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Debbie Trilling
Our Lady of Peenemünde
Join date: 17 Oct 2006
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11-21-2007 02:37
To make the most from your new 8800GTS, you'll now need to consider getting a DVI monitor. This will also mean purchasing a special DVI cable (for about an additional £20, as they are not usually supllied with the monitor). There is a major picture quality increase from using a DVI-compatible graphics card with a VGA monitor to using a DVI-compatible graphics card, DVI cable and DVI monitor. Decent quality large-screen DVI monitors have come down alot in price in the last week or two, with a mini-price war seemingly going on amongst some of the bigger manufacturers and online suppliers. Before this tho', as others have pointed out, you should also check to ensure that your PSU is adequate now that you have made your upgrades. You can do this using a PSU Calculator, one of which can be found here: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jspI know, there is seemingly no end to the amount of cash you have to pay out to get a high-end machine  |
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Maelstrom Janus
Ban Ban Lines !!!
Join date: 4 Jul 2007
Posts: 1,220
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11-21-2007 02:44
From: Oryx Tempel put an old pair of panty hose over your computer, . Damn and my last pair just laddered............ (Does this step mean you can also send your pc in to rob a bank ?)
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Tegg Bode
FrootLoop Roo Overlord
Join date: 12 Jan 2007
Posts: 5,707
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11-21-2007 02:54
From: Rock Ryder Actually, it did! After I returned from the store with the adapter, and with the store owner shaking his head that there 'should' have been one in the box, and after all the problems and post to the forum, before I went to bed I looked again, this time taking out the bottom layer of cardboard which holds the card in place, and it was there, in a small sealed cellophane bag, so I have a spare now!
The guy in the store is not a pimply-faced youth who knows very little, this was the store owner, who is the authorised rep for both MSI and Nvidea in the town, and has Nvidea cards up to the ceiling.
I am still miffed he neglected to tell me about the connector, the film, the power supply requirements and power connector. I will be 'speaking' to him today.
Does anyone know if leaving off the power connector for the 8800GTS could be responsible for the high-pitched whistle from the card?
Rock No I never tried using mine without the power connector plugged in, also the blue adaptor thing will get you by ok, but using a 8800 on a blueplug analog plug is like hooking an X-box to a black and White TV, monitor upgrade next, but the good news is a 8800 can run 2 monitors fine, use your old one on the right hand side in dual view to bring up email & webpages and left Digital (white plug) for the action
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Alicia Sautereau
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Join date: 20 Feb 2007
Posts: 3,125
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11-21-2007 06:30
From: Rock Ryder Does anyone know if leaving off the power connector for the 8800GTS could be responsible for the high-pitched whistle from the card? yes, it`s the onboard warning and a black screen |
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Sunni Jewell
Who said so?
Join date: 22 Mar 2007
Posts: 748
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11-21-2007 09:43
From: Okiphia Rayna Would you get the same quality of parts for 700 from Dell?
I built my own machine for 1100 USD including the OS (Windows XP Home, ill go pro if i see a reason to)
If I was buying something premade, I'd have to spend near 2000 USD to get the quality I have. I'm not a super computer geek, but my husband is pretty good with them. Right now, I run SL on a (almost) 5-year old Dell Dimensions 8250, with 512 mb of memory and an ATI 9500/9700 (not sure exactly what it's called because I'm on a work computer right now), and I don't have any more problems than other users of SL, some with much more powerful systems than mine. Maybe Dell's quality isn't great according to some, but I'm finding that the PC I have for the age it is works pretty damn good. I'm thinking about buying a new PC in February, as it will be cheaper than totally upgrading the one I have. And I'm planning on buying it from Dell.
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