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    Have to get new video card..Need advice please

    Well my 9800 GX2 seems to be dying. For the last 2 weeks the video drivers keep failing. I've tried everything including wiping the hard drive clean and starting over. Nothing works. From what I've read this seems to be a problem with these cards. Mine managed to last 2 years. Anyway I...
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    Mobo advice, Please help!

    If possible under $200. I was thinking of possibly getting an EVGA 123-YW-E175-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 750i SLI FTW ATX Intel Motherboard.
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    Mobo advice, Please help!

    I'm building a new secondary gaming computer and I'm running into some problems picking a motherboard. I want to make sure that the video card will fit the board. I'll be running Vista with 8 GB of memory. I'd appreciate any advice people can give me. Thanks! Specs so far: CPU - Intel...
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    Problems getting surround sound to work on PC

    I bought a Turtle Beach Riviera 5.1 6 Channel PCI Sound Card for my new PC. I hooked up my Logitech X-540 70 watts 5.1 Speakers. Here's the problem. When I have all 5 speakers plus the woofer plugged in and run the surround sound test I get no sound from the back speakers. During the...
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    XP or Vista 64 for new gaming computer?

    If I decide to add more memory will XP be able to recognize the extra memory?
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    XP or Vista 64 for new gaming computer?

    Yes. The hope here is that I put together a system that will play anything very well for the next couple of years and then will support upgrades to keep the computer current going forward.
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    XP or Vista 64 for new gaming computer?

    I honestly don't know which one to get. I have XP on my old computer and I like it but I'm thinking about getting Vista 64 for the new one. I haven't heard may good things about Vista but I did read in a post here that you need Vista 64 to recognize the memory I bought. I'd appreciate any...
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    Need advice on PSU....Thanks!

    All I need to buy for my new gaming computer is the PSU. I have one in mind but some people mentioned in the reviews of my graphics card that it fried their PSU. So I'm a little concerned that I get a PSU that is not only powerful enough to run everything I bought but is powerful enough to...
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    Need advice on gaming computer build

    I'm building my new gaming computer. I need some advice on on a few things. I'm not sure what motherboard or memory to get. Here is what I've decided to get so far: Case - Cooler Master Cosmos 1000-RC PSU - Thermaltake Toughpower 750W CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkshire 2.5 Ghz...
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    PNY 8800GTS 320MB, any good????

    I'm looking for a new video card for a gaming computer I'm going to build. I can't spend more than $300 on a video card. I saw this one listed for under $300. Is this card any good? I'm a little hesitant because all the other 8800GTS cards are all way more expensive. Before I saw this...
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    I need help deciding on a new motherboard!

    I'm starting to put together a list of parts for my new gaming computer. I won't be buying the parts right now (got to save first) but I want to get a good idea of what to get. My budget is a max of $1500 and a minimum of $1000. I want to build a gaming computer that will play any game out...
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