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    Tata Indicom Unlimited 1.5mbps torrent questions

    I'm getting 175-180 on the connection...Downloading a torrent of Watchmen Ultimate Directors Cut. What is T1? The only options available, are 1mb, 2mb, 10, 20, 40, 50, 100mbps. What would constitute as a T1 connection?
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    Tata Indicom Unlimited 1.5mbps torrent questions

    Nope it's 110gb per month, which is more than enough. I pay 2750 taxes not included for this download. So download from something like download.com? Speedtest.net gives me unbelievable inaccurate results. I get 11mbps download and then 51 kbps upload. Can anyone tell me what the best settings...
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    Tata Indicom Unlimited 1.5mbps torrent questions

    Hey guys, I am pretty thorough with the settings of torrent clients respective to upload speed, max connections per torrent, global connections, and upload slots. I had a 1mbps connection and got download speed of around 95-110kbps. I just upgraded to a 1.5mbps connection with 512 upload. My...
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    PC Peripherals Alienware officially launched

    I just checked the dell website as I normally do every 3 or 4 months and noticed that Alienware Desktops (IMO the number 1 high end PC avialable on the market) have finally been launched. There are 2 models (Aurora and Aurora ALX), both can be can be customized with a sales representative via...
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    Which should I go for, Wifi or wired lan?

    I'm planning creating a home network with 2 computers. I'll be getting a 2mbps unlimited Airtel broadband connection. When I was in Canada 5 years ago, I had a home network where we connected 4 computers via cable internet, but once we connected each computer the connection was essentially...
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    Which is better a USB wireless adapter or a PCI card?

    Can someone offer up any advice on this please?
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    Which is better a USB wireless adapter or a PCI card?

    HI, I have a dell XPS studio 435 MT which unbelievably only has 1 PCI Express 16 pin slot. It has 3 pci express 1x slot, but that can't be used for a wireless adapter thats offered by most companies. I was looking at this product, but found that it won't fit onto my mobo. Will I notice any...
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    Storage Solutions Is it wise to enable advanced performance on the HDD ?

    ^^^I've got an APC 1001 but it doesn't have auto shutdown capability. Is there any 3rd party software I can download. I'm not sure there is anything I can even connect the UPS and PC with though...Only seems to have to ethernet type ports, but I think thats to protect phone line surges...
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    Storage Solutions Is it wise to enable advanced performance on the HDD ?

    I noticed that both my 500 GB Western Digital as well as my 1 tb Seagate internal hdd did not have the option "enable advanced performance" checked. HOwever I do have write caching enable. Being that we live in India and power outages are very common, is it wise to keep "enable advanced...
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    PC Peripherals Can't play Crysis/Far Cry2/GTA IV on 32 bit color in Windows Vista 64bit

    Like I said, with DX9 it works fine...Some games are optimized for DirectX 10, thats why I want to get it to run in 32 at startup.
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    PC Peripherals Can't play Crysis/Far Cry2/GTA IV on 32 bit color in Windows Vista 64bit

    I can run games on Direct X 9 without an issue. Its really direct X 10 that seems to be causing the problem... Is there anyway to uninstall Direct X 10, and do a clean installation? I don't think Direct X 10 is given as an option to uninstall...
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    PC Peripherals Can't play Crysis/Far Cry2/GTA IV on 32 bit color in Windows Vista 64bit

    Yeah, doesn't the service pack automatically do that? The latest version is 10 right? Whats a quick way to find the exact version I have on my comp, not showing on the system information... [EDIT] I just check directxdiag and my version is DirectX 10
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    GTAIV not playing smooth lately

    True some games are coded to suit certain suppliers cards...
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    PC Peripherals Can't play Crysis/Far Cry2/GTA IV on 32 bit color in Windows Vista 64bit

    When I launch a game like Crysis, Far Cry 2, GTA IV, or Fallout 3, i get an error saying that the game won't launch... For example the error for GTA IV is: GTA IV FATAL ERROR DD3D30 GTA IV Fatal error D3D error please reboot your system and theres a button that says ok. I don't reboot the...
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    GTAIV not playing smooth lately

    For a HD 4850 Radeon on an i7 920 I'd say this is pretty good. Wish my desktop came with a 1gb video card though. Statistics Average FPS: 49.77 Duration: 37.51 sec CPU Usage: 27% System memory usage: 43% Video memory usage: 97% Graphics Settings Video Mode: 1920 x 1080 (60 Hz) Texture...
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    How full proof/efficient/safe is Partition Magic?

    Thanks guy, I see that you're all suggesting the same program... So I'm guessing it wouldn't be prudent to just leave my hard disks unpartitioned? Like I said I would be upgrading to Windows 7 once it officially releases... How badly is a partition really required.
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