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hello all can some one help me pls . i got one powercolor hd 6870 can i crossfire it with a difrent brand something like Sapphire RADEON HD 6870 . and if so can you tell me witch psu ill need thanks for reply my pc i7 2600k cpu g1 sniper 2 motherboard Corsair Hydro H80 CPU Cooler Corsair...

I have 2500k oc'd to 4.5 ghz, 8gigs 1600 ram....my monitor at max 1680x1040 ...using a gtx 275 oc'd card.. am thinking about the gtx 580 or possibly waiting for the 690 when it comes out... are these cards wasted at my res? thanks

Hi everyone, I would appreciate your advise concerning my possible upgrade from GTX 295. I have opportunity to sell it for 100 EUR and buy new GPU. I have an advantage that I can buy it without VAT in Germany - it means 19% off, same as with my old GTX 295 which I have bought some 2 years ago...

**** I posted this again because this thread got nowhere **** Hello everyone! So i have: Phenom ii x4 980 Hd 6950 2gb 16gb 1tb black asrock 890fx am3+ w/ 3 pcie 680watt psu I was recently give my brothers old computer witch im currently using as a server. Although, It had a GTX...

hello, im looking to buy a graphics card under $200 and i found these 3 on newegg.ca/ if you find anything better in the same price please post. these has great reviews budget:200 site:and which ever is cheapest.. has to be canada website tho right now its newegg.ca so here are the cards and...

I currently have two VGA monitors. My soon-to-be new computer comes with an AMD Radeon 6770 card with dual DVI connections. Is is safe to use two DVI / VGA converters on the same card?

I haven't got a speaker yet but I get absolutely nothing through EVGA Geforce GT 520 2GB on Gigabyte GA970 UD3 with zalman performa 10 cooler and ddr3 ballistix 1600 mhz ect ect. The fan on the cooler starts late, all other fans work, light on the power on, the optical appears to work, I...

Hello, i will buy gtx 550 ti oc there is three model of it gigabyte , galaxy, MSI what should i pick which one better in cooling ?

Hello, Please how do I install system speaker and get sound output on my computer?

i wanna know what kind of pci slots i have to work with but cnt find what motherboard i have

Hello, I need to upgrade my computer so my daughter, who is giong into the army, can play AA3 to familiarize herself with combat and weapons. Here is what I have. MSI 890FXA-GD70 MAINBOARD X4 945 AMD PHENOM IIX4 PROCESSOR COOLER MASTER EXTREME POWER 600W SUPPLY HITACHI HD 1TB NX8600GT...

Okay, odd situation, but heres what i got, There is an old server computer in my art teacher's classroom, the school's IT guys from what she says just kinda dropped it off in her room to use as a regular computer, she hates the thing and said if i could get the tech guys to let me buy it off...

Hey guys, I am planning to buy a Sapphire 6770 HD 1GB DDR5 Graphics card to play new games. But I'm unsure whether it would work with my current specs. I am particularly worried about the PSU and Mobo. Please offer me advice on this :bounce: . CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E6600 3Ghz RAM: 4GB...

I have a normal unchanged HP d530. I wanna upgrade the graphics card to the highest it can occupy. Can anyone help me

Hi everyone I want to know if a single gtx 580 can run 2 monitors a view sonic vx2439wm at 1680by1050.(which i thought could do 1920by1080 but cant I guess so if anyone has a fix maybe please say.) But the second monitor is a vizio 32in tv at 1920by1080. Which Im trying to fix by replacing a...

Hi, was wondering if anyone could help. Ive been trying to put a new graphics card in my dads pc, but every time i do it tells me its just a standard vga adapter. Heres a list of what ive done so far 1, Tried 2 different cards both with the same outcome, an older x1650 and a hd5450 both ati. 2...

I only have one slot between the base of my pc tower case and the graphics card The card is a gtx 460 super overclock. But does the distance matter in terms of heat ?

well i just built a computer for gaming and my brother said he wants to return the 6870 and get the 6950. he said he doesnt mine paying the extra $30 for the gigabyte 6950 OC edition because he just wants the best card he can afford. We have the 6870 gigabyte right now. so how many more frames...

Will my i mac run battlefield 3 with Intel i3 3.2ghz/ATI Radeon HD 5670 or should i get it on my Xbox 360 or ps3?

I plan on buying an AMD Radeon 6870 1gb graphic card. Was just wondering which company has the best version of it such as XFX, Gigabyte, Asus...and so on.

I'm currently running a GTS 250 (1GB) on a e8400 (3.0GHz Core 2 Duo) both at factory settings. I'm planning on upgrading my GPU and CPU (likely to a i5-2500k) in the next few months but won't be doing it in one fell swoop. Will I see better performance running with a new GPU (6850?) on the...

