One of my common Windows XP/Vista shortcuts that can be performed over the phone is finding out what graphics card/display adapter is installed on the clients computer.
Clients using Windows XP
On the Desktop, right click and select Properties
Swap to the Settings tab
Below the active screen diagram ask the client to state the name of the graphics [...]
It’s a big bad screen and I love its place on my desk but that upping that contrast ratio to higher than ‘is everything covered in dust?’ would make this beast that extra bit sweeter.
So here’s the quiz, am I the only thinking the contrast ratio on the massive Dell 22″ Wide-screen Flat Panel [...]
This Christmas I installed a computer-TV video link to watch movies in the living room and display holiday snaps while not in use. The setup cost me in total after AV sender and all cables/joiners $100 with about an hour spent to set the antenaes correctly. Here’s the drill-down!
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My friends at uMart Online told me today that a faulty batch of memory from Samsung was the likely cause of my defective graphics card.
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Do not pair an ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard with an Albatron 7600 GT 256MB SLI graphics card!
After a month of investigating the issue of intense game and 3D video freezes resulting in system crashes or what is now knowns as the “Benny Hill” effect I finally have a resolution, return the Albatron 7600 GT! I [...]
You mean that’s not just hyped advertising…
PlanetX64 have put together a great review of the Logitech MX Revolution.
A increased thumb recess with a task rocker, a fly wheel control, the best thing though is a dictionary lookup on text hightlight button which will no doubt be hacked for games in no time (eg. weapon reload [...]
I put together my computer this weekend, that was exciting enough, the bonus being it worked, first time… I must have done something wrong. Nothing is this easy.
The specs for my machine are:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (2.0Ghz dual core)
1GB Corsair DDR2 800Mhz RAM
250GB + 350GB SATA2 7200rpm HDD (chained)
CoolerMaster iGreen PSU 600W
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe [...]
The AGEIA PhysX Physics Accelerator looks incredible, I can’t believe we’ve done without this kind of dedicated hardware for so long.
Xbit Labs have written an excellent review with some sweet gameplay comparisons.
Here’s a sneak.
