The Personal Computer Thread

[nightwing]

In my case, games (mostly FPS, and GRiD) run fine for about 5-7 minutes, before various texture artifacts start to show up and in no time, the game either hangs (and I need to do hard reboot) or it just crashes to the desktop, although the former (hang/crash) is a more "regular" thingy.

Now, I don't know whether it is the graphics card or the RAM modules..Bloody hell, the strategy games (Warcraft, AOE-III, SPORE) work like a charm but when it comes to graphics/ PC intensive games, the PC just seems to gives up! Heck!

If the GPU is heating up and you dont want to buy a new card then I suggest you buy this beauty:
Arctic Cooling
Saw it in SMC international(nehru place) when I was in Delhi. Best bang for the buck.Bought it for 1300rs for my friend's 7800. The card now runs 10-15% cooler than with the stock cooling.

[Aryan]

@anvancy: Will give 3D Mark'06 a try.
@Nightwing: That 'gadget' looks cool, literally!

[gold_heart007]

@nightwing,
did you try Viva from Coolermaster?? Actually, its best for 7 and 8 series Nvidia cards!

@aryan,
Artifacts in GRID. Ok, care to mention the display settings along with the GPU drivers version?

[gold_heart007]

thats a jazzy TV man..nice purchase.

Thanks buddy!

thing is my dad is allergic to LG

Bad experiences...hmm!
Btw, even my dad is when it comes to appliances. However, Jazz is the only model beating every other company's model within segment (Sony, Samsung, Toshiba, Philips etc.)! Not to mention the poor Sony using pathetic Samsung CCFL tubes!! hehee..

you can easily convert the avis to HD.or take a philips DVD player hook HDMI and upconvert to 1080p.

Avi to HD..! Not exactly, as i like to think so. (there are excelptions..) Are you talking about Muxing/De-muxing??
About the Philips DVD player. Go on, lemme know the excact model. Its just i own one and can even play typical avi files or mp4 files. Just play regular DVDs without fuzz!

@aryan
just run 3d mark 06 with your card.compare your score with the standard test results.and you can find out if your card is running old.
or just go out there and buy an ATI 4 series.
anvancy.

@aryan,
7900 series is already obsolete. And soon will be 8600 series. GTS is already dead. GT is still kicking due its gr8 VFM ! As for 3DMark 06 scores, they never-ever depict the "time to exchange your card" thing! IMO, 3DMark 06 rely mostly on better CPUs rather than GPUs. Vantage on the other hand is much better.
See, u were able to complete Crysis, COD4, NFS-W with that card. Right? Plus, GTX is no ordinary model. You can still push it to limits! Plenty of power under the hood.
However, the only thing is that, its technology and engine is already out-dated! No latest DX/O-GL support either.
You've a problem with that, change it and go for a 9800GTX! Pretty nice card.
About the artifacting, u can try ATi-Tool, to detect whether your card artifacts at which core/mem clocks. Its the best out there.

@aparjith,
Thanks buddy.

Ok, foa... Texture artifacting can occur anywhere on the screen, my frnd. It doesnt matter, whether user is playing games or not.
Now, from the info, u have given, its confirmed that u've been continuously getting the UDF-7 model. So, try this.
RMA the card, along with the direct mentioning to Rashi and pleaing for a UDF-3 model in return, if possible.

[Aryan]

@gold heart: I know that the GTX is not "just another model". Infact, it was the top of the line 7 series card when it was launched. However, because of the problems that it has been giving me recently, I am thinking of upgrading the GPU to a better one; perhaps a 9800GTX or even the GeForce GTX260 (although I am pretty sure the 260 would cost upwards of 25k which is a little over my budget, really)...

As for the display settings are concerned, I generally play the games (any game) at 1024X768 with all settings cranked to the top; display driver version is 178.24.

[Aryan]

Another little experiment (if it can be called that) which I did last night was, I took out the graphics card (GeForce 7900GTX) from my newer system and put it on the older system which I used to run before I got the new one (relatively speaking, of course). The 'old' system runs on a P-4 with 4GB of RAM.

Surprisingly, after I installed the GPU on that machine, and booted up GRiD, Crysis, BiA-Hell's Highway, they ran without any kind of texture artifacts or locks/ freezes, albeit slow frame rates (probably the CPU is a bottleneck). But, this baffles me, really. I thought probably the GPU was getting overheated because of which the games were crashing on the newer PC, but then if the GPU was really overheating, then how come the old PC is able to run these games without any problems!!?? Damn!

