[retired_mandyg]

PES and especially GTA will require a fairly hefty graphics card to look good (fps are not unique in this regard) - difficult to get in a PC for £500-ish. Been many a discussion here on this recently but you won't get much bang for your buck on the current 8-series cards (which come in pretty much all new PCs nowadays) unless you spend a fair whack.

[retired_coliniscool]

Anyone got any ideas why someone may not be able to access a website on their computer(s) and I can? We both have the same Firewall, and it is only one site that is affected - barclays Stockbrokers.

[retired_berrysale]

Could be the ISP. In a DOS prompt, type tracert <website>

See how many hops it is before it fails.

[retired_stesska]

Originally posted by -rudi-:
PES and especially GTA will require a fairly hefty graphics card to look good (fps are not unique in this regard) - difficult to get in a PC for £500-ish. Been many a discussion here on this recently but you won't get much bang for your buck on the current 8-series cards (which come in pretty much all new PCs nowadays) unless you spend a fair whack.

Also thinking about getting a new PC, which graphics cards will be good enough for PES for a few years at least, don't want to have to upgrade but then I don't want to spend too much on a graphics card either. Only really play FM and PES.

Have looked at plenty of PCs on the dell site, but there's so many to choose from, and thats without having a serious look on other sites.

Use a router for the internet (laptop with network card as well) and firewire for video camera, can't think of much else I would really need.

Wouldn't need a monitor and speakers either, assuming what I've got should have no problems (neither are very old).

Can anyone help? Don't want to be paying over £1000 on more expensive processors etc to get a slight boost.

[drcobalt]

ok i have a problem - well its an annoyance, when i open up a web page its not maximised. It fills the screen, but is ever so slightly smaller and will only fully "fill the screen" when I maximise - whats caused this to change

[retired_coliniscool]

Originally posted by LFCfan:
Could be the ISP. In a DOS prompt, type tracert <website>

See how many hops it is before it fails.

Something I forgot to mention - the problem is intermittent. Sometimes he can go onto the website, other times he can't. Yet its ok for me at all times?

[retired_berrysale]

Get him to use an alternative proxy server. You should be able to google a list of proxies for his ISP. Could be an intermittent problem with that server.

[retired_coliniscool]

Originally posted by LFCfan:
Get him to use an alternative proxy server. You should be able to google a list of proxies for his ISP. Could be an intermittent problem with that server.

Would that cause problems with wireless network or not, if I changed that?

[drcobalt]

I have Nero 7 essentials and for my friends mum I am trying to make a picture cd. She has like 200 pictured from her digital camera and I want to put them on a cd so that she can view them through her dvd player.

When I try to make a video cd on nero it says something along the lines of -

The maximum number of entries in the audio compilation is 99

But I dont want audio on it - how do i change this to make as many pictures as the cd hold??

Thanks a lot

[retired_stesska]

Are either of these good value? Second has a better graphics card and bigger hard drive but PES is probably the only game apart from FM that I would play. Not really sure how well it'll run with the graphics card in the Dell PC however, anyone know? Other graphics cards Dell offers on this PC are worse. The graphics card in the Mesh is the second best, the top one being an extra £330, a 768MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX.

From Dell- Inspiron 530 DT

Base Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6750 processor (2.66GHz, 1333MHz, 4MB cache)
Microsoft Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium - English
Memory 2048MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
Keyboard Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Monitor No 19" Wide Monitor
Video Card 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 8600GT graphics card
Hard Drive 320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA/100 Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache
Floppy Drives and Additional Storage Devices 19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Mouse Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
Modem No Modem
Optical Devices 16x DVD+/-RW & 16x DVD Drives
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Speakers No Speakers
Wireless Networking Internal PCI 802.11g Wireless Network Card
Shipping Documents English Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord
Gedis Bundle Reference List D10506a Inspiron 530
Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Standard Warranty 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Enhanced Service Packs 1 Year Base Warranty - Collect & Return
Protect your new PC No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
Order Information Inspiron Desktop Order Uk
Video Editing IEEE 1394 PCI Adapter card
Dell System Media Kit Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers)
Accidental Damage Support No Accidental Damage Support
Online Promotion Option for GEDIS Configs Dell Internet Order.

TOTAL Incl. VAT:£455.12

Added the firewire and wireless network card on as I have a video camera that uses a firewire cable and a router.

From Mesh

Elite Premier Plus (includes upgrades - click to view)

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6550 Dual Core Processor(2.33GHz,4MB Cache,1333MHz)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
New MESH Mini-Tower Micro ATX Case +300W PSU
PCI-Express Mainboard - Pentium® D/Core™ 2 Duo - Micro ATX
2GB DDR2 667MHz ( 2 x 1GB Samsung )
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
LightScribe Super Format 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
320MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS - Dual DVI, HDTV, TV-Out [upg £ 130.00]
Without 19" Widescreen TFT MESH Monitor [upg £ -75.00]
5.1 High Definition onboard sound card - 6 Channel Cinema sound
Logitech Cordless Keyboard & Cordless Optical Mouse
Free Microsoft® Works® 8.5 + 60 Days Microsoft Office Trial
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
1x IEEE1394 Firewire (onboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Multi-format Memory Card Reader (matx)
Silver - 1 Year On Site Service - UK Mainland Only (Home Service)

Subtotal: £564.79
vat: £98.84
Order Total: £663.63