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Forum: News Jun 9, 2010, 03:04 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 3,921
Posted By Suijin
I've said it before in other threads, that when...

I've said it before in other threads, that when they originally came out back in the single core days where you would use close to 100% of your CPU that they actually worked (Tom's Hardware reviewed...
Forum: Games Jun 4, 2010, 02:52 PM
Replies: 327
Views: 16,886
Posted By Suijin
Did you get Dragon age off of Impulse? I didn't...

Did you get Dragon age off of Impulse? I didn't look into it much, but was wondering if it came free of DRM that way(even CD/DVD check), otherwise I wouldn't get it as I don't want the hassle of DRM...
Forum: Games Jun 2, 2010, 03:38 PM
Replies: 327
Views: 16,886
Posted By Suijin
I have come to hate DRM. The biggest point being...

I have come to hate DRM. The biggest point being I don't want to have to carry every DVD/CD of a game with me if I should want to play that one on my laptop, or have an internet connection...
Forum: News Jun 1, 2010, 05:34 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 2,053
Posted By Suijin
Yeah but this is out about 1 year after the ipad....

Yeah but this is out about 1 year after the ipad. It's competition won't be the ipad but the ipad 2.0. I realize this may be better in some forms, but it isn't even out yet for another 9 months or...
Forum: Storage May 27, 2010, 06:25 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,303
Posted By Suijin
Also, I believe you can only have one "active"...

Also, I believe you can only have one "active" partition per drive. You can have many "active" drives installed on the computer though. The only bcd it will load from though will be the first...
Forum: Storage May 27, 2010, 06:09 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,303
Posted By Suijin
Couple points of information when looking at disk...

Couple points of information when looking at disk management:

The partition it has listed as "system" is the first "active" drive that the computer sees and starts to load from. The main file...
Forum: News May 14, 2010, 03:29 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 5,656
Posted By Suijin
This is a good product if you have a single core...

This is a good product if you have a single core cpu. If you have at least 1 cpu core not being used completely then it doesn't really do anything for you.

Back when they were first released...
Forum: News Apr 28, 2010, 09:03 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,635
Posted By Suijin
Wake me when they have an SSD based on this.

Wake me when they have an SSD based on this.
Forum: General Hardware Apr 26, 2010, 03:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,034
Posted By Suijin
Ah, I have been looking for a mouse pad also and...

Ah, I have been looking for a mouse pad also and looked nto the diferent ones on Newegg also.

I hadn't considered just cutting a cookie sheet down or something (I don't have a great way of cutting...
Forum: News Apr 19, 2010, 03:12 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 3,268
Posted By Suijin
The current dual core i5 and i7 mobile processors...

The current dual core i5 and i7 mobile processors are 35W and below. The i7 620M dual core 2.66 GHz base 3.33 GHz turbo is 35 W TDP.
Forum: System Builder's Advice Apr 13, 2010, 04:32 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,408
Posted By Suijin
That's a pretty good laptop from Bestbuy,...

That's a pretty good laptop from Bestbuy, although I hate Bestbuy personnally.

Your other question above though I believe the 360M is a bit better than the 5730. Think you need about the 5850...
Forum: System Builder's Advice Apr 12, 2010, 08:20 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,408
Posted By Suijin
Wouldn't he be better off with a higher GHz i5...

Wouldn't he be better off with a higher GHz i5 with only 2 cores? You can get some i5 2.4GHz? for a fair bit less in money. Acer isn't the best company, but Newegg has some i5s with 5650 mobility...
Forum: News Apr 6, 2010, 08:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,175
Posted By Suijin
Yeah but the expense comes from the flash memory...

Yeah but the expense comes from the flash memory though, so those large numbers are going to be pricy. I looked at the newegg link above and the 512 GB one was over $2000.

I'm hoping Intel is...
Forum: News Apr 6, 2010, 04:30 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,317
Posted By Suijin
Yeah they go through some physics math in the...

Yeah they go through some physics math in the linked article thread and the power gained is insignificant. Something like 20,000 hours to charge a cellphone battery, and that is close to the best...
Forum: News Apr 5, 2010, 09:13 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,639
Posted By Suijin
What Selene said, I read a review way back in...

What Selene said, I read a review way back in time (on Tom's Harware I believe) when all CPUs were 1 core and then it did something by unloading work from the CPU. Now with multicore CPUs, and...
Forum: News Mar 25, 2010, 05:36 PM
Replies: 82
Views: 5,575
Posted By Suijin
But they delayed the launch by weeks, was...

But they delayed the launch by weeks, was supposed to be March 26th. So how does that affect things? If you want to compare more equally Nvidia has no cards on market at the original launch date...
Forum: News Mar 17, 2010, 06:16 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,288
Posted By Suijin
Eh, I don't know why I or you would care about HT...

Eh, I don't know why I or you would care about HT that much. Most of the performance comes from core #s and GHz correct? Doesn't matter how you divide the work up too much, same amount still needs...
Forum: News Mar 17, 2010, 05:46 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,288
Posted By Suijin
Can turbo up to 1.8something GHz which i3 doesn't...

Can turbo up to 1.8something GHz which i3 doesn't do.
Forum: News Mar 17, 2010, 05:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,288
Posted By Suijin
Don't know where the mixup was, but that should...

Don't know where the mixup was, but that should be Arrandale processor. Capella was the previous gen with 45nm process? At least as far as I understand the Intel website, maybe they have it wrong...
Forum: Games Mar 11, 2010, 11:21 PM
Replies: 197
Views: 17,931
Posted By Suijin
I've grown to hate even CD authentication. If I...

I've grown to hate even CD authentication. If I want to play a game on my laptop that I bought, then I need to make sure I drag the CD around with me everywhere in case I want to play it??? If I...
Forum: News Mar 10, 2010, 08:11 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,067
Posted By Suijin
I might get one this summer if Intel releases a...

