CyberGenX

Wow! Thank you. What a surprise to see that chip clocked a full GHz or two lower stomp some of the other chips!

I currently have the Pentium D dual core 920 (2 x 2.8GHz 4MB cache, 65nm, 800MHz BUS). I am about to receive a Core 2 Duo E6300 (2 x 1.8GHz 2MB cache, 65nm, 1066MHz BUS). I wondering which is going to be faster as I can just pop either chip in my board. You'd think the 920 would be faster because of more cache and 1GHz more in speed. BUT the E6300 is on a 1066MHz BUS. Does anyone know of a comparison out there between the two? I use the chips mainly for video editing. I want the fastest chip, obviously, to be in my primary machine.

Isn't a little late to complain about XP? I thought this was a 2003 topic, lol. I would have to also agree that XP is THE best overall OS out there period. I have had very little issues over the years, never been infected with viri or malware, and have seen only one BSOD since 2002. And if you think Vista is going to solve your woes, LOL, that's a HUGE laugh. When has MS ever released a GUI OS that was complete and perfect out of the gate? Um, never. SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4, Security Roll ups, critial patches, sound familiar? Keep dreaming about Vista being better...

Just recently got a dual-core rig, Pentium D 830. Was wondering if anyone had played around with affinity for programs that utilize MP. For instance while I use Premiere Pro 1.5, should I set my affinity to only one processor for explorer.exe and other processes that are not needing two chips? Should i set priorities higher etc etc...

Yeah I have to agree, A power supply can be a huge culprit. I have used Premiere since 4.0 on MANY systems and never had issues like you describe. I always recommend disabling as much as possible in the BIOS when doing a WinXP install. Not crucial stuff, but things like onboard audio, network, firewire, USB (unless you need it), unused ports, etc. That way if you enable something and suddenly start having issues, you know exactly what it is.

What sort of position could I expect with a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems? In addition what about an MIS degree as far as potential job positions?

I have a couple hundred invites if anyone wants one sent. Just PM me.

My wife and I need to upgrade video cards to play the upcoming BF2. We both have systems with 8X AGP, and both want a 256MB card. Our budget is about $120 -$150 per card. We currently have an ATI 9600 256MB and GeForce4Ti 4200 128MB. We just want something that is playable in BF2 at a decent resolution and effect settings. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Cray XT3 5TB of Disk space 4GB RAM 4X 2.4GHz Opteron64 256MB ATI Fire GL V7x 20.2" Widescreen Sony Flat and a butt load of BS, LOL...

I figured as much. Either fixboot or fixmbr. Thank you for that clarification!

I am currently migrating hardware between 4 boxes. On a particular computer I am working on I am having issues with the boot record. THe computer has 2 hard disks. One is just a data drive, the other is Windows, programs, etc. When I take out the data drive I am unable to boot into Windows. Obviously the drive I take out has the boot record on it. How can I either create a new boot record or copy the existing one over to the actual WindowsXP drive?

Thanks a bunch. I'll be trying it early next week.

Are you on a dial-up connection?

LOL just noticed the post date, a little late am I...

I agree. If you can avoid the celeron, do it. It's a good chip but it's like having a 4cyl in a HUGE truck. It'll still push the truck, just not very fast.