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Astrotoy7

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Posted in: tech help with windows
  Astrotoy7
04-01-2008, 10:04 AM
#11
yes, those darn AV proggies, worm their way into your whole system I use avast nowdays. Free & Good! mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: tech help with windows
  Astrotoy7
03-31-2008, 8:16 AM
#9
I accidently did a repair and recovery when i i did the install i guess my old directory still there. my games are still install nut i'm back pre sp2. is there way to if my directory is still around? i can only restore to the point did the reair and...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
04-03-2008, 4:32 AM
#19
Note there's a difference between closing security holes, installing latest codecs, or DirectX to be able to play whatever game, and updating drivers for hardware that is performing flawlessly. oh cmon Ray, gfx chipset, discrete graphics, on board a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
04-02-2008, 11:48 AM
#17
It *is* a horrible idea when there's no need to do such thing and you do it for nothing but the version numbers. Especially when you're not "tech-savvy" and don't know how to fix things.... Im sure we all agree negsun is tech savvy !! :)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
04-02-2008, 8:35 AM
#13
we don't know what the problem was My bet is ... Ray, no point in speculating, it is done! Im sure he was aware of the value of a gradated update process as far as a differential diagnostic indicator. ie. "one step at a time, see if it works&q...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
04-01-2008, 3:54 PM
#11
I have to commend MSI's Live Update thing cause it was an easy way to flash my BIOS, even though I probably would have managed to do it manually, it saved me a lot of hassle I'm sure...Even offered to make a rescue floppy disk lolz, which I did, My A...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
03-30-2008, 8:46 AM
#9
good luck negsun, let is know how you fare. In the meantime, Ray and I will arm-wrestle! mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
03-29-2008, 7:54 AM
#7
hehe....as we are always in a scholarly frame of mind, perhaps the tech forum requires [/joke] tags coded into vB >>> sounds like a job for tk ;) most G3D releases are those have been handpassed on by keen beta testers. Others are ones that...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
03-28-2008, 11:56 PM
#5
what had happened in this case was that the customer had just installed a video card into his old computer for the very first time and didn't bother to clean out the AGP slot before placing the card in. as such, all the dust in the slot was causing a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Dudes, help!
  Astrotoy7
03-28-2008, 11:19 PM
#3
EDIT >> negsun, check its not a dust or card seating issue first!! (see below) XDD Gosh, I hope you arent that thorough with your employers IT queries! Good ole Ray, using a help query for an anti MS rant ;) Im sure there are many XP users w...  [Read More]
Posted in: JVC Announces Amazing New Kit
  Astrotoy7
03-28-2008, 7:28 AM
#3
oh that mute button is the *best* I tells ya! mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: JVC Announces Amazing New Kit
  Astrotoy7
03-27-2008, 10:07 AM
#1
Following on from their success with VHS, Hard Drive Camcorders, DVDRW Dual Layer and BluRay Tri-Layer format media .... JVC has developed a unique universal remote. They apparently will be releasing "His" and "Her" variants. Th...  [Read More]
Posted in: Your favorite RSS feeds and readers?
  Astrotoy7
03-26-2008, 3:19 AM
#3
I used to do this via Firefox and MS Outlook, mainly from tech sites, but I found it was just a bunch of clutter that I ended up reading somewhere along the line anyway. The way I look at it, if something is *that* important, the way the world is se...  [Read More]
Posted in: Video Problem
  Astrotoy7
03-24-2008, 10:48 AM
#7
good to hear its fixed. That type of artefacting stuff can usually be tweaked from a settings perspective, but cleaning/dusting your cases innards is a must if you want to prolong the life of your kit. mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-03-2008, 4:27 AM
#193
lolz...Intel and their fingers in many pies :) Good for competition to be sure, still, SSDs are a bit out of most peoples price range atm,, Give it a year and a bit ;) mtfbwya...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-02-2008, 4:16 AM
#191
Apparently the multi-GPU concept is getting out of hand. (http://www.visiontek.com/products/cards/retail/3870x4.html) Im 10 hours ahead of GMT here, so its April 2 ;) Multi GPU is the future...look at the next gen consoles... would anyone buy them...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
04-01-2008, 10:15 AM
#189
I got a shockin set of ears, I dont get fancy sound cards/speakers.. its all noise to me. I think I love quiet too much... I played most of COD4 with the volume off, listening to the purr of my cats instead :p Crysis 3...lolz....circa 2011 perhaps,...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-31-2008, 8:12 AM
#186
That's what a keyboard's for Astro ;) I think the touchscreen could be good for people (like me) who don't like touchpads :) I dont like touchpads either, but banging my finger on the screen and not being able to use a stylus to write properly is c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-30-2008, 8:18 AM
#184
zomg new Eee with 8.9" Touch Screen!!! (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=12403) ^ 1Gb of RAM and 12Gb SSD!!! I wants it! ya, with financial year ticking over soon, astro will be giving his current eee back and getting this one... I do...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-28-2008, 6:47 AM
#181
Sounds like a good idea for a gaming laptop. funnily enough, the trade off between high performance and energy efficiency is something has been at the core of mobile CPU/CPU design. Intel got back ontop when they threw out the pipeline heavy netbu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-27-2008, 6:59 AM
#178
On very high quality settings? ;) COnsidering the *massive* framebuffers associated with filling that many pixels a second, you cant say youre massively surprised they couldnt pull it off yet. I dont anyone thought G92 was a 'crysis killer' > esp...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-26-2008, 9:54 AM
#175
^^^ Two 9800GX2s. And... surprise! It still can't play Crysis worth a damn. :roleyess: tremendous cost aside, 50fps at 2560 isnt bad at all. Do we really need to go into all that stuff about how our eye doesnt catch much over 60Hz, which equals the b...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-26-2008, 3:35 AM
#173
Dbl post, as it is simply intriguing enough to be a post on its own, and doesn't need to be garbled amongst the above musings G3D has finally been allowed to publish their 2x 9800GX2 Quad-SLI testbed results. Definitely some gains in HD>UHD(50fp...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-25-2008, 3:01 PM
#172
Astro, have you looked at the number of unique samples in that survey? 1,461,426 I've seen government bodies publish reports with less samples than that and claim it to be "representative". Negsun!! dig out your stats manual and check w...  [Read More]
Posted in: Tech News and Gossip thread...
  Astrotoy7
03-24-2008, 10:38 AM
#170
sorry mate, but it just seems that you're real quick to point that stuff out when it hardly seems like a fair comparison, especially for us folks that still have a budget to consider... We all have a budget to consider! If I was so well monied for f...  [Read More]
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