Recent content by sharkcellar

Thanks Rudder. That's what I was looking for.

The rig I'm getting BSOD's on is not the one in my sig. It's a new one I've built.

Am getting a BSOD. How do I do a dump and can someone look at it to discern my problem? I believe it's either my NVidia driver or my Wacom driver (both of which I've updated). Thanks

Thanks. You live and you learn.

I got the 9800 initially to replace my old GPU. I'm a noob at configuring a system. Like I said, I'm not a gamer who spends my life poring over tech specs. I'm an artist. I got my 9800 today via UPS, looked on the box and saw immediately that I SHOULDA had a power supply of 450+, the one I have...

I'm not planning on dumping the 9800, like I said, it will go in my new rig that will be built soon. I don't wanna buy a new mobo, just a new card. I'm going to keep this old rig to do audio work with, so replacing the card, which is failing, is my plan. I'm not a gamer concerned with staying on...

Color me foolish then. Why so? I'm into learning from my mistakes. Also, besides calling me a fool, can you suggest a replacement card for my 6600? That would be most helpful.

Dammit! I guess the D915PBL is PCI-E 1.0 not 2.0. Can someone suggest a cheap card replacement please? I guess this new card goes in my new rig, yet to be built...

My mobo is an Intel D915PBL. http://www.intel.com/support/m...15pbl/sb/cs-010606.htm I just got an EVGA 9800GTX RT to replace my old nVIDIA GeForce 6600. When I installed the card I got a long beep and 8 short beeps, which apparently means that my board isn't talking to my GPU...

Ah, but there is a reason to use the /3GB switch, After Effects. I'm not a big gamer, I use my rig for graphic and audio work. The /3GB switch comes in hella handy when I wanna squeeze an few extra frames of rendering via RAM preview. Otherwise, I don't know of any other use for it. Alas, you...

So to be totally clear, the card that I should get for optimum performance would be a 512MB DDR3 one. Correct?

Waitaminit. I stated initially that I was thinking about getting the SX95GT1024D3-HP. That card has 1GB of DDR3 on it. Is that still a bad choice?

LOL. Guilty as charged. I'm a noob. Graphics cards specs are frustrating as all get out to decipher. That's why I love this forum. Cut through the crap. As you can see in my specs, I do have a "piss slow" rig at the moment (until I build my new one). So the better advice would be to go with...

...ummm bigger is better? No?

On the suggestion of a few brilliant members here I've decided to get a Sparkle 9500GT card to replace my dying one. Here's my problem. When I bought the computer I'm currently using it had XP Pro on it. I've since had to reinstall the OS, but I only have a legit version of XP Home. So, right...