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rrojas260
Joined: Dec 13, 2003
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From: Valencia, Venezuela
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Im looking for some help buying a pc
I bought my current pc a few years ago when was the best i could get (P4 3.0G with HyperThreading, 1Gb RAM, 120Gb Hard Disk, ATI radeon 9550), at that time I could run almost any app and game available but now i cant run HD Video, games at high graphic detail, and other things.
I would like to buy a new pc able to do those things i cant now, i think i have two options.
- Buy a whole new pc
- Buy a new mother board, rams and processor, case and PSU.
Thats where i need help, what is the best option based on price/reliability, in case your advise is to buy a whole pc, which one? In case your advise is to buy the parts, which ones?
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Cycovision
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My advice would be hang on for a little bit longer before upgrading. Reason is, HD-DVD Players, Blue-Ray players and graphics cards that are capable of displaying true HD Video are only just emerging now. They're hard to find and very expensive, however by the end of the year Nvidia's PureVideo HD cards will be much more widespread and no doubt quite a bit cheaper.
I really don't think you'll even need a new processor and motherboard to do what you want. 3Ghz is fine even for today's most demanding games, I think it's your graphics card that is causing the problem.
However, you sound like a bit of an enthusiast and so if you were to buy a new system, here's what I'd suggest you look out for:
-Dual core processor capable motherboard. AMD's X2 processors are my personal favourite, particularly for gaming. Asus and Gigabyte provide a number of good quality DC motherboards with varying aditional features.
-Dual channel memory. At least 2Gb of it to be precise! You can buy Dual channel kits now to make it easier.
-SLI / Crossfire PCI-express capable board. As you know, SLI is the ability to run two graphics cards at the same time. Nvidia (SLI) seem to be a little more ahead of the game is this department than ATI (Crossfire) at the moment. Either way, make sure that the motherboard supports one or the other and buy the cards accordingly. You can't put 2 ATI cards in a SLI motherbaord and get the SLI effect. Also, the cards will both have to be capable of displaying HD Video, so the Nvidia PureVideo series is looking likely.
As I said earlier, personally I'm going to wait until next year before I start playing with this kind of stuff. Mainly because of the cost at the moment but also because Vista will be out at around the same time that the HD Video stuff becomes more mainstream.
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rrojas260
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I think you are right maybe i should wait a little longer to buy a top range system, with my current pc i can play 720p HD with less than 5% errors in playback i think and play games at moderate quality.
- Does AGP ports are still used? I remember some guy told me that all new graphic cards only work with PCI express
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Cycovision
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Yeah, PCI-e is the way to go now. It's also the only way to get SLI or crossfire.
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dr_thug
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@blu,thanks for recommending this thread.
Hi Cyclovision,I got PC problems more than  problems...
So now,i am facing a problem...
http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=127826#post1730748
and i gave it to repair and they replaced the backlight ...But now the colours(colors) are messed up ...the white colour has a pinkish hue.I tried playing around with the settings...tweaking gamma,contrast and brightness..also tried tweaking individual settings of red,green and blue...but no help.
What should i do??Can any settings help or should i take it back to repair?
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Cycovision
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I think it needs to go back for repair again 
There aren't any settings I know of other than the ones you've tried, so I'd guess that they either haven't repaired it properly or something else has gone wrong with it.
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dr_thug
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I talked to the PC guy today...he said that the backlight was at fault so he replaced the entire lcd and backlight unit.When he heard my complaints,he said that some of the settings may need to be changed but it can be done only at the service centre using some softwares they have...so the repair will be done soon.
Thanks Cyclovision for your advice.
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dr_thug
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Hi Cyclovision,
I am facing a new problem...hadn't used it much since i got my laptop back from the repair...noticed just now that i am not able to use the scroll bar on the touchpad...the scroll is not working...pages are not moving up and down.Can any settings help??
the touchpad for cursor area is working fine.
Btw,my laptop is Hp Compaq nx7010.
