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joseph y.

joseph y.

Joined on 11/02/04

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Most Favorable Review

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SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100265L
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 100265L

Pros: Heres some numbers from the new games at 1280x1024. Far Cry 2 is a little bit of a challenge maxed out. I was getting between 33-40 FPS in the woods opening up with a machine gun. COD WaW is no trouble for this thing totally maxed, i can v-sync at 70 FPS no probs and looks yummy. Fallout 3 runs excellent hovering around 40-45 FPS maxed and looks spectacular. BIA:HH also looks and runs spectacular.

Cons: Im a little disappointed with Far Cry 2 performance. Although turning up AA did get me a few more frames so maybe a new driver can help.

Overall Review: You get the picture. If you have an old monitor or are happy with 1280x1024 max details, swoop it. My rig.... Athlon 5000 BE at 2.9ghz, 4gb G-Skill DDR2 880, this card at 650/910, Saph. 690G board. XP SP3 and X64 Ultimate, I game on XP. Probably going to make the switch soon, have SP 2 in hand.

Most Critical Review

Got a dud!

PowerColor Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Graphics Card X800GTO256MBDDR3
PowerColor Radeon X800GTO 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Graphics Card X800GTO256MBDDR3

Pros: It could run windows.

Cons: Crashed immediately upon the launch of any 3D rendering. I opened ATI CCC and even the tiny little 3D car animation caused a VPU recovery.

Overall Review: Again no 3D on my card. Sending back and looking elsewhere, possibly an x850 from the alien brand.

Just a good ssd replacing a garbage laptop HDD

Patriot Ignite 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) PI480GS25SSDR
Patriot Ignite 2.5" 480GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) PI480GS25SSDR

Pros: Wifes mind blown after me telling her for years her HDD based laptop was a blight on society and an SSD would give her religion. This and a fresh legit copy of Win 10 made her machine operable after 45 seconds as compared to around 4 minutes on HDD and Win 7 (mainly HDD i know).

Cons: Now her battery or connection is sputtering out and looks like I wasted all the time and will need to find a new machine to turbocharge.

Overall Review: Good size. Fast enough for anyone really. Nice solid build.

Sexy for price

APEX PCV-588 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case
APEX PCV-588 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Pros: Looks totally mature. Nice blue ligns up the front and blue out the back, which i can adjust but it looks clean. Solid build, extra fans.

Cons: Tight fit for a 280x video card. Big cards pro not ok. Modular powersupply is virtually required for clean fit.

Overall Review: If rebate goes through Ill pay less than an Andy J. Not bad. FP audio kinda blows but eh.

Excellent value.

XFX Double D Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280A-TDFD
XFX Double D Radeon R9 280 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card R9-280A-TDFD

Pros: Like others I got this for 199 plus games and Ive been nothing but pleased with it. I had an XFX 5870 before and this shames it. Looks sick and does fit in my mid-tower with modular cables. Recently upgraded my X4 965 to an 4350 at 4.6ghz and it along with this card make near ultra on BF4 possible. Oh yeah, AND I GOT THE REBATE QUICK AND PAINLESS. The card it came on is kinda cool too =P

Cons: I cant really think of any. 3gb RAM is the sweet spot, raw power seems good. Connections are solid and build seems great..... cant think of any.

Overall Review: I have this as the backbone of a budget build. This card, FX-4350 at 4.6, Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb, Biostar TA-970 mobo, Asus Xonar DG, TP-LINK Dual Band wifi, 650w Bronze PSU, Crucial M-500 256gb and WD 1tb HDD in a Thermaltake mid tower. Lots of exhaust fans and 1 front panel intake. Im happy with the system. It looks nice with modular cables and controllable blue leds. Id recommend the card without hesitation.

1 1/2 years of good service

Rosewill RNX-N300RT, Wireless N300 Wi-Fi Router, IEEE 802.11b/11g/11n, Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates, 2x 5dBi Fixed Antennas, DD-WRT Open Source Support
Rosewill RNX-N300RT, Wireless N300 Wi-Fi Router, IEEE 802.11b/11g/11n, Up to 300Mbps Wireless Data Rates, 2x 5dBi Fixed Antennas, DD-WRT Open Source Support

Pros: This router has served me well for approximately a year and a half. Flashed dd-wrt on it before even connecting to the net and its done well. Antennas provide good coverage and speeds were good for gaming and maxed out my isp speed on torrents. I paid 15 less than what i see it for today.

Cons: I knew something was up when Id lose signal on my phone at the end of my driveway. I used to be able to make it to stop sign half a block down the road. Then I started getting packet loss in BF4 and then the dreaded crash and hang when downloading full throttle. Tried everything from assigning static ips to QoS to channel changing to upping the power. Heres where I found the culprit. My TX power is stuck at 21. I know it could be an error but it still is not working correctly aside from what the gui says. I have to set it above 77 in DDWRT just to get 300mbps TX speed from router.

Overall Review: I liked this router. I cant speak for the stock firmware but ddwrt runs fine on it. We have 5 devices 1 iphone, 1 Galaxy Note 10.1, 1 android phone, 1 laptop and my desktop. I feel at 25 bucks I got my moneys worth but I went away from Rosewill for my new router. (Id really go another direction in the forty range as well). Im Going dual band with myself as only 5ghz client. I wish this had been one of those rock routers that lasted for years. Might be a future range extender but now it lies next to its RNX-54g brother.