pm |
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How do I get the speech bubbles from popping up on my taskbar on WinXP? |
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Thu Oct 09, 2003 8:55 pm |
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which speech bubbles? _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Thu Oct 09, 2003 11:05 pm |
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damn it! I need a new power supply because the one i have isn't ATX 12V, omg...more money spending coming my way.
peace _________________ "one time yug!-Steve O Fuss
Y.U.G.
"If I threw a stick would you go away?"-a shirt
"Toonami, better than getting kicked in the nuts!"-me
"If I was so inclined, I would have groped you five times!"^O^hohohohoho!-Vash |
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Fri Oct 10, 2003 9:27 am |
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dougisfunny wrote: |
which speech bubbles? |
Like the ones that would say "A Network Cable is unplugged" or some other message irrelevant to anything I want to do at the time. They're kind of light yellow and they have an "X" in the top, but they aren't a window.
If one comes up, I'll take a screenshot and show you. |
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Fri Oct 10, 2003 3:55 pm |
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make the picture looky like that one with the box unchecked using TweakUI
(you can also get it from the windows website if you feel like looking for it... maybe under powertoys?
Microsfot site for TweakUI
0.0 _________________ The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
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