ATI 5770 Unboxing and Install
My new 5770 xxx card arrives today!
And my third monitor arrives on Friday! Eyefinity, here I come!
So I put off getting it all right now.
and just went with this: XFX HD-577A-ZNDC Radeon HD 5770 XXX Edition 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card However, I did find a better combo deal for $20 more: Same Mobo but with 3.4ghz quadcore amd
It’s taking every ounce of my energy right now…
Not to buy this: AMD 3.2 ghz Quad Core Combo Sweet baby Jesus! USB 3.0 with 1333 ram capability with a quad core chip! Add this sexy beast into the mix and all your troubles will seem so far away… XFX HD-577X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Not to mention [...]
Part pricing for the computer enthusiast…
I get asked this all the time. What kind of computer specs are good enough to run games that you play? Most of the people I know are console gamers. That doesn’t bother me a bit. I’ve ran through 5 xbox 360′s in the past 4 years. When the fifth died, I was lucky enough [...]
Got my new monitors for my dual screen setup. They were only $220 a piece from newegg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001377&cm_re=samsung_rose_black-_-24-001-377-_-Product
Another Project, Another Day
Yes, I am unemployed still. You just don’t get many opportunities in Kentucky to get a decent job, especially technology oriented ones. So after dabling in Python, I will now tempt faite with C#. I doubt anyone reads this but I’m really excited about this project. My friend Adam who is a C# guru has [...]
I’ve installed this on a HP machine that was given to me broken. I replaced the motherboard for $50 since it used one of the cheap micro-atx ones. I was running through the normal setup commands after a fresh ubuntu install and came across this repository list generator. It’s pretty cool how it works. It [...]
Data Mining Bot Works!
So a few months ago I started researching on how to create a webspider/crawling bot that would basically go out to a specific site (which will remain nameless since I want to keep using the site without being blocked) and rip events/dates and store it into a database (mysql). On top of that, I picked [...]
iPad Taking on Criticism
No one really knows what the iPad is intended for. It reminds me of… a giant iTouch if you will. Many complaints have hit the internet by storm. No USB, no video out, no multitasking, and a touchscreen keypad are for starters. I would wait until this years netbooks hit the shelves since some are [...]
