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eVGA 8800GT with bad BGA memory module by
Augustus
Was given an eVGA 8800GTX 768Mb card that has all the symptoms of a bad
memory module.....red lines and has marks across the screen that crawl
around in 2D mode, severe artifacting and crashing in 3D mode. It's product
suffix is AR so it actually qualifies for lifetime warranty. It was not...
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Fan speed control with Forceware 169.02 by
Augustus
Just realized that the reason I've run into a few hard lockup issues (in
F.E.A.R.)with my new 8800GT is that the fan control doesn't ramp up at all
in 3D games, just stays at the regular 2D 29% and that's it. I'm using
Rivatuner to set the fan at a fixed 75% in 2D/3D, but when use Rivatuner to...
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December 22nd 07 04:52 PM
by Sam
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OK. I'm impressed... by
Augustus
Just got my new Galaxy 8800GT OC 512Mb 650/2000 card today ($260Cdn) and
stuck it in my Opteron 185 2.8Ghz system and did the first
benchmark...3DMark03. My EVGA 7800GTX 512Mb did 17,500 stock....the 8800GT
does 34,750 at stock clocks.Wow..
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3dmark 2001 Scores Decreasing?!?!?! by
Augustus
"PN" wrote in message
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hi,
i recently downloaded the latest drivers(v81.95)from nvidia.com(for my
xfx fx 5200 256 mb)and ran 3dmark2001(running at default settings)and
got a score of...
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August 1st 05 03:11 PM
by Conor
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Upgrade with the same 8800GT card...huge difference by
Augustus[_3_]
Finally splurged and did a major upgrade on my primary workhorse computer,
my venerable Opteron 185 2Mb (2.9Ghz) with 2 Gig PC4000 OCZ in an A8N-E
m/b. This has my tweaked Galaxy 8800GT OC 512Mb unit. Went with an E8400
retail box unit on a Gigabyte EP35-DSR3 and 4 Gig OCZ PC6400 Platinum....
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OT Civilization by
Aurther Dent
Was looking at a guide to the top pc games ever and came across a game
called civilization, when i went to search for it I came across so many
versions I didn't know what was what. I want the first 2 games the real old
ones but there seems to be normal civilization 2 and civilization call to
power...
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OT Boot failure, help needed by
Aurther Dent
AMD 3000+ 64
ABIT AN8 N4 Chipset
1GB DDR 400
Gigabyte 6800GT
Seagate Baracuda 160GB 8MB Cache HDD.
Have built the system, and it powers on fine. After going into BIOS and
saving settings, and allowing the machine to boot, all is fine.
However, when you shut the PC down, it starts up for a few...
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OT The all seeing eye by
Aurther Dent
I posted this question in 2 counterstrike newsgroups but there only seems to
be a message in them every few days so doesn't look like I can get an answer
quickly and im sure there are plenty of geforce owners that have the answer,
I know I would if I had my system!! It's driving me nuts waiting for...
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May 3rd 05 07:27 PM
by Inglo
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OT - SATA + ATA in same machine by
Aurther Dent
I know this is off topic but you people give some of the best advice on the
net. Still waiting for my system to arrive, with it will be a seagate 160gb
SATA drive. I would like to add my old drive, a 30gb normal ATA drive on the
standard IDE cable, I said this to a friend today and he said it would...
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Far cry D3D or Open gl??? by
Aurther Dent
Bought Far cry today but only problem is im still waiting for components for
new pc to be delivered so I can't play it atm. Whilst reading the
instructions I see that it can be run in direct 3d or open gl, is there any
performance/graphical differences? I will be running on a AMD 64 3000, 1gb
ddr...
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OT How to install SATA drives by
Aurther Dent
I know this is off topic but you people in here have always helped before
and I trust your advice. I posted a question the other day about getting a
6800 GT in a mesh machine, following your advice I decided to buy all the
components myself. The thing im unclear about is the new SATA system. The...
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April 28th 05 05:25 PM
by DaveL
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Upgrading to 6800 GT by
Aurther Dent
Planning on buying this the next few days:-
http://www.meshcomputers.com/updated/matrix_1_1_order.htm
Thing im worried about is I want to stick a 6800 GT card in here but not
sure weather the power supply will cope, if not, can anyone recommend a
decent one that will suffice, preferably available...
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April 30th 05 12:08 AM
by aNdy
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Can't Run Source Games on a new XFX GeForce 6200 by
Austin Sims
Hello. I have recently acquired a new GeForce 6200 AGP8X with 256 MB of RAM.
My previous card was a GeForce 4 Ti with 128 MB of RAM. On my old card, I
was able to run all Source powered (Half-Life 2 Engine) games on the lowest
settings. I upgraded cards so I would be able to run these games on...
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Newbie needs help selecting new card by
Avatar
Newbie looking for a cheap $100-$150 card to go in my Athlon 2000
system. Playing a few games, not looking to set the world on fire. Any
and all suggestions welcomed.
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Sooner or later, all of our names wind up on a...
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help--suddenly poor tv-out quality (GeForce MX420) by
Avi
I have a Dell 2.5 ghz with Nvidia Geforce MX 420 card. Until two days
ago, the video quality from the TV out (it's S-video converted to RCA
composite, piped through a video modulator through my house) was good.
The only problem was that I had an audio hum. So, I got a ground
loop isolator to fix...
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December 28th 03 06:47 PM
by Avi
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DirectX9 Black Screen When Exiting Graphics Mode by
Avi
Dear All,
I have a Pentium 4 1.7, 512 MB RAM and a PNY Geforce 3 TI 500. I am using
WinXP SP1 and DirectX 9.0a. I am running at 1028x784 resolution
My computer's problem is that whenever it switches back from a DirectX app,
such as Flight Simulator, to the Windows Desktop - the whole...
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July 16th 03 08:12 AM
by Avi
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6800 GT passive cooling what are my options ? by
Avid Gamer
I know Zalman have some coolers do they fit the GT ?
I like their coolers have one fitted to my Vid card now, it has the
option to add a 120mm fan which i don't need for the card i have now
:)
Thanks for any help.
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