It depends - I guess that's the million dollar question (er...well, $650ish question in this case:P). I looked at the prices of the 7970 from where I would buy (NCIX Canada) and the cheapest I saw was ~ $330CDN, which is a bit pricey and would use up a fair percentage of my budget. The 7950 is...
The game itself was unplayable when I first tried it (I didn't run the benchmark until after the fact). When I first tried running the game, I configured the settings on the game launcher and even the main menu on first boot was a slide show (which I took as a bad sign:P) - I had to...
That seemed to do it (I guess this is why we ask;)). I ran the in-game benchmark and so long as I set "tessellation", "post-processing", and "high precision" (whatever that is) to "OFF", I can pretty much crank up everything else at native resolution and things are good. I ran the in game...
Hi everyone,
I have been patchwork upgrading over the past year or so on an as-needed basis (forums have been helpful), but I think I am starting to run into issues with newer games brought in through the most recent Steam sale:P
Brief specs:
Q9550@3.4
4GB DDR2 PC-6400
EP45-UD3R (rev 1.1)...
Hi everyone,
Quick question - a check of the SSD sticky and Google did not answer my question, so I thought I would run this by you...
I currently have an Intel 320 Series 80GB SSD bought mid-2011 running via SATA II on a Gigabyte EP45-UD3R motherboard. While I know that I am capped as far...
Hi everyone,
I wanted to look a bit further into a question that I had that came out of an issue I had in the general hardware forum thread. I am looking at the various options to upgrade my current monitor - it is a 24" 1920x1200 Westinghouse L2410NM that I bought back in the summer of 2007...
OK - thanks for the feedback. Adding in an extra 4GB of RAM should be fairly straightforward. I wanted to follow up on the comment that peripherals might be a better investment for my setup. Given my setup, what would your opinions be as to swapping out my 24" Westinghouse (bought in summer...
Hi everyone,
It's spring, which can only mean that it's time to address the upgrade itch again;)
I have actually come to the conclusion that I do not wish to replace or do a massive update to my current system (specs below). Most games I have on the go or have played recently have run fairly...
Thanks for the feedback. The system still seems to be holding out fine on a day-to-day basis, but since I have no point of comparison I am wondering if I am losing out on reasonable performance I could be getting (like when I first got my SSD I did not think that much about my startup/loading...
Hi everyone,
My current setup is about 3 years old (with some upgrades along the way) and I am looking to see if there is a good upgrade path for my purposes. I tend to do a major overhaul/new system every 3 or 4 years and upgrade at the mid-point (usually the video card). Anyhow, current...
OK, changing the mode seemed to do it (although I had to create a custom resolution as well) - the manual doesn't factor in PC monitor usage so their definition of 'standard mode' is different than mine:D
Thanks.
Hi - thanks for the reply. I checked the back of the TV - the model number corresponds to the 1080p model according to their website (Seiki Digital). Hmmm...so unless its a mislabeled TV in the wrong box I must have the right TV - is there any other reason why it might not be extending beyond...
Hi everyone,
Probably a straight-forward question but I wanted to have a second opinion before returning the TV.
I bought a 32" 1080p LCD to use as a monitor for my PC. The particular TV I bought comes in two models - a 1366x768 version and a 1920x1080 version. I purchased the 1920x1080...
Hi everyone,
Briefly, my specs:
Q9550 @ 3.4
4GB (2X2) Corsair XMS3
GTX 570
Primary HD - 60gb OCZ Vertex 1 (Indilinx) - Windows 7 x64 SP1 install
Secondary HD - 320GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 - Windows XP x32 SP3 install + storage for the Windows 7 install
Problem:
I primarily use Windows 7...
Thanks for the replies.
One other option - would buying a second Seagate Barracuda
http://www.ncix.com/products/?sku=38...acture=Seagate
and setting up a RAID help me as far as load times go if I store my games there? I haven't set something like this up before, but I am sure I can learn...
Hmm...the Corsair XMS2 4gb kit (which is what I have now) is on sale, which after I use a gift card would be $55 incl. shipping and taxes. Given that I mainly game (FPS and RPG), surf the web, and email would I actually use the 8gb?
The monitor I use is a 24" 1920x1200 Westinghouse L2410NM...
Hi everyone,
I currently have two drives in my system; a gen 1 OCZ Vertex 60gb SSD for Windows 7 X64 and main applications, and a 320gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 drive where I keep my games and other storage. I have had the SSD since Fall '09 and the Seagate since Fall '07.
I am curious...
Hi everyone,
Long-time browser, first-time poster - I have a question about an issue I am experiencing with my new video card. Forums/google/nvidia website search did not turn up much that was useful.
I just purchased a new MSI GTX 570 (OC edition) to replace my 4870.
When I...
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