Recent content by rchapman

I turned of my pc off last night and it was running fine as it has been since I built it a year ago. I turn it on this morning and it does the normal bootup routine and after the black Windows screen where all the Windows colors come together for a few seconds then when the desktop is supposed...

i just looked up the msi afterburner and it looks just like my asus gpu tweaker. just different color skins.

can i use this with my asus card? i assume the software doesnt discriminate between manufactorers, right?

Ive heard and seen that this card I have is a good OC card. I have downloaded the Asus Tuner that will control the Processor Mghz, Voltage and Shader Mghz. Is this the only and or best way to OC my card? Thanks.

My mobo only supports 3gb max, which im would still show a performance increase over 1gb..correct?

Im actually an nvidia petson but i wanted to upgrade this pc and couldnt find a 1gb agp nvidia card..o.ly a 512mb. It made a big difference with the game i play..nr2003. I also upped my ram from 512mb to 1gb dual channel. Its an asus a7n8x deluxe

I have an ATI Radeon 4650 1gb AGP8x. My pc was built in 2002-03.

Ok. My card has an open cooler now. Not one of that size though, just the standard size that comes on one. I installed a vent for my cpu that consists of a tube the size of the fan connected to to fan and extends thru the case to pull ait from outside the case. My cpu idles at 31c and gets to...

By open cooler you are referring to me making a vent thru the case directly to the gpu fan?

Are the enclosed type cooling on video cards effective? My card just has an open fan and I want to cool it better. My job provides me with resources to be able to make an enclosed type cooling like you see on some cards or a vent thru the side of the case so itll pull outside case air only. My...

I suppose. Thing is...its never done this till now. Had the pc for 8yrs and monitor for 3yrs.

It seems more to it than that to me only because I recently upgraded it with a radeon 4650 1gb video card and 1gb of ddr400 pc3200 dual channel memory kit. It didnt start then either but a few days after I updated to sp3 and then it started.

Only thing I have noticed still happening even after the sp3 uninstall is after my desktop loads my monitor will blink off for about 1 second and come back on. When it does this I notice a really fast white flash in the bottom right corner where the time is in tje task bar. All monitor and...

Lol. Yeh, I went against what Ive always told my wife and others about pc updates..if its not broke dont fix it. I keep auto updates turned off. Ive had this pc since 2003 and only updated to sp2. It has literally run flawlessly never getting a virus. Ive only had to clean a few spyware/malware...

I uninstalled sp3. Its now back running sp2 and as smooth as before. I know sp3 is recommended for new security patches etc bu to me it was junk for my system. Thanks for all the help..very much!