I might get one this summer if Intel releases a 160 Gb one for about $250.
Forum: News Mar 10, 2010, 05:11 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,067
Posted By Suijin
Well it was mostly the quote, it said without the...

Well it was mostly the quote, it said without the high cost normally associated with SSDs. Seems like the high price is still there. I mean you can get an Intel 80 GB for about $230? at Newegg...
Forum: News Mar 10, 2010, 04:27 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 4,067
Posted By Suijin
I know I'm a quite literal type guy, but how does...

I know I'm a quite literal type guy, but how does "the Onyx delivers reliable performance without the high price normally associated with SSD drives" apply for a 32 GB drive for about $100 when you...
Forum: Games Mar 10, 2010, 04:16 PM
Replies: 231
Views: 13,108
Posted By Suijin
I didn't read all the posts in between, but you...

I didn't read all the posts in between, but you might be missing one of the only genres that is still made for mostly just the PC ........ MMOs. I know they have done some for consoles, but not...
Forum: Games Mar 8, 2010, 08:08 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,477
Posted By Suijin
I expect that type to be even further out due to...

I expect that type to be even further out due to the complexity of distributing the workload among many distributed computers, along with possible security issues of having important data on an...
Forum: Games Mar 8, 2010, 07:14 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 2,477
Posted By Suijin
I'm under the impression you misunderstand what...

I'm under the impression you misunderstand what "cloud" computing is. Look at what Erocker said, it's back to the days of servers and cheap "dummy" terminals on the user end. The end user doesn't...
Forum: News Mar 4, 2010, 03:24 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By Suijin
Meh it was more of a comment on a difference I...

Meh it was more of a comment on a difference I saw. Mostly only come into play for laptops and such where you may actually care about power draw.
Forum: News Mar 3, 2010, 05:51 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By Suijin
Seems like reviews at Anandtech and Hot Hardware...

Seems like reviews at Anandtech and Hot Hardware say the same thing. The drives perform OK, not the best of the SSD drives, but mostly it's the price (they were going off of the MSRP published...
Forum: News Mar 3, 2010, 04:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By Suijin
I personnally saw that Intel released their SSDs...

I personnally saw that Intel released their SSDs last year in the June/July timeframe and they were about the same costs as those above. So no cost improvement for 9ish months so far. I am guessing...
Forum: News Mar 3, 2010, 04:53 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By Suijin
Have to probably find a review to be sure but it...

Have to probably find a review to be sure but it seems the WD drives suck a fair amount more power 0.6 W idle compared to Intel which is 75 mW idle. Also the WD takes 2-3.5 W peak to read and write...
Forum: News Mar 3, 2010, 04:37 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,796
Posted By Suijin
Ah, looks like Newegg has these already for sale:...

Ah, looks like Newegg has these already for sale: $250, $450, $800 for the 64, 128, 256 GB respectively for the blue versions.

The intel 160GB goes for $430. I haven't compared the specs on them...
Forum: News Feb 26, 2010, 07:14 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,744
Posted By Suijin
Yeah and going by that netbooks are about 40W in...

Yeah and going by that netbooks are about 40W in comparison.

A review of the pinetrail MSI wind U135 showed a power draw for the complete system at 9W idle and 13W under load. This was on Tom's...
Forum: News Feb 26, 2010, 05:56 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,744
Posted By Suijin
[QUOTE=SetsunaFZero;1782580]@TVman: yes for...

[QUOTE=SetsunaFZero;1782580]@TVman:
yes for office use or torrenting this would be quit cool but 65W meeehhh...
imo a netbook (9-15W) is better for torrenting


Which netbooks are only 9-15W? ...
Forum: News Feb 26, 2010, 05:47 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,744
Posted By Suijin
Here you go, MSI even has that covered for you:...

Here you go, MSI even has that covered for you: MSI keyboard (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/24/msi-brings-cidekos-motion-sensing-air-keyboard-to-a-wider-audie/)
Forum: General Hardware Feb 16, 2010, 12:53 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 2,816
Posted By Suijin
I have been looking too for a laptop and the only...

I have been looking too for a laptop and the only other one I've really seen is this one: Costco $600 Acer Laptop...
Forum: News Jan 28, 2010, 05:53 PM
Replies: 95
Views: 6,142
Posted By Suijin
I thought the wifi ones would be released in 60...

I thought the wifi ones would be released in 60 days and the 3G ones in 90 days, that should be only 1 month after the wifi, so April. Anyway no contract, they said prepaid no contract, and at...
Forum: News Oct 22, 2009, 04:50 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 5,171
Posted By Suijin
They were originally brought to market when...

They were originally brought to market when people only had single core CPUs. So if your CPU was maxed out on some games then yes you would see a nice improvement with this card. So if you have...
Forum: News Sep 21, 2009, 04:30 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 8,465
Posted By Suijin
Yeah how are you suppose to compete with a...

Yeah how are you suppose to compete with a monopoly again, if there are no rules and they can do anything to sink you? I mean Intel basically paid companies to not carry AMD, not just cut their...
Forum: News Sep 14, 2009, 04:31 PM
Replies: 265
Views: 17,610
Posted By Suijin
I have seen some posts that indicate Nvidia won't...

I have seen some posts that indicate Nvidia won't have the new cards out until 2010. That's 2.5 months for now, but then again ATI doesn't have theirs on the streets yet either.
Forum: News Jun 26, 2009, 04:59 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 6,790
Posted By Suijin
Diamond as a material property has one of the...

Diamond as a material property has one of the lowest friction surfaces known. Diamond also has one of the highest heat conductivities known. Also a very good electrical insulator, and it's opne the...
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