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On May 30 2012 11:14 TheToast wrote:


What happens when you try to play ladder games?

On May 30 2012 23:59 infinity21 wrote:
What's the easiest way to achieve a triple monitor setup if I have a nvidia gtx 260? Would getting a new graphics card be the cheapest solution? I have one of those smaller cases/mobos so I'm not sure if getting a 2nd graphics card is possible (will have to check when I get home).

On May 31 2012 00:53 Myrmidon wrote:
If you don't have a usual PCI Express x16 slot open, there exist some low-end graphics cards that fit in PCI Express x1 slots, and others that use PCI. I think you can use one of those in addition to the GTX 260. Those tend to be really overpriced and ancient though.

If your CPU sucks, you can also upgrade to Sandy Bridge or Ivy Bridge and run the third monitor off of the IGP.

btw Nvidia supports four monitors off of a single GPU on 600 series (link)

On May 31 2012 01:06 TheToast wrote:


I'm not going to argue when you're right.

On May 31 2012 01:04 niteReloaded wrote:
Which processor is better: Intel B815 vs AMD E-450?

Initially I wanted to go for AMD, but after some searching I'm getting some hints that Intel's cpu may be better. The google results are messy, and I really just wanna hear it from someone who knows what they're talking about.

(I need to pick a cheap laptop for someone, I'm planning on shipping 4gb of RAM and one of these CPUs)

Any comments are welcome.

On May 31 2012 01:27 Wabbit wrote:


B815 is far better. It's built on the Sandy Bridge architecture, which is much more advanced.

You can see some synthetic benchmarks (which can be fairly representative of real-world performance) for both of these. The B815 is ~50-100% faster.

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-Celeron-B815-Notebook-Processor.64413.0.html

http://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-E-Series-E-450-Notebook-Processor.60138.0.html

On May 31 2012 01:28 Myrmidon wrote:

B815 is a mainstream CPU, a Sandy Bridge (like they have on desktops, laptops, servers), just cut down on features most people don't care about, and run at a relatively low clock speed. It's a powerful yet power-efficient CPU, scaled down to not be as powerful. E-450 is the full-fledged version of a CPU design intended to be low-power and low-performance, destined for netbooks and the like.

B815 comes out to be about twice as fast as the E-450. Both are dual cores. The integrated graphics on both are about similar in performance. Both should be able to play HD videos and the like, in general, but the E-450 is in more trouble if GPU acceleration isn't available for some reason. Intel integrated graphics have more drivers-related compatibility issues though.

E-450 power consumption should be a bit lower, meaning longer battery life, given an equal battery (but it may not be given an equal battery in practice). The difference, however, is not as great as the nominal TDP values suggest: 35W vs. 17W.

edit: ninja'd. You know, in a lot of situations the extra CPU processing capability isn't needed, so I'd suggest going for lower power consumption, but it doesn't seem like the E-450 is that much better in terms of idle draw. Maybe the difference is overshadowed by motherboard, chipset, RAM, hard drive, etc. power draws.

On May 30 2012 22:54 Ficetool wrote:
Hey I was wondering if it was possible to apply the media keys of my Steelseries 6gv2 to Grooveshark.com?
So far it only works for players (like Mediaplayer e.g.) but as I only use Grooveshark this would help me out a lot...So can anyone help me with this?

Thanks