The Personal Computer Thread

[anvancy]

ATI cards have always have had driver problems, which I simply am unable to understand. I have always used the GeForce series cards, and I wouldn't want to shift, really..

As for the 'hint', well, you never really know - it could just be!

the 8 series the 9 series "ARE" still suffering from heat issues.you see,our hardware providers sometimes do give us actually OLD cards(check import date).which may have those cheapo grease stuff that created heat issues.

the 200 series to me right now seems just a showoff putting money.

ATI cards now specially the 4 series are making a nice competition for NVIDIA.

even when the nvidia heat issue was picked up in notebooks to save the line TOSHIBA was first to shift to ATI from nvidia.and after that HP followed.

[Aryan]

And as Anvancy said, why not the ATi ? Else atleast the 260 or 280's ?

I would LOVE to get my hands on an GeForce 260/280, but I don't think that would retail for anything less than 35,000 bucks (Rashi Peripherals). If anyone could confirm the prices of these two behemoths from NVIDA (260/280), that would simply be great.

Also, have you seen the size of the 260/280!!?? These cards are MONSTERS..I doubt it would fit comfortably inside my PC cabinet, on the motherboard. Heck, I doubt it would fit there at all!

[Aparajith]

^^Dont the 9-series from nvidia suffer from overheating problems ? Or was that issue restricted only to the 8-series ? And as Anvancy said, why not the ATi ? Else atleast the 260 or 280's ?

@Aryan : They have had...but I think the scenario is changing as of now. I have a 4850 and found the driver to be quite stable. It O/C's as hell as well..

[Aryan]

are you giving a hint of buying that???diwali purchase??


why not the new ATI??

ATI cards have always have had driver problems, which I simply am unable to understand. I have always used the GeForce series cards, and I wouldn't want to shift, really..

As for the 'hint', well, you never really know - it could just be!

[anvancy]

Is anyone at xBhp using the 9800GTX from NVIDIA? I have read the umpteen reviews over the net, but a first hand experience with the said card would be real good.

Thanks.

are you giving a hint of buying that???diwali purchase??


why not the new ATI??

[Aparajith]

Is anyone at xBhp using the 9800GTX from NVIDIA? I have read the umpteen reviews over the net, but a first hand experience with the said card would be real good.

Thanks.

As a suggestion, try this forum : Indian Technology Forum - TechEnclave
Pretty good as far as reviews are concerned.

[Aryan]

Is anyone at xBhp using the 9800GTX from NVIDIA? I have read the umpteen reviews over the net, but a first hand experience with the said card would be real good.

Thanks.

[tazz]

also having 2x1 gb ram is better because if one of your ram chip messes-up at lest you can still work with the other 1 gb chip...

[nightwing]

Guys very laymen question which method of using RAM is better?

Like if I have a 2 GB RAM using single RAM of 2GB is better or using combinations of RAM is better like 2 X 1 GB or something like this.

2x1 GB RAM is the better option since it will run in Dual channel mode.
However with the way current hardware is progressing you wont notice the difference.A single 2 GB can post almost the same performance.

[anvancy]

@anvancy,
Follow these steps to configure your PC :

Right click on My network places-->right click on Local area network icon-->properties-->internet protocol(tcp/ip)-->click on ip address and assign an IP (like 192.168.0.5, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0)

Repeat the same process with laptop but put different IP address like one 192.168.0.5 and other 192.168.0.6; let subnet mask will remain same.

Then type this command to check connectivity---

ping (other pc/laptop IP address)
e.g.

ping 192.168.0.6

and it should read something like this ...
Pinging 192.168.0.6 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Try it out and lemme know!


btw, tried Far Cry2 benchmarker yet??

thanks..and i connected it after asking..

working fine now..can play lan games also.

anvancy.

[Ananth]

NVIDIA DEFECTIVE GPUs

Hi all..

For those using a HP Pavilion Laptop.. There are many defective Nvidia Chipsets which had come along with those laptops..

In my case, i use a HP Pavilion dv9601AU with NVIDIA GeForce Go 7150M
Problem with my chipset is that the display hangs when ever i play a movie / high resolution game.

I contacted the HP Support and was told that most of the graphic card's has some problem and would be replaced free of cost (under warranty).

So, for those facing similar issues - call HP Support - 1800112267, 30306363, 011 26388000 or visit a service showroom ASAP.
Report the same in HP's Business Support Forums

Also, kindly check the warranty - in my case i bought my laptop in April 2008 and is recorded as November 2007 in their records - So i should go back and blast them till they change the same

[torque_ankur]

Guys very laymen question which method of using RAM is better?

Like if I have a 2 GB RAM using single RAM of 2GB is better or using combinations of RAM is better like 2 X 1 GB or something like this.

[gold_heart007]

@anvancy,
Follow these steps to configure your PC :

Right click on My network places-->right click on Local area network icon-->properties-->internet protocol(tcp/ip)-->click on ip address and assign an IP (like 192.168.0.5, Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0)

Repeat the same process with laptop but put different IP address like one 192.168.0.5 and other 192.168.0.6; let subnet mask will remain same.

Then type this command to check connectivity---

ping (other pc/laptop IP address)
e.g.

ping 192.168.0.6

and it should read something like this ...
Pinging 192.168.0.6 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.0.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Try it out and lemme know!


btw, tried Far Cry2 benchmarker yet??

[shadez]

^ hmm... i was just trying to put it a bit simpler coz i saw primary/sec mem slots referred to as green/blue. Peace !

btw... anybody tried ReadyBoost? my laptop has 2GB mem and running vista. tried connecting 4GB USB, formatted with NTFS and gave bout 3.6G for ReadyBoost and then i ran the Witcher game.
i found the game rather slower than without! i mean, the initial buffering is pretty slow and takes double the time. But while running the game, i think there is a tiny weeny speed improvement.

and anybody has USB3.0?

[niks_devil666]

^ what i meant was, 32 bit OS is 2^32 data processing ie 4GB memory. so thats the max it can use ideally. applied to vista, xp, linux... all.
but you can hack the shell for using 64bit processing using PAE kernel set.
so if you use 64bit OS then upgrading memory makes sense. you need 64bitOS.

That is the theoretical mem you can have.In practice, the max memory is something significantly less, equal to 4GB minus your video card memory and the address space allocated to a couple of other hardware resources. Typically, the realistic max mem is somewhere betwee 2.5GB and 3.5GB.

If you'd like to go above 3 GB , then it would be better if you get a 64 bit OS.