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I put my pc together about 4 years ago now, so it's getting on and is in need of an update. For Christmas I got a new monitor, so I'm now running at 1920*1080 rather than 1280*1024. I'm noticing my games arent running as well now so I'm thinking of throwing a decent, but...
like the title says I was running skyrim 60 fps, LoL 60 fps, call of duty 60 fps, then i literally go to play LoL today and im at 23 fps, i check out skyrim im at 21 fps, I dont know what happened, i tried installing a new driver but the problem is still there, the only changes i have made in...
I'll keep it short. In 2008 I built an SLi system:
ASUS Striker ii Formula 780i chipset
Q6600 OC'd 3.0 ghz
4 GB OZC Reaper PC8500
2x9800 GTX in SLi
Corsair 1050w xtreme PSU
Unfortunately, one of my 9800's has gone bad (artifacts on BIOS screen) and gaming at 1920x1080 on a 512 MB card isn't...
Approximate Purchase Date: Next Month
Budget Range: $2000-$2300
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Browsing,
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, speakers, monitor and a case.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: www.newegg.ca / http://www.bestdirect.ca /...
so it mid august and i have my rig ordered (Antec DF-85 ,CORSAIR H100 ,G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB,ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX Professional,CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750 ) im woderign if i should keep waiting or send it all back. and go with the i7 2600k. the other option is to put an amd cpu in it...
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: asap
BUDGET RANGE: $150-250
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Gaming, mainly for SWTOR.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: NVIDIA Geforce 8800 GTX 750W PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPU's), 4096MB RAM Corsair DDR2 1066, MoBo...
Recently i bought brand new I3 with Windows 7 computer and i can NOT play any videos from you tube or any other website.The message is telling me to upgrade to the latest flash player, i do that and nothing really happens.
I checked at this point on the web the disscussion links and the simple...
I'm currently planning to build my first PC. I am planning to use this PC for gaming (Battlefield 3, Skyrim), as well as general work use (Microsoft Office, Adobe Suite).
The parts I am currently planning to buy are as follows:
CPU: Intel CPU Core i7-2600K 3.4GHz
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V DDR3...
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I've been having an issue with my PC. Seems to only happen when I'm playing the new Star Wars game. I'll be playing for awhile and then all of a sudden my screen will go blank. Sound will shut off, but the PC still is running. I cannot power the PC off manually via the power button, I...
Ok guys I have a really poor computer and I want to upgrade my graphics card because my integrated graphics card can't handle anything
My PC specs:
Windows XP SP3
Biostar gf7050v-m7
Intel Pentium dual core e2140 1.6ghz
2gb ram ddr2 667 mhz
nvidia gt 7050/nforce610i
PSU 400w
And I wanna know If...
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I just got some new components from NEWEGG.com and started assembling them. I got a MoBo, CPU, Video card, power supply, SSD, and heatsink. I installed the CPU, memory, heatsink, and Video card so I could check if it would boot to the splash screen to make sure everything was working. I...
Ok I've done my homework and found two cards
Problem is that there's a 76$ difference between the 6870 and the 6950 and I can't see that the numbers justify that price difference
http://www.hwcompare.com/6107/radeon-hd-6870-vs-radeon-hd-6950/
I need advice, am I seriously going to see that...
Ok looks like my trusty 8800 GTX card finally died after showing the classic signs. I need some help finding a good card to replace it with. The card I had was:
8800 GTX 768mb, 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express
My current system is:
P5N32-E SLI Plus 650i mobo
Thermaltake 700W Power Supply
Intel Quad...
I have a GA-H55M-USB3 motherboard and I want to drop a Second Geforce GTX 460 into it. I've found out that I cannot do it with SLI. Can you Crossfire Geforce GTX 460's?
Ever since I upgraded to the new P8Z68-V PRO board I have been having a strange video issue. This occurs both with the INTERNAL ON-BOARD video (with the RADEON card removed) and with the RADEON 5850 installed so it doesn't seem to be the video card or on-board chip causing the problem.
When I...
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I'm looking at two Graphics cards to buy at the moment, the links to these cards are below:
Card 1
http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Other+products/Asus+GeForce+GTX+550Ti+1024MB+GDDR5+PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=47113
Card 2...
First, thanks in advance for any help. I've spent the better part of Christmas day looking for posts that contain advice for a situation similar to mine, but no luck...
I'm a web developer and I'm in photoshop cs4, dreamweaver, and Visual Studio all day. I'm looking for a video card that will...
My computer will not start with this new card:
ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP 1GB
My computer:
Asus a7v8x-x motherboard
Windows XP SP3
2.5 GB RAM DDR
WD 500GB hard drive
OKIA switching power supply (420W Max)
Computer works perfectly with an ancient NVIDIA 128MB graphics card so I dont think anything...
Hey I am relatively new to pc building and I was wondering if I could get any ideas/feedback on a sub $680 (I know kind of a weird number).
Approximate Purchase Date: 1-2 weeks
Budget Range: sub $680 before rebate
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, YouTube (games like Crysis...
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First time poster, long time reader here! I wanted to present my issue to the community in hopes of solving the issue.
Background - I just built my first full rig a few weeks ago and finally installed a MSI GTX 570 Twin Frozor III after requesting a replacement 2 weeks ago. I get...
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I have borrow a new graphic card from my friend to try my PSU, before i had nvidia geforce 8400GS my friends GPU is 8800GTS and i have problem because i plugged it into my MB i plugged in 6pin power connector i have installed everything that is needed but my screen is light-blue why is...
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I'll get straight to the point,
Randomly, on start-up, my internet browsers and networks do not work properly if at all. The things I notice is:
It's always on system start-up
Network manager icon on right side of task bar freezes with "loading" icon
No error messages
Unable to access...
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I recently bought a Dell XPS 8300 (X8300-7008NBK) which came with a Radeon 6770 graphic card, I'm currently using a 20" monitor (max resolution 1440x900), I was thinking in upgrading the graphic card to a 560 or 560ti to play games such as WoW, LoL, Crysis 2, MW3 etc, I'm not...
Hello! I'm looking to upgrade my Dell XPS 435t/9000 gpu from a GTS 240 to a GTX550. I'm not sure if my power supply can handle it though and I don't want to shell out $150+ on a gpu to have it burn out shortly after install. Should I upgrade my gpu for this card? Or can my 475w handle it?
I'm...
Hello all. Was planning on going PII x6 for a while, decided to be cheap. Running a Dell Optiplex 745 upgraded w/8GB DDR2-800, 2x WD5000AAKX SATA drives, and Radeon 5450 650/800Mhz, using stock Pentium D 945 (3.4Ghz, dual-core, 4MB cache) on Win7 Enterprise 64-bit (re-branded Ultimate)...
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I have a pc with the following specs:
Case: Antec Sonata designer 500 with PSU (500W) included. (ventilation: 1 rear 120mm fan, 2 front 92mm HDD fans)
Memory: 16GB
Mothrboard: Asus P8H67-M pro
HDD: 2 hdds
Sound Card: ESI Juli@ (PCI slot)
I wish to buy the ASUS HD 6850 graphic card. When...
ATI Radeon HD 5870 is on sale right now for merely $140. From the small research I did, this card was $410 when it was first released sometime between 2008 and 2009. I had my eyes set on GTX 560 Ti but if this card is a good replacement for it, I'm willing to be flexible.
How would this card...