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XFX 8800GT Alpha Dog Edition

drwho200 — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:45:33 +0000

After a long wait my 8800GT is finally in!! This is my first online debut with the card and I have just finished FSX testing. It beats my X1300 PRO on max settings compared to my old X1300 PRO’s medium settings which is great! I have it in my Dell E520. It appears to be running well, it’s loud but my PC is hardly an ice cube of cooling power. I used a 4pin Molex to 6pin PCI-E connector and my PC has a 305W PSU yes a 305W PSU which is incredible really. Wow! Screenshots coming soon, any questions about how this was achieved comment!

ZoneAlarm is Exterminated…

drwho200 — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:01:53 +0000

In true Doctor Who fasion ZoneAlarm has been exterminated from my PC. Gone for good! Yet again it caused the breaking of our poor friend Mr Windows Update. It has also caused problems with AVG, which has now been reinstalled.

Warning: Anyone who installs ZoneAlarm will need their fingers on Uninstall A.S.A.P or else! My AVG will not work and I have a hunch it’s because of the stupid ideas that ZoneAlarm presented my brain with.

ZoneAlarm

drwho200 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:43:41 +0000

4 hours work! This is a message for anyone who installs ZoneAlarm on Vista, make sure you allow access to Windows Modules Installer BEFORE you attempt to update your Computer. I tried every fix known to man but nothing worked apart from deleting SoftwareDistribution in C:/Windows and then restarting the Update Service and then.. ZoneAlarm informed me to allow access. To which I said yes.

I downloaded .bat registry fixes, .dll fixes everything but ZoneAlarm it was. Perhaps a note ZoneAlarm makers maybe auto allow Windows Update and Modules Installers next time

O and a link to my new card coming tomorrow;

http://www.xfxforce.com/en-gb/products/graphiccards/8series/8800GT%20Alpha%20Dog.aspx

8800GT XFX 512MB AD Edition

drwho200 — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:26:34 +0000

I just brought a new GPU to replace my rather bad X1300 PRO in my Dell. It sounds like a great card and I don’t even need a new PSU. Can’t wait!

It’s been a long time but CPC is just the same and even better. I really like the mag. Wooo I want one of those Dream PCs. Any chance of a test CPC?

Expect more updates soon…

New Mag!!

drwho200 — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:01:02 +0000

Long time no post but this is just a shorty thanking the CPC Team for such a great new magazine edition! Really great and gives lots of useful tips and advice.

New Chips

drwho200 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:13:24 +0000

It won’t be long before every Processor, Motherboard Chipset and Graphics Cards go out of date. Intel have released the X38/48 and are ready for production. I can’t wait to see them out but it is hard to keep it with everything new; thats a good thing though as at least everything is moving on.

Excitement

drwho200 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:08:50 +0000

The excitement is large! Custom PC Issue 50 comes out on the 27th and I can’t wait! I am going to really enjoy reading it and I hope its as great as I expect!

Overclocking My Dell

drwho200 — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:50:02 +0000

Well, shall I and can I? I read about it in Custom PC. So is it worth it? Can someone help!! I have a Dell Dimension E520 whats the boards SPL for ClockGEN and is it safe?

My Benchmarks

drwho200 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 20:02:34 +0000

Many people think that there Benchmark score is poor, well mine seriously is.

I scored 342 Overall and I was expecting at least 500, it looks like I need to hurry up and build my new PC. However I think the RAM is fine but the Processor and Motherboard needs improving by a long way.

Well everyone, post your benchmarks and good luck!

New Memory

drwho200 — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 07:09:23 +0000

Yesterday my Dell Machine got a Memory upgrade to 2GB RAM, it seems faster at loading and unloading.

The memory was from scan and I would like to thank them for it, it worked! Bad news is the memory for my old Evesham PC will not.