Recent content by DoctaZ

Also: Depending on your setup you could expect anywhere from a moderate to a huge increase in potential since you could volt mod your mobo and raise the cpu speed stable easily.

I suggest a search my friend There are countless threads such as yours which would be able to help you judge whether or not you want to hand build or kit. My first watercooled rig I used a kit, helps you understand exactly what needs to be done. Besides if you get a decent kit you can always...

Ensure in bios your computer isn't underclocked or something... that score is still 2000 points or so too low. Reinstall video card... Check your sound card / sound drivers...

He cares about his 3dmark score because it represents the overall performance and quality of his system when it's displaying graphics. If a driver or modification makes your 3dmark score higher then more then likely it will make some of your games run faster or look nicer to play. That's why...

This should get moved out of Cases&Cooling... In Canada, cheapest x800 I've found is at www.ncix.com :)

Looking for top quality GPU coolers? From what I've found, the best gpu coolers I've used come from Koolance. As funny as that sounds...

You should only get tearing if your monitor couldn't process 100 fps. If you simply had it set at 85 hz and it could hit 100 hz at that resolution and you have vsync off, you should not get tearing or any distortion. I love my monitor :)

I had a similar problem due to heat a couple weeks back. Fixed via new heatsink for cpu and a couple more case fans.

MMMM nice drivers. I like the fact they did some work on the aa af compatibility in battlefield vietnam. the game is smooth as butter on my 9800xt now. hot drivers!

If you don't know enough about it to determine if it's dangerous or safe, it's probably not for you. If inproper care was taken you could ruin most of your computer, nevermind your 300 dollar card... If you actually know what you're doing it can produce unreal results in the way of heat...

Gimmie a break. Maybe after 3 years of use... 2 years of overclocking... That stupid little pad they put on stock coolers burns up way before thermal grease does...

www.ncix.com BC and west coast - AWSOME service, AWSOME RMA, Good prices. www.memoryexpress.com - Calgary, wide range of stuff, decent to good prices www.dangeo.com - western canada - decent prices, limited stock. I vote for NCIX. Never had a problem RMAing something, ordering something...

yeah sorry. He's right. What I mean is... anytime you scrape, you increase the chances you could damage something... I mean come on.. you're scraping a 400 dollar piece of electronics with a sharp piece of metal. ;) If it's not needed.. no point in doing it. As for spending the extra...

Message could be several things. CPU seated incorrectly Ram seated wrong ( I got this) You could have overclocked too far in bios Put ram timings too high. I've gotten that error message for the last 2... until I turned off the reporting lady..

erm... I.... don't.... know.... Double check your manual. I know when I owned my A7N8X there was a listing of the verbal commands in the motherboard manual. Almost sounds like the mobo died on you though