RAM, Please help me! |
RAM, Please help me! |
Jun 10 2009, 03:28 AM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
YOU SO UNHELPFUL.
I THROW CHAIR AT YOU HOW YOU LIKE DAT HUHHH?? |
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Jun 10 2009, 03:30 AM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
I came a chair once. True story.
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Jun 10 2009, 05:38 AM
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I'm cheap Group: Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 732,040 |
You will not need that "fancy" cord.
Unless you want to plug your PC to your Television. You will only need a VGA Cable :P Which I guess you will be using atm. |
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Jun 10 2009, 08:30 AM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
the VGA one is the one that doesn't have three heads on one end?
I don't see a spot for this cord to fit into my monitor or any cord for that matter... |
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Jun 10 2009, 10:33 AM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
HALP MEEE I IZ WANTIN TO HAZ UBERR SPEED
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Jun 10 2009, 02:32 PM
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Has a PhD in horribleness Group: Member Posts: 866 Joined: Sep 2008 Member No: 686,301 |
The colored cables are component cables for HD, and the other one is an HDMI (I think) cable, those are if you want to hook it up to your TV or something.
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Jun 10 2009, 02:54 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
OK, I just stopped being a pansy and disabled my integrated graphics and installed the new card. It works now :D yay. I'm currently using it.
The only thing that I have to ask (maybe more questions later) is... well on my old graphics thing, my frame rate was 60, but now it is set to 59... ? Should I leave it at 59 or just change it back to 60? |
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Jun 10 2009, 03:04 PM
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I'm cheap Group: Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 732,040 |
OK, I just stopped being a pansy and disabled my integrated graphics and installed the new card. It works now :D yay. I'm currently using it. The only thing that I have to ask (maybe more questions later) is... well on my old graphics thing, my frame rate was 60, but now it is set to 59... ? Should I leave it at 59 or just change it back to 60? Wut. |
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Jun 10 2009, 03:06 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
It used to say 60 edit: isn't screen refresh + frame rate the same thing? |
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Jun 10 2009, 03:33 PM
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I'm cheap Group: Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 732,040 |
lol.
Set it to 60 No, Screen Refresh is not the same as Frame rates. |
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Jun 10 2009, 09:18 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
Ummmm... Also, when I start a game, weird sounds come through my earphones. It's like some sort of system noises.
When I unplug the earphones and use the speakers on my monitor, I don't hear it. (?) |
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Jun 10 2009, 09:21 PM
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I'm cheap Group: Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 732,040 |
Then thats your sound problem :O
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Jun 10 2009, 09:25 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
My guide that came with the card says this nvm I think I figured it out. my guide told me to go here http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/Default.asp but I can't figure out what my card series is...... it's NVIDIA GeForce 8600 |
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Jun 10 2009, 09:31 PM
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I'm cheap Group: Member Posts: 61 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 732,040 |
My guide that came with the card says this nvm I think I figured it out. my guide told me to go here http://www.evga.com/support/drivers/Default.asp but I can't figure out what my card series is...... it's NVIDIA GeForce 8600 its Geforce 8 Series 8= Series 6= Importance or something (having 8 or 9 as the highest) 0= just for the lulz 0= alo for the lulz 8800 is more powerful cause it has 8800 Your 8600 will beat a 9400 because 6 > 4 |
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Jun 10 2009, 09:32 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
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Jun 10 2009, 10:53 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
It's still making the noises.. and I just updated and restarted my computer..
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Jun 10 2009, 11:30 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
Probably not related to the GPU. Plug into the soundcard instead of the speakers.
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Jun 11 2009, 05:19 AM
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Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 5,880 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 593,382 |
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Jun 11 2009, 11:41 AM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
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Jun 11 2009, 12:18 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,574 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 555,438 |
As far as your question about RAM goes. You don't need fancy looking RAM with a heat sink or anything. I would buy the following sticks of RAM as they are made by a reputable company (Corsair) and they're inexpensive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820145098 I wouldn't put in more than 3GB though, because 32 bit OS's (what you have) cannot see more than 4GB of RAM (sometimes less). Also, the boost in performance between 3-4 GB of RAM is very small. lol. Set it to 60 No, Screen Refresh is not the same as Frame rates. It's very similar to the frame rate. It is the maximum number of physical frames your screen could display over the course of one second. This is why 120Hz in the HDTV industry is such a big deal. Because the physical frame rate of the screen is pushed to 120Hz it allows for a much smoother picture. Your frame rate is the number of frames your video card is pushing out to your monitor. Your monitor simply doesn't display all of them. Is the screen refresh rate the same as the frame rate? In some cases, yes. its Geforce 8 Series 8= Series 6= Importance or something (having 8 or 9 as the highest) 0= just for the lulz 0= alo for the lulz 8800 is more powerful cause it has 8800 Your 8600 will beat a 9400 because 6 > 4 That's not always the case as certain cards like the 9500 are better than the 8600. Here is a great graphics card hierarchy chart. Anyway, your 8600 GT should have more than enough juice to handle most games on a medium setting. :) |
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Jun 11 2009, 01:55 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
you only answered the questions that were answered already
What about the weird noises I'm hearing? |
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Jun 12 2009, 09:08 PM
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Newbie Group: Member Posts: 6 Joined: Jun 2009 Member No: 731,575 |
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Jun 13 2009, 04:46 PM
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kthxbai Group: Official Designer Posts: 2,832 Joined: Feb 2008 Member No: 621,203 |
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Jun 13 2009, 05:24 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
So what do I do? O_o Aftermarket fan? Try this one. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835118212 |
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Jun 15 2009, 03:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 1,574 Joined: Aug 2007 Member No: 555,438 |
You can try an after market fan or if you feel uncomfortable installing an aftermarket fan you can upgrade your video card for 50-60 bucks. |
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