Recent content by bryan_d

Children in Forums=FTL! I think Darkmatter needs to take a deep breath, and just step away from "Darkmatter land" for a moment. If you really believe Intel only focuses on its high-end CPU's to drive its profits then you can go ahead and believe what you want. But the vast majority of...

Interesting article, But I too agree that all will be in vain due to the x86 licensing. If game developers all jump to the x86 ship, nVidia is pretty much DEAD. AMD/ATI have their hands on the license, and hence can make C/GPU cards, but nVidia will be left drowning in an abandoned...

I agree with this statement in full, as RAM will most likely be replaced by SSD connected to a high bandwidth, low latency bus to the CPU/STREAM. I also predict most motherboards as we know it, to be as big as ITX at the most with only the SSD and CPU really taking up realstate. But that...

Yikes, Trident VGA PCI 1MB ATI RAGE 2C Riva TNT2 M64 ->launched my hobby of computers Kyro 2 ATI 8500LE 128MB ATI 9800 128MB r360 ATI X800GTO2 r480 7900GS 256MB 8800GS 384MB :) My newest toy! I did have other cards I used for family computers: Geforce2 GTS GF2MX400 ATI FireGL3 Radeon X300...

Cooler Master CM690 ring a bell, for behind the mobo cooling? Or how about the CM590? So it has been done before, and just as before Thermaltake is once again knocking off the hardwork and creativity of other companies. Seriously, this case is a knock-off of the Antec 900 and the CM590/690...

I edited my first post with some additional suggestions. :)

Good start, Cut the front Grill out too. Cut the mobo tray to aid in wire management Match the exit path of your fan to your blow hole to aid air-flow You might want to add another 120mm intake in the cd-rom chamber, like so: Keep us posted, Bryan D. PS - I hate to...

Spoiled by C2D eh? It is too bad you missed out on the glory days of AMD overclocking then. Besides the CMOS issue that plagued all nForce2 boards, the Epox was beast at overclocking. The 8RDA was a very nice board... To buy Intel at that time was a joke, funny how things spin. I feel...

Are you referring to my 8800GS or the old 7900GS (that I just realised I never updated)? Seeing as though this game is strictly single player, we can assume that AI will be working overtime; I think if bethesda was smart they will code heavily for multi cpu systems like Supreme Commander...

I wish they would release the system requirements for the game, so at least we know how it would play on current hardware. If I have to go Quad, SLI/CF, 8GB DDR3, and Vista, then I might just get a PS3 then. :( I have been looking forward to this game for waaaay too long now... bryan d

I wonder if they will be implementing the old PowerVR tech that the Kyro series used against ATI and nVidia in the past. Hidden Surface Removal was a tech that I wished ATI and nVidia would actually steal! :) Sure ATI had their Z-buffer, and nVidia with their variant... but they simply were...

Hey all, Just been fiddling around with the computer and got this: 2666 Points! eVGA 8800GS 384MB bryan_d

Flashstar, I totally agree, that the corporations that cause harm to the public should be punished; the jailhouse and repo should do good. :) And my dad owns his own business, so I am not anti-profit. With the way the market is working nowadays, I think you can agree that "demand" is easy to...

Corporations do not care about their consumers, just their bottom line. It is the LAW, corporations must MUST ensure the growth of their shareholders portfolios. Ever heard of a corporation purposely reducing profits, and survived in the long run? That is why you have corporations like...

You are absolutely correct that the stock pads of most CPU/GPU application are not very efficient, but the reason why I chimed in the thread was to point out that a metal to IC contact with thermal paste will outperform a metal->pad->IC contact. Would really rely on a thermal pad with NO metal...