My new gfx card?!

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by gex18, Dec 12, 2005.

  1. gex18

    gex18 Geek Trainee

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  2. Matt555

    Matt555 iMod

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    Damn that's a good card, like top-of-the-line-kick-pretty-much-all-ass component right there.
    You've probably posted somewhere before but what are your system specs?
     
  3. gex18

    gex18 Geek Trainee

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    Well this is current rig (with old compnents in brackets) all compnents less than 10 weeks old alsom pics of poss fried gfx card at bottom (least i hope so now i have ordered this one);

    Amd 4400+x2 @ 2.4ghz (-41C)
    Dfi Lanparty Nf4 SLI (fried gigabyte K8n pro sli mobo 3 wks ago after 7 wks use)
    2gb Corsair xms4000 DDR Ram (replaced 1gb geil value ram - 7 10 wks old as thought it was knackered ram b4 realised it was gfx card)
    EVGA 512mb 7800 gtx gfx card (fried bfg geforce 7800 gt - 10 wks old)
    Vaopchill XEII case / cooling (replaced Antec P180 case - sitting in room unused)
    NEC 4550 dvd writer
    Coolermaster LCU water cooling kit gonna be adapted to cool gfx card with a danger den vga block.
    Sound blaster audigy 2 sound card
    Benq 17" monitor

    pics of screen after poss gfx card fried?!

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    think its the gfx card (overclockers.co.uk wont accept it back as being a moron i threw away the box:O !
     
  4. Matt555

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    Nice system, had a few problems along the way, sometimes it just happens, I hope this new card works out for ya as it's a nice system and a shame not to use it to it's full potential.
     
  5. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Very nice card, don't get any better than that for gaming.
     
  6. gex18

    gex18 Geek Trainee

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    Well installed gfx card today and ran 3d mark 2005, only got 7259 marks? Gotta be something wrong there, as the 7800 gt was posting scores of 7158? Help guys.

    On the plus side the display is back to normal and i got a free copy of COD2!
     
  7. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    maybe aa and af is turned on?
     
  8. gex18

    gex18 Geek Trainee

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    No it is running everything at standard?! I am really gutted:swear: !
     
  9. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    have you tried games,or benchmarks like aquamark 3, or 3d mark 03?
     
  10. gex18

    gex18 Geek Trainee

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    Well, i have overclocked the 4400+ cpu from 2.2 - 2.4ghz (at - 38c idle and -34C after intense gaming), and the 3d mark increased from 7200 to 9330! Quite a jump! Am still considering using coolbits/riva tuner as the gfx card is at stock - however last time i did this i think it fried my 7800gt BFG gfx card (even though coolbits applyed and tested optimal settings?)
     
  11. Matt555

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    Damn that's a massive jump!
    You could overclock your card but do it very gradually, 5MHz increases at a time is good.
    Also keep an eye on your temperatures (graphics when overclocking it) your CPU should be fine with that beast of a cooling system you've got!
     
  12. max12590

    max12590 Masterful Geek

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    Wow, how the h3ll did your fry all that stuff?
     

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