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I think is something we discuss sence lots of stress is dangerus to your health. Somehow caffine seems to help alot on the stess(I try to keep a tin of penguin mints onhand as often as I can).

3dfx Voodoo 2. I think he'll have a really hard time finding drivers for it. I guess the reference drivers might work. Only problem 3dfx didn't make drivers for WinXP. Quote: What chip does that use?

Make sure you have 2 SATA HDD's if you want use the SATA RAID.

I see you would rather to live here in San Antonio, but unfourtunally we have drivers that can't drive in the rain, and we get more than you do in Phoenix. Of well, it couldn't be any worse that Eagle Pass or some city on the Rio Grande.

I'm looking at getting a Raedeon 9200 for a second system that I'm going to build.

I guess it's a byproduct of increasing demand. Oh well, it's bad for those who live in areas with less space( East Coast). Here in Texas, getting a job might be harder in Some Citites, but others like San Antonio and Austin have had a increase in Job production. Cost of living can be higher if you live in area where people are making more. I've traveled more for in the last 1 1/2 months for this job than I traveled for any other job I've had.(90+ miles one-way every day).

Well if takes an hour to get out of downtown, you have to ask why are these streets laid out so poorly. BTW, how are you Canadians handling the faster speed limits here in US? Quote: I know you guys are mostly American, but here in Canada, Toronto is a nightmare for driving around during rush hour, especially downtown. My girlfriend and I went to the Royal Ontario Museum in downtown Toronto, it took us an hour to get out of downtown and then another 1.5 hours out of the city, we only live an hour away from Toronto too. Geeze. Highway 401 is the highway in Ontario but in and around the metro area of Toronto is just nuts.

The Washington/NY corridor is a madhouse anyway. I've never been north of Philly(went there when I was 5) and have been on the East coast sence 1985(when I was only 7 almost 8 years old). Quote: N.Y. City, where I am nearby now & have to deal with periodically... * I have never seen anything QUITE like it & have seen many LARGE cities like Atlanta, Mobile, & others in my time for years @ a time in them. Driving's madness here, & for all the people in it, at least during business hours, it is a madhouse on the street. (Truly it is the "city that never sleeps" & if anything would lead to stress...? It's that... the subway is the madness you hear about for sure! BUT, I do like the train however... as long as you are not in a hurry!) APK

I only drive to Austin most of the time to get to work( Dell Parmer North 1, and 2). That's a 90+ mile trip one-way from my house here in San Antonio. Quote: I'd prefer to Live on maui or the BIg Island, but my wife is stationed here I lived In Austin as well. It was nice. I miss 6th street, actually Waikiki on Friday Night reminds me of 6th Street

I guess it all the extra bandwidth PCI Express will have(much better than PCI ). Considering that PCI has been around sence 1992 and hasn't been cahnged sense. Quote: Quote: yeah that is because 2004 will be brining PCI EXpress (16x AGP) AGP 8X made stuff all difference to video card performance so I can't see PCI express making a difference. Is it just me or is putting the video card back on a shared bus a step backwards? All PCI devices share the same bus so having the video card compete for bandwidth from other devices like gigabit LAN, RAID controllers, etc a bad thing. AGP is separate from the PCI bus now so why not just raise the AGP spec again?

They both look bad to me. Hilo is a nice little city and on the only one of the Larger islands in the Hawaiian island chain that I'd want to live on. Quote: I say PDX, but I do admit the traffic in Seattle is worse However we combat the stress by having more micro-brews then anybody I however think Hilo would be a better stress free city then Honolulu, unless of course you had property in the queens bath area :x

I think that makes sence. I see Austin as fairly stressful city as opposed to San Antonio(Half the size and more stressful). Montgomery County,MD is a really bad place for a converative either. Of course, the South,West, and East Sides of San Antonio are full of odd thinking people and strange Democratic Reps(My Congreesman has a huge nose and sees to vote every time opposite of what I would vote). I really wish that Frank Tejada would come back from the dead and run again. Quote: Seattle Weather and traffic is awful Not a good place for A Conservative to live either On the other hand Honolulu, is about as stress free as it gets.

