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I agree with Asus. If you want the best performance in Maya, dual CPU is the way to go. Opterons are good. Xeons are pretty damn good too, although usually more expensive. Dual CPU will definately help with rendering in Maya and other 3D modeling apps. They won't help much with games...

Yeah, that might be a PSU problem. Honestly, I would spring for a good Enermax or Antec 350-400w PSU. They aren't that expensive.

Man, glad I read this thread. I was thinking about buying Joint Ops. Doesn't look like that's happening now. I remember the Soldner hype too. Could have been a great game. Had some great ideas. But it aslo had some of the worst execution I've ever seen in a video game in the past 10...

I can't say I've ever had bad luck with computers. But I've seen some very evil things that other people have done to computers. Some of them are hard to believe. Seen a guy with an exploded roach under the board in his power supply. Apparently, the roach decided that the warmth of the...

Static isn't quite that deadly to a PC. You might be able to fry RAM with a little static shock, but aside from that it won't do much. You can't erase a hard drive with static. You can't even do much to it with a magnet like some people think. Just don't touch anything that's gold. Hold...

I hope you've got a lot of free time. You would have to do A LOT of reading to understand every aspect of how computers work. They are some of the most complex machines ever created. If you want a low level down to the very basics understanding, I suggest you start by learning about the...

Yes, SATA is the way to go if you have the money. It's a little bit faster (which doesn't make much difference for most people). Plus the cable is a whole lots smaller, easier to manage, and doesn't disrupt airflow inside your case nearly as much as the big fat ribbon cables on and IDE or SCSI...

No, 80 wire (or 80 conductor) is the standard for ATA133/100 IDE cables. IDE drives have 39 pins (most people just say 40 pins, but 1 is actually missing on most drives because it's used to key the cables). 68 pin and 80 pin drives are both different types of SCSI drives. You don't want...

You have to be careful with acrylic cases. They scratch very easily and if you've got any lights in the case, they will highlight the scratches. It can start to look pretty nasty after a while.

This is a no brainer for me. Broadband enables so many things. It will improve your performance in online games more than a 9800pro will, because even with the 9800pro, you'll get net lag in online games. Your computing experience will change completely once you get broadband. You'll never...

That works because if your soundcard that doesn't have it's own sound processing unit, the CPU has to take that load. If you reduce the sound quality, you reduce the load on your CPU so that it can be used for other things.

How have you determined the quality of it? What speed are you looking for? These are both brand name 512mb PC3200 for under $80 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-145-479&depa=0 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-424&depa=0

In this image, you can see a pretty standard water cooling setup. There's the pump and water reservoir on the bottom of the case. On the back of the case is the radiator, which cools the water. And on the CPU is the cooling block...

If you're upgrading to a new video card you might as well wait until you get the new card before you go get a new monitor. That way you can be sure it's the montior and not the Geforce4. 2 1/2 years isn't very old for a monitor. I've had monitors last well over 8 years before dying. If that...

I'm voting ATi because it's not nVidia!!! Oh wait...err...wrong debate. Sorry about that. I'd vote for Bush, but he really should change his running mate. Michael Moore would be a good running mate. After all, who doesn't want Moore/Bush in 2004? ;)

They are meant for workstations and renderwall computers that they use for Cinematic 3D rendering. Lots of movie production studios use them. You don't want one. They aren't made for gaming computers. You want an X800 or Geforce6800 That depends on your motherboard. Single channel ram =...

Well, if it won't even install, I can't think of any way to bypass it. Some things will run if you change the compatability mode, but for most things, that doesn't make a difference. You could get VMware and install windows 98 on your machine, and install QuakeII under that. Then you can...

Just to clarify for you. You can't defrag memory. Memory is RAM, which is not the same as your hard drive. If you want to clean out your memory, restart you computer. That will completely wipe it out since RAM does not store data when power is removed from it. That's why you lose whatever...

http://www.firingsquad.com/features/sweeney_interview/default.asp This is an interview with Tim Sweeney, lead programmer at Epic games, makers of the Unreal series of games and the Unreal engines. It's not specificly related to Doom3 or HL2 or FarCry, but it will give you plenty of info about...

Why is HL2 a marvel in the making? Because Valve has put the community through so much crap and BS, it's a freakin' marvel that anybody is still willing to give them money. I am of course one of those anybodies.