• ExtremeTech's Editor Loyd Case joins Robert on set and has a new toy in hand. A Nikon D300 that will run you about $1,700. And that is without the lens.
• News: Reuters reports that FCC wants to auction off a section of the wireless airwaves to buyers that will provide
free WiFi.
• Today's Tech Pic of the Week is from Max of Buevich, NJ. He show's off his "The Solar Engineer's Audio Setup."
• Before Loyd answers your questions, he has brought in some 'unique' graphics cards. 2 from Nvidia and 2 from Asus.
• We also take a quick look at
Blackle
• And now, for the questions...
Raymond of Fort Worth, TX asks:
When I purchased Windows Vista Ultimate, it came with both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. I have been using the 32-bit version since its release and I love it. I use my computer for pretty much everything. I am considering upgrading to Vista 64-bit. What are the pros and cons of doing this? Will I still be able to run my 32-bit applications?
Bill of Colorado wants to know:
Why are 15,000 rpm hard drives only available with the SCSI interface?
FRaGaLOT had this to ask:
I'm going to build a new PC, and I'm looking at the Intel
Q9300. I'm a little lost as to what kind of RAM and motherboard to
match this up?
Craig wants to replace a hard drive and asks:
I want to replace my C: drive with a new larger and faster hard drive, but I don't want to have to re-install anything. How do I do it?
Enrique of Atlanta, GA is building his own PC and asks:
I'm building my own PC, and would like to know, what is the sequence of software installation once you put all of your hardware together? Is it, drivers, OS, applications, updates, or perhaps BIOS flash, drivers, OS, updates, etc.
Jon of Mt. Airy, MD is in need of a new AGP Graphics Card and asks:
In light of buying a new gaming pc I am looking to purchase a new graphics card. I know for best performance you should match your graphics card with the CPU. I was looking at the NVIDIA 9800 line but I think this is not a good match with my processor. I'm not tied to NVIDIA or ATI as long as I can play UT3 without my PC crashing during the introduction movie. Any suggestions?
And finally, Matt wants to know:
I keep hearing references to something called a "LAN party". What are they, how do I set one up, are they fun, and why do they seemingly have such great food?
• I briefly mentioned the new Beta GPU2 client for the Folding@Home distributed computing application, and I encourage anyone with compatible graphics hardware to abandon other versions and use this instead - it's *that* fast!
The GPU2 client is available on this
PAGE.
The current documentation says ATI 26xx and Nvidia 8-series or greater cards are currently supported.
Warning: This app will pretty much take over your system - it doesn't (currently) get out of the way of other apps you might want to use like the F@H CPU clients can do. Also, remember to get the latest drivers for you video card.
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• Next week: Jason Cross will be here with a Video Card Round-Up. Scott will have some Hands-Free advice for you. And More.
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