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  1. Matt2662

    upgrading hard drive vs. video card- need help

    on the contrary, Martin- what i want to 'hear' are any good tips/suggestions that others cane bring to this decision making process- thank you for yours :) and for all others as well!
  2. Matt2662

    upgrading hard drive vs. video card- need help

    thanks for all the responses- i just realized that i failed to mention the memory size for the video cards i have- they are both 256MB cards. and i am on a budget so i cannot afford to purchase a new video that sells for more than this particular one does (or more than the new hard).
  3. Matt2662

    upgrading hard drive vs. video card- need help

    i am in the process of choosing a new upgrade for my gaming computer. first, here is my current setup: - Asus A8N-SLI Premium motherboard - AMD Athlon64 4000+ CPU - 3GB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (1x1GB, 2x 512MB) - 2x BFG GeForce 7800GTX Overclocked video cards - 120GB SATA150 7200RM Maxtor Diamondmax...
  4. Matt2662

    need help determining sata300 performance benefits

    thanks for the FYI on the hard drive, paparazi... i will have to check that out. cdogg, i am aware of the performance margin (if any in some cases) between using a SATA drive with and without NCQ- what i am looking for is a performance comparison between enabling NCQ on a single SATA300 HD...
  5. Matt2662

    need help determining sata300 performance benefits

    thanks for the detailed response- but what about the option of using NCQ on a single SATA300 drive by comparison- any better for performance or any difference at all?
  6. Matt2662

    need help determining sata300 performance benefits

    thanks for the response, so between the options of (1) using Raid 0 with 2 SATA300 hard drives, and (2) enabling NCQ to be used with a single SATA300 drive- which is the better option in terms of real-world performance?
  7. Matt2662

    need help determining sata300 performance benefits

    i have just purchased a seagate barracuda SATA300Gb/s 7200RPM 500GB hard drive for my gaming PC, hoping to increase the overall performance of my PC for playing mainstream games. i have read that SATA300 doesn't really offer any real-world benefits over SATA150- is this true? if so, are there...
  8. Matt2662

    Network file sharing

    i have a shared directory on my Windows Server 2003 R2 machine. my problem is that whenever i access this directory from my other system- VM machine Windows XP Media Center 2005 that sits on the Server 2003 machine- i am always prompted to enter a username/password to acess the shared directory...

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