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Been ShoppingAgain	Posted - 2010.09.09 11:50:00 - [1] Hey guys (sorry if wrong section, can't see where else to post) Again, I am the unluckiest man in the world. My I7 system has chewed up and spat out its second GFX card in a year, so I need another one. As there is something fundamentaly wrong (and can't be bothered to find it) I want to replace it with a cheap card to do the following: Play Eve Play HD/Bluray over HDMI Nothing else, no COD or FPS rubbish for me! Have or fit an extra/oversize fan PCI-E The monitor is plugged in via VGA cable so the max res does not need to be in the thousands. The card also needs to run two monitors (the other is my Samsung LE46 or a Panny Projector) so two outputs are a must (these two are connected over HDMI cables and a HDMI switch box). I also need it to have a big fat fan stuck on it. Heat can be an issue in my box so over the top cooling is essential. Can someone recommend a cheap card that can play Eve well and do the above please? Thanks loads!!!!
Illwill Bill Svea Rike Controlled Chaos	Posted - 2010.09.09 11:53:00 - [2] A Geforce 9600GT with 1Gb RAM should do the trick. They're rather cheap nowadays. It runs Eve at 1680*1050 with all effects on max, and at a steady 60 FPS (vsync on). No tearing, looks gorgeous, and actually play most other games out there aswell.
Amerilia	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:02:00 - [3] 2 GFX cars in a year? Chances are something on your PC is borked, and it will take another ano sooner or later, but if youre not interested in finding the problem, i would go for something cheap, in caseit gets eaten. medium class ATI or used nVidia card or something in that area.
Been ShoppingAgain	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:03:00 - [4] Originally by: Illwill Bill A Geforce 9600GT with 1Gb RAM should do the trick. They're rather cheap nowadays. It runs Eve at 1680*1050 with all effects on max, and at a steady 60 FPS (vsync on). No tearing, looks gorgeous, and actually play most other games out there aswell. Thanks. Sorry, one thing I should have said is that I need to pick it up tonight, the closest being PC World. Can you suggest one from this page that might suffice? Sadly I only see 9800's on there
Amerilia	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:05:00 - [5] Originally by: Been ShoppingAgain Originally by: Illwill Bill A Geforce 9600GT with 1Gb RAM should do the trick. They're rather cheap nowadays. It runs Eve at 1680*1050 with all effects on max, and at a steady 60 FPS (vsync on). No tearing, looks gorgeous, and actually play most other games out there aswell. Thanks. Sorry, one thing I should have said is that I need to pick it up tonight, the closest being PC World. Can you suggest one from this page that might suffice? Sadly I only see 9800's on there You could just pick one of the ATIs in the 50-60 pounds region, should suffice, if not bring it back.
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:06:00 - [6] Originally by: Amerilia 2 GFX cars in a year? Chances are something on your PC is borked, and it will take another ano sooner or later, but if youre not interested in finding the problem, i would go for something cheap, in caseit gets eaten. medium class ATI or used nVidia card or something in that area. Which is exactly what I said in my post. My time is far more valuable to me that buying a new ú60/70 every six months than messing around with this process of trial and error. ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Amerilia	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:12:00 - [7] Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Thanks Amerilia. I kind of guessed I could do that but I was hopeing for someone to speak from experience There are some sites that show performance comparisons and stuff, you should look out for that (google is your friend, and try to find something recent). In a Forum you will usually just find people either recommending nVidia or ATI and sometimes a battle starts, in the end youre not better off than at the start (or run along with a tip from someone who seemed experienced but was just a dumb fanboy or something) You probably shouldnt ask the staff at the store either, at least from my experience they don¦t know nearly as much as they should.
Spiders Baby	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:14:00 - [8] filtered site for you. every card with 1gb ram should do the trick nowadays, hdmi you wanted, just look out for 2 display outs + that hdmi. should be on most cards though. Ati or Nvidia does not really matter unless the last driver srewup from ati is not fixed yet, which i doubt. I don¦t have any issues whether it is my old 3870ati or the nvidia in my alienware book, both run 2 clients fine.
Illwill Bill Svea Rike Controlled Chaos	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:15:00 - [9] For the record, I used a Radeon HD3650 in my old PC. Depending on the resolution you're playing with, that might be good enough for you (I had some performance problems with 1680*1050 at max settings).
Manipulator General o.0	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:21:00 - [10] Edited by: Manipulator General on 09/09/2010 12:22:44 If the most taxing thing you do is play Eve, why would you want to fit a third-party fan? My graphics card barely goes above 50¦C even with 4 clients running. Seems to me that the default fan on any card would suffice. Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case.

