Finally got my new rig together but at present it has ben producing white banding and a variety of artifacts on the screen during the boot process and on into windows vista. I have reinstalled the OS and formated the whole hard drive to ensure that was not the issue.
The issues show up the...
After taking some advice and running on over to the muuuuuch better site Scan.co.uk I threw this together which is surprisingly in budget without cutting much off.
Belkin F5D7001UK 125g Wireless PCI Adapter
Saitek PK 02AV Eclipse II Wired Keyboard, BackLit Purple, Red + Blue Keys, USB...
Hmm the issue with downgrading the graphics card is will lower end cards be enough to handle a 24 inch monitor at 1920x1200? I'd rather him be running things comfortable on a 22 inch than struggling with high settings on a 24 inch at high res.
Yes overclocking is an option and interest.
I am building up a pc for a friend of mine and he has a £1200 budget on the rig. His main intent with the machine is gaming however he may be doing some school work and watching videos on it as well.
Currently I have a list thrown together but it comes out slightly above his budget. I wanted...
Well I am kind of planning to buy it with two cards already anyway.
I have heard talk about the 4870 x2 which looks promising but may be a bit of a long wait... no ideas on dates of that one. Also the 1gb 4870s may be worth a look?
Ok I have finally saved the money necissarry to properly upgrade my system
I haven't upgraded in around 3 years so this will be a major step up
The PC is going to be used for gaming, work and watching videos. I have a 24" wide screen dell monitor so I know I need a video card capable of...
Nehalem is extremely tempting it looks like it will be an excellent achievement but then again don't they all before they come out? I am finding things arn't running quite were I want them to anymore. UT3 isn't able to be put on high settings anymore and crysis I haven't even attempted but I...
Ah sorry yes should have given the details
Currently I am running a system containing:
AMD 3700+ 2.21ghz 64 bit processor
ATI X800 GTO Graphics card
2 gigs of some standard brand DDR1 400 RAM
Along with a pretty standard motherboard and 2 hardrives that will be replaced as they are coming...
I am new here and have been out of the tech scene for scene for about 6 months having moved and about another 2 years before that only checked in once and a while.
The last few days I've read some articles and brushed up on whats new and up and coming in terms of enthusiast PCs.
I have the...
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