New graphics card

SgtMinor wrote:
|| *** HAWK wrote:
|||
||| erm.. graphics cards
||
|| Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
|| post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll take
|| another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
|| munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.
||

But you & others have "hijacked" this thread, therefore taking it totally
Off Topic (OT), therefore you should be putting OT in your folow-ups.

You picked faults in someone's post, therefore you should only expect the
same back.

ok Sarge
AGP
Minimum 64Mb
Needs - Games (but im not a dedicated plaer)
(Ermm.. spreadsheets??? - Not really needed them mate & certainly not on a
21")

Is that better?
"SgtMinor" wrote in message
. ..
*** HAWK wrote:

erm.. graphics cards

Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll take
another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.

And as for your graphics card, you haven't said much about your
requirements, making useful responses difficult. All I know is the
Geforce "doesn't really cut the mustard," AGP and no TV out. What
mustard needs cutting? Are you trying to look at spreadsheets on a 21"
monitor, are you playing graphics intensive games, or what? Take a look
here about some of the criteria that should go into the selection of a
video card: http://www.pcguide.com/buy/des/compVideo-c.html Also useful
is Tom's Hardwa http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/index.html


"SgtMinor" wrote in message
.. .
Will Dormann wrote:

SgtMinor wrote:

Is this where you get your email?

Domain Name: IGNORE.NET

Registrant:
ignore n.o.c. (IGNORE8-DOM)
Urs Schaufelberger
Hardturmstr. 122
Zurich, NO STATE 8005
SWITZERLAND

*** HAWK wrote:

Hi,
I am looking to buy a relatively cheap graphics card. My current
Geforce
2mx-400 doesn't really cut the mustard and needs an upgrade.
My budget is between £45-70.

What card would people go far - I am not bothered with extras like
TV-Out.
Also which Manufacturer - ATI or Nvidia?

Also prices would be helpful & any links to UK vendors only.
Thanks

OP: In other words, when munging your email address, be sure to pick
a
domain that isn't valid!

Those are not the other words that I would use. It's not a good idea
to
use anything that even resembles a domain name, valid or not. Even a
seemingly ridiculous domain name may/can/will be registered at some
time. Try for yourself: make up some domain name and check here to
see
if it's registered: http://www.canufly.net/~georgegg/dns/

And adding NOSPAM or another phrase is not foolproof either. I
wouldn't
be at all surprised if a spambot stripped the word 'invalid' off your
addy, for instance.

snip

Cheers mate
I totally agree with you.
"^^artnada^^" wrote in message
...
SgtMinor wrote:
|| *** HAWK wrote:
|||
||| erm.. graphics cards
||
|| Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
|| post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll take
|| another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
|| munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.
||

But you & others have "hijacked" this thread, therefore taking it totally
Off Topic (OT), therefore you should be putting OT in your folow-ups.

You picked faults in someone's post, therefore you should only expect the
same back.

ignore my spelling errors..
this thread has become pointless
"*** HAWK" wrote in message
. ..
ok Sarge
AGP
Minimum 64Mb
Needs - Games (but im not a dedicated plaer)
(Ermm.. spreadsheets??? - Not really needed them mate & certainly not on a
21")

Is that better?
"SgtMinor" wrote in message
. ..
*** HAWK wrote:

erm.. graphics cards

Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll take
another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.

And as for your graphics card, you haven't said much about your
requirements, making useful responses difficult. All I know is the
Geforce "doesn't really cut the mustard," AGP and no TV out. What
mustard needs cutting? Are you trying to look at spreadsheets on a 21"
monitor, are you playing graphics intensive games, or what? Take a look
here about some of the criteria that should go into the selection of a
video card: http://www.pcguide.com/buy/des/compVideo-c.html Also useful
is Tom's Hardwa http://www.tomshardware.com/graphic/index.html


"SgtMinor" wrote in message
.. .
Will Dormann wrote:

SgtMinor wrote:

Is this where you get your email?