The MX 700 uses Fast RF and the MX 900 is a bluetooth mouse(Wireless band at 2.4ghz). The MX 900 has a longer distance(30 feet) as opposed to the MX 700(6 Feet). The MX series mice are diffinally better than other wireless mice. The convenince of have a charger stand is a great asset. It's the only wireless mouse that I don't really need to use a mouse pad. Only bad thing is that the mouse is a bit expensive($99 USD) but it's worth it. Quote: Quote: Does it work as well as my Logitech MX 900(Bluetooth USB)? Quote: Input Devices: ---------------------------------------------- * Microsoft Intellimouse Pro LaserMouse USB-Ps/2 type (overclocked in packetization for gaming) You know... I have NO idea, as I have not tried any "bluetooth" equipment hands-on. I do like the difference however in this new "generation" of laser-mouse... smooth motion, NO drag (like ballbearing roller mice are wont to eventually do for instance), etc. I had one EARLY on, generation #1 back in 1999 or so, & it was not that great in gaming... skipped/dropped packets, etc. & was almost as bad as my first generation radio frequency mouse from Logitech was.... (What a name, lol, a dead tooth! No offense intended, but I think the marketers could have done better on that account...) * What is/are the advantage(s) in bluetooth? APK P.S.=> What is it as well?? Some form of advanced USB, Firewire, OR some totally NEW concept in peripheral attachment bus type??? apk

The retail ATI 9200 was on the higher end of what I wanted to spend on this system($100 USD or less). As it was, I ended up getting an MSI FX 5200 Videocard for it. It wasn't a bad price and it was from a vendor in San Antonio that I've dealt with for 7 years(January 1997). I'd spend more if it was my primary system. BTW, is a 256 MB Raedeon 9600 a good deal? At $145 locally from the vendor in question(http://www.askacs.com), it's less expensive than what I spent on this GF4 Ti4200 in Oct. 2002. Quote: what is your price range? and 64mb 8500 Radeon performs better then a 9200.

Does it work as well as my Logitech MX 900(Bluetooth USB)? Quote: Input Devices: ---------------------------------------------- * Microsoft Intellimouse Pro LaserMouse USB-Ps/2 type (overclocked in packetization for gaming)

Don't forget the expansion pack to Medival Total War, Viking Invasion. It's great and it's interesting to see the Saxons ,Picts,Scots,Welsh,Irish,Vikings, and the Maeceons(sp?) . It's still as bloody as always.

So $445 USD is just a bit expensive? Hmm, my system somehow cost a lot when it said and done. This secondary system of mine seems to have cost me at least $600 USD. No matter how hard I try it never come out cheaper than that.

The only hardware that might be nessary is Hardware DVD Decoder(that is if you have an old video card). You might want to get a good Software DVD player like WinDVD or PowerDVD.

Not my primary system just the secondary Gigabyte 7S748 Athlon 1900+ MSI FX 5200 128 MB Dlink DFE 530 TX+ Mad Dog Sound card(Envy 24 based) Genaric 420 Watt power Mitsumi DM 2000TE DVD-ROM 1024 MB PC-2100 NEC Floopy Drive

Well it's after midnight here in San Antonio.

Does anyone notice that the time is off by 15 or so minutes?

Happy new year to you Sapiens74. I know it's what 3 or so hours difference from here in San Antonio(CST). Oh well, it's ok but I love the weather here(Hawaii weather is bland and boring to me).

So it's saying that the DVD's Macrovision is not recognized. Hmm, have you tried another Software DVD program? If not, try that. Personally, it has nothing to do with fragmentation. It has a lot to do with the DVD Codec.

Well Envy 24 PT boards are fairly inexpensive(a Chaintech at neweeg.com is $ 26 something)

Have you taken a look at Intel.com for the drivers? That's the frist place to look at.