Recent content by Kjølen

Yeah, I was mildly irritated when I read the post so I decided to check the link to make sure I wasn't misunderstanding. I have even read through the individual articles on the site.The link gives me a walkthrough on two things: Recovering the bootloader with the Windows Vista CD or with...

You have got to be kidding me. Seriously.

Greetings! Recently, I've been having a Grub error 22 boot message. I believe this is the remnants of a failed Linux removal.At any rate, I cannot get into my Vista bootloader beyond that unless I have the Vista CD in the drive while booting, which seems to bypass the broken grub. Does anyone...

The speed of your RAM largely depends on your motherboard and the settings in your BIOS. Most motherboards nowadays that support DDR2 support at least up to DDR2 800 speeds. If you know what your motherboard is, that will help too. Even if you DID buy DDR2 800 RAM and it wasn't supported, you...

I've never had a problem with headaches from staring at any type of monitor or screen for extended periods of time. One of the reasons I like the 30" is that its center sits up higher, thus forcing me to sit with better posture if I want to look at the center of the screen at eye level.

I don't think you guys understand. If I'm going to upgrade, I'm not going to go from 1600x1200 to 1920x1200. That's just not worth it, even by my standards. I need 2560x1600 to be fully satisfied!

Balishang - I'm using a Samsung SyncMaster 204B right now and I love it, so I would normally agree with your recommendation if it had more than one DVI input and maybe a powered USB hub. Also, I have a brand-new GeForce GTX 280, so 2560x1600 shouldn't be a problem on most games for now. I don't...

First, I would like to establish that I am completely batsh*t loco. That should save me a few pages of unneeded replies. Second, I am looking to upgrade to the world of super high definition gaming, and thus need a monitor that can support 2560x1600. I've been looking around, and I think I've...

If you plan on gaming in Vista, it wouldn't hurt to pick up another couple gigabytes of RAM, but 2GB should be fine unless you game at very high resolutions in Crysis or some other like game.

Yes, for that reason, it's lucky that I wasn't reviewing the motherboard. Since the motherboard has held back both processors in regards to the FSB speeds they can handle, we have to make the CPUs part of a free-body-diagram, where other components are ignored, more likely due to similarity in...

Dashing remark, there. You sure showed me with your army of reasons and sources. Your slight upon my ignorance has left me devastated, mutilated, and perforated! I could summarize the next few paragraphs by simply replying "no u" but if you're so inclined, read on. I suppose I could go the...

Why not? Does this really matter? My issue is with the video card here.

Any sound card Audigy SE and up will be much better than any onboard audio you have. Plus, having a separate sound processor takes away the strain from your CPU. However, if you're set on getting an X-Fi with the X-RAM, the regular Xtreme Gamer edition has 2MB of X-RAM and is only about $91 on...

bkolk: Why, yes, I do. I never knew that V-sync limited your framerate. I shall remedy this at once and give another report. However, this still doesn't explain BioShock not working and the random slowdown during FEAR gameplay. Edit: Turning off V-sync brought my average and maximum up quite a...

First off, if you can spare a few extra quid, go for the Q9300 or the Q9450 (Check Aria.co.uk) instead of the Q6600. They're cooler and will overclock more stably. If you cannot find the HD 4870 for the price you want, try looking for 9800GTX cards around that price, I believe there were a few...