Hi all,
I have recently had an issue with my 8800 GTX OC card where after my PC came up from a boot it crashed pretty hard. On boot I get very strange symbols all over the screen with blue lines running down. On the desktop there are many blue or yellow lines running down the screen. Device manager complains at the 8800 GTX card, I tried re-installing it and updating drivers but no luck. Can't even install the card now properly either.
Anyway I made an initial post in the Windows section about the issue I had, and got some pointers from Uhtred. I thought this would be a more appropriate section of the forum for this question I had about a replacement.
I have sort of gone out of touch with what's good and what isn't with PC hardware as I hardly use my computer for gaming purposes anymore as I prefer sticking to consoles (and quit MMOs!) until Diablo III is out that is.
I was wondering what is a decent card to upgrade to which will keep me going until most of next year I guess. I don't mind spending up to around the £200 mark or so if the card is good I guess. The following are my PC specs:
Case: Lian-li pc-P60, Midi Tower, Armorsuit
Mobo: Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775)
CPU: Intel Core Quad Q6600 @ 2.40Ghz
CPU Cooler: Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
RAM: 4GB
Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E
PSU: Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular (I think)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
I know my PC specifications are starting to age a bit now
I'll probably grab another nVidia card, hopefully one not as huge as the 8800GTX which took up most the case ><
Thanks a lot!
I have recently had an issue with my 8800 GTX OC card where after my PC came up from a boot it crashed pretty hard. On boot I get very strange symbols all over the screen with blue lines running down. On the desktop there are many blue or yellow lines running down the screen. Device manager complains at the 8800 GTX card, I tried re-installing it and updating drivers but no luck. Can't even install the card now properly either.
Anyway I made an initial post in the Windows section about the issue I had, and got some pointers from Uhtred. I thought this would be a more appropriate section of the forum for this question I had about a replacement.
I have sort of gone out of touch with what's good and what isn't with PC hardware as I hardly use my computer for gaming purposes anymore as I prefer sticking to consoles (and quit MMOs!) until Diablo III is out that is.
I was wondering what is a decent card to upgrade to which will keep me going until most of next year I guess. I don't mind spending up to around the £200 mark or so if the card is good I guess. The following are my PC specs:
Case: Lian-li pc-P60, Midi Tower, Armorsuit
Mobo: Asus Maximus Formula Intel X38 (Socket 775)
CPU: Intel Core Quad Q6600 @ 2.40Ghz
CPU Cooler: Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler
RAM: 4GB
Hard Drive: Western Digital VelociRaptor 300GB
Sound Card: Asus Xonar D2X 7.1 PCI-E
PSU: Corsair HX 620W ATX Modular (I think)
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
I know my PC specifications are starting to age a bit now
I'll probably grab another nVidia card, hopefully one not as huge as the 8800GTX which took up most the case ><Thanks a lot!
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you shud be able to get 3g just by upping the fsb. i have mine @ 3.2g with a 560 ti twin frozer and its running everything great @ 1920 x 1080