(I posted this is in the job forums too but I want your guys' opinion too)
I kind of have a high perfomance desktop fetish. I like to really tinker with settings and upgrade the parts and etc.
BUT this hobby is expensive! I want to justify such heavy investments.
My question is this, what...
Some people swear by AA and PhysX, I on the other hand dont notice a difference. I play all of those previously mentioned games, and for the difference in price between ATI and NVidia, I can't possibly justify it. Depends if you want "very high" settings (I'm fine with that for the price) or...
I knew that a full tower would be quite bigger than my current desktop tower, but NOT nearly twice its size! So my question is, for personal use, is a full tower overkill?
What distro is the best for Windows rescue/recovery?
I'm looking for a distro that can...
-Fit onto and boot from a CD
-Be compatible with all Windows file types (fat~, ntfs~, etc.)
-Have tools to recover/partition a hard drive
-Recognize a great deal of hardware
-Still be maintained
Another...
It lists a resolution, for example, the one that patonb used said its resolution was 2048 x 1536, would it be functional with lower resolutions like 1920x1080?
It's about time to upgrade computers again, but I would like to still use my old tower as a Linux box. Is there a way to use the same Mouse/Monitor/Keyboard without having to plug and unpug the hardware the towers every time I wish to switch?
What do multimedia editing computers need to run efficiently? Do they need high end graphics cards? lots of ram? great cpus? etc.?
Are they essentially a gaming computer underneath the case with a different purpose?