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seven
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 20 December 2003 : 22:09:16
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Wow, I feel like I've been living in a cave...
I just got my new PC...
Dell 8300, 3GHZ, 512mb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
17" Flat Panel LCD
48X CDRW
8X DVD RW
Altec Lansing 4.1 Surround Sound.
 
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
7528 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 00:32:59
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| Nice one :) |
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Mindcontrol
New Member
52 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 00:36:59
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| Nice, but i prefer a 19" screen. I would really like to have about a 30" though. I feel so confined on this **** small screens. |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
USA
7664 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 02:04:18
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23 inches is like max.
Once I have to turn my head to see the other side of the screen . . . .
I think ultimate would be a 23" wide screen in the middle with two matching 19" perhiperal monitors. |
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seven
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 08:27:18
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I would have liked a larger monitor, but I spent too much already and the prices of large screen flat panels is still way too high for my liking. Once I can get a 21" flat screen for under $400 I would consider upgrading.
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Originally posted by Nathan
23 inches is like max.
Once I have to turn my head to see the other side of the screen . . . .
I think ultimate would be a 23" wide screen in the middle with two matching 19" perhiperal monitors.
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 11:25:16
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| I have a 21" and 17" screen, don't know how people manage to work with only one. |
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hsng
New Member
84 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 13:01:51
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| Are they hooked up to the same computer. How do you do that? I just might have to do that, if I knew how. |
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HuwR
Forum Admin
United Kingdom
20584 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 14:45:44
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Originally posted by hsng
Are they hooked up to the same computer. How do you do that? I just might have to do that, if I knew how.
wouldn't be much point if they were'nt
I have two graphics cards, or you can also get dual head graphics cards. |
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Gremlin
General Help Moderator
New Zealand
7528 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 16:38:03
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Ultramon is a great tool for running multiple monitors, I have 2x17" and 1x19" I'm completely flumoxed when I have to go back to a 1 screen setup.
www.ultramon.com |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
USA
7664 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 19:15:28
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| I use my 19 inch and the external 15inch on my laptop at the same time. (I dont have a desktop anymore) |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
1318 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 20:18:44
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I just built a new performance rig. Plan on doing some overclocking.
Abit IC7-MAX3 motherboard.
Intel P4 2.6c (800 mhz bus speed)
1 gb OCZ dual channel enhanced latency pc3200 ddr-ram
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro
Dual striped 80 gb western digital 8 meg cache 7200 RPM hd's
Windows XP Profesional
Other small goodies like an antec case and PSU, dvd-rom, etc... |
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Dave.
Senior Member
USA
1037 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 20:41:37
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Oh We are showing off eh??
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ /333MHz FSB
Giga-Byte GA-7VAX Mobo
1GB DDR400MHz PC3200 RAM (CAS2.5)
Dual E-IDE 120GB Maxtor HDDs (8MB cache)
54x32x54x CD-RW
16X DVD ROM
nVidia GF4 MX 440 - 128MB (I don't
Thermaltake Xaser /// bl00
560WT PSU
17" Samsung Flatscreen display.
Windows XP Professional
Oh yeah, I OC'ed my AMD to 2.5GHz and it kills the Intel 2.66Ghz in benchmarks.....hehehehehe  |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
1318 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 21:33:54
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I'm wiping out athlon xp 3000+ chips with my little 2.6c. Bring it, dude.  |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
USA
7664 Posts |
Posted - 21 December 2003 : 23:03:26
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Ok, my laptop specs:
P4 2.8c
Clevo i865PE Mobo
1GB PC3200
60Gb 5400 RPM HDD
24X10X24X8X CD-RW/DVD Rom
Radeon 9600 Pro
Digital 5.1 channel sound.
15" IBM UXGA Wide-Angles Internal LCD
19" Samsung SXGA 191T Extrenal LCD
Win XP Pro
Wireless external Microsoft keys/mouse
GagaBit Ethernet
802.11b/g wirless network
Battery life: 65 minutes running a DVD (Before you dis, I'd like so see your desktops unplugged that long while running a DVD  ) |
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sr_erick
Senior Member
USA
1318 Posts |
Posted - 22 December 2003 : 00:01:49
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| Not bad, not bad at all Nathan for a laptop. NOW, lets get into pricing... I spent about $1100 for all my new parts, minus a few things I swiped from my old system when I sold it for $500 so that's about $600 for my new rig. |
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Nathan
Help Moderator
USA
7664 Posts |
Posted - 22 December 2003 : 00:18:30
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Just over 3 grand with all the prehiperials (19" LCD) and a new copy of Office 2003 Pro. Minus about 1000 of equipment I sold/gave away brings it down to about 2000 out of pocket.
Now lets talk about portability. I just throw mine in my backpack and walk out the door. |
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