Norim the Stumpy fucked around with this message on 07-03-2008 at 05:58 PM.
oh, and i just found a guy selling a PNY GeForce 8600 GT 256mb near me on craigslist. Says it's still in the packaging.
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Maradon! probably says this to all the girls:
What the hell when did I ever suggest a 7 series, I hate the 7 series
flip flopper
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Norim the Stumpying:
Is there something wrong with it?
If you tried to run a modern game with medium settings at 1280x1024 you'd probably still have a lot of chop with that card.
I think that this should be decent. with the rebate it puts it down at the 100 area
Norim the Stumpy fucked around with this message on 07-06-2008 at 11:04 PM.
edit: oh, how does one tell what kind of M/B one has? My computer is a Dell E521 Athlon model. That card i linked above has some kind of 6-pin pci-e power plug and I want to make sure that I can even use it. I dont see anywhere on my M/B that it can connect to. if it even needs to be connected in the first place.
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Noxhiling:
At 1280x1024 you'll never come close to that card's capacity, but it is a great deal at 100 bucks.
I don't know if I'd go that far. 1280x1024 isn't exactly low-rez. I'm pretty sure if you cranked up the settings in Age of Conan or something you'd still end up with some chugging.
In any case it's still definitely a solid card.
There are 512mb cards for that price or less, but they're usually shitty cards with tons of memory packed on to them to make them seem cooler.
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From the book of Norim the Stumpy, chapter 3, verse 16:
That card i linked above has some kind of 6-pin pci-e power plug and I want to make sure that I can even use it. I dont see anywhere on my M/B that it can connect to. if it even needs to be connected in the first place.
Scroll through the images, you'll see an adapter that will plug into one of the legacy plugs allowing you to power the card.
any ideas? it works fine w/ the old drivers now...
Make sure you clean out the old drivers properly before installing.
Make sure you are installing the correct driver.
Often times after a new driver install, the system reverts to a simple resolution/color scheme and you're required to correct the settings in the display controls interface. It may just be a matter of correcting the resolution and color depth.
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Norim the Stumpy.
I checked Gigabyte's website for what they said were the up to date drivers, and I seem golden. Looks like nVidia's wont work with the card, which makes me kind of uneasy.
Gigabyte's website hosts Nvidia's drivers. Just much, much older versions of them.
I'd suggest trying to reinstall the latest Nvidia drivers from their website. Just make sure you're selecting the right fields that match your computer's settings.
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Peanut butter ass Shaq Noxhil booooze lime pole over bench lick:
In general you shouldn't update your video drivers unless something isn't working or you're a so called "power-user."
Or you plan on playing any video game, ever.
