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Astrotoy7

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Posted in: What's your Wallpaper? (56k ouchies)
  Astrotoy7
05-01-2008, 6:33 AM
#871
http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc288/Astrotoy7/Gynecee.png) Painting is Intйrieur Grec-Le Gynйcйe ~ Jean Leon Gerome, 1850. Oil On Canvas I love the depiction of the central reclining figure, gazing straight at the viewer as if theye just wal...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is a full tower?
  Astrotoy7
04-30-2008, 5:38 PM
#8
Yeah, I made sure all the components are compatible with each other :) of course you would have, a LFN techie would never had made such a noob mistake :D Luminuous beings are we.... ;) except maybe Ray, who is more machine now than man, twisted, and...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is a full tower?
  Astrotoy7
04-30-2008, 9:46 AM
#6
The wattage is probably the biggest issue with the newer cards, so make sure you have the required wattage or you'll have to upgrade again...which sucks... wattage without 12V on the pci-express rail is just as useless, though most new mainbaords an...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is a full tower?
  Astrotoy7
04-29-2008, 4:50 AM
#4
Think it'll fit on the ASUS P5E motherboard? Btw, that made alot more sense then the poorly translated manual :) Ive seen an 8800GT strapped onto a mini-ITX car PC! The standard ATX P5E will fit it of course, as long as the above mentioned factors...  [Read More]
Posted in: What is a full tower?
  Astrotoy7
04-28-2008, 11:04 AM
#2
OK, I couldnt resist... Here's a full tower :D http://www.ce.udel.edu/faculty/chajes/photos/eiffel.jpg) You obviously have some ill considered or poorly translated instructions! Such a card can be used on any sized mainboard that has a 12V pci-exp...  [Read More]
Posted in: Will the Internet die by 2010?
  Astrotoy7
04-27-2008, 11:22 AM
#3
.... It's far too profitable an enterprise.... exactly! when there's monies to be had, it'll never end !! Why do you think Prostitution has lasted so long !! mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: HTC Touch, need some help with Wi-Fi.
  Astrotoy7
04-10-2008, 12:26 AM
#12
XD lol how could you miss my German accent dude Great, now I think you look like Siegfried from Get Smart...or should I say Schmart! :p http://www.bcpl.net/~cbirkmey/graphics/cast_sieg.gif) mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: HTC Touch, need some help with Wi-Fi.
  Astrotoy7
04-09-2008, 3:12 PM
#9
Aah, Astro, always contra, contra, contra. :p My Nokia N73 costed me 1 Euro, the Nokia 6630 before that too. The mobile internet flat rate costs 10 bucks a month. The modem flat would cost 20 bucks. I pay 30 Euro for my DSL flat. lmao...what I fin...  [Read More]
Posted in: HTC Touch, need some help with Wi-Fi.
  Astrotoy7
04-08-2008, 10:25 AM
#7
There's also UMTS, which I use to connect my phone to the tripple double you. I can also use my phone as UMTS modem for my laptop. Fast, good, everywhere! :~ ah Ray, if only we could luxuriate in such riches as UMTS/3-4G/HSDPA.... You cant get onto...  [Read More]
Posted in: HTC Touch, need some help with Wi-Fi.
  Astrotoy7
04-07-2008, 1:10 PM
#4
keep in mind negsun, that most pda's wLan is 802.11b...which isnt that spectacular... also keep in mind factors like interference, walls, other appliances etc which all mess with signal wLan isnt a huge deal on a PDA IMO, you get more (quick) stuf...  [Read More]
Posted in: HTC Touch, need some help with Wi-Fi.
  Astrotoy7
04-06-2008, 7:15 AM
#2
lolz...shouldve just PMd me negsun...there's too much anti-windows fervour around here for many to have one I imagine ;) anyway. First, do you have a security password on your wifi?? You need to plug that into your HTC, and male sure correct encrypt...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
04-04-2008, 11:08 AM
#21
DirectX and codecs are not hardware drivers.They are hardware independent...To provide hardware and driver independence is why they exists in the first place lolz....We all know codecs and drivers are 1s and 0s, and hardware is silicon, copper and g...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Astrotoy7
04-13-2008, 7:16 AM
#78
Yeah, well, it's my fault for not paying any attention to anything that AMD is doing as of late. It's usually too damned depressing. :xp: I think people are starting to wrongly focus in on the brute power pissing contest.... when the CPU market is s...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Astrotoy7
04-12-2008, 10:03 AM
#75
You know, it just occured to me that these new 780G motherboards would make terrific HTPCs on their own; no video card required. They also appear to be very reasonably priced. lolz...just occurred to you! The HTPC milieu have been excited about th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Astrotoy7
04-08-2008, 10:35 AM
#72
Just an update: it turns out that I was not missing anything. The 8-pin connector that came with the PSU splits into two 4-pin connectors., and you're supposed to use that. Nothing in the manual tells you that, though. ah, I remember a similar caper...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Astrotoy7
04-06-2008, 9:01 AM
#69
yes, it is a modular PSU ;) This means that rather than one mess of cables snaking out of a PSU, that there are specific individual cables/connections for each area of a mainboard ie. "module" The pci-e cabe usually comes with your 1337 p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Official Hardware Discussion and Advice Megathread
  Astrotoy7
04-05-2008, 11:55 AM
#63
unusual.... does the rig start without it??? Check your PSU manual, it should say what cables should be included. Thats a decent PSU btw, silverstone make some good kit ;) mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Effect for PC!!
  Astrotoy7
04-16-2008, 10:29 AM
#77
...(I told you buzz words were fun). But in all seriousness: it's nice to see a game out for PC that isn't going to need a nuclear power station to run it. Happy gaming, PC-ers! - Pavlos since when can you have a decent gaming experience at min sp...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-28-2008, 5:00 AM
#216
so, you'll be using a Radeon 6850X2 in the year of our Lord, 2012??? XD despite my AMD leanings in the CPU game, Ive never been able to shake my nvidia bias for GPUs. It had alot to do with the the CCC frazzling me in htpc builds, with artefacting,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-27-2008, 11:30 AM
#214
Larabee and X3 as for the low-mid end/multimedia peeps ;) Price drops are good news, no matter who is delivering them. Lets hope R&D of Intel/AMD, nvidia/ATI are doing bananas because software/games devs are churning out are starting to outpace...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-22-2008, 9:28 PM
#209
I think that you guys need to listen to Paul Thurrott a little better idea of how this crap gets told by one person, and it turns into fact...Vista isn't as bad as everyone (almost everyone) makes it out to be... oh, I definitely wouldn't recommend...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-19-2008, 12:04 AM
#207
What I've posted is a counter to Astro's statement that people who go out and buy Vista or purchase a computer that is marketed as "Vista Capable" ... *reads back his own posts* aw cmon, I never mentioned people who went out and bought a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-16-2008, 10:04 AM
#200
....Exactly. People who haven't switched to Vista are just lazy or dumb :o um, nope. any opportunity to be inane, jmac is there.... \o/ lazy and dumb are those who went and bought a copy without checking if their kit was ready. Then they get all re...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-15-2008, 4:53 AM
#197
@urluckday... yes, the vis-hysteria stems from people who were too lazy or dumb to find out if their old school kit was compatible with the new OS. Throw some DRM scaremongering in, and Vista's slow start in the mass market was an inevitability. I h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-13-2008, 7:23 AM
#195
The clinginess to XP is no surprise... There is a staggering correlation between mass market uptake of PCs into home/work and the introduction of xp... Link this in with increased prevalence of people using the net over the last several years... henc...  [Read More]
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