FromTheFuture
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Can someone please help me out here... I really just don't know what to do anymore. It would be greatly appreciated.
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Official "I need a new PC!!" 2009 Edition
- Thread starter VictimOfGrief
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Great deal posted at Fatwallet:
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/936762/
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GTX 260
$199 - $40 coupon - $16 coupon - $30 MIR + tax, free shipping
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/hot-deals/936762/
EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GTX 260
$199 - $40 coupon - $16 coupon - $30 MIR + tax, free shipping
evil solrac v3.0
Member
DarthWoo said:
If you guys need a video card, this is the deal to get.
FromTheFuture
Member
Yes, i have the monitor plugged into the video card. The thing im wondering about now is that the video card has two plugs for 6 pin power cords, yet my power supply only has one 6 pin. Is this a problem?Fredescu said:
I'm worried that i relied on someone and they didnt look over my build carefully enough. I reseated everything and it's turning on and running fine, but i can't quite seem to get the image on the screen.
evil solrac v3.0
Member
DarthWoo said:
i dont believe so, having never seen one... maybe newegg has some pictures to compare?
evil solrac v3.0
Member
FromTheFuture said:
what is your Power supply? can you post the specs?
Gully State
Member
FromTheFuture said:
So did you press "DEL" (I can't remember which button it is..might be one of the F-buttons) to get into the BIOS?
This is your problem. You will need both of those plugged in for it to work. The video card will come with a molex (old looking four pin thing) to 6 pin convertor. Find that, plug it into the PSU and the other end into the video card.FromTheFuture said:
That was me. Everything you have is compatible with each other.FromTheFuture said:
BravoSuperStar
Member
FromTheFuture said:
The video card should have come with at least 1 4pin adapter, so using that combined with the one already on the power supply you should be set.
Take out all the RAM but 1 stick, leave that in the primary slot. Disconnect the hdd drive and reseat the video card to make sure it's in properly. Plug in the 4 pin CPU power cord. See what happens.
Is the motherboard beeping or any lights coming on it at all? Make sure you mounted it properly using the brass stand off pins. Is the CPU fan staying on?
Anyway, give that a try...
FromTheFuture
Member
Yeah... one slight problem... I don't think that my video card came with any adapter at all. All i remember inside was the card, a small pamphlet, a free game and the software. I don't see any cord of any sort anywhere. Any ideas?
edit. Is it because i bought this odd brand Powercolor? It was in the 500$ rig thread... =\
Also, Fredescu, i hope you haven't taken any offense. I wasn't quite sure who reviewed the specs and i began to worry that it might have been a no-name junior trying to be a know it all or something. I trust you, i hope i haven't given the wrong impression. I knew it was probably something on my end, but the power cutting out made me begin to worry my PSU wasn't strong enough either.
edit. Is it because i bought this odd brand Powercolor? It was in the 500$ rig thread... =\
Also, Fredescu, i hope you haven't taken any offense. I wasn't quite sure who reviewed the specs and i began to worry that it might have been a no-name junior trying to be a know it all or something. I trust you, i hope i haven't given the wrong impression. I knew it was probably something on my end, but the power cutting out made me begin to worry my PSU wasn't strong enough either.
FromTheFuture
Member
:lol Well damn. Companies cheaping out on me just got me really stressed/pissed. Thanks for the heads up, and thanks for the help everyone. I'll see if i can get an adapter somewhere or just buy one tomorrow and hopefully that will make everything work.Hazaro said:
Would this run games well?
Dell Studio XPS 16
Intel® Core 2 Duo T9550 (6MB cache/2.66GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366x768) W/2.0 MP
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4670 1GB
The main reason why I am leaning towards the dell is because my company gets a discount. I can get this for 1200 after taxes.
Dell Studio XPS 16
Intel® Core 2 Duo T9550 (6MB cache/2.66GHz/1066Mhz FSB)
Edge-to-Edge HD Widescreen 16.0 inch WLED LCD (1366x768) W/2.0 MP
4GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1067MHz (2 Dimms)
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4670 1GB
The main reason why I am leaning towards the dell is because my company gets a discount. I can get this for 1200 after taxes.
Looking at the box contents it sounds like it doesn't come with a power cable:FromTheFuture said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131140
Package Contents
AX4870 512MD5
Driver Disk
User's Manual
S-Video to Composite Adapter
DVI to VGA/D-sub Adapter
That's annoying, every other card of that model lists power cable in the contents:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150403
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129113
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161268
I'm not sure what your best bet is from here. Basically you need a connector that looks like this: http://www.tenthousandpercent.com/files/x1900__6pinpcie2molex_118.jpg
Perhaps it's something that Newegg stock, I'm not sure, I'm not from the US. Perhaps you can buy one at a local PC hardware store or you could even find someone with a spare in your area. People often end up with spares they don't need.
No worries. The PC won't boot without a video card and the video card won't start without enough power, which is why it sounds like it's cutting out.FromTheFuture said:
Does anyone have experience sharing one PC between their couch/TV and a desk with a monitor? If no one has tldr tell me to just fucking google it.
I am loving the PC on a tv but it is keeping me out of quake live! The distance is actually not that long, the mouse and kb could reach both spots if the PC was under the desk(and I picked up a keyboard with some length, i still use ps/2). Not interested in wireless.
How long can hdmi(via DVI) and vga(via DVI) cables get before there are issues?
Will I have problems running each screen at different resolutions, can I still get full performance on either screen without changing around wiring?
