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  1. Fishead

    Looking for new GPU

    The PCIe Slot is pretty much the same over the years just a matter of updated chip sets on the motherboard right?I mean all these video cards we're talking about should plug right into my mother board (ASUS M4A79T Deluxe)right?
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    Looking for new GPU

    No tarmc .I have an old PC (Gateway Pentium III 450 with an AGP video card in it :)) and when I run the LCD monitor from that its clear as a bell.
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    Looking for new GPU

    If you follow this link and scroll down in the thread you'll see 2 pictures of what I see with the current card and standard Driver From Windows XP installation CD.Any manufacturers driver with result in a screen of garbage of blocks of color with nothing readable...
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    Looking for new GPU

    I have a better power supply.750 Watt with 60 Amps on 12 volt rail.
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    Looking for new GPU

    Ok here are a few pictures of what I'm seeing now.This is with basic VGA drivers that Windows provides when you do a fresh install.The PC is stable with these drivers but when I install the the Manufacturers drivers and reboot it comes up to a screen of garbage. Sorry can't get picture to...
  6. Fishead

    Posting a picture

    Sorry I don't see those icons anywhere above the quick reply box or the reply box.Do I have to set it some where in my personal settings for it to show up?
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    Posting a picture

    Thank you.
  8. Fishead

    Posting a picture

    How do I go about posting a photo in post to show people who are reading my post what I'm talking about.There is no button that I can see to attach a photo to my post.How do I go about doing this?
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    Looking for new GPU

    MeldarthX I have a few pictures saved on my PC but How do I post them in a post?In a few of the other Forums on other sites it has a button to add attachment.How do I add it in my post/
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    Looking for new GPU

    Is there a way to post a picture so I could show the lines I'm seeing on screen?
  11. Fishead

    Looking for new GPU

    No I have never really been onto overclocking so I don't over clock anything on my PC.
  12. Fishead

    Looking for new GPU

    what kind of problems are you having with your current card? I'm looking to spend about $200 to 250. The problem I'm having with the current card I have is I started locking up in one particular game "Path of Exile" and could not bring up Task Manager to shut it down.Had to cold boot and...
  13. Fishead

    Looking for new GPU

    The 660 looks like a good fit .Its about $200 to 250 range.
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    Looking for new GPU

    Ok the power supply is a 510 ATX PC Power & Cooling Turbo Cool PSU. The specs on the PSU are 12V rail =34 amps 5V rail =40 amps tarmc the prices on the 660 or 660ti are more in the $300 to 350 range.
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    Looking for new GPU

    I'm not really sure but I'm trying to look for the specs.It has served me well so far.I do have a brand new 750 Watt PC Power & Cooling PSU with 60 amps on the 12v Rail.If need be I could always swap that in .
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    Looking for new GPU

    I'm looking for a new video card as my old one(Geforce 8800 GTS 320MB DDR3 Memory)Is biting the dust.I'm looking to spend about $250.I don't need the latest greatest because I just can't afford it.I'm looking for something with good price to performance. My LCD is a a DELL 2405FPW with native...
  17. Fishead

    WIN XP PRO 64 BIT

    I understand what most of you are saying but theres a pattern here and it gets kind of expensive to keep up .I'm not in a situation where money is that free any more and I do have to kind of budget everything at the moment,I'm on a fixed income( SSI Disability).It took me long enough to get the...
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    WIN XP PRO 64 BIT

    Am I right that WIN 7 can't be upgrade form WIN XP only from VISTA? That would mean I couldn't go right to WIN 7 .I would have to get VISTA then upgrade to WIN 7?
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    WIN XP PRO 64 BIT

    Well like I said I don't really need what VISTA or WIN 7 has to offer.Maybe you had good luck with VISTA but it took a while for them to make a lot of fixes and I heard a lot of people complain about it so I never upgraded. I'm hearing good things about WIN 7 .Aren't they going to take time...
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    WIN XP PRO 64 BIT

    Be cause I'm old school and I 'd got back to DOS if It supported games like it use to. :) I don't do any mission critical stuff and I don't like being kind of forced to move on. WIN XP works fine for me and it will be around for a while yet. I really don't hear much about anything I really...
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    WIN XP PRO 64 BIT

    I'm in the process of building an AMD Phenom II x4 with 6GBs of DDR3 RAM. I currently have a copy of WIN XP PRO full retail ver.I would like to migrate to WIN XP PRO 64 bit vers. Do I have to buy a full version of the 64 bit OS? And if I need full 64 bit version I'm' looking around...
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    Dead motherboard

    Thanks for an informative answer redbeard1.Yes I would be using my old case and the hard drives are SATA.I would do a new install of windows on a new hard drive(say a nice large one like a 1 terabyte HD). I mostly want the digital pictures,and a host of old MP3's on the hard drives.Everything...
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    SSDs, are they worth it?

