Recent content by derekc5475

I went with I7 3770k 8 GB ram GTX 970

It's a cheap china brand. I don't know the model. I ordered a new PSU and it should be here in a couple of hours. I hope that's the problem.

Yeah, I tried doing that with only: MOBO CPU PSU No Ram/ and 1 time with ram and it's the same problem.

I tried doing that (graphics thru MOBO) with no avail. I tried it with 1 and no stick of ram as well. I also tried it with 1 stick of ram and connecting through the video card (2 to be exact, 1 current and 1 old one)

I have an SSD, but I disconnected the hard drive when I'm trying to boot so I eliminated that.Also, I would have display if the hard drive went bad wouldn't I? I only have the CPU, MOBO, and PSU in. At the moment, I'm thinking that it's the PSU.

My computer was on and I literally tipped it up off of it's side by 2-3 inches and the whole screen froze. The sound was frozen on an annoying EEEEEEE sound. After that, there was no display. The computer would turn on and off 1 second after it turned on. I took out the video card and ram...

@J_E_D_70 I think you are looking at this from another perspective. Would you pay $170 to upgrade from 40fps to 60 fps?

Specs posted!

Also, to add I have been around 80-95% Physical Memory according to task manager.

SLI 970 is out of the option because I cannot shell out another $300. $170 is a big price upgrade for me, but since I have a 144 hz monitor and I have been capping games @ ~90 FPS (more modern FPS games like COD/BF) then a 10% upgrade is actually huge for me. I have also heard bad stories about...

I had a GTX 780 and never had any freezing frame lag (~0.5 seconds hard freeze every 30 seconds or so) I upgraded to an Asus GTX 970 and I have been getting this. I havn't touched the settings at all. Max temp: 65C according to MSI Afterburner. I used MSI afterburner to OC the card to 1200mhz...

I also have read that you can OC a 970 to be as fast as a 980, but OC'ing the 980 will nullify that statement right?

I have a Asus GTX 970 that I bought at my local store 2 days ago for a total of $380. I have an option to get a Zotac GTX 980 for $550 from tigerdirect. Would the $170 be justifiable to upgrade to the 980? I want to add that I have a 144hz monitor so even a 10% increase in FPS will be worth it.

Why do I need to make a custom profile? (sorry for dumb question)

I just got a GTX 970 Asus Strix OC edition today and you bet that I want to make this card work hard labor! I been doing some research on this card and it turns out it maxes at close to 1300Mhz Core and 2000Mhz memory. (Maybe I should've went with another brand?!) Anyways, what is the correct...