Posts by copperotter20

I'm thinking about picking up a new graphics card—any suggestions? $233 Right now, I'm running an Nvidia GeForce 9600.

The slot is a PCI Express slot on a Gigabyte Z68X-UD4-B3 motherboard.
So, just to get the specs straight—the processor I'm running is an Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz, which uses the 1155 LGA socket.
Memory specs: DDR3 4 GB 1333MHz

Larry Ortiz5 said:What about the power supply? Is it integrated graphics? And what kind of case are we looking at?

It's a Codegen 400W ATX 2.03 (P4) model 300xx power supply,

and the graphics are just integrated,

though honestly—the case itself isn't much to look at; he probably wouldn't even take it for free! 😁

Hey there! I was wondering if I could get your take on this—do you think it’s better to value this as a complete build or should we break it down component by component?

CPU: Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo 6300 @ 1.86 GHz
Motherboard: Intel dq963fx or the DG965RY model
RAM: 3 GB total (one 1GB Patriot DDR2 800MHz stick and one 2GB Buffalo DDR2 800MHz stick)
HDD: 250GB Seagate Barracuda

crimsonstag84 said:Nah, I wouldn't.

Alright then, I think I'll just go with the Radeon HD 7770

Thanks a million!

Timothy Kim60 said:I’d suggest grabbing at least an HD7770—it’d be a shame to go any lower, honestly. At your resolution, that card is going to perform beautifully. You’ve actually got a really solid rig here; it's just the GPU and the monitor (assuming that's your ceiling for resolution) that are acting as your main bottlenecks right now.

That's exactly what I was leaning toward—picking up the HD7770. Though, I've been wondering... would it be worth tossing in another 2 GB of RAM? Does that actually make much of a difference in this case?😁

crimsonstag84 said:Honestly, the VRAM on a video card really only matters when you're pushing higher resolutions—to be fair, even 512MB would probably cut it for you if you were sticking to 1280x1024 😛.

To put it simply... the HD 6670 is just a tiny bit slower than the HD 7730, which means the HD 7770 actually offers about a 70% performance boost:

http://anandtech.com/bench/product/613?vs=536

Aha, so it sounds like my best bet is to go with that one then!

crimsonstag84 said:The real issue here—and I say this with all due respect to your budget—is that picking up that specific card doesn't make much sense when you could grab an HD7770 for just $67 a little bit more. Honestly, the HD7770 is quite a bit more powerful:

I'm looking at both of these and seeing they both have 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, so what's the actual difference between them? 😁

Hi there!

1. I'm looking for something to fit my PCI-E slot.
2. Here is my current setup—and honestly, I don't see myself changing anything else for a while.😁
Intel Core I5 2500 k 3.30 GHz Socket 1155 LGA Core speed is what I'm running: http://prntscr.com/1ug1gy )
ASUS Z68X-UD4-B3 x.x
I have 2x4 GB DDR3 RAM
Western Digital 1 TB Hard Drive
For the power supply, I'm using a Corsair 450 w CMPSU
My current card is an Nvidia GeForce 9600 gt 512 mb GDDR3
3. I usually play at a resolution of 1280x1024.
4. Hmm, regarding the budget... I'm thinking somewhere around $167 maybe even a little more if needed.😁
5. Any stores that offer shipping across the entire US would be great.
6. The main reason I'm hunting for a new GPU is that my current one doesn't support DirectX 11—so the new one definitely needs to have DirectX 11 support. Plus, I really need something with a bit more punch than what I have now, since I can feel my current card struggling to keep up with some newer titles.

I sure am—and yet, somehow, it keeps labeling the second page as number 4. It makes absolutely no sense! Would you mind if I sent the file over to you so you can take a look at what's going wrong?

Hi everyone! A friend of mine is working on a term paper and she’s currently struggling with setting up page numbers.
She tried to figure it out herself, but things went a little sideways—as they often do! The goal is to have the numbering actually start on the third page with the number "3." That way, the first two pages stay completely blank, and the count officially kicks off right there on page three (which makes sense, 😁 logically speaking!
).
Every time I try to step in and help her fix it, I just run into these confusing prompts—telling me to click the Home button, then navigate to Multilevel List, and then something about Headings and Footers. 😕😕😕

I would really appreciate some guidance here because I am honestly a bit lost. Every time I attempt to set this up, I either get stuck in that loop of clicking through the Home tab options, or I end up with the exact same number appearing on every single page—except for the very first one, which stays blank.