The PSU plug in the back of the card is just extra power for the card. It draws most of its power from the MB. Alot of AGP cards don't even need the extra power from the PSU, because they get all there power from the AGP slot. If I where you I would RMA your MB and I bet that fixes your...
I had a simular problem like yours. I had a chaintech MB, the 754 version. And after I installed it I would notice my video card was slowly giving me more and more artifacts every day. Then one day I booted up and had artifact all over the screen even during post. So I RMA'd the video card...
I got a XFX 6600GT AGP when they first came out. My card is great. I haven't had any problems at all. It runs pretty cool and overclocks well. When I got it I noticed the heatsink was different than the picture and I called XFX up to ask them about it and they told me it was the new design...
A video card of the same brand is the same at any store. Either circuit city or wal-mart. I also never said wal-mart sold top end cards but I did say they sell a few different brands (in store). But if they did carry XFX6600gt it would make no difference if I bought it from best buy or...
The wal-marts around me have ATI cards, so does that mean ATI are crap too??? Also They carry a BFG card. Hmmm. You have a very interesting idea of what is crap brands because of who carries it.
I have the XFX 6600GT and its a great card. Got it when the AGP version came out from zipzoomfly. I have had no problems with it. its a great card. Also the last time I went to wal-mart they had a Made by ATI card too, and they only had low end cards. I wish wal-mart carried high end cards...
My old case was a Raidmax with Raidmax PSU, and it was a very good case. I am using it now to build my dad a computer. I had it over 2 years and no problems at all with the PSU. I don't know why some people on this forum say a company is crap when they don't give a explanation why they think...
I got the Dell 5150 about 8 months ago and am very happy with it. The 5160 is just a little updated 5150. I also do light gaming on it and it works great. Don't listen to what people say about Dell, they are bias and don't own one themselves. For the money you can't beat Dell.
Shareaza uses the Gutenalla netowork (the old one and the new one). It also uses the E-Donkey network. Shareasa also is a great torrent program, the best in my oppinion.
I had a problem with the VNF-250 frying my AGP cards. (BFG 5700 ultra and XFX 6600gt) Just throwing that out there. I decided to spend a little more and upgraded to the DFI Lanparty and I will never look back.
Anyone else know how a AGP slot can fry a video card. I got this motherboard because people on this forum gave it good reviews. Also what motherboard should I purchase that is going to be very reliable. Thank You
I was told not to use thermal paste because it wears away after awhile, Dont know if this is true or not. Also on my old heatsink I had a thermal pad. Will I be able to clean off the old thermal pad off with rubbing alchol and a cotton swab and be fine?
Thanks for the replies:)
Anouther question I have is how can I AGP slot do such damage to Video Cards? I was hoping it was the PSU (Alot Cheaper). Thanks again for all the help.
I have a A64 motherboard and CPU. It looks like I am going to have to replace the MB and wanted to know if I cam remove the CPU without separating it from the Heatsink. If not where do I get a new Thermal pad for the Heatsink. Thank You
I downloaded a program from Chaintech called digidoc and to me it seems the voltage looks fine but I am no expert at that. So you guys seem to think its the AGP slot killing my cards and not the PSU. That sucks. I am going to have to get a new motherboard then. If that is the case does...
I was overclocking the 5700ultra for about a year with no problem with coolbits. So I thought that was the problem but I just got the 6600GT and did nothing with it and after one reboot it did the same thing. I have the AGP voltage in the BIOS set at default which I would think would be 1.5v...
Here is my situation, I have a chaintech vnf-250MB and a 450watt psu that came with my case from newegg. I also had a bfg 5700ulta. The computer ran great for months. (Played Through Half-Life 2).
Then I was away for my computer for like 10 minutes one day and the screen was all messed up...
I hit the 3 Mbit speed so speed is not the issue. Thanks for the help though. It is only when I connect to online gaming that my internet connection drops. No web pages come up or anything. But I can still comunicate with the modem. and it only drops for a few minutes. enough to not let me...
yeah, punkbuster is fine and the tech support had me do that dslreports test and I am getting great speeds. Its just any game that I try to play multyplayer drops my internet for a few minutes and I can't join. And web pages dont come up either. The strange thing is I can still connect to my...
nothing in there that would relate to the problem. I also just tried it again, internet just came back up. and nothing logged. Also I tried to join a Enemy Teritory server on my other computer ( Laptop ) and it does the same thing. So I think I just ruled out my computer maybe. When I talk...
Ok, I used Norton 2005. I know I am not capped because I can download at 450 KB/s. Very fast download speeds, I have the fastest they offer. I called their tech support and they said that it was probably the servers I was joining but I know this is not the problem. They had me exchange the...
I ran Norton with the latest definitions before the format and I was virus free. I also use the free homecall online virus scan. Could it be a virus on my cable providers network?
ok, I just formated today (windows xp sp2) All updates. I have a router but I bypassed that to see if that was the problem and it wasnt. I have the windows firewall off. If you need any other info just let me know. I am killing myself over this. And thanks for the quick reply.
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Ok here is my problem, last week I left my computer on overnight downloading. When I woke up in the morning I tried to play Counter-Strike and the ping of the server I selected went to 2000 and my internet connection dropped by that I mean no web pages would open up for like 5 minutes. I tried...
Thanks for all the help Budman. My ram will only boot at 2.5T. Also will running my ram out of sync with the cpu hamper performance? I could overclock to 2.2 but I am using stock cooling and don't think it will work but even then, my ram will still be running out of sync with the cpu.
yes, I tried all slot combinations. Could it be that the ram just does not like each other, because they run at correct speeds separate, but I want the gig of ram. Will my games be effected by the ram speeds? Will I have problems overclocking when I want to? Like I said I think I tried...
I have a 2800 64 and a VNF3-250 MB. I also have two sticks of 512 ddr 3200. One is Munshkin and the other I believe is a samsung. The computer runs good except for one thing. The ram only runs at 2700 speds (333). When I run them separatly they run at there right speed ddr 3200. I have the...
Gabe Newell bid on that ebay auction hiself, what a nice guy. He must have been looking on ebay to see if any copies where on and then he ran across the guys auction. Good going Gabe, giving back to a fan. Nice guy in my oppinion.
One question mattg1981.... and I am not being rude or anything, but why would EA want to put out yet anouther patch to make there game work with ati BETA drivers?
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