Recent content by MarkZ3

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    4870 bm

    Sounds about right. I get about 13000 3dmarks with: e6600 @ 3.15ghz (350x9) hd4870 2GB RAM@ 700mhz
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    "use a dual 4-pin molex-to-PCI-E 6-pin power adaptor" both of which I suppose are on a different rail.
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    It worked! I guess there was too much on the same rail. Thanks MyLeftNut and everyone!
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    Both pci-e power cables are plugged. I don't know much about rails. Do you mean if they are on a single cable coming out of the PSU? My PSU specs I'll try to plug a different cable in the card with an adapter.
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    molex connector? I suppose you mean a ATX 12V (4 pins), yes it is connected. I don't see any other power related connectors on this board (except for the 24-pins of course).
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    I tried that. I doubt it, it's not a cheap PSU. It's a OCZ Extreme Gamer 700W (not 720W from my original post, sorry). It should be plenty power. I have the latest 'Hotfix', but my problem is before even starting Windows so it's not a driver problem.
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    4870 now available

    My Visiontek shipped from NCIX yesterday :)
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    ok, I just tried that and it's still the same problem. Thanks for the suggestions, though.
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    Sorry, I don't have that option.
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    No, it's not booting. Everything seems to turn on except there's nothing on the screen. I don't hear any HDD activity so it doesn't look like it boots at all. I hear the GPU fan of the 4870 spinning pretty fast and it doesn't stop. Went I leave the fsb at 266, the GPU fan spins like that for a...
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    E6600 can't get above 275fsb with new 4870 [SOLVED]

    Too many things were connected on the same PSU rail. I changed a PCI-E connector for a normal one with an adapter and it works. The cpu ran at 350+fsb with a 8800GTS but since I inserted my new 4870, it can't go above 275. Here's my system: E6600 (stock runs at 266x9) Gigabyte 965P-DS3...
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    Dual-channel question, upgrading!

    Thanks! :)
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    Dual-channel question, upgrading!

    I currently have 4x256MB in dual channel but I'd like to upgrade to help performance in BF2 and Fear especially. I was wondering if combining 2x256MB and 2x512MB would still work in dual channel. I have a 2.4C@3.0ghz (Northwood) on ABIT IS7 (i865PE chip). What do you think? Would that...
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    XP installation using SATA drive?

    It should be included in the motherboard box or maybe on a CD (unlikely). You could check your motherboard manufacturer website...
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    Linksys network adapter installation problem!

    My cabs directory has only 3MB of stuff in it so this is no use. Yeah, tried to install the drivers manually but nothing shows on the list when I specify the correct INF file on the CD (with the "have disk" button")... Maybe it's something in the registry?