February 2008
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The ATI 3850 video card is currently the best bang for the buck card out there right now. You should be able to get the 256mb version for around $170 shipped and the 512mb version for around $200 shipped.
Rebates for the video card are starting to pop up from various manufacturers. The reviews have been favorable and I personally am very pleased with my Diamond 3850 256mb version.
Remember that the card is PCI 2.0, but is backwards combatable with PCI 1.1. If you still have AGP and refuse to upgrade, they will be releasing a AGP 3850 soon. The card will support both AGP 4x and AGP 8x. Realize that your older CPU will likely be bottlenecking this card however.
Among the manufacturers making them are sapphire, diamond, visiontek, his, power color, gecube, gigabyte and asus. Most people are buying from sapphire and diamond and are very pleased with their cards.
As the card is newer, you may have some driver issues. The newest drivers did not work for me and I have to use the ones a couple updates back. Some people are also reporting issues with Vista. But who isn’t with any type of hardware?
Written by admin on February 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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There are many different types of sata cables. There are right angle, left angle, angle to angle, straight to angle, and straight to straight. Some of you might be wondering if one is better than the other and what the difference between all these types of angle sata cable are.
The first thing you need to realize is that a cable is a cable. They all do the same job and the type of connector on the end of the cable doesn’t change how it works. Now there are “high performance” cables out there which claim to be better. Personally, I think those are a joke.
There are different types of angle sata cable because there are different needs of the user based on their case size, cable management, motherboard layout, etc. Maybe you need an angled connector because your video card is covering your sata ports. Or maybe you need an angled one because your case cover won’t fit back on because of the connector sticking out of your harddrive.
The only other thing you should worry about is trying to get the shortest cable that you can use. The longer the sata cable the more problems that can come up. Longer cables mean: more cable management, more restricted airflow, and more chance of signal interference.
Written by admin on February 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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