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Given that the 300 W PC Power & Cooling power supply is one of the better-quality units out there, do you think I can get by with that unit on my proposed system? :confused:

I just found out the motherboard is an ECS unit. Unfortunately, he didn't say which model ECS motherboard, though. :(

The configuration I'll run my machine is as follows:

ECS motherboard with...

My brother is planning to give me his old Athlon 1.4 GHz motherboard, possibly with as much as 512 MB of PC-133 DIMM's.

Here are some questions I need to have answered:

1. Do most Athlon...

I think the reason why AMD is not yet supporting 200 MHz FSB/DDR400 RAM on the Barton-core Athlon XP is for compatibility reasons--very few motherboards truly support DDR400 memory currently. Once...

Get an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro card.

Besides the fact the Radeon 9500 Pro easily keeps up with cards that use the nVidia GeForce4 Ti4600 GPU, the new ATI board also has something that you will likely...

I would lean towards getting the ATI Radeon 9500 Pro instead of a board that uses the nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200 chipset.

The reason is simple: better compatibility with Microsoft's DirectX 9.0...

I personally think that ATI has already done a 0.13-micron process version of the R300 chip but has not publicized it. I think they're holding off until final spec nVidia GeForce FX 5800 Ultra GPU's...

I'm sure it works well but having to hog one expansion slot just for the cooling system isn't that great of an idea.

Given nVidia's chip cooler designs on their reference boards tend to be...

...If the nVidia reference board uses that mondo-big cooling system, I can't imagine what LeadTek, Gainward, PNY, ASUS and others are going to attempt for a cooling system! :eek: You might as well...

I think there is a possibility that nVidia is keeping the GeForce name for the NV30 GPU because nVidia already has the registered trademark on the GeForce name.

Mind you, GeForce5 or GeForceFX...

I've played with a 21" CRT monitor before.

The best thing about these monitors is the fact you can read 1600x1200 quite clearly on a 21" monitor, which is perfect for desktop publishing work since...

We know that nVidia has said they will NOT call the NV30 chip the GeForce5.

I've heard rumors that they might use either Eclipse or Photon as the brand name for the new GPU.

Actually, the best 19" aperature-grille monitor I've ever seen is the ViewSonic P95f+ monitor. Incredibly sharp on both graphics and text (1280x1024 @ 85 Hz vertical is just amazing), very vibrant...

Right now, the fastest card out there is the ATI Radeon 9700 Pro.

Don't expect the nVidia cards that use the NV30 chipset to become available until at least late January 2003. You have to remember...

If you're willing to spend a little more, get the new Samsung SyncMaster 957MB.

I've tried this monitor at 1280x1024 @ 85 Hz vertical and the graphics quality was nothing short of outstanding with...