DL.TV

episode 243 (1x243)

Data emisji: Lip 31, 2008

STUFF • The new full episode FLV file has been rendered and posted. Enjoy! • ExtremeTech's Loyd Case joins Robert on set. • Loyd talks a bit about his first month with solar panels. You can read the article he wrote by clicking HERE • Today's Tech Pic of the Week is from Loyd and Robert. They recently went to the Dolby Studios here in the SF Bay Area. To see all the pics from the tour, click HERE for the full article on Gearlog.com. • Loyd recently built an Atom PC System. Click HERE for the full article on how Loyd built the Atom PC and what the specs of the machine are. • And now for a host of questions for Loyd: Question 1 is from Umar of Al-Khobat, Saudi Arabia: I was about to build a system with two nVidia 8800GT 512MB cards in SLI mode, but recently nVidia has released the GTX 260 and GTX 280. Now that has me thinking what will be a better value for money two 8800GTs or one GTX 260. What is your take on this? Question 2 is from Justin of Ohio: Hey, I've got a Core 2 Duo E6600 overclocked to 2.7GHz. With the summer heat, I notice that my CPU temps are rising and I am wondering what the processor can safely handle? It has stock cooling and is running about 45-55C on idle and about 55-65 on load. What are the limits, can I safely overclock more? Check these articles: 3DMark Vantage Review, Supreme Commander Benchmarks and Joel's article, Benchmark Your System the ExtremeTech Way. Also mentioned were the Arctic Cooling's Freezer 7 Pro and the Scythe Ninja Mini. Question 3 is from Jamie of Dyersburg, TN: I bought a Compaq Presario SR1917 MCPC running an AMD 3500 64 bit CPU. 2.5 gigs of RAM, 200G HDD with 256 integraded Nvidia 6150 graphics with Vista premium OS. My problem is when I run a performance check it says I only have 64MB of video graphics can you explain why this is and what I can do to resolve this problem? Question 4 is from Richard: I have a two year old Dell Inspiron E1505 laptop that I would like to know the micr