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- Mon May 17, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2010 SSD pricing (for drives >= barefoot controller perf)
- Replies: 114
- Views: 56801
Re: May 2010 SSD pricing update
See the near 50% failure rate for the Patriot Torqx drives or the vast complaints about OCZ drives 50% of reviews on Newegg mentioning a drive failing does not equal a 50% failure rate. People are far more likely to write a review if a product dies early than if everything goes smoothly. I'm sure t...
- Sun May 16, 2010 9:38 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: NVIDIA graphics card for Premiere
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2750
I was just taking a look at Premiere Pro CS5's system requirements , and noticed that their "Adobe-certified GPU card for GPU-accelerated performance" list includes the GeForce GTX 285 and some other Quadros, but not the Quadro FX 1800. Supported NVIDIA graphics cards for GPU acceleration Quadro CX ...
- Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:33 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which ATI 5 series card to replace 4870 1GB
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6083
That still ignores the fact that the 4870 TechPowerUp tested was only a 512MB model though. It's not just at 2560x1600 that the additional memory will make a difference. Games that utilize a lot of video memory can see better performance with a 1GB card, even at more moderate resolutions. My point i...
- Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:56 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which ATI 5 series card to replace 4870 1GB
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6083
According to the benchmarks at Tom's According to the benchmarks at http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Powercolor/HD_5750_Go_Green/28.html the 5770 is faster than the 4870 at higher resolutions and slower than the 4870 at lower resolutions. On average out of all their tests it was even. Maybe it's ...
- Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:26 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Which ATI 5 series card to replace 4870 1GB
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6083
According to the benchmarks at Tom's, the stock 5770 is often up to 10% slower than a 4870, and is probably meant more as an upgrade to the 4770 or lower. The Vapor-X version might fare slightly better, but probably not enough to match the 4870's performance. I think you'd have to move up to at leas...
- Wed Apr 14, 2010 5:46 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Converting two-slot backplate to one-slot
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8297
I'm going to put it into a Q07 , which has space underneath the slot, but only one slot. I'll probably desolder it rather than hacking it off, but I'll give removing the port and trying to keep the pins spaced apart with an eraser or something so it resembles a blocked off port before doing that. W...
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 5:34 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Reliability
- Replies: 120
- Views: 69299
I think that is unlikely. That is the kind of thing you can't hide for long. Once it gets out, the self inflicted damage would be immeasurable. The person who did it would have to be sacrificed. The greater source of inaccuracy is that more of the people who buy them don't report anything. And I co...
- Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:23 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: SSD Reliability
- Replies: 120
- Views: 69299
You can mine sites like newegg for reliability data and you can mine the support forums but in both cases the manufacturer can get a message deleted or edited. Assuming newegg data means anything to you we have (sorted by most reviews and only picking drives worth buying performance wise) ... You d...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:13 am
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: 9800 GT or HD 4850?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4208
I checked the product information at Gigabyte's site, and I see what you mean. There are rev. 1.0 and 3.0 versions of the card found there, and while the 3.0 manual lists support for Dual-Link DVI, the 1.0 manual makes no mention of it. The product page does show a Dual-Link icon on it though. It mi...
- Fri Mar 19, 2010 3:32 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Merits of 2x slower passive cards vs one powerful (noisier?)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4265
Two of these would draw less power than a 5850, but offer comparable performance. I'm not sure if it's possible to connect two in Crossfire though, you'd need a long and flexible ribbon connector and it doesn't come with one. They might draw less power, but their passive coolers will be dumping all...
- Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:01 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: what is next increase after 500gb/platter & 4200rpm?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5823
Is it just me or does this represent a pattern in Windows branded products? If we ignore NT, CE, etc. releases: 3.1 :) 95 :( 98 :) ME :( (2000 was NT based, skipping, but :S ) XP :) Vista :( 7 :) ... Ubuntu! :D Except Windows 95 was generally well received and quite popular, so your pattern doesn't...
- Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:10 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: benefit of a second drive?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9037
I agree with Audiojar. Multiple disk-based drives are probably not worthwhile from a performance standpoint for the vast majority of home users. It might potentially reduce access times a little, but any performance benefits would be minimal unless you're performing very disk-intensive tasks on a co...
- Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:48 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Do you run your LCD at different resolutions?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5142
So the only thing left that would be hard to read are the desktop icon labels? Maybe not. There are settings for adjusting the font sizes of icons in Windows. In XP, you can right click on your desktop, choose 'Properties', and click the 'Appearance' tab followed by the 'advanced' button. From here...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 9:37 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD 6400AAKS SATA 1.5 - jumper pins 5-6
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2175
I encountered this same issue when installing a 6400AAKS in my system last year. The drive should be directly compatible with many SATA 1.5 motherboards without requiring jumpers, but earlier SATA interfaces do require the jumper to be set. There are no jumper labels on the drive itself, and my OEM ...