Dr Fighter	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:29:00 - [11] did you bake your old cards to fix em? (remove all plastic and stickers etc, then bake at 200 degrees for 5 minutes.)null
Freyya Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:31:00 - [12] ATi 5450. Should suffice in every way that you might need it. ___________ NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:33:00 - [13] Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Originally by: Manipulator General ... Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Back on topic, I'm cautious of the ATI HD stuff. I bought myself a HP Touchsmart TX2 for work and it has the HD3200 stuff in it. Lets just say Eve is unplayable I do of course realise though that this is a laptop chipset and no where near as beefy as the stuff I'm potentialy buying for the desktop. Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? edit: and yeah, PC World, not the cheapest But then I don't pay VAT (or rather claim it back) and it will be "a company expense" And besides, this if for me more a matter of convenience of picking up. 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:41:00 - [14] Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:43:07 Originally by: Dr Fighter did you bake your old cards to fix em? (remove all plastic and stickers etc, then bake at 200 degrees for 5 minutes.)[/i] I thought you were taking the p*** out of me! It can actually be done! No, i haven't yet! I'll give that a go tonight! Thanks very much ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Takashi Haul	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:45:00 - [15] Edited by: Takashi Haul on 09/09/2010 12:46:13 Please do not buy from PCworld, they are OVERpriced. Go to somewhere like www.ebuyer.com or www.scan.co.uk They are the best sites for buying pc equipment atm. Also, i suggest buying a 5770/5750. Or if you're willing to spend that extra bit, Go with the ATI5870/NV460. I am a owner of the 5870 and i've never experienced any kind of fps lag in EVE. I also own a i7 system. I use to own 2x 5770's but didn't like crossfire, But 1 of them was enough for eve. (I just like having the best) And about "Baking the card", it DOES work. I did it with an old 1950xt that died on me, and its been working for 5months and still going. Just don't risk it if u have warrenty. ;)
Freyya Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:46:00 - [16] Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews I run on a HD3870 and it runs perfectly smooth. HD 5450 is low end but should suffice for EvE. It's in your price range. better would be the 5770 but that you might considder too much eventhough it's actually best bang for buck in the ATi camp atm. ___________ NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 12:57:00 - [17] Originally by: Takashi Haul Edited by: Takashi Haul on 09/09/2010 12:46:13 Please do not buy from PCworld, they are OVERpriced. Go to somewhere like www.ebuyer.com or www.scan.co.uk They are the best sites for buying pc equipment atm. A... Just don't risk it if u have warrenty. ;) Yeah I know all about these guys but I need it tonight and frankly, not too bothered about paying over the odds (see previous post). I'm actually thinking that I may as well get a 5770.... what would you recommend, Asus or Saphire? ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Freyya Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:04:00 - [18] I'm personally a Sapphire fan. Asus seems like they want a chew off of everything. Not always the best reports about them either. ___________ NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:05:00 - [19] Thanks guys! As expected, asking you was the best idea. Spent a little more than planned but I think it will work out good Just phoned a little independant dealer in my area (Micrologic in Hayes) and they can sell me the Asus 5770 for ú120. Just checked a few reviews and this card runs fairly cool and gets great reviews. Thanks to all again!!!! ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Freyya Advanced Planetary Exports Intergalactic Exports Group	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:07:00 - [20] NP. Let's hope this one runs longer than the previous 2 Enjoy your new found quality. ___________ NOW COLLECTING ISD AND CCP AUTOGRAPHS It'll be worth something someday. -Rauth

Ervol Libra Amarr Pinky and the Brain corp	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:13:00 - [21] Eve hardly uses any GPU power, you can pick the 4650, gt220 or 5450 which will all dual client eve fine. HD5450 has a nice mix of connections, HDMI, DVI and VGA I'd go for that one
Quantum Antomata Gallente Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:41:00 - [22] Edited by: Quantum Antomata on 09/09/2010 13:42:23 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Originally by: Manipulator General ... Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Back on topic, I'm cautious of the ATI HD stuff. I bought myself a HP Touchsmart TX2 for work and it has the HD3200 stuff in it. Lets just say Eve is unplayable I do of course realise though that this is a laptop chipset and no where near as beefy as the stuff I'm potentialy buying for the desktop. Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? edit: and yeah, PC World, not the cheapest But then I don't pay VAT (or rather claim it back) and it will be "a company expense" And besides, this if for me more a matter of convenience of picking up. 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews I run an HD4850 in my tower and it works just fine, max settings always sits me at 60 FPS. I only start getting frame rate issues when my memory usage hits 80% capacity. (64-bit Vista on 4GB of RAM, while running 2 EVE clients isnt the best...need to fix that...) Edit: I also have an i7, they work together just fine.
