OldJoe

Crap quality. After installing the utility program+driver you need to restart the computer, going into the BIOS is not needed unless it's something specific. For the same price you can get a 9600GSO or HD4670, both of which outperform 9500gt by a great great margin. Getting 1gb on a card like 9500gt is useless. To utilize 1gb memory you'll need a much faster graphics card. You find out your psu by opening the side of the case and check what the label on the psu says. But your info from gpu-z says pci bus and not pci-e. I'm sorry, it's in the middle in the night and i've followed the UK election all night lol... I don't know if it says pci bus because of your current chip... I can't remember - maybe someone can clarify it. I'm gonna sleep now lol.

Yep, same here in Sweden - automatic. Damn slow counting i have to say.

Just buy a anti-statics wrist band for 5$. Even i use one, i know i can do without it but it just gives me a bit of "confidence" so i know i wont fry the stuff. (yes i know you aren't touching anything when checking the psu label but some parents can be vary of kids dealing with 100's of dollar worth of hardware)

Hm, i'm watching Sky News and it seems like loads and loads of people have been rejected to cast their vote even tho they've been within the law to do so after 10. Edit: Oh god, now they are talking about BNP and "disillusioned voters", i cannot help but laugh. Nice that it isn't democratic to vote for them... Lol, logic.

Lol don't run crazy and buy new hardware. Driver error. I've had this bluescreen too, i uninstalled every ATI component (whole CCC package) and deleted all folder and entries etc. and installed the 10.4 CCC package. haven't' had any bluescreen's since. And for the future: Just mention i.e. bluescreen+error code. Easier to write it down than to upload a pick =)

Fun video (it's 2 years old i think, but nothing has changed about budget brands since): http://www.corsair.com/cinema/movie.aspx?id=622747

I'm not following you, DX11 is for Vista as well. I've probably misunderstood you.

What's your current stuff? Start - Run - type "dxdiag", screenshot (or write): System+screen Depending on your current psu, you might need to change that as well (+40-50$).

Ok, a bit of an update. If "we" hadn't had all of the injuries this season, i'm certain Everton would be in for EL. Since winter, brilliant form. Since Arteta came back, he's just gotten better and better for every game... Only wonder if he hadn't been injured. I would like to see Jack Rodwell a bit more next season. I'd like Donovan to return when the MLS window opens in next winter, except for a magnificent miss, he really played well. I'd also like a new striker. Fulham in EL final - awesome (as americans say)! Cred Hodgson and his team. Inter - Bayern, CL final : I hope Bayern takes it. They are not my favorite German team, but i have a soft-spot for Germany. I've seen some of their games (Bundesliga/CL), Robben has played so brilliant. And cred to Van Gaal as well (if you remember, he was facing the sack in november and the team was really crappy). And i saw Tottenham - Man City tonight, brilliant game. I know Tottenham spent a load of money last summer too, but no where near what City did. Glad for all Spurs fans, brilliant season for you despite injuries.

Today i'm pissed, because i cannot understand how people in my country can vote for the mad folks in the opposisition. It's not enough that they want to; Increase the tax on petrol with 20c € per litre - nice when you live like me 12km from town, decrease the national defence budget with 200m € (woohoo, anyone from Cyprus wanna come and invade? You'll win!), increased tax on alcohol&tobacco, increased income tax, re-instating the wealth-tax (sweet, let's see how much capital will escape the country)... And today they said that "anyone who doesn't join the unions will get an increased taxation on 15-20€" (etc etc)... Why? It's my decision not the be in a union and the socialists now want to tax me for it? Thanks!!! It's not enough that we already have the highest taxes in the world, but the triad would destroy my country completely if they get the power... And i don't even want to imagine how much of nanny business the judiciary would be "awww, you raped someone? Let's rehabilitate you since we don't believe in punishment".

I'm just seeing a couple of nice [wagon], but i don't know which video you mean?

Most mobos are realtek audio. If you don't have the mobo name (+name code), download cpu-z: Open - Mainboard - Manufacturer/Model. Then check at the manufacturers homepage for the audio driver to your mobo.

It is extremely useful for programming, video editing, and gaming. This summer, I will be set for quads hopefully. I am planning on getting another9800, the EVGA P55 SLiboard, an 1156 i7, and 4GB of ddr3 1600mhz ram. I will probably need to get a bigger case. I do not plan on using SLI except for when attending LAN parties.I might try watercooling on my current setup with a cheap kit, My current setup sounds like a jet blowing out of the back of the case with my fans at max. I still manage to keep my CPU around 45c under load and my 9800 at 58c under load. I was looking into the Antec 1200 case, but it rose in price again. I may get the COOLER MASTER HAF. I will have to look at future expandability before I decide for sure. No use of hasseling around with watercooling if you buy a cheap kit. Better to spend 50$ on a good fan instead. You need to spend quite a bit of money on watercooling for it to be useful. I just want to get a watercooling system I can get my feet wet with(no pun intended). If all goes well I will look into a more higher quality system on my new build. Air cooling is only so good. You have to consider ambient temperature and the heat that your components put off. Air cooling is sufficient for most tech guys(girls), just check whatever forum and most that have builds for even i.e. 1.5k don't even have watercooling. The noise level is the only thing that i'd see as an upside to a cheap H2O kit. I don't know what you consider a cheap watercooling kit, but take a random 100 water-kit and test a 50 heatsink(+fan..) and the values are very similar, the air cooling might even edge away in some cases. I stand by my comment that a quality watercooling kit is justifiable.