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mrao
Joined: Nov 11, 2004
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Umm..thuggie...you should at least spell the big man's name right...its cycovision...without the "l" 
 t610 > k700i > p800 > p900 > p910 > k750i > I-mate Jam > Blokia 6681 > HTC Prophet > HTC Wizard & Nokia N73 > E71 > BB 9000 > HTC Desire > Samsung Galaxy S > Samsung Galaxy S II & the Motorola Xoom <br /> Still Shiny but not so n |
Cycovision
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Jenbones insists on calling me cyclovision too, I wouldn't worry about it!
It might be that you need to reinstall the touchpad driver to get full functionality back. You can download the latest driver for your laptop from this page:
http://h18007.www1.hp.com/sup[....]hpcpqnk/us/locate/63_6022.html
If that doesn't work, and you can't find any settings dialogue in control panel or the start menu (all programs), then maybe the repair guy damaged the ribbon cable whilst repairing your screen 
Anyway, try reinstalling the driver and see how it goes 
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mrao
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@thuggie .. I thought HP laptops came with this nifty pre installed app called HP update...at least mine did.... it scans for any drivers that need updating, & downloads/installs them from the hp server...alternatively you could manually get them from the hp website...
t610 > k700i > p800 > p900 > p910 > k750i > I-mate Jam > Blokia 6681 > HTC Prophet > HTC Wizard & Nokia N73 > E71 > BB 9000 > HTC Desire > Samsung Galaxy S > Samsung Galaxy S II & the Motorola Xoom <br /> Still Shiny but not so n |
Cycovision
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@mrao
I think it's all done off the HP website, there is an automatic product identifier and upgrade advisor on their support pages. I've never managed to get it to work properly though so you'll have to tell me the secret |
dr_thug
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Apologies Cycovision for writing your 'name' wrongly
@Cycovision,
For me,Installing drivers are big deal and am afraid that i might mess up things.i will leave them to the service guys.
@mrao,  Thanks for pointing out the mistake  Yes,my laptop too has "HP support"...they have a nice looking Active chat but the problem is that its only from 9am to 6pm...I hoped to talk to them but after filling up all those forms,i didnt get much time...Heres the conversation
""[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:49 PM] -- Automatically generated message:
Your support request has been received by HP and has been queued. We are working on your problem and will contact you within one business hour (Monday-Friday , between 9am and 5pm local time ).
[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:50 PM] -- Automatically generated message:
For reference, your Case ID is xxxxxxxxxxxx
[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:50 PM] -- Automatically generated message:
The HP Support technician, S S has been assigned to your case.
[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:50 PM] -- ME says:
anyone there to help me ?
[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:50 PM] -- ME says:
anyone there in active chat??
[Friday, August 25, 2006 5:50 PM] -- S S says:
Hello ME,
Thank you for contacting the New HP and for your interest in our Instant Support program. I see you have a question.
I'm going to take a few moments to review the information from your computer and will message you back, right here, very soon. Please add this page to your Favorites in case you get disconnected or close your browser so you may come back to this conversation.
[Friday, August 25, 2006 6:00 PM] -- S S says:
Our support is available from 4:00AM to 8:30PM SGP Time, Monday to Friday. I will place this request in a special holding queue. If you still require assistance, please reply to this message and either I or another qualified agent will continue to assist you. Thank you for using HP Instant Support.
""""
Got no replys after this message.
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whizkidd
Joined: May 14, 2004
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That sounds sooo familiar! 
T230 >> T610 >> Ngage QD >> N73 >> N85 >> Omnia HD >> And countless other review units |
slattery69
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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looking for some advice on laptops. got two in mind that suit my budget and needs. one has a pentium m 735a, the other a sempron 64 3200+.
now i know very little about processors in laptops so ive no idea which will perform the best given the rest of the specs are almost identical.
any help greatfully recieved |
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Posted: 2006-08-22 04:53
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