Akita T Caldari Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force	Posted - 2010.09.09 13:44:00 - [23] Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Originally by: Manipulator General just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Well, you *might* want to look into getting a roomier (or at least windier) case. I just cooked myself a new machine, and while I didn't exactly spend a lot of cash on the case, I got one that supported installation of quite a lot of fans (and purchased enough alongside the case): I have a big 120mm fan down in front, blowing cool air right across the area where the HDDs would get mounted, there's the 130mm fan of the PSU on top sucking hot air out, and two 80mm case fans in the back at about the same height as the CPU (which also has a separate airduct to the side of the case). I also got a crazy-ventilation vidcard (Linkage), that thing sure moves a lot of air around AND it has a massive heatsink, the card itself damned heavy because of it - but all you really need would be an extra slot fan on whatever other vidcard you have. _ Beginner's ISK making guide \| Manufacturer's helper \| All about reacting _
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 14:07:00 - [24] Originally by: Quantum Antomata Edited by: Quantum Antomata on 09/09/2010 13:42:23 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Originally by: Manipulator General ... Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Back on topic, I'm cautious of the ATI HD stuff. I bought myself a HP Touchsmart TX2 for work and it has the HD3200 stuff in it. Lets just say Eve is unplayable I do of course realise though that this is a laptop chipset and no where near as beefy as the stuff I'm potentialy buying for the desktop. Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? edit: and yeah, PC World, not the cheapest But then I don't pay VAT (or rather claim it back) and it will be "a company expense" And besides, this if for me more a matter of convenience of picking up. 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews I run an HD4850 in my tower and it works just fine, max settings always sits me at 60 FPS. I only start getting frame rate issues when my memory usage hits 80% capacity. (64-bit Vista on 4GB of RAM, while running 2 EVE clients isnt the best...need to fix that...) Edit: I also have an i7, they work together just fine. Ahhh I should be very ok then as i'm running 6gig tripple channel I have read in a lot of places that in terms of just memory usage, if you only have 4gig ram you are actually better off with 32bit O/S. I understand that the footprint of a 64 bit OK (which is larger than 32bit) wipes out any advantage you may have after gaining the extra 700 or so meg. I know it would be a real ball ache but, might be worth trying a 32bit install if you have memory issues I suspect the reason my two cards may have died could be related to dog hair/dust. Our hairy mutt made a hell-ov-a-mess (daily vacuums required! Thanks Roomba!!!) but obviously, the PC was filthy inside. We don't have the dog anymore as he is living with the "in-laws" so I hope this should help a lot! ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Tavin Aikisen Caldari State Protectorate	Posted - 2010.09.09 14:52:00 - [25] 2 cards in a year. Rare, but not impossible. I've gone through cards that fast before and it's a complete pest. I had a monitor burn out after a few months and then the replacement burned out less than 5 minutes after switching it on. It happens. But it's worth investigating the rest of your house. Do you have any power issues within the house? Grids going off, appliances dying fast, crackling from speakers etc? --- ôRemember this. Trust your eyes, you will kill each other. Trust your veins, you can all go home in peace.ö -Cold Wind
H3llHound Capital Construction Research Pioneer Alliance	Posted - 2010.09.09 15:14:00 - [26] are your GFX not covered by garantuee? many cards have 12-24 months. Buy a nice and new midrange card and if it goes poof after 6months again go back to the vendor and exchange it for a new one. ~~Recruiting~~ │3rd Party Service
Quantum Antomata Gallente Federal Navy Academy	Posted - 2010.09.09 15:17:00 - [27] Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Originally by: Quantum Antomata Edited by: Quantum Antomata on 09/09/2010 13:42:23 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Originally by: Manipulator General ... Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Back on topic, I'm cautious of the ATI HD stuff. I bought myself a HP Touchsmart TX2 for work and it has the HD3200 stuff in it. Lets just say Eve is unplayable I do of course realise though that this is a laptop chipset and no where near as beefy as the stuff I'm potentialy buying for the desktop. Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? edit: and yeah, PC World, not the cheapest But then I don't pay VAT (or rather claim it back) and it will be "a company expense" And besides, this if for me more a matter of convenience of picking up. 