I am loving the PC on a tv but it is keeping me out of quake live! The distance is actually not that long, the mouse and kb could reach both spots if the PC was under the desk(and I picked up a keyboard with some length, i still use ps/2). Not interested in wireless.
How long can hdmi(via DVI) and vga(via DVI) cables get before there are issues?
Will I have problems running each screen at different resolutions, can I still get full performance on either screen without changing around wiring?
evil solrac v3.0
Member
asdad123 said:
nah man, you can get a much better and cheaper desktop.
Minsc
Gold Member
Teetris said:
Yea, I just wonder if you could do much better for $1000, I'd personally hate to buy a laptop to use for gaming and have a card that's much faster come out a month later for less money.
Here's another site with about 100+ videocards organized in to different classes.
The 4670 is in the 2nd class, maybe that will help put the different cards in to perspective. The 250M is in the first grouping, I wonder if there's any other laptops with video cards from the first grouping for around 1k
Theres this asus at best buy with a 260m but only a P7350. Is the card that much better to get the worse processor?
reggieandTFE
Member
There's a lot of PC guys so I figured I'd ask here. I want to play Half-life Source, Blue Shift, Opposing Force, etc on my laptop via Steam, but they run too fast. It feels like I'm on crack. Any ideas on how to slow this down? I already limited the framerate to 60 through the console, but I still move at double speed.
brain_stew
Member
reggieandTFE said:
Enable V-sync?
Never heard of this issue, tbh.
brain_stew
Member
FromTheFuture said:
The GPU should come with a duel molex to 6 pin PCIe adapter, you need to use this. The GPU won't work unless both of its 6 pin slots are occupied. The PSU should be able to manage it just fine, you've just got to make sure its properly wired up.
Edit: It doesn't come with one? Damn, never heard of a card like that before, I'm going to change the $500 rig because of this, its a simple oversight but its not something I've ever come across, I've got like 3 spares myself but being in the UK its not much help.
Any local PC hardware/component shop should sell them, shouldn't be more than a couple of dollars. Heck, ask around any of your friends/relatives, if they've ever bough a GPU they'll likely have a spare one laying around somewhere.
Edit: This is what you need:
Minsc
Gold Member
asdad123 said:
Well looks like that the best buy one was correct for the best gaming laptop for ~1K. K Jack said in a pm:
K. Jack said:
That 9800M GS is still in the first class of graphics cards, so both those laptops would be better than the dell one. Generally 3D Cards >>> CPUs for gaming performance.
brain_stew
Member
Hazaro said:
Well I use to run a desktop 8800GT (basically the same card) at that res. and felt it was a pretty good match tbh. I'd always venture on the side of an overpowered GPU with a notebook as it can often be difficult/expensive for your average consumer to upgrade later on.
Still, its the power draw / heat that'd be my main concern. With the 250M on the way with around half the power draw and no huge loss in performance, it'd make me wary.
Are these the Saturn pads that are worth picking up for Street Fighter 4, http://tinyurl.com/m5xrud
reggieandTFE
Member
It's a 2.0 Ghz, Centrino Dual core. How do I turn off one core?Grayman said:
BravoSuperStar
Member
reggieandTFE said:
open taskmanager, right click on the process and choose "set affinity".
brain_stew
Member
Ikuu said:
Yup those look right. Best 2D pad money can buy.
brain_stew
Member
K.Jack said:
I was a bit taken aback when I saw the specs and power demands of them chips, they look a real breakthrough. Heck, they're even DX 10.1 compatible and use GDDR5, unlike any other Nvidia chips. To squeeze in most of the performance of a desktop 9800GT into 28w is a heck of an achievement.
I'm still quite a fan of the 4670 as a mobile chip, that thing will play any game at really great settings so long as you're stuck at 720p/1280x1024 resolutions and the like, but the potential power/watt of these new Nvidia chips is too hard to ignore.
The 8800GTX hit with a TDP of around 180w, yet now you can get a mobile part that stands up really well to it with a TDP over 6x as low. A 5-6x increase in performance/watt in around 2 and a half years is decent progress by my reckoning.
Crazymoogle
Member
DarthWoo said:
(GTX 285 SC owner here)
Factory overclocked and validated, yes. There's no extra cooling because they have to be validated to run within the standard range. EVGA does sell parts built for watercooling sometimes, though (and you can order plates for that sort of thing on their website. I noticed you can sometimes get stuff like bottom cooling plates too if you want two-way cooling of the bigger cards.)
Basileus777
Member
I'm looking to overclock my i7 920, but I have absolutely no experience with overclocking. Can anyone recommend a a useful guide or FAQ?
My system:
i7 920
Asus P6T
6 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair
750W Corsair PS
XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120mm CPU Cooling Fan
I don't really want to push it to the max, but what kind of clock speed would be a good target with these specs?
My system:
i7 920
Asus P6T
6 GB DDR3-1333 Corsair
750W Corsair PS
XIGMATEK Dark Knight 120mm CPU Cooling Fan
I don't really want to push it to the max, but what kind of clock speed would be a good target with these specs?
MWS Natural
Member
Ugh....I ordered from ewiz last week and now they tell me it's on back order and won't even ship out till next week. By the time I get my 4890 the DX11 cards will be out! lol
edit:
Oh wow just got an email it shipped out.....now I have to wait on my Samsung monitor that has been in repair for the past 2 weeks.
edit:
Oh wow just got an email it shipped out.....now I have to wait on my Samsung monitor that has been in repair for the past 2 weeks.