The "Quick Questions that does not Deserve a Thread"...Thread. V3 - Hardware & Software

I can't find any alternatives on Google. It seems like a very niche market. Most people don't even want to hook up one monitor to their laptop, let alone two, and it's probably very expensive to produce those things.

On my Y580 I need to change to a custom resolution because when I plug it into the TV the resolution is too big. Naturally I only have 4 choices of resolution to choose from, all too big. How do I make a custom resolution? There should be an option in the nVidia control panel but I don't have any option like that. Only have the 3D settings tab. Any help?

Firefox crashes every time I start it, it started when I updated Flash Player to the most recent version. I uninstalled both Firefox and Flash and deleted every mention of them from my registry. I then reinstalled Firefox and it still crashes. How the christ do I fix this?

Is investing a Lenovo ThinkPad Edge E135 Laptop worth getting? I hate having a 2.5kg laptop on me.

I don't know for 100% sure if this is the right place to ask, but it's good enough. How good is a 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for reading graphic novels and manga? Anything you guys could tell me or recommend me after use is great, because as of yet, the only two I can really afford is the Tab 2 or a Nexus 7.

[QUOTE=madnath619;37898922]I don't know for 100% sure if this is the right place to ask, but it's good enough. How good is a 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for reading graphic novels and manga? Anything you guys could tell me or recommend me after use is great, because as of yet, the only two I can really afford is the Tab 2 or a Nexus 7.[/QUOTE] If you just want something cheap, I've had hands-on with a Kindle and Mangle, and it's actually really good for greyscale manga.

Should i get the Sapphire HD 7850 OC or the EVGA GTX 480? Or is there something better for around $220?

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37901653]Should i get the Sapphire HD 7850 OC or the EVGA GTX 480? Or is there something better for around $220?[/QUOTE] The 480 uses significantly more power and is a few generations old. I'd personally go with the 7850.

[QUOTE=MTMod;37901967]The 480 uses significantly more power and is a few generations old. I'd personally go with the 7850.[/QUOTE] But from what i saw on the newegg specs, it can be overclocked way higher than the 7850.

[QUOTE=Silverspar;37902009]But from what i saw on the newegg specs, it can be overclocked way higher than the 7850.[/QUOTE] They're two completely different architectures, you can't compare direct clocks unless they're orders of magnitude apart. Besides, doesn't the 7000-series MIMD architecture execute five instructions per clock or something? Not to mention far more shader units? I don't remember exactly.

Any advice on wireless hotspots?

Can i get something cheaper than this that has around 750gb-1tb and is reliable? [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136533[/url]

Blacks are arguably the best consumer drives on the market. You could get a blue, but it wont come with a 5 year warranty.

I'm going to post this here since the JC2 thread isn't quite active. Regardless of what settings/resolution I set the game to, benchmarks and gameplay in Just Cause 2 is a constant 30fps. I've turned v-sync off ingame, in CCC, and i've tried D3DOverrider to try and triple buffer any v-sync there is. I'm guessing it has something to do with my card since i could get above 30fps at times even on integrated graphics. [URL="http://puu.sh/1bdw9"] Speccy.[/URL] (it doesn't recognize it but i have a sapphire radeon 7850.) e: i should note that i get fps above 30 not capped at all in other games, so it isn't global.

[QUOTE=zakedodead;37902501]Any advice on wireless hotspots?[/QUOTE] What part of wireless to be more specific?

Should I replace my HDD or can I save/repair it? [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/01236epnq.png[/IMG] It's an old Samsung HD103SJ (1TB). (It's not the SATA cable, I already tried to replace it.)

[QUOTE=SataniX;37906172]What part of wireless to be more specific?[/QUOTE] General advice on buying a hotspot/usb receiver, where I live advertizes free wifi but it's terrible and a land line isn't an option.

[QUOTE=Mitsuma;37906350]Should I replace my HDD or can I save/repair it? [IMG]http://www.abload.de/img/01236epnq.png[/IMG] It's an old Samsung HD103SJ (1TB). (It's not the SATA cable, I already tried to replace it.)[/QUOTE] Download SeaTools and do a full sector scan. If it fails, just replace the drive. It's not worth messing around with failing HDDs.

looking to upgrade iphone 3gs from 4.3.3 to 5.1.1 can anyone lead me to some resources of doing this

[QUOTE=der_crow;37909704]looking to upgrade iphone 3gs from 4.3.3 to 5.1.1 can anyone lead me to some resources of doing this[/QUOTE] umm I'm pretty sure you just plug it into itunes and bingo bango

[QUOTE=ShaunOfTheLive;37910146]umm I'm pretty sure you just plug it into itunes and bingo bango[/QUOTE] naw, see if i do that itll upgrade me to 6.0 and thats not so bueno

I'm using a gtx 550ti and when I play games on anything but the lowest settings, after 10~ minutes I get driver TDR errors, and changing driver versions doesn't seem to help. Anyone knows what to do?

Is there really that much of a difference between an i3 and an i5? I want to get an i5 but it's over my budget. The two processors i'm looking at are the i3 3220 and the i5 2500k.

Depends on what you are doing. Not everything takes advantage of 4 cores. Also look into the combo deals. The i5 3570k has 4 billion combos going for it. I'd grab 3570k over 2500k outright.

[QUOTE=Zephyrs;37922089]Depends on what you are doing. Not everything takes advantage of 4 cores. Also look into the combo deals. The i5 3570k has 4 billion combos going for it. I'd grab 3570k over 2500k outright.[/QUOTE] GTA4, SR3 and Bethesda games at atleast medium settings with full 1920X1080 res with many, many mods. Also emulation.

Does TOSlink have a delay to video? Or DDL?

Skyrim takes advantage of multiple cores I believe. Don't quote me on that though. Realistically an i3-3220 is good enough for skyrim though. I'd say its a toss up.

Why wont Disk 1 appear on in "My Computer"? [t]http://localhostr.com/file/54DFkrJs0CjS/whattheshit.png[/t] [editline]5th October 2012[/editline] UUGH. Assigned a drive letter now. [editline]5th October 2012[/editline] Shoot me.

Anyone a client on BHost? If so PM me your email, I feel like using their affiliate system to give people money.

[QUOTE=CAPSMAN!;37925234]Why wont Disk 1 appear on in "My Computer"? [t]http://localhostr.com/file/54DFkrJs0CjS/whattheshit.png[/t] [editline]5th October 2012[/editline] UUGH. Assigned a drive letter now. [editline]5th October 2012[/editline] Shoot me.[/QUOTE] Can you access those files in a Linux LiveCD