So, that brings me to another probable conclusion - Is the cooling of the new system not enough? Is it possible? Or is there some kind of incompatibility between the motherboard and the graphics card? I am really confused at this moment..

[anvancy]

@gold:
the electronics industry is one big happy family..
everybody shares with everybody.
i think the dvd player of philips is that 5996k.but what the hell.you know everything.i am a fan of yamaha acoustics.
for me any of these would do.
Comparison Detail

@aryan:may be in your new system the space is congested.buy one of those cooler masters 120mm fans.

[sai_ace]

In case you are going for Vista 32 don't go for 4 GB of RAM.Vista wont be able to use all of it and you will lose about 642 MB.Instead you can go for 3GB in the following configuration.
2 x 1 GB and 2 x 512 MB DIMMs.
Here's an article explaining it:
Coding Horror: Dude, Where's My 4 Gigabytes of RAM?

Install it in the following way:
1.The RAM slots in your mobo will be having 4 slots in pair of two,each pair will be of different color.Let's say green and blue.
2.Put the 2 modules of 1gb in the green slots.
3.Put the 512 modules in the other two slots.

Tadaaa.....you now have three gb running in dual channel.
Of course you can go for Vista 64 if you plan to use 4 gb.The driver support is all right if your PC's components are of reputed brands.

thanks for all the info Nightwing!

My MoBo is Asus M2NPV-VM

Processor is AMD 64 X2 4400+

HD is Seagate

So now...will Vista 64 run comfortably? Also is there Win XP 64?

Another question..... After the installation of 64 bit Os will all the programs that I currently have, run without any problems?

Thanks!

[winzeee]

Guys im goin to buy ATI 4670 HD.What about it ?
Does it need extra cooling fan etc ?
And is ther any issues with it,And what should i look out for ?


Cheeers W

[nightwing]

thanks for all the info Nightwing!

My MoBo is Asus M2NPV-VM

Processor is AMD 64 X2 4400+

HD is Seagate

So now...will Vista 64 run comfortably? Also is there Win XP 64?

Another question..... After the installation of 64 bit Os will all the programs that I currently have, run without any problems?

Thanks!

What graphic card are you going to buy? If you want to run Vista smoothly you need a dedicated graphic card and a fair bit of RAM.
Yes,their is a Windows XP 64bit.
Most of the applications can run on Vista 64 and so will the newer games like Crysis and Bioshock. But make sure you get the right drivers for your components.

[prakash_mvpa]

I have upgraded my Ubuntu GNU/Linux installation yesterday via net to latest version :Interpid Ibex 8.10.
Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu for more details.

[sai_ace]

What graphic card are you going to buy? If you want to run Vista smoothly you need a dedicated graphic card and a fair bit of RAM.
Yes,their is a Windows XP 64bit.
Most of the applications can run on Vista 64 and so will the newer games like Crysis and Bioshock. But make sure you get the right drivers for your components.

I Do not have an idea as to which graphics card to buy right now...budget is 6k stretchable to 8k. The idea is to play the games at decent settings and to watch HD movies at kick ass settings

[MavericK46]

Another 'Help Me' plea from me

Im gonna be in the market for a new desktop soon.
Do i wait for the AMD Phenom prices to creep lower or should i consider Intel's quad..?

NOTE : Im a hardcore AMD fan thanks to the Athlon i have been using on my desktop since the past 5 years
Also, Ive read that the Phenom is architecturally superior to Intel's..

[nightwing]

I Do not have an idea as to which graphics card to buy right now...budget is 6k stretchable to 8k. The idea is to play the games at decent settings and to watch HD movies at kick ass settings

Get this :
Theitdepot - EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT 512MB KO “Knock-out”
OR this
Theitdepot - SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON™ HD 3870 512MB DDR4

I reckon they will be cheaper in Chennai.

[prakash_mvpa]

itdepot guy's disclaimer - has anyone read that? Mr.Shanmugavel yogan got some ridiculous take back policies.apart from horribly priced products.

warranties; all products sold "as-is" or "with all faults"

Theitdepot - Terms and Conditions
^you will be panicked!
while TheITWares - Buy Computer Hardware , PC Components , Laptop Computers - One Stop for all Gizmos!! (bombay) guy is regular in most tech forums.

Just for All your information!
you people can get good deals for graphics cards ,coolers etc in sites like techenclave(dot)com,erodov etc where people does group order and imports etc .