Hi. I am right now helping my friend install a GPU over webcam. He have installed the GPU in the mobo and connected the pci express connectors, but when he turn on the computer no fans start to "fan" and no display on the monitor. we tried taking out 1 pci cable and the fans turned on, but no...

im geting a new gpu and want to know what to get my specs are. motherboard: Asus P8Z68 Deluxe/Gen3 CPU:i7 2600k sandy bridge 3.4mhz not over clocked atm Ram:12gb ddr3 1666 PSU:750w corsair screen:Asus 23" 1920x1080 after market cooler on cpu ok so i am looking at geting 2 EVGA GTX 460 and runing...

Hi everyone I am working on getting 3 monitors to work. Currently I'm only able to get 2 up and running. The good news is that I know all 3 are working when windows 7 is booting up the left most and right most monitors show the starting up messages. When windows starts running the display...

Hello, Is the Macbook Pro with a nvidia geforce gt 330m 512mb gddr3 capable of 120mhz via the Displayport/DVI-D cable? I currently own the Sam sung S27A950D LED monitor. Thanks in advance.

Im curious as to what motherboard i have because i have a dell dimension E510 desktop with a pentium D 820 and on the website i looked on to see what motherboard it is, it says it doesn't support the pentium D, so does anyone know of a link to where the motherboard is or what it is? Thanks

I'm trying to upgrade my gfx card to be able to play BF3. Current specs: Intel Pentidum dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60 GHz 2GB of Ram Mobo: P35-DS3L PCI Express x 16 Power Supply: Rosewill RP500-2 500W ATX12V v2.01 Current GFX card: GeForce 9800 GT

Will it run my build? Specs: i5-2500k Asrock P67 Mobo HD 6870 12'' cold cathode x 2 200mm x 3 fans + 120mmx2 fans All led fans that can have led turned off DVDRW 17 in 1 media card reader 16gb corsair veng ram 1TB HD Coolermaster Hyper N 520 HSF TP link wireless usb adapter Logitech 17 watt...

I have a evga nvidia 560 ti stock speeds in a pc with a intel 2500k and windows 7 64 bit. I am having issues with several games running correctly and suspect it is my card. Two games I have issues with are halo 2 pc, and grand theft auto 4. Halo 2, I installed it and had the prob with gfwl. So...

many games in my PC requires directx3D and i want to download it but i don't know how

I3 2100 700 w psu HIS HD 6770 hp vs19 19' monitor vga 1280 x1024 could i run battle field 3 on possibly high?

Hey guys, I'm kind of new here, and used this website alot for it's graphics card charts and information on the forums. A friend of mine recently got an Hp Pavillon P7-1111 desktop computer as a gift, and wants to play games on it. They don't need or want to play them on ultra graphics...

Guys I need some help with this, this only happens with 2 or more monitors attached, I have switched out the monitors and it happens in every case EXCEPT when it's a SINGLE monitor. Is it a hardware related issue or software? Is it the drivers or settings, or is the GPU going bad...

Hey Guys, I just got some gift certificates to newegg for X-mas and they are burning a hole in my pocket. I just started playing SWTOR, and I definitely need a graphics card upgrade, as I'm using a Radeon HD 4830. (I just ran benchmarks and I'm getting P6465 in FutureMark, and 11701 in 3DMark...

So, I just installed my GPU, last piece to my computer and I hooked it to my VGA monitor using a DVI to VGA converter on my computer. It turns on, but no signal. I read somewhere where some guy hadn't hooked the PSU to CPU, I didn't do that because I didn't know that was necessary. I thought CPU...

I used to be a regular a few years back on Toms Hardware and Anandtech Forums, but that was in the days when LGA775 reigned supreme, I work in IT so I have a general idea, but I'm a little out of touch on current offerings and looking for some guidance. I built the below system a couple of...

Hi there... I have recently bought 2 MSI GTX560 Ti's Twin Frozr II that come with a nice OC of 58Mhz (880 vs 822) and i OC'ed them to 930Mhz, and i must say that i couldn't be more happy with them, they beat a GTX580 by 40% and the HD7970 by 10% in 3Dmark11 on the extreme preset and by a larger...

I'm building a computer for the first time, I know a bit but I need some advice on which motherboard I should get. These are the parts I've chosen so far, but nothing is definate: AMD FX-6100 Corsair XMS3 4GB [two of these] XFX Radeon HD 6770 BitFenix Colossus [already got this] So my...

My GPU is idling at 75 Celsius, and goes up to 95ish when I am playing any game. I crash to desktop once every 30 mins or so, and once every couple of hours its a blue screen of death. I am using an nVidia GeForce 8800 GT I have tried cleaning out the case, updating drivers, installing an...

I don't know if this is a graphics related or just an all over problem. I turn on my wifes' PC which is a Dell Dimension 4500 with an AGP Nvidia GeForce FX5200 256mb gfx card 1 gig of system memory and a 2.4ghz P4. This is what happens. this is a pic of me running a diagnostics on the pc but it...