Well then maybe there's something wrong with YOUR system. Did you try the card in a different system? If you didn't test it at all on another machine, then you have no right to be complaining.
What if MSI were to send you a brand new card, sealed right from the box, and you get the same...
It's not only newegg.com. Monarch is selling the 3200+ Winchester retail for $238.
http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=120428&Category_Code=AMD64
Zipzoomfly has it for $216...
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&catalog=22&propertycodevalue=3236,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200,%200&minprice=&maxprice=&mfrcode=0&DEPA=1&Order=price
Here's a list of all the Socket A motherboards newegg.com carries, starting from the lowest price and...
Oops, I forgot the mention that it's the unsupported end of the card that sags/droops/looks like it's about to fall to its doom. The BFG techs said there shouldn't be any damage done with the hanging, but we'll see.
It's not like they did it on purpose. At least there were mistakes to be made. I would much rather have BFG mess up a million times than have them do absolutey NOTHING.
I called BFG tech support yesterday because I had concerns about the fact that my 6800NU SAGS in the agp slot on my motherboard. So I asked the tech support girl if the weight of the card would damage the card itself or the agp slot. She had to talk to like two or three people before she gave...
Those two are the same exact card with the exception of the cooler. Same memory and clock speeds. The PCBs are different colors, but that doesn't have anything to do with performance.
SP2 will actually run for pirated/warez versions of Windows. Microsoft said so themselves.
But anyway, Messanger might not even be the problem. It sounds like it's just a regular adware/spyware popup. There's a link at the bottom of that message to go to a non-Microsoft website.
It also depends on the type of programs that are used. I remember reading on the guru3d.com forums that people who had artifacts when unlocking pipelines with RivaTuner 15.2 could successfully unlock the pipelines with RivaTuner 15.3 RC.
SLI is still relatively new. Only a handful of games out there run in SLI. What you could do is just get a PCI-E 6800GT or Ultra and get another one later as more games support the technology.
I'm pretty sure, by default, that both fans need to be blowing. Also I'm not quite sure if there's a way to even turn off one of the fans.
When in doubt, call tech support.
You need humidifiers in your house? I grew up in Mesa and never has a humidifier been used in the house.
While I agree that the dry air is an issue, the biggest concern down here would be the heat. When it gets up to 115F outside, I wonder how my computer would fair in my freezer. Not...
But he doesn't want to use Newegg. Just read what he typed and you would understand that he doesn't want to pay any taxes, therefore he's ordering from mwave.com.
Back on topic, yes, that's a Winchester.
It's the Stress test. I run on a 2600+ Barton at 2.2 GHz with 1 gig Corsair value select and a BFG 6800OC and running the stress test with all settings at its lowest yeilds me about 103 FPS on average and when I crank it up and turn on all the eye candy, the average is about 100 FPS.
The...
You don't even have one, now scram.
I suggest that you update Steam to the latest version. The latest patch gives the user the option of enabling offline mode by hitting cancel as Steam tries to log in.
I got the same thing on my other computer. This machine ran the software without a hitch, but the other one ended up with a disabled firewall.
Apparently Microsoft's antispyware solution likes to kill Microsoft programs.
Now before I say anything, I don't want people telling me to get Firefox. I already have Firefox. Heck, I've had it since 0.7. Anyway, I use IE for general browsing because, well, I want to. Firefox's interface just bugs me. I don't know what it is exactly, but it just does.
Anyway, my...