ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? in Canadian Chat http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20466657 en Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:19:28 EDT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:19:28 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491776 vue666 : Two monitors are great. I have two 19 inch.

I have Photoshop open in one monitor and in the second monitor I'll have open a tutorial on the web or in a pdf.

I could never go back to a single monitor for photo editing....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491776 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:52:02 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491638 Anav : Concur but you could take the two monitors, sell them and buy one. :-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491638 Fri, 16 May 2008 08:10:27 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491500 dirtyjeffer :
said by Anav See Profile :

That US Dell deal for $999 included TWO monitors although I would shell the xtra beans to make one of them digital.
i have no use for two monitors...and i would rather have one really nice 24" monitor than two basic 19" monitors.

that's like saying it would be better to have two Kia Sephia's over one BMW 3 series, because you get two. :p
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said by Rifleman See Profile :

Yeah--I did that. My point was If someone is running on balanced or power saver mode they are only getting half their processing potential.
Not really.

I have Cool'n Quiet enabled and it's no different than having to run the processor at 100% frequency. On idle, it's at 1GHz and tops out at 2.6Ghz when needed. Does not affect performance in gaming either. Overclocking with it is something not to be desired though.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20490249 Thu, 15 May 2008 22:25:23 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489671 Anav : That US Dell deal for $999 included TWO monitors although I would shell the xtra beans to make one of them digital.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489671 Thu, 15 May 2008 20:33:30 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20489459 dirtyjeffer :
said by Rifleman See Profile :

540---open box sale. Plus tax.
that didn't include the monitor though, did it?

i remember when i bought mine, most of the towers were $600-$750 for the AMD Phenom units...it is less than mine, but my $1020 also includes a 24" LCD monitor.
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Reminds me of my recently retired Pentium II 350 which cost almost 3 grand!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20487084 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:43:45 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486987 capdjq : Here are some excellent buys:

»www.veign.com/blog/uploaded_imag···7519.jpg :D :D
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I hope Dell CA is paying attention.

» Vostro Q6600, 8800GT, 4GB Ram, 2x19" Monitors $999]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20486342 Thu, 15 May 2008 10:14:57 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20468969 Snickerdo :
said by Rifleman See Profile :

540---open box sale. Plus tax.
Not bad at all.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20468969 Mon, 12 May 2008 10:08:04 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20468816 Rifleman : 540---open box sale. Plus tax. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20468816 Mon, 12 May 2008 09:33:46 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20468526 dirtyjeffer :
said by Rifleman See Profile :

Yeah---but I have 500 extra dolly ollars in my pocket. Plays my games and the kid's guitar hero--which I kick ass on.
your computer was only $500?
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»www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpMOOScwMiw
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467937 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:39:51 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467929 Rifleman : Can't understand why they don't try a real electric. It's just as hard as the game is. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467929 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:35:56 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467925 Snickerdo :
said by Airwolf See Profile :

You should challenge this guy.
That guy needs to lay off the coke.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467925 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:33:31 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467917 Airwolf : You should challenge this guy.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig6ClFm_yhM
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467917 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:31:04 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467915 Rifleman : Like hell--he's 15---I pumped gas full time after school for my money. Walked into Solid Sound the day I turned 16 and bought a 800 dollar Pioneer Casette deck and door speakers. Installed it myself. Not enough bass so bought a set of Realistic Mach 1 house speakers and put them in the back seat. God I had a blast in that old car.
If he wants a new game machine it`s on his sweat this time. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467915 Mon, 12 May 2008 00:30:28 EDT Re: ANyone With Newer HP PC and Vista? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20467851 Snickerdo :
said by andyb See Profile :

Till the next games come out and you need a new one.I know how it works.I got 2 teenagers costing me a fortune.
Hah, I suppose that's better than spending it on yourself, haha.
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said by Rifleman See Profile :

Looked for it in the BIOS. It isn't there and supposedly Windows Vista's drivers control it---hence the power settings and speed loss I guess. This is a desktop by the way--not a laptop.
Set the power options to Maximum Performance. In the Maximum Performance settings, set the Minimum CPU to 100% and the Maximum CPU to 100%. That should have you running at full speed all the time.
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I downloaded and ran CPUZ--which shows th processor's speed in real time. I noticed it was only running at half speed. 1100MHz instead of 2.2GHZ. I ran a benchmark or 2 and the speed of the CPU never went up to it's capability.
I opened control panel, performace options and then power settings. The setting was on power saver mode. Switching this to performance mode let the speed jump to it's 2.2GHZ. Benchmark scores doubled.
If you select "balanced mode"----then the CPU runs at 50 percent for half the time and 100 the other half. Benchmarks are in between.
I don't know if the PCs come from the factory with power settings like that or not---mine was open box. But if they do--I wonder how many buyers are only getting half the speed out of their new PCs?
I wonder if Intel systems are the same or not or if ACER or any other brand is similar?
Anyways--maybe this is a dumb thing but I didn't know and I have a few relatives with new HP machines.
I know a few here bought new ones too so thought I'd mention it. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20466657 Sun, 11 May 2008 19:16:25 EDT