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Was that a special offer coupon or some student discount or something else entirely?

By the way, I'm now pretty sure that the card was the culprit. I hadn't tried before, but I tested booting into safe mode. While I was able to see the display, it appeared very oddly with yellow vertical lines and various other discolorations spaced across the display. Just to try something...

Thanks again to all. For the additional $8, I will probably go with the Sapphire 256MB 9600. As I said, I will be reaplacing the system within a year and I don't do all that much PC gaming these days. Most of my new game purchases these days are console based simply because of where my new...

Yes, I am replacing a card I think is bad. I think the 9600 might be my best bet. Out of curiosity, for $8 more I see Newegg sells the same card but with 256MB vs 128MB. You can see that card here. Any real benefit for the additional $8? Thanks again to all. Jeff

Thanks for the help. I feel like a complete idiot but I guess accidents happen. Now I need to make sure that I get it from a place I can return to in case the card turns out not to be the problem.

Ok, I have a 3 year old machine that I will be replacing late this year or early next. To be honest, it doesn't get too much use, but I do use it for a few things. Anyways, I was clumsy and knocked over the case while it was sitting on a concrete floor Immediately after, the system seemed...

Ok, I probably should have looked into this before I did the copy, but I can do it over if need be. I have a large amount of data (~60GB across 1000s of files) that I copied from one external drive to another. At some point, I will be retasking the source drive thus making the original files...

Dave, That's exactly the site I was thinking of. Thanks also for your your offer and I may PM you at some point about that. Thanks again. Jeff

So, I just don't have time to build a PC. I'm not looking for a gaming rig so I don't need to go to one of those specialists. I seem to recall a custom PC builder who was a good bit more reasonable than Falcon, Alienware, etc. I visited there sight months ago but can't remember the name. I...

Well, Sony's recent addition to their LCD line doesn't get talked about much here, mostly because of the initially high price tag ($2599). The replacement for their previous 23" is the new SDM-P234/B which seems to have the same panel as HP's 2335 and Apple's New 23" ACD. Thankfully, the folks...

Any problems seeing the post-boot BIOS screens? Some PC users on the Apple forums have reported an inability to see anything displayed prior to the XP splash screen. Any issues with this?

I've searched through some of the threads and was wondering if anyone has paired a new 23" Apple Cinema dsiplay with a 6800 card yet? since they're both so new I figured the chance was low, but since that's the pairing I'm considering on my new PC, I just wanted to see if anyone had done it and...

Shorty, thanks for the clarification on the PCI X nomenclature. Hopefully, as we get closer, the time question will be answered. My only concern is waiting til then to build a system including it only to find out that it's been delayed.

I've been looking into building a new system, but it looks like nvidia's upcoming SLI implementation may be worth waiting for. Theoretically, the ability to use 2 cards to run a single monitor can extend the life of the system and therefore limit the need to upgrade. Seeing as how I'm looking...

I see a lot of people talking about building or having systems with a raptor as their primary drive for XP and a 7200 drive for data storage. How beneficial is having that extra speed for the XP install? I was considering a single SATA 250GB drive with a separate EIDE 7200 80GB drive brought...

Thanks for the advice fellas. I'll be going with an AMD 64 setup. I'll go with stock for now and upgrade later when I move into the OC realm.

Ok, since I'm building my firct PC, there are some things I don't know much about. One of the new areas for me is cooling. I know I will probably get into OCing eventually, but initially, I will concentrate on building the thing and getting it up and running. After making sure everything...

Thanks for the tip about the USB cables. I actually did find a company that offers a dizzying array of options for front panels. Basicaly, it's all modular and you just buy the jacks you want to fit into the panel. They offer options for connecting those front jacks either to rear panel...

I answered my own question about the front inputs panel in a 5.25" drive slot. Yes, several companies make those. After doing some looking around, if I did build a high-end system, I would probably go with something like: - ENERMAX Noisetaker 600 - MSI K8N Neo2 nForce3 Ultra - AMD Socket...

Ok, here's another question. Since the ATC-201 doesn't have front jacks for firewire or audio (and there's some question as to whether the USB jacks will properly support USB 2.0), is there some kind of module out there that I can pop into a free 3.5" or 5.25" bay to connect those outputs from...

First off, I want to say thanks to all you guys who have participated in the board. It's been extremely helpful to me and certainly has encourgade me to want to try something new. I found these forums initially when looking into the HP and new Apple 23" displays. After realizing that I'd have...

By the way, I went to CompUSA last night and got to see a couple of things. First, they had a Compaq X (their offering as a gaming rig) hooked up to one of the old Apple Cinema 23" displays (which has 1900x1200 native res). The box was running on an Nvidia 5950 Ultra. So, I got to play with...

Thanks for the tip. I checked out the Nvidia driver user guide and came across exactly what you mentioned. Here's a link to the pdf guide: Nvidia Display Properties User Guide Page 80 details options for digital flat panels and lets you choose how to scale including whether you want the...

My vid card upgrade will be to something like the ATI X800 or the Nvidia 6800 so I have that covered. It is possible that I was confused on the scaling options. I was assuming the the display could be fed any number of resolutions and that the "Custom Scaling" options in the HP's menu (Fill to...

Yes, I would definitely take advantage of DVI. That's an absolute given. And a vid card upgrade will go right along with it so no problems there. The question on inputs is will I ever want to connect an external TV tuner (sat box, HD box, etc), game system or anything else. Granted, the...

It's nice to have such a wide variety of choices all using the same panel that has been so widely praised. What's tough for is the styling vs. functionality question. Will I really have a use for the non-DVI inputs? Will I use the scaling options of the HP? I really do like the look of the...