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews I run an HD4850 in my tower and it works just fine, max settings always sits me at 60 FPS. I only start getting frame rate issues when my memory usage hits 80% capacity. (64-bit Vista on 4GB of RAM, while running 2 EVE clients isnt the best...need to fix that...) Edit: I also have an i7, they work together just fine. Ahhh I should be very ok then as i'm running 6gig tripple channel I have read in a lot of places that in terms of just memory usage, if you only have 4gig ram you are actually better off with 32bit O/S. I understand that the footprint of a 64 bit OK (which is larger than 32bit) wipes out any advantage you may have after gaining the extra 700 or so meg. I know it would be a real ball ache but, might be worth trying a 32bit install if you have memory issues I suspect the reason my two cards may have died could be related to dog hair/dust. Our hairy mutt made a hell-ov-a-mess (daily vacuums required! Thanks Roomba!!!) but obviously, the PC was filthy inside. We don't have the dog anymore as he is living with the "in-laws" so I hope this should help a lot! Ya Ive read alot about the (dis)advantags of 64 bit with only 4GB of RAM. Its not worth my time at the moment to try installing a 32 bit OS. Hopefully within the next week or so, I will be ordering 64 bit Windows 7 along with 4 more Gigs of RAM so I'll be set. About your dirty machine; if it's possible, try putting your tower as high up on your desk/table/whatever you use. Because dust and **** settles, you wont get as much in the tower if it is sitting up off the floor. I have mine sitting right behind my monitors and I can see inside of the clear case that its significantly cleaner off the floor than my Dad's tower which sits on the floor. Just a suggestion.
D4RK MESSI4H Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2010.09.09 15:45:00 - [28] Originally by: Tavin Aikisen ... But it's worth investigating the rest of your house. Do you have any power issues within the house? Grids going off, appliances dying fast, crackling from speakers etc? Your going to love this! I just moved house and the second one has now popped If it helps, the PC is plugged in via spike protected extension. I've also found a "mains conditioner" in the garage that the previous tennants have left so I might also employ that. ----------------------------------------- The only thing the Gallente should host is an invasion. Backing the Caldari bid.
Corozan Aspinall Party Time Inc.	Posted - 2010.09.09 16:21:00 - [29] Originally by: Amerilia 2 GFX cars in a year? Chances are something on your PC is borked, and it will take another ano sooner or later, but if youre not interested in finding the problem, i would go for something cheap, in caseit gets eaten. medium class ATI or used nVidia card or something in that area. Its the mobo or inadequate cooling. More likely the latter in conjunction with inadequate overclocking.
Kephael Caldari GoonWaffe Goonswarm Federation	Posted - 2010.09.09 16:53:00 - [30] Edited by: Kephael on 09/09/2010 16:53:17 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Edited by: D4RK MESSI4H on 09/09/2010 12:35:00 Originally by: Manipulator General ... Edit - just read the part about heat in your box, but if all you're doing is playing Eve you must have a ropey case. ..... or maybe two raptors and two 1.5tb disks (total of 4). They generate massive heat. But in fairness, the case aint exactly "top of the range" either. Back on topic, I'm cautious of the ATI HD stuff. I bought myself a HP Touchsmart TX2 for work and it has the HD3200 stuff in it. Lets just say Eve is unplayable I do of course realise though that this is a laptop chipset and no where near as beefy as the stuff I'm potentialy buying for the desktop. Is the ATI HD (desktop) stuff ok with Eve then? edit: and yeah, PC World, not the cheapest But then I don't pay VAT (or rather claim it back) and it will be "a company expense" And besides, this if for me more a matter of convenience of picking up. 5450, thanks, I'll go check out there reviews The 3000 series is three years old, and the 3200 is low end. I wouldn't do much more than watch youtube with that. Op, Isn't your card under warranty? What model GPU and what temperatures under load was it running at?

CyberGh0st Minmatar Ara Veritas	Posted - 2010.09.09 18:14:00 - [31] Edited by: CyberGh0st on 09/09/2010 18:14:40 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Ahhh I should be very ok then as i'm running 6gig tripple channel I have read in a lot of places that in terms of just memory usage, if you only have 4gig ram you are actually better off with 32bit O/S. I understand that the footprint of a 64 bit OK (which is larger than 32bit) wipes out any advantage you may have after gaining the extra 700 or so meg. Huh, so you say that Windows Vista or 7 in 64bit uses 700mb more ram than their 32bit counterparts? I have never heard of that and never noticed it myself, tried to find something on the interwebs and could not find anything conclusive. What I can tell you tho is that with current mainstream GPU's using 1GB of vram, the difference between 32bit and 64bit is 1,25GB RAM, so even if your 700MB story is true, you still gain around 600MB on a 4GB RAM computer. Still find it hard to believe that a few extra 64bit pointers total to a 700MB difference ... If you have some links, please provide :p http://www.mmodata.net Favorite MMO's : DAoC Pre-TOA-NF / SWG Pre-CU-NGE
Germaldi's sister Amarr	Posted - 2010.09.09 18:14:00 - [32] if u burnt out 2 gfx cards in a year its likely your gcards are either getting too much voltage (due to overclocking) or not enough (due to weak power supply unit). what make & output is your psu that have u got? also most stock gpu coolers especially nvidia ones are rubbish. invest in a good third party gpu cooler and fan from zalman to fit your new card.
