Recent content by ctjacket

No I can't do cashback as I am leaving the country for about 6 months. Thanks for the input. I just bought a 6 cell off newegg.

Yea I was planning on the 120gb hd. Thanks for the reccomendation.

I am about to buy myself a netbook but I am stuck. I need it to be as cheap as possible, but I also want the best battery life I can get. I cannot decide between the aspire one 6 cell or the asus 900ha. I would get the aspire one, but the fan noise problem is holding me back from...

No not really. I just need a 14" or smaller for cheap, that is fairly decent for gaming.

But is it worth the extra $200 though?

Or suggest one if you think one is better. I want the 14" screen. I would like smaller, but I still want to do some sort of moderate gaming. Also I need it to be as cheap as possible. Would the upgrade in the processor make a noticeable difference or worth it to pay more for a better...

Thanks guys. Ill try all these out tonight to see if I can pinpoint the problem.

Okay it happened at 64c.

evga. The fan profile was set to 30% but I turned it up to 85% via rivatuner and it is still doing that. Gigabyte ep35 ds3l mobo 2x2g g skill ddr2 800 ram Is there an easy way to monitor the temps while I am playing? Also if it matters the idle temp for the video card is 46c, while...

I have a month old 8800gt. After I play Crysis for about 20 minutes I start to get artifacts (I think) on the screen. The card is completely stock; cooling and not OC'd. I have a 500w seasonic psu and a q6600 OC'd to 3.0. I played Crysis on my 7900gs with those same components and did not...

Thanks for all the input. Yea the card is gonna last me for a while, so I am not going to get an 8800gt, even though you can get one for 105 right now on buy.com. I may just save up for a little longer and get a bigger monitor and video card at the same time.

I have just recently built my first pc on my own, but I have still have my older video card, and I want to get a new one. I am running a q6600 at 3.0, 4g g.skill ram ddr2 800, and I have a seasonic 500w psu. The video card is a xfx 7900gs oc. My resolution is at 1280x1024, though I may...