yup, short circuit it...

that's wat the switch on the case do anyway...

DX10 and SM3.0....

u either ve DX9.0c with SM3.0 or DX10 with SM4.0...

anyway, for that CPU of yours, which will be a big bottleneck if u stuff in a performance card, and unknown PSU, i suggest HD 4670...

all graphic card will need to update driver regularly to ensure optimal performance...

bottleneck... think of this way... ur new GC can process data faster than the CPU feed it, so ur GC cannot work in the max potential... in another word, the CPU amy limit the performance of the GC...

it comes with the card itself..

u'll probably need to RMA it to get it fixed...

E7200 wins by large margin

9500GT wins by a small margin

measure the length of the fan...

regarding the ultra portable part, re u referring to the older C7 instead??? yes, C7 sucks big time, at most has P3's performance...

afaik Nano @ 1.8GHz can rival Atom @ 1.6GHz w/ HT in terms of performance...

moreover Nano's mobo consumes less power than Intel's 945 chipset also...

and VIA has no restriction on the amount of RAM to be used and PCI-E x16 as well...

This post has been edited by astria: Dec 27 2008, 03:10 PM

Intel has restriction of RAM on the Atom platform so that it can be called a Nettop/Netbook... it's 2GB if i remember correctly... and there's also the restriction of only 1 DIMM on Nettop/Netbook as well... and no PCI-E x16

MS's restriction, on the other hand, is on how XP can be deployed... MS's limit is 1GB RAM and 160GB HDD when the unit is sold... anything more will have to use Vista (eg Asus N10J)

VIA has done away with all of Intel's restriction in a bid to counter Atom... they even have got Nvidia to make a chipset for Nano that comes with 2 SO-DIMM and PCI-E x16, all on a ITX 2.0 mobo...

PCI-E was wanted as ppl would love to use a Nettop as a HTPC... Intel's GMA and VIA's S3 Chrome were no where near HD hardware decode...

but now that there's GeForce 9400M for Atom, i think VIA is in for some serious trouble...

oh, btw, Intel has another chipset designed specifically for Atom which consumes approx. 3-5W only... but Netbook/Netop makers opt for 945 instead as it's approx. US$25 cheaper to make...

there is still the "Intel System Controller Hub US15W" designed for Atom Z500 family, which has a max TDP of 2.3W and comes with GMA 500 for graphic...

but when used with Atom Z530 (the highest clock Atom to use with the chipset) it costs US$95 when u order from Intel... compared to Atom 230 + 945GC costs US$52....

i can't obtain the figure of Atom N270 + 945GSE, but i estimate it to be approx. US$70...

ve u tried scaling and using widescreen resolution instead??

2 fast cores > 4 slow cores in terms of performance..

no way...

SLI on AMD chipset???

u need to get Nvidia's nForce to have SLI...

mind posting the link to the info u ve???

This post has been edited by astria: Jan 2 2009, 10:45 PM

P45 support CF only, so is other Intel chipsets like X48, X38 and P35...

u want CF and SLI on the same board, u need X58, which is for Core i7...

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Added on January 2, 2009, 11:06 pmbtw, the website u provided never mention anything abt SLI leh...

if can have SLI, isn't AMD shooting their own feet???

This post has been edited by astria: Jan 2 2009, 11:06 PM

9800GT in terms of performance

9600GT in terms of price

u can use P43 mobo if u re not oc-ing...

u'll miss out CrossFire though...

there's no 10:9 monitors...

try run the driver installer at compatibility mode