- Sun Aug 02, 2009 7:38 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Transform 'Cuda 7200.11 1.5tb into Velociraptor Killer
- Replies: 78
- Views: 86837
Did you just make like 5 massive posts in a row? : ) This isnt exactly news... I partitioned the system drive in my P182 (Samsung F1 640GB) for speed myself, using this setup: C: - boot/system - 60 GB F: - games - 100GB G: - backups/images - 426GB This works great for me, as I seldom access the imag...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:18 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: Transform 'Cuda 7200.11 1.5tb into Velociraptor Killer
- Replies: 78
- Views: 86837
It does not matter, whether you have unallocated space or partitions on rest of the HDD. If you dont access it, performance will be the same. You can use the rest of the HDD for data, for example for backups. It does not have a sense to leave the rest of stroked drive totally unused. :!: I agree. F...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 4:00 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: How to REFRIGERATE an external mobile disk?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4045
The rubber bumpers between the internal drive and its case may be insulating it, preventing effective heat transfer to cool the drive. Checking the PDF data sheet at their site, it looks as though the drive is rated for use in environments up to 35° C. While you may be in an air conditioned buildin...
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 9:44 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Lowest wattage HDMI+DVI PCIe video card?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12823
Re: Lowest wattage HDMI+DVI PCIe video card?
I'm looking for a low power, fanless HDMI+DVI PCIe video card...one that will give me the lowest idle wattage possible. I don't do any 3D, so 3D performance is a non-factor. I'm currently running a Powercolor HD3450 and it chews up 15W at idle (probably partially due to them not bothering to enable...
- Sun May 31, 2009 10:51 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: In need of a new HDD
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3769
Of course, having fewer platters doesn't always make for a quieter drive. Since single platter drives are typically aimed at the budget end of the market, they are more prone to fall victim to cost-cutting measures that reduce build quality, potentially making them noisier than a higher capacity dri...
- Sun May 10, 2009 12:54 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD GPs are dying? Really?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 47002
So yes, I would expect WD to disclose if there are problems using GP drives with Linux. My guess is that they did not know at first, but instead of fessing up and finding a solution, they are in complete denial. Having personally purchased 3 GP drives, I am not amused. They did release a statement ...
- Sat May 09, 2009 8:11 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: DVD-R's - is it just the luck of the draw
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2019
I wouldn't say Samsung optical drives are "Horribly noisy" as my current drives are certainly not the worst I've ever heard. I'd rate them more as 'typical' when running at full speed. They slow down when watching DVDs and performing small reads, though not quite as much as some other brands. As hal...
- Sat May 09, 2009 7:05 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD GPs are dying? Really?
- Replies: 67
- Views: 47002
While I think whiic went a little overboard, I do agree that it shouldn't be up to a hard drive manufacturer to let potential customers know if a power-saving feature that's been common in other drives for years might not be fully compatible with an OS that's used on roughly 1% of desktops. While it...
- Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:29 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Is it safe to buy Nvidia? (The Inquirer and other stories)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13819
To be honest if it wasn't for the drivers (Linux) I would probably look into Radeon products. In this situation I force myself to buy NVIDIA even if I know there is at least the possibility of a complete NVIDIA GPU series being defective. Isn't that just a remnant from years past? As far as I know,...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 7:30 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: I need a silent large drive (excluding WD)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8064
Look in the sticky threads after "WARNING: WD Green Power drives may kill themselves" ... I find Samsung drives safer then WD's :!: That's why I said that thread really needs to be retitled. It's incredibly deceptive, especially considering that no one has ever verified that the excessive head park...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 6:26 pm
- Forum: Video Cards & Monitors
- Topic: Vista screensaver and defragmentation
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3425
Having no screen saver is boring. Don't listen to the boring people. : P It's probably best to use a screen saver that's light on system resources though, so that your processor and video card remain in their idle state while it's running. Having the monitor power down after a half hour or so is a g...
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:05 am
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: New Mac mini - <13w at idle?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13915
Apparently the CPU is soldered in place too, so you can't replace it.
You can upgrade the hard drive and ram though, as described in this disassembly guide.
You can upgrade the hard drive and ram though, as described in this disassembly guide.
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:14 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: New Mac mini - <13w at idle?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 13915
Imagine the applications these could be used for with a quad core :) Hardly any desktop software makes use full of multiple cores, so it would be a waste. Most programs are still designed to run on a single core, so a quad core processor is useless for the vast majority of people. For less than the...
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:04 pm
- Forum: Green Computing
- Topic: Whats using all my power??
- Replies: 20
- Views: 14473
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:37 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: WD6400AAKS <- I am getting one!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4243
I've been using one for over 8 months now, and it's been working great. It's quieter than my 160GB Samsung drive, and noticeably faster. I bought one once I finally got tired of waiting for Samsung's lower capacity 333GB-per-platter drives, which were long overdue at the time. I wouldn't say it vibr...
- Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:37 pm
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: 2 640WD or 1.5TB Seagate? Please Help!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3170
From what I've heard of the recent Seagates, they tend to be notably louder than WD's offerings. WD's current lineup tends to receive more favorable user reviews as well, and I've heard less instances of them randomly failing. You didn't really specify which 640GB WD Caviar though, so the amount of ...