[spoiler=text] It is extremely useful for programming, video editing, and gaming. This summer, I will be set for quads hopefully. I am planning on getting another9800, the EVGA P55 SLiboard, an 1156 i7, and 4GB of ddr3 1600mhz ram. I will probably need to get a bigger case. I do not plan on using SLI except for when attending LAN parties.I might try watercooling on my current setup with a cheap kit, My current setup sounds like a jet blowing out of the back of the case with my fans at max. I still manage to keep my CPU around 45c under load and my 9800 at 58c under load. I was looking into the Antec 1200 case, but it rose in price again. I may get the COOLER MASTER HAF. I will have to look at future expandability before I decide for sure. No use of hasseling around with watercooling if you buy a cheap kit. Better to spend 50$ on a good fan instead. You need to spend quite a bit of money on watercooling for it to be useful.

^Off-topic, but don't forget the pension age in Greece compared to the rest of European countries.

The power supply is what feeds your components electricity. A decent 400w psu will go for around 40-50$ (you don't need a 850w psu as some believe). Of course depending on what card you'd choose. What performance you want depends on your budget. You can get a 4670 (9600gso equal) - i own one myself (a bit oc fyi), able to play for example AC2 on highest settings (1440x900) without fuss - for about 60-70$, 4850 100$ (9800gtx/250gts (and you can trace it back to the 8800gts lol), 5770 - 150$ (GTX260 equal) (haven't checked Nvidias latest cards yet for DX11 so can't say much about them)). Check reviews for performances. Could you download gpu-z and see what pci-e it says, google searching gave me some pci-e x1 and some pci-e x16 mobos...

I think the environment is one of the few things we agree (or have similar views at least) on heh. I can't imagine how pissed off i'd be if i lived in Louisiana. I still am, but it's hard to grasp. The seas are already on their way to being out-fished , and this environmental catastrophe will only speed it up. If we talk political issues, the environment is, among a couple of others, something that i feel strongly for. Especially when it comes to water life, since i'm a sport fisher. This is yet another example on why hydrogen fuel cell technology should be pushed forward even more (yes i know oil is used to alot of other things besides cars). I haven't bought the idea of recharging cars from the plug, since i don't think that batteries is the way to go. Let's not forget from where the electricity comes from, and recharging batteries takes too long and are way too heavy when it comes to extracting any significant power from 'em.

Last episode was uhm well, not so great. Would've rather seen Towlie doing some weed and not h and meth. Oh and, my country really is the most political correct there is: The muhammed episode when his in a bear suit, won't be shown on tv here. Hahahahaha!

As soon as i hear things like this i think of sci-fi. They say it won't be dangerous if it fails, however i'm sceptical when i hear nuclear reaction+failure. But when reading about how much oil is getting pumped into the sea per day from that oil-rig which had explosions on it, i guess mankind can't [bleep] up earth more than we already have. I personally feel that nuclear-power plants is the only possible current option of "clean" electricity. In my country they are talking about shutting down reactor x and y every now and then... But what are the alternatives? Oil and coal from Russia? No thanks. Windmills? No thanks, you can never replace other sources of energy with enough windmills which costs a crap-load and also destroys the landscape. Trapping even more rivers in the north? No thanks, you have already destroyed enough of waters for us sport-fishers. I would gladly see nuclear energy go away (i only live 1h with car away from a plant), but to solve the energy problems currently, i can't see much better options. Going back to the disgusting oil, i'd like to see liquid-hydrogen being pushed forward far more than it's now.

Banning BNP? So much for free speech. People seem to forget, that no matter what country in Europe you look at, in the last couple of years, immigration-restrictive parties have gained a load of votes. Should you ban what the people think? Perhaps if the major parties would deal with the issues that these parties raise, people wouldn't vote for the smaller ones and they'd be gone in an instance (more or less). But that will not happen since most major parties are pretty PC.

10 months a year, no problem. But june-july when it's hot (and since i'm very warm in the winter even) i'll have to use deo a couple of times a day... Onion rings are so disgusting. Personally i just buy some puma or adidas deo, don't want to waste 5 million euros on some 30ml bottle.

Not my favorite type of music, but, could become decent if the singer stops mumbeling. Either clean voice or Kurt Cobain-ee, but this middle way doesn't work. And maybe change the band name.

God damn these fundamentalists who go insane if you just show him. SP made a joke over all this censoring business in this episode, but, CC still censored this episode after they got it. However, search "muhammed South Park intro" hehe. A bit unsuspected with Cartmans dad tho.

The Small Faces - Call It Something Nice

Transformers 2. I have to admit, i "giggled" a few times thru the movie since the Transformers and their voices. I liked it, not really knowledgeable about Transformers, but a good action movie with good special effect. I think i liked the first movie a bit more, but good never the less. And damn, she's hot. Notorious. I'm no rap fan, but i had wanted to see the movie for a while. I think that it perhaps was a bit slow at a couple of parts, but great acting from the dude who played him. The Hangover. I honestly thought it was gonna be a lot more fun and that you'd get to see their f'd up adventure on camera. I found it slow and a bit boring at several occasions, i however liked the guy who played the teacher and hung up on the phone fast when the chick called. I god damn hate it when guys on movies can't just say "bye"... Instead have to think of some lie and smoothing out the situation. But the end was great with the dentist giving his (ex) a round of words.