CyberGh0st Minmatar Ara Veritas	Posted - 2010.09.09 20:27:00 - [33] Originally by: CyberGh0st Edited by: CyberGh0st on 09/09/2010 18:14:40 Originally by: D4RK MESSI4H Ahhh I should be very ok then as i'm running 6gig tripple channel I have read in a lot of places that in terms of just memory usage, if you only have 4gig ram you are actually better off with 32bit O/S. I understand that the footprint of a 64 bit OK (which is larger than 32bit) wipes out any advantage you may have after gaining the extra 700 or so meg. Huh, so you say that Windows Vista or 7 in 64bit uses 700mb more ram than their 32bit counterparts? I have never heard of that and never noticed it myself, tried to find something on the interwebs and could not find anything conclusive. What I can tell you tho is that with current mainstream GPU's using 1GB of vram, the difference between 32bit and 64bit is 1,25GB RAM, so even if your 700MB story is true, you still gain around 600MB on a 4GB RAM computer. Still find it hard to believe that a few extra 64bit pointers total to a 700MB difference ... If you have some links, please provide :p I just checked my Windows 7 x64 memory footprint and it is around 600MB, the x86 version is reported to use around 300MB. So for a regular gaming system you have 1024 MB VRAM + 256 MB System resources = 1280 MB 32 bit scenario : 4096 MB installed RAM minus 1280 MB ( 32 bit limit ) = 2816 MB minus 300 MB ( for Win7 32bit ) = 2516 MB RAM free for programs 64 bit scenario : 4096 MB installed RAM minus 600 MB ( for Win7 64bit ) = 3496MB RAM free for programs 3496 MB with 64bit > 2516 MB with 32bit Just to clear things up :p http://www.mmodata.net Favorite MMO's : DAoC Pre-TOA-NF / SWG Pre-CU-NGE
supersexysucker	Posted - 2010.09.09 21:50:00 - [34] Originally by: Germaldi's sister if u burnt out 2 gfx cards in a year its likely your gcards are either getting too much voltage (due to overclocking) or not enough (due to weak power supply unit). what make & output is your psu that have u got? also most stock gpu coolers especially nvidia ones are rubbish. invest in a good third party gpu cooler and fan from zalman to fit your new card. First smart post! It aint heat and if the OP is overclocking to the point of burning out his cards OP is stupid. Power issue... multimeter to the PSU, at the least check the 12 volt rail WHILE PLAYING A GAME
Pro Lingozacane	Posted - 2010.09.09 23:04:00 - [35] Forgive me if this has been answered but what kind of power supply are you using?
Taedrin Gallente White Haven Corp	Posted - 2010.09.09 23:48:00 - [36] Originally by: Corozan Aspinall Originally by: Amerilia 2 GFX cars in a year? Chances are something on your PC is borked, and it will take another ano sooner or later, but if youre not interested in finding the problem, i would go for something cheap, in caseit gets eaten. medium class ATI or used nVidia card or something in that area. Its the mobo or inadequate cooling. More likely the latter in conjunction with inadequate overclocking. Or it could be the power supply (or as another guy said, the power going into the power supply). It's possible that the rails providing power to the GPU are bad and is damaging the GPU. ---------- Originally by: Dr Fighter "how do you know when youve had a repro accident" Theres modules missing and morphite in your mineral pile.

CCP Jericho	Posted - 2010.09.10 07:03:00 - [37] Moved from General Discussion to Out of Pod Experience.

Mr Kidd	Posted - 2010.09.10 09:35:00 - [38] Dude, if you're killing GFX cards chances are it's a heat issue. The GPU typically runs hotter than the CPU even in a cool system. If you've got your computer tucked away in a desk cabinet, get it out. I've seen a lot of people do this. That computer needs to breathe. Add some case fans. 120mm are nice....relatively quiet. I suggest 2. One blowing into the case, one blowing out of the case. You need GOOD airflow.


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