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I would have to believe that the video card just doesn't have enough graphics capability to handle running the multiple monitors and the design work being done. Perhaps drivers could be an issue here, but that is a decently aged graphics card running in AGP 8X graphics.

I thought this was very interesting to see today. I know that there has always been a big controversy over the Mac vs. PC issue, especially in the designing industry and in any computer-related field. For years Apple owners have trumpeted security as the #1 advantage that the Mac has over the...

I've used Windows Remote Desktop with several computers as it is the simplest and built right in to Windows. However, if you are planning to do any graphics work over your network connection, you may be sorely disappointed as the speed of the internet will make working on tasks slower than...

If the message that you are receiving states "Windows is running low on virtual memory" you can change the amount of virtual memory the computer will use by following the steps listed at this link. For Windows XP For Windows Vista

Wayne you are correct, Flexi is currently not multi-threaded. I contacted SAi for clarification on this and was told that Flexi will only run a single thread for the main application itself, a second thread for Production Manager, and a third thread sending output from Flexi to Production...

If you take a look at the HP Business website they have several sizes of the new EliteBook notebooks coming, including the 14" (reviewed above), 15", and 17". They will also be having new ProBook notebooks. The ProBooks are very similar to the EliteBooks except for lack of aluminum...

One thing you will want to keep a look out for is the ULV Core2Duo processors as you would NOT want to do design work on these laptops. They could technically probably handle it, but it would be very very slow. I highly recommend getting a Core i5 or i7 processor as it will be the industry...

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These are all great adjustments that I have used as well and work quite well in helping to alleviate system performance hits. Nearly every time I look at someone's computer that is slowing down, they have numerous programs running in the background that they can't even see and are hogging...

I agree, Techman. All I meant is it is one of the ways (usually the only way that most people know) to get a computer back to a fresh start running like brand new. It will do the job, but as you have stated before it's not the only way of doing it. But it does do the job and that is what most...

No matter what computer you have, or what utilities you run, a computer operating system will begin to slow down with time. An analogy I was told by a teacher was that an accountant for a business that has only been open for three months will be able to retrieve information much faster than an...

Looking good! I'm glad to hear that everything went together well for you. If you just use common sense and take your time on your first build, they really should never have much problems so long as everything is compatible.

The transfer rates that I saw for the external transfer methods (the first three benchmark transfer speeds) seem correct, but the internal transfer bandwidth is what threw me for a loop. Your average 7,200rpm SATA hard drive will range in the 80 MB/s transfer speed. I found this average by...

I've used AMD processors in many desktops and no problem. I remember TomsHardware received a lot of flack for more than a year because of only using Intel-based systems for benchmarking. They ended up doing a very detailed and thorough comparison of AMD vs. Intel within a given budget and...

It's nice to see some raw testing and scores here to show an example for this topic. However, I think there was a difference in labeling that throws these results off by a factor of 8x. These results should be in Mb/s no MB/s. The difference is Megabits per second versus Megabytes per second...

For the components that is a pretty good deal. I recognize a lot of good-quality components in there. The only thing that I would be worried about is if you try to add additional video cards in the future for Crossfire your power supply might not have enough overall power to handle it all...

Many pre-built systems such as Dell and HP (unless you are purchasing systems specifically designed for high-performance gaming and overclocking) will have most if not all overclocking settings disabled or not available in the bios. Additionally, the standard thermal compound and cooling for...

Thanks, Jamie, your information was very helpful! The only reason why we ended up doing Windows 7 on our server recently instead of Windows Server 2008 is because of cost. It's just honestly ridiculous how expensive it can be. I have heard, though, that Windows XP Professional, Windows Vista...

I think the VelociRaptor is a very good choice for a pretty simple upgrade to separate scratch disk for Photoshop. Installation of the drive really is quite simple, and if you need any help you can probably find some good demonstration videos online of how to do this. I made up one as a...

Agreed. We are really right at the point where rebuilding our network into a domain may be useful but we can still do a workgroup and have all the functionality that we need. Really, I want to upgrade our network to a domain system for the fact of having control over both offices from a single...