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hmm...

Check out Falcon Northwest, they rank up there with alienware.

Sad to hear that. Hope youve got something good in mind.

But in learning this software, Catalyst may become a future buyer of it. Microsoft gave me a free version of .NET just so i could learn it.

AMD Tbird 1.4Ghz 512 DDR 40gb ATA100 HD Sound Blaster Audigy Gamer+ Geforce4 MX 440 64mb DDR XP Pro Runs 1600x1200 at solid 100fps

Does all your audio come through like that? If its just MP3 encoded stuff then you just need a new mp3 decoder. If wav files sound like that too then you might have a compatibility issue with your soundcard and your OS. I highly doubt its a CPU problem. Do you have an integrated sound card? Have you updated drivers?

Check your CPU core voltage. Make sure that isnt too high or too low. Probably just a fluke. I wouldnt worry about it. Ive got the same chip and i have been problem free.

lol... Did you read the part where they said that Nvidia wouldnt let them test it at 4x anti-aliasing? Nvidia isnt very sure of their newest flagship chip.

You wont see the same kind of lag spikes out of CS. Make sure you dont go play CS with a Peer-to-Peer file sharing program like Kazaa. Those reak havoc on pings in CS. If you have NT,2000,XP run a network performance test in the mmc. That will tell you where all those packets are going.

Smart move from NVidia. Its a good idea to expand horizons when your competing with a powerhouse like ATI.

Im betting that is gonna be built in to the VCR. Depending on how they do that it could be worthless to copy because it probably comes with the Smart VCR that you buy anyways.

Yeah basically all electronic companies do that. It saves them a lot of money to make identical products and then just send them off with different firmware or a little lead cut by a laser and lower the price. All AMD processors of a series are all identical short of the small laser cut that lowers their clock rate. Same with the NVidia Geforce series. The GeForce 4 MX is just an upgraded and overclocked Geforce 2. However the MX and Ti's use completely different architectures. That is the basis behind overclocking. You can overclock any graphics card, but cooling begins to become an issue. I personally own a Geforce 4 MX and i love Nvidia's Ti series, but whatever someone tells you... keep in mind that ATI Radeon is a superior chip. The architecture in those chips is much better(which is why they dont have to come out with new detonator drivers every month like Nvidia). In the next few years i predict that radeon will be taking over the Graphics market. If you wanna see a really nice Graphics Card check out the Radeon FireGL series.(VERY EXPENSIVE industry grade cards). I dont know much about the Radeon 9000 series but im guessing that even though you can upgrade that 9500 pro to a 9700 you still aren't getting the same fast memory access that you are getting in the 9700. I know someone who does that re-soldering and saves a lot of money. Its kinda like cheating the system hehe

Cool cpu mod, but... Whats the point. Anything using a slot one probably has a 66 or 100 mhz bus speed. Getting a new Mobo would probably be more economical considering the upgraded Firmware and faster buses. But i guess it is a good solution for those on a budget.

For all those XP users out there i strongly suggest not upgrading to SP1. Apparently it slows down your framerate in some graphics intensive apps. Also, those using the infamous FCKGW... cdkey for XP will not be able to upgrade to SP1. If you already have SP1, there is a setting in the registry that will let you fix that framerate problem.

Unfortunately its full for the Jan. 18th party but there is another one within the next two months. All you gotta do is sign up and its like 10 bucks i think. Cant really remember the specifics. Go to www.dsmgg.org for info and pics.