Well, I would say if your computer is not acting sluggish or freezing or locking up when you are running the programs you use every day, then you don't need a new computer.
Could well be. Bronks , have you uninstalled firefox and then re installed. Maybe it has become corrupted, tried defrag, disk cleanup etc? All the usuall stuff.
Ware, I think Trevor at MD did a good job at paring it down from what it once was. I definitely have some fat-assed programs running. Banjo, I called them up about two weeks ago inquiring if their high end graphics card (256MB PCI Express⢠x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory) could handle 4 monitors. He said he never heard of that one before. It was a yes or no question, so it kinda turned me off to them...sigh. I really wanted a turn-key system out of the box and I was hoping Dell could do it. Yeah, I did all the usual of maintanence, defragging, etc.
Well then, it's back to lifting iron for you Other than that ratty puter how are you doing, hanging in there?
Screw it. Banjo, if you or others could tell me EXACTLY which graphics card that supports 4-6 monitors I can throw in that Dell machine, I'm buying it. From other threads it seems X-TRADER is real particular about that point, so I'd rather pay a little more in that respect. Sorry, I do follow other threads but I still can't figure out which one exactly.
Hey guys, I just purchased this system from Dell: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=dim31p4min&s=bsd I upgraded to the 640 processor and WINXP-PRO and 2 gigs of RAM. I did the numbers crunching on building my own box and also went to a mom and pop shop, and in both instances, couldn't get the value and convenience that dell provided. The only thing is I had to pay out my ass for shipping to Hawaii, no breaks there. I plan on installing two Nvidia G450's dual head cards to run 4 monitors. Along with the native port I'll have the capability of running 5. Thanks for the help.
Oh crap. I just read on another thread about the Nvidia Quadro NVS 280/285 cards. I'm assuming I should maybe go with these instead of the G450's? Dammit this shit is confusing.
After doing some research, it looks like the Nvidia Quadro NVS 280/285 cards have only a single head... *scratching my head* I guess it's back to the 450's. Banjo, Gnome--where are you guys? Or somebody. EDIT: or maybe this one: NVIDIA Quadro4 NVS 400
Look here: http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadronvs.html You need a special cable to operate two screens on one of these cards. Regards Bernd Kuerbs