I suggest u guys wait for a good thumbdrive before buying one. You can use most thumbdrive, but if the speed is not up to par, it'll not improve anything.

So far i found 2:

Adata PD7 - this is high-end thumbdrive with very fast speed. Check out their website and google for info.
http://www.adata.com.tw/adata_en/product_s...uctNo=AP07200SV

Kingston Data Traveller ReadyFlash:
http://www.kingston.com/flash/dt_readyflash.asp


Reviews for these 2 drives has been quite favorable for ReadyBoost compared to other models.

Some review links:
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AData/MyFlash/3

I can't find the kingston review again...too bad.


So choose wisely.


This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 8 2007, 05:08 PM

My Vista crashed this morning....all i did was play BFME2 for 30 minutes and then listen to some music using the VISTA MCE. Maybe MCE not stable??

So far, the flip thingy is quite useless imo. I never bother with it.

usually first time is longer, or after you've installed new hardware and drivers.

Mine took about 3 to 5 seconds for that.

Lesson #1 - Always only use official drivers from your product manufacturer (ex: Nvidia, ATI, Creative etc), unless the drivers is not available from them.

Is it VISTA or XP drivers? Or is it still beta?

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Added on February 14, 2007, 10:21 amThis has been said many times already. Only change mobo considered as new PC. Otherwise it's fine.

But actually u can change also, they're quite lenient i think. One guy running a shop said he has done that for customers when their mobo burst. MS still allow them to activate.



This post has been edited by Matrix: Feb 14 2007, 10:24 AM

This is normal under VISTA. It uses the max available memory as it's own cache and allocate accordingly.

YES! YES!! It can even play PS3 and WII games!!

Later when Service Pack 1 is out, it'll be able to play XBOX720 and PS4 games. Really.


MS simply makes it easier to port games between the platforms, higher level of integration like Online games, media sharing and hardware sharing (the gamepad etc).

U can't simply put in a XBOX360 games and expect it to run on a PC natively. Why do u think MS sell XBOX360 then???

This post has been edited by Matrix: Mar 1 2007, 05:10 PM

Yep. 512MB can run aero. Check my HTPC rig. Previously only 512MB RAM when i installed VISTA. As long as you have a DX9 card u can it.

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Added on March 7, 2007, 11:36 amJust to add:

Playing games with Creative card under VISTA sucks. I've bought a pair of headphones recently, can clearly hear the difference under XP and VISTA. Without EAX and with EAX is a lot of difference when using headphone, not so much when using speakers though.

There's a "Alchemy" program which supposely allow some games to run EAX under VISTA. I've tried it, some improvement but it's still better under XP.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Mar 7 2007, 11:36 AM

NewsFlash:

Latest Creative X-FI BETA(still BETA!!! WTF!!) drivers has been released on 15th March 2007.

U know where to download.

Dreamscene is overrated. You can actually do something similar with animated GIF as wallpaper many years ago already. But of course, you can't stream full movies then (PC not powerful enuff back then anyway).

Nothing to shout about really. After watching the same looping movie for 10 minutes, i think you'll want to turn it off, unless of course, if it's porn....

This post has been edited by Matrix: Mar 19 2007, 04:22 PM

(1) Not suprising. Partition Magic 8 is very old software. You'll find out very soon there's gazillion more software that won't work properly with Vista. Hasta La Vista dude.

(2) This is normal VISTA behaviour to log into Windows immediately. I think u can set somewhere to have the login screen, but i didn't bother.