    I have a question about all this jump to RAID systems and SSD drives.I know its the latest craze and a lot of people are jumping into it.But tell me if I am wrong in my assuming that all your gaining is loading time for levels in games and Windows booting up? Is my assumption correct?I can...
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    Dead motherboard

    So redbeard1 how would I do it?Build a new system and use a new hard drive and install a new copy of Windows on that and then put the old hard drives in a chain as slaves to copy data from them?
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    Dead motherboard

    No .Thats an old system I had about 8 years ago. Right now I have an ABIT FATALITY AN8 SLI board.I have 2 75 gig VelosiRaptor Hard drives in it.2gigs RAM. I had been searching ebay for for a used motherboard and had bid on a few I had seen but lost out on my bids. Its been hard to find a...
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    Dead motherboard

    Well thats what I was wondering.I don't have any really important stuff on it.I do have some of my first digital pictures from about 8 years ago that I took with my first digital camera that I never backed up.I would like to save them if I could. How would I do it?Put a new hard drive in...
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    Dead motherboard

    My motherboard is dead but hard drives seem to be ok.I can hear them running and they have WINXP installed on them.If they are ok can I use them in a new system and still access the installed WINXP that is on them?
  28. Fishead

    Anyone used to watch a series on MTV called......

    BlackAdder rocked and Fawlty Towers was pretty good to.
  29. Fishead

    Can you identify this music video?

    Where did you see it? on TV ,Cable?Need more info to search for it.
  30. Fishead

    wow i just finished reading...

    THE DARK TOWER books are the best books i've read from Stephen King ,thats just my opinion ,many will probably disagree. I almost gave up on this series when reading the 1st book THE GUNSLINGER ,it was kind of boring till u got 3/4 of the way thru it then it took off.I reread it after reading...
  31. Fishead

    Poll: LimeWire vs. BearShare vs. Other

    Right now i'm using Napigator ,seems to do the job as well as Napster did.Plus you have alot of servers to choose from not just one,That can be good or bad but i'm getting what i need from it.
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    I LOVE getting a good deal!!!

    ALL YOUR HOCKEY EQUIPMENT ARE BELONG TO US! I had to get that out of my system ,i feel better now ,thanks
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    start-up problem?

    Ummmm reformat and reinstall windows, i know i know its not something you want to do. When this happens does it come up in window?Is there a file name at top of window?If yes do a find (file name) and if it finds it ,there should be path listed (C:/PROGRAMS/ blah blah whatever it is).Don't know...
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    Poll: Something to Cheer you guys up =) The definitive *fixed* manhood size Survey!

    Kameleon Thats in the SIZE DOES MATTER survey ; This was The SIZE ,EH SO WHAT survey go check out the ALL YOUR SIZE ARE BELONG TO US! survey hehe I couldn't help that ,its in every forum, can't get away from seeing it :) Fishead }-}}}}'>
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    MUST SEE movies of all time..

    There are so many; Brazil Army of Darkness Boys from Brazil Cool Hand Luke Bladerunner Something Wicked this Way comes Electra Glide in Blue (staring Robert Blake :)) The Keep To Kill A Mockingbird Its a MAD MAD MAD MAD World (Hilarious ) Apocalypse Now
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    Where to find high resolution photos?

    Now all you need is a good digital camera ! I have a Nikon 950 and a Epson stylus 900 (its a year or so old).I'm still amazed at the quality of the prints i get from my digital images from the Nikon.Only thing i don't like is the cost of paper and ink thats where the get you.
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    Using TV Cable to connect to the internet?

    I believe TV cable is only one way ,you are only recieveing a signal you can't send anything as opposed to Internet cable which is set up for 2 way communication. Fishead }-}}}'>
  38. Fishead

    Jennifer Lopez or Pamela Anderson

    Um I think it should be Jamie Lee Curtis or the I dream of Genie girl :D
  39. Fishead

    icrontics.com hacked :(

    You probably heard this already but icrontics.com has been hacked.Of the many computer related help sites like Anandtech with its news and help forums icrontics was in the same class with very helpfull people on both .lets hope the get back up to speed real soon . Fishead }-}}}'>
  40. Fishead

    Favorite Cheesy Old Sci Fi Flick

    Army of Darkness - Bruce Campbell, who could get more cheesier and still have you enjoy the movie? "Hail to the King baby"