[H] AMD pricing change

2006-03-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
AMD is continually assessing and adjusting its pricing to best meet the needs of our customers in the competitive environment. The following price changes should be expected Q2 2006: Effective April 10th, the desktop AMD Athlon™ 64 and AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 processors will have a small price

[H] GIS mapping software

2006-03-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
Does anyone know if GIS mapping software (the high-end stuff that cities use to map the area and overlay sewer lines, for instance) gains anything with a fast video card? From my reading, RAM and CPU seem more important. T

Re: [H] GIS mapping software

2006-03-16 Thread Harry McGregor
Hi, I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and support a group of U. S. Geological Survey researchers. The main package we use is ESRI ArcMap/ArcInfo. The absolute most important item is RAM. Our

[H] New Computer Vcore voltage

2006-03-16 Thread Sam Franc
I am just setting up a new box with an Asus A8N-VM CSM mobo. Installed the Probe and get a danger reading on the Vcore of 1.17 volts. Can anyone tell me what this means. The threshold value is supposed to be 1.45 volts. Is this something wrong with the CPU or is there someplace to adjust this

Re: [H] GIS mapping software

2006-03-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:54 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and support a group of U. S. Geological Survey researchers. Thanks for all this info - this is exactly what I

Re: [H] GIS mapping software

2006-03-16 Thread Harry McGregor
On Thu, 2006-03-16 at 16:37 -0400, Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 02:54 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: I think I am probably the most qualified to comment on this out of the group... I work with the University of Arizona, but I am detached and support a group of U. S. Geological Survey

[H] Serial port bracket?

2006-03-16 Thread Sam Franc
Looking for: DB9M to IDC10 serial port on bracket for my A8N-VM CSM that will add a serial port to the back of my box. I can not seem to find one anywhere. Can anyone point me to a store. Sam

Re: [H] GIS mapping software

2006-03-16 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 04:43 PM 16/03/2006, Harry McGregor wrote: The Intel video will be perfectly usable. If the person has good eyes, look to get the highest resolution you can. We have been going with 1600x1200 on our IBM laptops lately, but our vendor option has just changed, and we can't use IBM now.

Re: [H] Serial port bracket?

2006-03-16 Thread Sam Franc
Thanks Harry, I tried Google several times and never came up with this stuff. Sam Harry McGregor wrote: Google/Froogle http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=IDC10ie=utf-8oe=utf-8client=firefoxrls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficialpercentage_served=100sa=Ntab=wf