Recent content by jmscott42

I've been a bit out of the graphics card loop lately and am building a new system ASAP... I've been eyeing the 6950 but it seems like there are lots of issues with the cards running very hot, graphical artifacts, etc. I'm not sure how widespread those are but it has me a bit concerned about the...

I'm just curious if anyone else has seen this issue, with my Visiontek 4850 + the Cat 8.6 hotfix, when I try to play HD-DVD content on WinDVD 9 Plus, I just get a black screen-- no picture of any kind. I do hear audio, so I know it's properly reading the disc (and CPU usage hovers around...

Hi all-- I've been out of the videocard world for a while but have been doing some digging as it's time to slowly start upgrading my system and/or be ready for a new build. I am not really a huge gamer although I like having a good card that I can use for a few years between upgrades. Current...

Hi all-- we're about to finally get the dual-quad Xeon box installed here. I (obviously :) ) want to install the SMP client on it during the initial setup/build stage, although I may have to take it off depending on how things go before it goes into production. That said, I had a couple quick...

Has anyone heard anything about a release date for the Asus Xonar PCIe sound card in the US? I just read about it (and saw it briefly discussed at http://rage3d.com/board/showpost.php?p=1334854544&postcount=24 ) and am very interested in picking it up, since it would let me finally use my PCIe...

Has anyone seen official specs beyond what's on ATI's page about the X1900's? It sounds like it might be downclocked a bit (no extra X's all over), and the European version has a weird mention of needing an extra Theatre 550 card to do MulTView (the NA version just says a TV Wonder family...

In addition to the new Cat 6.1 drivers, there is a new MMC and HDTV Wonder drivers available. Unfortunately, one of the needed components ('encoder') for both MMC 9.13 and the HDTV Wonder package is a broken link at the moment, and ATI's stupid scripted support pages prevent fixing the...

(No, you have not entered a timewarp!! but this is a question for the old timers!) I'm trying to piece together a system with some older parts I have lying around, to kind of make a Windows 98 gaming/old-apps machine. I figure this is good to help from cluttering up my main system with older...

Hi, I am working on updating my dad's computer (with X800XL) to Cat 5.13 to see if it solves some TV out issues he's had with the HDTV Wonder (outputting to a standard-def TV). The machine was on Cat 5.2 and worked pretty well but stuttered a bit on the TV out. I am also trying to stick with...

[I just posted this as a response in another thread but thought it might be better to be posted out here where others with the RW Plus and the x10net.dll errors might see it] My dad bought a new computer over the summer and we put an HDTV Wonder in it. He loves his remote so I figured the...

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but it's huge news (even though I don't know if anyone has actually TRIED this), since you can buy one of the most stable Intel 955X motherboards and use Crossfire now.. Asus just released a BIOS update to the P5WD2 motherboard (Intel 955X based)...

Not sure if this was worth posting, but since Best Buy mails out lots of 10% coupons at times, and other people want to deal with an actual store, Best Buy has the X1800XLs on their website for $449. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=7534082&type=product&id=1127508537360 What's the...

Hi, I just built a new computer and am seeing some weird issues on startup. About every other startup, I get an error that "ATI External Event Utility EXE Module has encountered a problem and needs to close" (ati2evxx.exe). Sometimes the system boots fine. I know it's needed for overdrive, but...

Sorry for the newbie-esque question, but it's been a while since I've had to deal with this. My "old" system (yet heavily used, both for internet stuff and as a monitor using an AIW card) recently fried-- one of the capacitors on the motherboard blew. After a bunch of Ebaying, and a very...

I'm just wondering if anyone has noticed this... I just bought my second HDTV Wonder (trying to get all the computers outfitted before the broadcast flag!). Both were bought from the same Best Buy, and they both seemed to be repackaged at the ATI factory. I wasn't entirely sure after buying one...