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Gaming | Chips 'n' Motherboards | Video Cards | Memory | Speed 'n' Performance | Peripherals | Storage | Problems | Miscellaneous
Gaming Upgrading for gaming supremacy on a budget . . . What would be the best 3D video card upgrade for extensive gaming? What's the best upgrade for playing 3D games and increasing speed? What 2D card can I get to improve my gaming performance? How can I improve an already-great gaming system? Will 3D games run slow on a Cyrix 200 MX? Which chip will better my performance but not hinder my games? Which processor and video card are best for game playing?
Chips 'n' Motherboards What's the best upgrade strategy for an 486/SX2 66 MHz system? What's the best upgrade strategy for an Intel 83 MHz OverDrive system? Should I pay more for a 300 MHz Intel CPU, or just stick with the 266? Shouldn't Intel be called Dewey, Cheatham and Howe? Are 333 MHz Pentium processors a direct plug-in replacement for the 233s? What's the best upgrade path off of a 60 MHz Pentium? Can I get a new case and Pentium motherboard for under $300? Are there any motherboards with new chipsets that support Pentium Pro? What's the easiest way to change motherboard from HX to TX chipset? Upgrading motherboard and putting a card in an AGP slot Will upgrading my motherboard mess up my other cards? Differences between AMD with MMX and Pentium with MMX? What's the best CPU to replace my 33 MHz? Should I go with a $200 overdrive processor? Should I put the newest chipset in my new machine? How should my bus speed interact with my chip(s)? Are Cyrix MMX chips worth the investment? Should I get a new processor or a whole new box? Should I upgrade my AMD by over-clocking?
Video Cards What does a 3D accelerator card do, and should I get one? Can I add a Monster 3D card without messing up normal video? What videocard should I get to get good video from the Web? What's the best video card for minor video editing? Is my Matrox video card compatible with my Orchid chipset?
Memory How can my machine be slower when I've got 192 MB of RAM in it? How will bus speeds and ECC capability affect my system speed? What's more important: the total memory or the number of SIMMs/DIMMs? Will too much memory slow my machine down? Should I wait to buy new-style memory or get it now? Where should I buy memory and how much is optimal? Will 32 MB and a 200 MMX make a difference? I need to add memory to my S3 Trio 64v+ video card How can I buy more memory if I don't know current nanoseconds? Will mixed memory slow my machine down?
Speed 'n' Performance What can I do to my 486 to make it work better with AOL? Can I put Win98 on a 486, network it for business, and expect it to work? How can I get better on-line performance from my P100? Would another CPU be faster than a newer motherboard? Can I go to a dual-processor setup to improve my 3D graphics? Should MMX give me faster system performance? How can I get good speed from Win95 and an external modem? How can I get the best video, sound, and speed for socket 7? What can I do to make AutoCAD run faster? Would a 1 MB video card help speed up my old 486?
Peripherals What should I do to make the K56 to V.90 modem transition successful? Will DVD work on HDTV? Can I get a DVD-writable drive yet? What are my DVD options nowadays? What information is out there on the 100x CD-ROM drive?
Storage Is there a guide for setting up master-slave hard drives? Pointers for adding larger hard drives to 486 machines What should I know about adding a larger hard drive to my 486? Should I go with SCSI for a new 9 GB hard drive? What kind of removable storage device should I get? What drives can I put in "hot swap" shelves? Should I buy SCSI or EIDE hard drives?
Problems Why am I getting big black blocks on my monitor? Plug and Play conflicts are messing up my boot procedures! A recent upgrade has caused soundcard and memory problems . . . I'm unable to load DOS from my old 1.6 GB hard drive How can I make sure the Uruguay virus is really off my machine? How can I fix my misbehaving hard drive? How can I get my hard drive to recognize a CD-ROM it's ignoring? How can I get my newly-tinkered-with system to stop locking up? What can I do about a malfunctioning floppy drive? Can I get HP to help me upgrade a bad machine?
Miscellaneous How will the Year 2000 affect operating systems? How should I install Windows 95/98 and Windows NT on the same PC? Is there anything worth saving from my 486-based system? Will a 486 power supply work with a Pentium system? How much can I expect to get if I try to sell two old 386s? Any advice on smoothing out the upgrade from Win3.1 to Win95? Many questions from the Caribbean . . . How can I do MIDI on a laptop?
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