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These prices are really unbelievable: Source The ISP's over here in the US has some nerve.

Add a little Fiber to the equation. A Brief History of Fiber Optic Technology

Pentinum 4's Hyperthreading Hyperthreading is a technology which allows the computer to be working on more than one program (called a thread) at the same time. This differs from the traditional concept of "multi-tasking" because of the following: whereas in a multi-tasking operating system (Windows, Linux, etc.) it appears that multiple programs are running at the same time, they're really not. What's happening is the computer is working on one program for 1/1,000th of a second, then it switches to another and runs it for 1/1,000th of a second, then it switches to the third, etc. So, typically only a few dozen programs are running so each of them receive a large amount of the timeslice per unit time. That makes it appear like they're all running at the same time. What HyperThreading does is actually run more than one thread at the same time. This has an advantage over single-thread machines (ones without HyperThreading--including AMD's chips), because it is recognized that even in running the most optimized bits of code using all of the resources today's out-of-order execution engines can throw at the it, there are still unused functional units within the processor core. These unused functional units could potentially be used by a second thread. Not always, but potentially. Even if the leftover units are only able to be used 10% of the time, that's a 10% increase in performance. HyperThreading typically doesn't add much to most code, and it usually eats some overhead to maintain (internally, the operating system must keep track of where each thread is, where it's running, how long to schedule, etc.). It's generally a wash. But, there are instances where it provides significant performance increases (70%+ increase), and other instances where it hurts performance (by 30% or more). AMD 64's HyperTransport HyperTransport is a bus technology. It is used to transfer data from a chip to other chips or other parts on the motherboard. HyperTransport is multi-ported, meaning that it can be operating several buses simultaneously at full bandwidth. Generally speaking, a faster FSB speeds up everything. Faster processors only take you so far because nearly everything processor does is fed by external sources, thereby requiring the bus. Both AMD and Intel have merits. Intel is generally accepted as the industry leader in sales volume. And historically Intel has directed the industry. However, with AMD's AMD64 technology (Athlon FX, Opteron, and X2), that has changed. Now AMD is guiding Intel (Intel implemented AMD64-compatible technology in their hybrid 32-bit/64-bit chips). - Rick C. Hodgin Hyperthreading is a latency hiding technique. While you may have a bunch of different programs open at once, the processor executes them one at a time. The scheduling is done very rapidly and the processor switches from task to task very quickly, so it looks like all of those programs are running at once when the processor is actually working on only one at a time. Hyperthreading allows the processor to work on two at a time, by allowing portions of the processor that would otherwise be idle to work on the second thread. That sounds good in theory, but for a number of reasons (contention caused by shared resources, and lack of software support mostly), it hasn't really worked out in practice. Lastly, Hyperthreading is the ONLY thing that saved Prescott from making it obvious that it was a horrible CPU. If HT was not implemented in the Pentium 4, even Dell users would realize that the GHz idea is a myth and that their 3GHz Intel is slower than a 1.8 GHz AMD64 3000+.

Holy crap! That guy is unbearable. He needs some fresh air, a girlfriend or something. If not, he'll end up getting a

Partition Magic is nice, although it's through Symantec now. [url=http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/system_performance/pm80/index.html]Symantec's Norton PartitionMagic

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That's a pretty good score. I use this program called GetSmile 1.9. (I created a video below) I've used it since the 1.7 version and it's completely spyware free. I don't believe any of these smileys have copy protection as I've seen many of them on several different websites offered through different companies. They seem to be up for grabs and companies just incorporate them into their apps. Some of the programs do contain spyware, but not this one. Some people search mininova.org for: GetSmile and get the torrent for the 47.76 MB (1.9) version. Of course, that's just how some people do it. You can also get the program from their homepage here: GetSmile

Yep, it's looks pretty damn good. I can't wait to build my new rig next month (AMD X2 & X1800 XT Crossfire - Guess it'll be the R580 Crossfire instead: ATI's R580). You gotta hit the benchmark threads and update your results. You have results here (reply #3): [url=http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=6115.0;all]Official PCMark

Give Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro a try. I'm sure you'll be pleased. There's a free trial. See here: Kaspersky Anti-Virus Personal Pro

Glad you got it worked out.

I merged the two topics to form one big Futuremark thread (PC/3D results). Hey Van, in reply #2, you posted your results for PCMark05 from your previous system, but I'm sure they'll be much higher now. When you get a chance to retest, I'd like to see the updated results. BTW, scores are looking very good.

IE6/IE7 hands down. Don't play with Fire and get burned.

Which version of the board do you have? Is it straight from the manufacture or through HP? The HP models have a special castrated BIOS which can't be flashed using FIC's own AM37 flash. There is a company that has a fix for it, but they want $59 for it. Read that here: FIC AM37 from HP -If the above statement is factual, who knows what else is intentionally blocked by this modified BIOS- Overclocking info here: I have a FIC AM37 Read the last sentence. I'll continue to search for a way to reset everything back to default, but I don't think that overclocking is an option for you.

Kaspersky 5 doesn't have a firewall. You'll need the Kaspersky Internet Security 2006 beta for that. See here: http://forum.kaspersky.com/index.php?showforum=16 If you want to get rid of the security alert, open the security center, look under the firewall option, and click the link that says "recommended option" (or something like that). Once the options are displayed, check the bottom box that informs the system not to monitor your firewall because you have one of your own already.

Good choice. It's all I use now as my main app for torrents. Speeds are great and it's very light. The heavy, bloated apps are not worth it (even though I can run them with ease). I do lots of other stuff while my torrent is transferring, so I don't like my resources tied up too toughly while I'm performing multiple tasks..

What are the games? Could be a common error that is easily resolved.

If you really want to know how much memory is needed for today's games/apps, read the following link. Here: How Much RAM Do You Really Need? As far as defragmenting goes, the Windows version isn't all what it should be. I use Diskeeper 10 Professional Premier. It's a must have tool and completely destroys the 8 & 9 versions. I don't even run manual defrags anymore because Diskeeper 10 Professional Premier keeps everything in perspective for me, and it does it better than ever before. (pics below) Check it out here: Diskeeper 10 Professional Premier

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Email: [snip for privacy] edit: please do not put email addys in ur posts...sorry organ EDIT: I got it all set up. Thxz. Me too. I sent out 20 and it jumped back to 100 instantly.

If you got any more to spare, I'll take one.

Your system will take on anything once you do. I'm waiting for ATI's crossfire myself. The wait may be longer now because of Nvidia. -Through the acquisition, Nvidia is hoping to weaken ATI