The Personal Computer Thread

[flanker]

Compiz is desktop special animation and graphic pack. It would give you features like Desktop cube, sticky windows and stuff like that

[crazylord]

Excellent choice u made, going with Hardy Heron!
About the effects, trust me just see the booting with KDE4 and u are already in love with it. And yeah, just go for Compiz and BeryL packs separately. Install them and u are in for a tr8 for sure!

Good to see you back gold_heart The download is half done, i may be installing it by tomorrow. But pardon my ignorance, what are Compiz and Beryl packs. Are they some sort of transformation pack..

[gold_heart007]

Thanks. I Just checked Ubuntu's site, the latest version is 8.04.1, I am downloading it via torrent.......

Excellent choice u made, going with Hardy Heron!
About the effects, trust me just see the booting with KDE4 and u are already in love with it. And yeah, just go for Compiz and BeryL packs separately. Install them and u are in for a tr8 for sure!

[myg124]

anvancy: dude, the nvidia problem is not the case with every other card these days. Its only from faulty ones that were assembled and that line has been creating problems. If some problem had to crop up it would have done long time back!

I have used both ATI n nvidia n find both equal.

[flanker]

in case you want a CD from them, you just have to order it from the site. They will post the CD to your address free of cost. The CD takes about 4-6 weeks to reach your place in India.

8.04 gives you all the Vista graphics + lot more, that too all free of cost!

Open source rulzz

[crazylord]

Go for Ubuntu. Its the most hassel free Distro i have ever used. And trust me, i have used a lot of them

Thanks. I Just checked Ubuntu's site, the latest version is 8.04.1, I am downloading it via torrent.......

[flanker]

Guys, I want to try my hands at Linux. But i am confused with so many flavors available. I want a version which has a great GUI. I mean something at par or better than Vista (aero). Which one do you suggest?

Go for Ubuntu. Its the most hassel free Distro i have ever used. And trust me, i have used a lot of them

[crazylord]

Guys, I want to try my hands at Linux. But i am confused with so many flavors available. I want a version which has a great GUI. I mean something at par or better than Vista (aero). Which one do you suggest?

[anvancy]

@ Rahul.cool: mate, i already installed Crysis on the HP and it works just fine, only thing i have to run it on medium settings!

anvancy: before buying the lappy i knew the nvidia problem was existing. But so far so good, nothings happened so far. Yep, all notebooks equipped with the nvidia GTs belch out heat like nothing. The Apple macbooks get even hotter, this one does just fine. anyways, m not that a hardcore gamer, just wanted to see the stuff this thing could handle, and it works gr8

good to hear that its not melted yet!!

keep a check on the hp bios update.

[myg124]

@ Rahul.cool: mate, i already installed Crysis on the HP and it works just fine, only thing i have to run it on medium settings!

anvancy: before buying the lappy i knew the nvidia problem was existing. But so far so good, nothings happened so far. Yep, all notebooks equipped with the nvidia GTs belch out heat like nothing. The Apple macbooks get even hotter, this one does just fine. anyways, m not that a hardcore gamer, just wanted to see the stuff this thing could handle, and it works gr8

[winzeee]

Check out these links
Techtree.com India > Reviews > Peripherals > Graphics Accelerators > ATI Radeon HD 4670

ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4650 - Price,Specs,Review

[Absoluthavoc]

^^ doubts it would be 5k here mate..

[winzeee]

Im looking for a new gfx card around 5k.Any one got any ideas ?
ive heard about this Ati 4670 on net, they say its around 5k which sounds quite good .

[anvancy]

Hey guys, i recently purchased the HP dv5T laptop.. got one word for it, its truly kick-ass. Got to be the best lappy for gaming this year. Its got a nvidia 9600GT 512 and i just loaded a few games on it, the ones which are demanding. It works smoothly. Getting Crysis in a few days time, lets c how that performs. shouldnt b a prob i guess.

Otherwise the configs are, 15.4 widescreen glossy WXGA display, centrino 2- 2ghz, 3gb ddr2 800 mhz RAM and a host of other features.

more updates later!

btw, anyone here played GRID??? heard its so much better than nfs..

just keep a watch at your temp levels.i hope you know that NVIDIA used faulty grease for their fan heating equipment which results in failures and shutdowns.HP AND DELL released bios updates that fluctuates the fan speed but doesnt solve the problem.it tries to evade it.so dont stress it too much.check notebookreview.com etc.

[Aryan]

@abrar: I have played 'The Witcher'. It's a pretty good game, although it's massive and requires a lot of time..