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| 197351 | 2003-12-04 21:17:00 | I am looking at building a new PC and am interested in the following 1. The difference in speed between 7,500 and 10,000 RPM drives. Is it worth it? 2. Who makes a graphics card that supports two digital displays? Thanks, Jackiex |
Jackiex (4951) | ||
| 197352 | 2003-12-04 21:36:00 | > I am looking at building a new PC and am interested > in the following > 1. The difference in speed between 7,500 and 10,000 > RPM drives. Is it worth it? > 2. Who makes a graphics card that supports two > digital displays? You're looking at that 36gig WD hard drive, aren't you? It's probably nice to be able to say you have a 10k rpm hard drive, but hardly worth the money. Two digital displays? You need a card by Matrox (www.matrox.com). Their Parhelia is a very good card. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 197353 | 2003-12-04 22:08:00 | I know a few people with the Western Digital Raptors and they absolutely love them, though I know other people that think they're a tad too loud. For the graphics card I think you're pretty much stuck with matrox (that is a good thing) if you're wanting the two digital connections. Though most cards now have one analogue and one digital port so you can run dual monitors. |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 197354 | 2003-12-04 22:35:00 | 1) Not worth the price to get a 10,000 rpm hdd, not with their storage capacity anyway ;) 2) Here's another option for you 3DLabs Wildcat VP880 Pro (www.3dlabs.com) CHeers |
SKT174 (1319) | ||
| 197355 | 2003-12-04 23:12:00 | The 10,000rpm drive could be worth it speed wise though... but of course SCSI would be nicer. | -=JM=- (16) | ||
| 197356 | 2003-12-05 07:32:00 | it all depends on what sort of system you are building. kinda piontless on an elcheapo budget system but very nice on a high end pc. raid5 with 3 raptors would be so nice and far cheaper than scsi. | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 197357 | 2003-12-05 15:31:00 | >raid5 with 3 raptors would be so nice and far cheaper than scsi. Waste of money. Get the new PuRam technology ("hard drive" as a big ram disk). Will set you back like $5000 atm. |
aroc (3256) | ||
| 197358 | 2003-12-05 20:17:00 | >Get the new PuRam technology got any links to that? know anywhere you can buy it? its pointless if you can't go down to the shop and actualluy buy it. |
tweak'e (174) | ||
| 197359 | 2003-12-05 22:53:00 | if by "two digital displays" you mean something will dual DVI ports im sure ive seen cards based on the GF4MX chipset with dual DVI. Some of the ATI All-In-Wonders also have dual DVI. | Pete O'Neil (250) | ||
| 197360 | 2003-12-06 01:25:00 | > > Get the new PuRam technology > > got any links to that? know anywhere you can buy it? > its pointless if you can't go down to the shop and > actualluy buy it. www.dreamzr3.2expensive.com :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
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