YellowSnow Posted July 28, 2011 Member ID: 14 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 37 Topic Count: 90 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 1148 Content Per Day: 0.21 Reputation: 744 Achievement Points: 8230 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/01/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 25, 2021 Birthday: 03/30/1969 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Hey All! My video card is out of commision as of yesterday. I will not be gaming for a bit until I can get a new one. I'm not sure how long I will be out for. I hope not too long. Funds are kind of tight right now. Anyways! What is a good video card. I was useing Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT. Also I have gone through two of these in the last four months. Any ideas what's going on. Some say it could be over heating. Some say could be over heating do to power supply. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! YellowSnow>XI< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CplMOFO Posted July 28, 2011 Member ID: 1924 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 68 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1012 Content Per Day: 0.20 Reputation: 101 Achievement Points: 5864 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/26/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 21, 2023 Birthday: 05/30/1973 Share Posted July 28, 2011 That power supply might be crappy, old and became weak....cause these things degrade over time. It could be unstable... You can download a voltage monitor and look at your 3.3V, 5V and 12V readings...if they're too low on the 12V, that might cause issues. Your PCI-E slot might be dying too (the computer killed two cards after all) BUT, that can be a lot of things... If you want to know if your card overheats, you have to install something like MSI AFTERBURNER... It's free, and you can use what is called the OSD (onscreen display) to monitor and show your GPU temperature while in game. If you notice that your card runs better with the computer case open, it's a sign of bad airflow in your case...dust can be caked inside the card and preventing the fan to properly push thru the fins to cool the GPU properly... Anyway, list your system specs that would help a lot. Tell us about the powersupply make, wattage and model number... If you're on the hunt for a cheap video card, well, how much do you have to spend? Can you buy online? or do you have some big computer store close by? Newegg.com, microcenter... A 9800GT equals a GTS250 equals pretty much a GTS450 in performance...LOOK for a GTX460 or a GTX550...that would be a nice upgrade (at least twice or more as powerful as a 9800GT), on the cheap (around $130)...You can also look for second-hand GTX 260s, 275s or GTX285s...(don't pay more than $75...IMHO... But BEWARE, if your Powersupply is crapping out on you (if it is), a more powerful car will draw even more power...so you'd be into more expenses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WiZiD Posted July 28, 2011 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Mail the computer to me and I will fix it for you.........PM me if you are interested.......No charge...really! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
iFuerza Posted July 28, 2011 Member ID: 1607 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 181 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 1227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2020 Birthday: 12/20/1991 Share Posted July 28, 2011 ^ WiZiD is awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiZiD Posted July 29, 2011 Member ID: 804 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 446 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 3600 Content Per Day: 0.68 Reputation: 1053 Achievement Points: 24386 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/28/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 7, 2020 Birthday: 04/25/1960 Share Posted July 29, 2011 bump and tks iFuerza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
kswift420 Posted July 29, 2011 Member ID: 1071 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 22 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 879 Content Per Day: 0.17 Reputation: 261 Achievement Points: 5414 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 5, 2017 Birthday: 12/29/1974 Share Posted July 29, 2011 ATI.......NO NVIDIA !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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