General Discussion 11 again: Now with twice the enchanting musk

quote Supernova1332

So anyone else hear about Steve Jobs retiring? Apparently Apple shares dropped significantly, not enormous but very noticable.

quote hiigaran

i dont see why apple shares need to drop. its just a guy retiring. not like apple is going to go to the shitters because of it. besides, isnt he the chairman for the board of directors now or something?

EDIT: Gravity - you might want to delete one of the GDs. the sticky is currently empty.

quote VeGiTAX2

quote hiigaran

i dont see why apple shares need to drop. its just a guy retiring. not like apple is going to go to the shitters because of it. besides, isnt he the chairman for the board of directors now or something?

They don't need to drop obviously, but investor confidence tends to only be high when Jobs is manning the ship. He was always heavily involved in the company itself which is why the worry is there for someone new. The company wasn't exactly shinning high the last time he was out of the picture lol.

Being on the board or leading the board isn't what investors are looking for, often the board isn't even consulted on R&D and product mapping. For a CEO, moving to the board is just a step before full retirement out of the picture and they know it.

quote hiigaran

a'ight, point taken, though im sure people would still consult jobs if he is so darn brilliant

quote Ren of Heavens

Is that an IDE/Floppy cable I see, VeGiTAX2?

quote VeGiTAX2

quote hiigaran

a'ight, point taken, though im sure people would still consult jobs if he is so darn brilliant

People say he's a tyrant about things inside the company, should be interesting to see how someone with a different approach can handle in the tides.

Ren of Heavens Yep for a Maxtor 250 haha, it's where I put all my games to reduce lag. Eventually going SSD once higher capacity gets a little cheaper.

quote harbin91

Can anyone recommend a decent, cheap graphics card? My current card seems to be on it's last legs since the fan is dying on it, and if I can't fix it I might need to be prepared to replace it. I am not going all out on one since my computer is shit and not worth a high end one.

The motherboard only has a PCIe version 1.0 slot (at x16 I think) so that is the limit in bus speeds. I've seen a GeForce 8400 GS at a cheap price (around £30), yet it has mixed reviews. It has 512mb GRAM, and is manufactured by Gigabyte.

Other than watching videos my computer also plays games, but at the moment, I'm not overly bothered about it running super high resolution graphics. I'm willing to go upto £40 price wise (which is around $65 USD).

Currently, I'm on another PC since my card is sat on my desk awaiting a screwdriver that can take the fan case apart on it. Other than having to pay to get a new card, I wouldn't be that bothered if I can't get a new one since my current card is crap anyway... struggles to play LoL on minimal graphics ratings at times.

The fan doesn't seem to be spinning around quickly at all. It moves quite slowly, and I've only noticed this problem since it's started making a quite noticeable, scraping-like now. Kind of like a very loud and annoying mouse-wheel.

The card I currently have is a GeForce 6700 XL (may not have heard of it since it is one manufactured specifically for builders, in my case Medion).

quote Supernova1332

if you can spend the little extra the hd 5670 is much better than anything in the price range and would be infintely better than the 8400gs. For comparison it's somewhere in between a 9600gt and 9800gt by nvidia