Domain Name: IGNORE.NET

Registrant:
ignore n.o.c. (IGNORE8-DOM)
Urs Schaufelberger
Hardturmstr. 122
Zurich, NO STATE 8005
SWITZERLAND

*** HAWK wrote:

Hi,
I am looking to buy a relatively cheap graphics card. My current
Geforce
2mx-400 doesn't really cut the mustard and needs an upgrade.
My budget is between £45-70.

What card would people go far - I am not bothered with extras
like
TV-Out.
Also which Manufacturer - ATI or Nvidia?

Also prices would be helpful & any links to UK vendors only.
Thanks

OP: In other words, when munging your email address, be sure to
pick
a
domain that isn't valid!

Those are not the other words that I would use. It's not a good
idea
to
use anything that even resembles a domain name, valid or not. Even
a
seemingly ridiculous domain name may/can/will be registered at some
time. Try for yourself: make up some domain name and check here to
see
if it's registered: http://www.canufly.net/~georgegg/dns/

And adding NOSPAM or another phrase is not foolproof either. I
wouldn't
be at all surprised if a spambot stripped the word 'invalid' off
your
addy, for instance.

snip

^^artnada^^ wrote:

SgtMinor wrote:
|| *** HAWK wrote:
|||
||| erm.. graphics cards
||
|| Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
|| post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll take
|| another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
|| munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.
||

But you & others have "hijacked" this thread, therefore taking it totally
Off Topic (OT), therefore you should be putting OT in your folow-ups.

WTF are you talking about? "Hijacking" a thread by following up on a
post? I read 24HSHD where *nothing* is OT. In any event, everything in
a post is fair game for a response.


You picked faults in someone's post, therefore you should only expect the
same back.

If you consider pointing out problems with a munged addy which includes
a stolen domain name as picking fault, you don't seem to have much of a
grasp of issues like private property and SPAM.

*** HAWK wrote:

ignore my spelling errors..
this thread has become pointless



**PLONK**

-WD

Not in regards to the original Post though!
I was chatting about Graphics cards...
"SgtMinor" wrote in message
. ..
^^artnada^^ wrote:

SgtMinor wrote:
|| *** HAWK wrote:
|||
||| erm.. graphics cards
||
|| Well, get used to it. You may control the content of your original
|| post, but you don't dictate the direction of the thread. If you'll
take
|| another look, you'll note that I was replying to Will Dormann about
|| munging one's address. Your post was irrelevant to that reply.
||

But you & others have "hijacked" this thread, therefore taking it
totally
Off Topic (OT), therefore you should be putting OT in your folow-ups.

WTF are you talking about? "Hijacking" a thread by following up on a
post? I read 24HSHD where *nothing* is OT. In any event, everything in
a post is fair game for a response.


You picked faults in someone's post, therefore you should only expect
the
same back.

If you consider pointing out problems with a munged addy which includes
a stolen domain name as picking fault, you don't seem to have much of a
grasp of issues like private property and SPAM.

(Chris Howells) wrote:

No, that is not better. You are STILL using a valid
domain (mail.com). You MUST use 'INVALID' as the
TLD, ie. in place of the .COM - LID

There is no MX record in the DNS for INVALID.mail.com and hence using it
should not
cause a problem, despite the fact that mail.com is registered.

Quite possibly not, but the fact remains the domain is registered and
hence is somebody elses property.

--
iv Paul iv

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"*** HAWK" wrote:

ignore my spelling errors..
this thread has become pointless

Nope... it's just failed to the get the response you wanted. Other
people are using this thread for discussion so it's not pointless.
That's just how usenet works.

--
iv Paul iv

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fair enough - but they not following what was originally asked.. but thanks
u made a comment on them in your later post :-)
"Paul Hopwood" wrote in message
...
"*** HAWK" wrote:

ignore my spelling errors..
this thread has become pointless

Nope... it's just failed to the get the response you wanted. Other
people are using this thread for discussion so it's not pointless.
That's just how usenet works.

--
iv Paul iv

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