Wanna know about PCI-express? PCI-express is a recent future addition to many new motherboards in the market. PCI-express support can have major impact on your hardware choices in years to come.
There are two main reasons to care about PCI-Express: 1) PCI is now an old standard dating back to the early 90's and no longer fits our needs in terms of speed/performance. 2) AGP also is in a similar position as PCI now, and chipset manufacturers are killing AGP motherboard support in favor of the much faster PCI Express interface. This means you are looking at a forced transition in the graphic sector, thus you really don't have a lot of choice in the coming years. At this point (August, 2008) choices in AGP cards represent less than 5% of available cards, and the latest chipsets can not be found in the form factor.
While we've spent plenty of time and energy improving the speed of processors, memory, and other parts of the PC we've done virtually nothing with the main connection betweern many devices-PCI. As such we are stuck with a technology in our PCs and Servers that still runs at the speeds and bandwidth we were comfortable with in the 90's. PCI as we know it is holding us back - it is a bottle neck - a limitation to the maximum performance of our systems.
We all want the most from our PC. To get the most out of our PC we must remove all bottlenecks (obstacles to performance). To that end we must turn to the next best alternative: PCI Express.
Q:Is PCI Express Video Faster than AGP Video? A:Yes and No. A 16x PCI Express connection is at least 190% Faster than AGP 8x but this is the connection between the system and the video card. You use the connection the most when your video card is low on memory or when the game you are using uses a Direct X or Open GL feature that isn't supported in hardware.
So, what this means is that in terms of real world performance there may not be a huge difference between AGP and PCI Express if you are talking about identical chipsets. Unfortunately this is very hard to prove because graphics chipsets are designed either for PCI Express or AGP. If you have a card that is available in both forms then you have a graphics chipset that was designed for PCI Express and has a special bridge chip installed to let it communicate with the AGP bus. The short of this is: if two cards of the same chipset are available in AGP and PCI-E then the PCI-E one will always be faster. On PCI-E you don't have the overhead of the bridge chip so it's faster, and you have the better bandwidth so in intense situations such as high resolution gaming you'll come out on top every time.
The main point here is: If you have a system with AGP on it, it doesn't make sense to upgrade just to get PCI-E video right now. The fastest AGP card to ever come out is likely to be the nVidia 6800GT. If you are at a point where that is too slow then by all means it makes sense to make a complete switch. If your happy with you're AGP graphics options, wait until you are ready to upgrade the processor or other components before making the PCI-E switch. extracted from 'What is PCI Express? A Layman's guide to high speed PCI-E Technology'.Read more
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Downloading videos from YouTube and then playback them in their own mp4 players? I present you the easiest way to do it. Any kind of videos you download from YouTube or the internet flash player, you wanna playback them in your mp4 player but in the end you can't. Coz why? The video you want to play is in the wrong format. For example, when you download videos from YouTube, it is in flash player format. (eg. video.flv) When you want to play them in mp4 player, you need a mp4a format.(video.mp4)
Anyway, let's get on with it. To download videos from YouTube, you need a program like Downloadhelper.net If you are using Mozilla Firefox, it will be easy for you to search them in Addons. Get Downloadhelper to assist you in downloading flash videos from website such as YouTube. Now you can download your flash videos to the format you want such as avi so that you can playback them in Windows Media Player or RealPlayer.
Anyway, if you wanna playback your downloaded flash videos, you can watch them with Applian FLV Player 2.0, the easiest player I've been using so far. Others don't work well. But this is the best I've been using.
And, yes. Lastly. You want to convert your avi videos to mp4 format, wma, mpg,mpeg etc. This program allow you to convert them in any format you want with ease. This is a free version.If you wanna convert into dvd format, you need to purchase another version of it. I guess you have heard before 'Any Video Converter'? This is the program that can assist you in converting any video format to your choices. Download the program here.
For those Windows XP user, u know that Microsoft have this annoying security measures where u have to activate your XP copy before it expires? You can still use your copy without activating for up to 30 days. By then , u have to activate your copy through the internet. Those who don't have the net have to activate through the phone.
But have u ever wonder what will happen if ur pc crash and u reinstall ur XP? After u input your serial number, u can't activate your XP copy through the net anymore. You have to make a call to the Microsoft Help Center. Then they will give a long string of numbers to key in to activate your XP copy. Kinda troublesome though,
MY PC crash a few times before. First, my Professional version is gone. So i install the Home Version which is already installed on my other PC. We cant use two XP OS installed from the same one cD. We have to make a call to the HELP center and explained why this and that. Troublesome. Recently, i just repaired my PC. So i have to activate this version of mine before 30 days. How many times must i do that?
This lil program, which come in handy. How does it works?
LEt make it short and simple. There are two files in your WINDOWS/SYSTEM32. wpa.dbl and wpabaln. wpabaln is the baloon that keeps popping out reminding you to activate. wpa.dbl is the important file for your XP copy. This lil program will tweak a little on your PC. Don't worry. Just a lil tweak. Doesnt effect your whole system.
The program will insert a file called antiwpa.dbl. It makes your computer think that it is working on safe mode. In actual fact, it doesnt. SMART eh? =D So you won't be irritated by the constant popping asking you to activate. This lil program i have has an extra features though, different fro mthe previous one i have. Its called WGA Fixer. This will make your XP copy 'genuine' So that u can download or update your Windows Media Player to 11 and download Internet Explorer 7. There is no need for you to validate when everytime u need to download new update programs.
I don't recommend you peeps install a pirated copy of XP and use this lil program. Its best when u have an orginal copy install in your PC. This lil program is a great help. You can ask me. I will assist in the process of activating your windows XP.
(I don't recommend this method though. According to powerful anti-virus program such as BitDefender, it is consider a virus or worm although it isnt)
Ever since I start serving in the army, I miss studying... Dang...
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While i'm learning more about the insides of networking, I am researching on Network Security at Home. I learning too more bout tis stuff... Interesting.
If I find out some interesting facts, I may share it here.. You never know some facts or info u really need. :D
We are living in a world where mostly everyone have internet access at home, in school, office, the library or even the cafe. The important thing is when you access into the net world, you are vulnerable to attacks by hackers, viruses, worms,trojans, spyware, adware etc. You name it. The net world is a dangerous place where hackers sniff around for its next unaware victim to attack.
Although your XP software system have its own Windows Firewall install, it is not strong enough. You are still vulnerable to attacks. (more info about Windows Firewall) Invest yourself into PC security software to protect your computer or laptop. But hey! I'm not talking bout investing money. WE have to think bout budget. There are lots of FREE basic software out there. Invest your TIME to install them.
For anti-virus programs, I'm using AVG Free Edition for one of my PC and Avast! Professional (previously Free Home edition) for the other. In my opinion, these two anti-virus programs are the best free edition I have ever use. Simple, never drain your PC memory like Norton did, the top choices for users around the world.These two software companies won many awards for their Powerful software.
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