That there is the new Dell 'budget' panel. Make sure you get the product numbers absolutely right, that's a 2409W, not a WFP.

The E248W and this S2409W are TN type panels which are much cheaper but much worse in colour reproduction etc.

You won't find that problem with 30"ers, they all have IPS type panels which are the best type to have.

The HP I bought, and the Dell 2408WFP have VA panels which is the middle ground between TN and IPS. Of course you can read into it more at Wikipedia etc if you like

Go 24", better (smaller) pixel pitch, better panels (generally).

There are a whole range of cheap 24"s now on the market, pick any one you choose really. TN + 24" is not a great idea.

If you can reach to £400, what that is in Euros I can't check as my broadband is shit and xe.com doesn't want to load - get the Dell 2408WFP, but make sure it's a revision A01.

If you can't stretch to that, there's a Hyundai for around £300 with a VA panel, failing that you're stuck with TN.

Jack where do you think you can find a Dell 30" for £500?

The Dell Ultrasharp (2408WFP) is still £400, and whilst better than the HP all-round, suffers from massive input lag which would annoy me. The cheaper 24s are all TN panels which are awful quality. This HP is supposed to be pretty good, I didn't pay full price either, in fact I got it a fair bit cheaper than the Dell equivalent so I'm happy there.

Dual-link is just dual-link DVI, this image explains more:

Just to confirm, the 30"ers require dual-link cards, not dual output, which I'm guessing all modern cards have.

Just ordered a new 24" myself, wish I could stretch to a 30" but sadly not at the moment

iPhone. If you want a camera get a camera.

Quote from Jakg :

D'oh - I meant Component not Composite (Composite DOES do audio but it's shit).

In order of quality (from worst to best).

Composite -> Scart -> Component -> VGA -> HDMI(/DVI)

Was about to DESTROY you but then you posted this :P

But yes component will be of more than satisfactory quality I imagine, my 360 is hooked up via component, and we also use HDMI with that TV with no noticeable quality difference.

The more pressing question is why you have Buy Other Sound Equipment? j/k

Quote from Electric Eye :

Well... maybe the roads aren't as good there but at least they can enjoy the nice V8s while we're stuck here with 3 times bigger fuel prices lol

When you have to drive 500 miles to the shops it doesn't make much difference

Too many things in life bring us down.

Crashing out with friends solves all that. To me they are the most important things in the world.

Honestly, I think your inability to grasp basic English is the reason you didn't take up an academic course.

So wait, my assumption was correct - you build them because you study them. I don't see your point.

Just had a quick go at an A+ to see what it's all about. I was talking about a degree level understanding of GPU architecture, not a quiz about laser printers with the odd question on BIOSes thrown in.

You build them because you study them? What did you study - how to bang a few pits of PCB together? Nice. I did feel the need to blurt out my education, because it actually means something. Something other than allowing me to 'build PCs', what a joke.

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Generic abuse...

Calm down mate. I would put a rather large bet on me actually knowing more then you about this subject, hell I only studied it for a few years in higher education. You've build some PCs, great, haven't we all. I've been using PCs for more years than I care to remember, why would that change anything?

When did I mention anything about right and wrong? I said you don't know what you're talking about when saying the manufacturers 'limited' their cards to 128bit. Which is true.

Oh just read your 'opinion expressed as fact' information about ATI vs Nvidia. LMFAO.

• 9xxx > 5xxx
  
• 6xxx > x8xx
  
• 7xxx and x19xx both had their strengths
  
• 8xxx > 29xx
  
• 9xxx was a pointless rebrand
  
• GTX and 48xx again both have strengths.
  

So well done on Nvidia always being better than ATI, you really know your stuff

Aren't American regulations on load-spreading different to Europe? Such that American trucks/trailers require longer wheelbases.

GTX260 would be my choice.

The whole playstation bit makes me think you don't know what you are talking about.

No one said your GT was bad

Quote from dadge :

so you would have a 512mb card @ 128bit over a 256mb @ 256bit? sure, ok. and i'll go get me some oral from the spice girls. get over yourself george..........jesus, what a pickle kisser.
FYI, the playstation1 was 128bit. so yeah, lets get a super sweet card and then restrict it's bitrate to that of a 10 year old consol........talk about cock slamming.

Eh? Stop digging that hole.

I was gona say bah just Google it, there's tons of info out there. But really, don't. All you ever get is link to GSM forum where people quite literally cannot speak English.

Quote from GSM Forum :

UNLOCK IT WITH UFS+HWK . E350 Cable Work To Unlock It. Tested 100%.

Quote from dougie-lampkin :

After a quick play with the settings, I brought AA down to 4x, and put Shadows up to Ultra High. And all is well

Attached are pics of what it was like with shadows on High. In the first pic, at a slight distance, shadows look fine. But in the second pic, when you see them on my hand, they look terrible. AA was functioning fine, as you can see on the rifle. Apparently AA doesn't apply to shadows, they have their own settings

That's because that isn't an AA problem, the shadow quality is low, which is why when you set it to Ultra they look fine. You can see in the second pic, they are anti-aliased, just not rendered at high resolution.

Quote from GFresh :

Ross and Brand are legends, end of.

+1

It seems most people here hate him, but the download/listening figures speak otherwise.

At first I though he was a overhyped tosser with a wacky haircut, but he actually is very cleaver and very funny. A lot of people don't give him a chance, but I quite like it that way - they're missing out.

Also agree with 5haz, they'll be annoyed to see him leave, he was a big crowd gatherer at Radio 2. Frankly he's better than the BBC anyway, too restricted there.

What really gets me though is that thousands of people are in uproar about this, I just do not understand why people are so on edge about every little thing that people say.

Quote from mookie427 :

I like how blown out of proportion this whole thing has become. Yes it was bad what they did, but the fact that 18000 people put down their copies of the Daily Mail and complained is just ludicrous. And then even the PM who should be focusing on the state this country is in comments on it. What business is it of his!

The funny thing is, i bet out of those 18000 people, maybe around 5 were listening.

If you listen to the Russel Brand show (as I do) you know what you are going to get. Apart from Ross effin and jeffin Brand's show is hardly any different each week. Anybody who listens to them could tell what was going to happen when they were put together for a show.

Yet people complain about something they've never paid any attention to before. Well done Britain.

How long will they be suspended for? About 5 minutes - they're the most listened to on Radio 2 along with Wogan.

You have to also bear in mind the show is broadcast between 9-11pm on a Saturday evening, it's hardly going to offend anyone at that time. And of course the parties involved will play it up, you'd be a fool not to.

Quote from Klutch :

Shuffling to hardstyle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8dip-QLjTg

I have that hoody, it's from River Island. HARDCORE TO THE MAX.

What's the point of having a turbo/super charger if you're always going to stay off boost?

Clear the FireFox cache, see if that helps.

Quote from Eleanor SpeedGT :

I refuse playing this before they fix the mouse movement thing, i mean , its so fcked up really.

Intense input lag on the mouse?

Quote from Jakg :

A V8 and you get 270 lb/ft of Torque? I have a 1.5L Inline-4 in my Proton Wira, and yet I still have about 110 lb/ft of Torque - aka if I had your engine size it'd have 337 lb/ft. Why is it American cars can never get any decent specs out of a huuuuuge engine.

Because they need to be cheap and last for hundreds of thousands of miles.