Recent content by Jerry1978

you can buy certain kinds of acids at a hardware store for use in cleaning drains. i would not recommend burning or mixing with acid though. there is lead used in the solder that you could be exposed to if you burned it, and if you melt it with acid then be kind enough to take the goop to a...

lopoetve other people have similar issues so it's not just heat, although that may be the case here. you don't have to be a smart ass. whether or not it is windows 2000 is what i am trying to determine. http://www.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152625&perpage=15&pagenumber=1

you might have heat issues then but i dont think thats the cause of the low performance. i got the same damn problem with CS:S and so do other people if you read the steampowered forums. i'm wondering if it's because i'm running windows 2000 with no updates installed for windows, but otherwise...

i would just like to thank everyone who contributed to this thread. it's comedy like this that's the reason why i still read these boards.

they are all the same cards except with a different sticker on the fan cover. rip the stock heatsink off of there and slap a danger den waterblock on. then clock that bitch at 450/1200 after putting the voltage at 1.4. :eek:

well do keep in mind that it can be a PITA to install the NVS5 properly. after a couple of tries though you'll probably get decent results. i honestly don't know if i'd classify it as being worth the ~$40 (including tax and shipping if it applies to you). if you truly want good results you...

you could get a rock-bottom priced 2800 754 chip and then upgrade to a 3700 in about a year or so. i got a 3000 and that's what i'm going to do. new games aren't CPU dependent so much anymore so even the 3700 a year from now will last a long time.

first of all as far as UT2004 is concerned, nobody gets amazing performance with this game (or any current Unreal Engine 2 game) not due to the card's fault but because the engine is based primarily around DirectX 7 and has almost no 8 or 9 components whatsoever. as a result it is CPU bound...

it's gonna be really slow getting stock for X800 XT PE's because ATI decided to focus on PCI-Express over AGP. ATI can't switch gears easily to produce more AGP cards because their chips are either designed to be PCI-Express or AGP. they don't use a bridge like NVIDIA. my guess is that ATI is...

you not only will see very little gain in traditional CPU bound games, you won't see hardly ANY improvement in modern graphics card bound games. older games you can already run at good FPS with that rig so there truly is no point. save yourself the money like others have suggested and simply get...

i knew all these claims from whiners about wanting CD's were loads of shit. almost everyone has a DVD drive and has for a long time. on a sidenote NewEgg gave me the DVD version of FarCry with the mobo + CPU + free FarCry deal they had awhile back.

the amperage is the most important thing. check the 12 volt rail ratings. you can find them on your Antec box or at the Antec website. you want at least 20 amps on it if you're running an Ultra with a lot of other stuff in your case.

seems to me a lot of people complaining in this thread are "NewEgg loyalists". well, I don't see the point. my components for the computer I'm using now came from multiple online sources. i went for the mobo + cpu + FarCry DVD deal on NewEgg awhile back, got my memory from ZipZoomFly, got my...

this is a typical price over time curve. in another few months the price will drop again - this time to rock bottom. once there is almost no stock left the price will climb again for the last few parts in existence on store shelves.

is this 450/1200 with 1.3v???