There’s one more option missing from the list: they’ll just shove you straight onto Facebook to blast all your "friends" about this supposedly incredible deal—the forum will see a massive influx of new users, and I’m sure you’ll all be sitting there hitting that like button enthusiastically.
Look, Adobe is pretty straightforward and it’s free—can't beat that—plus it uses the MKV container, which honestly offers way better support for different audio and video formats than MP4 does. You could just stick with the Xvid codec for encoding; let's be real, that AVI file you're messing with probably isn't some high-definition masterpiece anyway—though H.264 definitely handles compression better if you care about file size. Just run both through a quick test on a sample file and see which one you actually prefer.
That whole setup isn't pulling more than 250W—honestly, I don't see how that could be stressing the power supply at all. You should probably try a clean reinstall of your drivers first, and while you're at it, keep a close eye on your GPU temps. If you really want to dig into the video RAM specifically, you might want to run a test with this tool: http://mikelab.kiev.ua/index_en.php?...ROGRAMS/vmt_en
Take a look at your CPU usage just to make sure there isn't some rogue process constantly grinding away at your processor—as long as you've got plenty of free RAM, you shouldn't be seeing any slowdowns.
It’ll work—but honestly, why bother? You're better off grabbing this instead. It's actually more powerful than the Nvidia GEFORCE GT440, plus it won't drain your wallet quite as much:
It’s almost certainly a monitor issue—you should probably grab a spare and test it out just to be absolutely sure. If that doesn't fix things, you'll likely need to drop it off at a local repair shop to figure out what's actually going on inside.
You read a few reviews online and just give it a shot—there’s actually plenty of headroom for an overclock without even touching the voltage. My Nvidia GTX 460 sits at a stock clock of 715 MHz, but I can push it all the way up to 900 MHz while keeping the stock voltage perfectly intact.
Honestly, you might want to grab this instead—decent Chieftec units usually run a bit higher than the one you linked here:
As far as the build goes, you won't have any issues getting it mounted—the fan will just pull air through the case and vent it right out the back panel.
Check under Apps and features—are there any duplicate drivers hanging around? Is the printer actually set as the default one in Printers & scanners? Did you make sure the Print Spooler service is running and set to automatic? Any error flags popping up in the Device Manager?
Look, those pre-built rigs aren't exactly anything to write home about—honestly, that processor you're eyeing costs nearly half the price of the entire build. It's a pretty mediocre setup, if you ask me.
Could you please just tell me which printer we're dealing with and which version of Windows you've got running? Like, what actually happens if you head into the printer properties and try to run a test page? If you’ve gone through the whole installation process, you should have some kind of diagnostic tool sitting right there in the printer toolbox—give that a shot. Somewhere along the line, an error message ought to pop up to help us pin down what's actually broken. While you're at it, check the Device Manager to see if anything looks funky there.
If you're looking for anything decent from AMD, this is pretty much your only shot:
Nvidia doesn't really have anything better in this price bracket—unless, of course, you can somehow stretch your budget $27 just a little bit more. If you can swing it, grab this one because it’s an absolute steal:
I only brought that up as an example—mostly because I’m not entirely convinced the OP actually intends to pull the trigger on this purchase. If they were serious about diving into this, they’d probably be asking much more specific questions by now. 🙂
Michelle Carter52 said:Hey guys, I'm seriously torn between grabbing a GTX 560 Ti or going for the 570—can someone break down the deal with OC vs. Golden Sample and all that? I've got about $1,800 set aside for a GPU since I'm aiming for max settings on the best games. I know the 570 is technically the powerhouse here, while the 560 Ti is okay, but still... what do you think? Is it actually worth dropping an extra $400$167 just for the upgrade? Is it really better at that price point?
Look, the GTX 560 Ti is roughly 15% slower than a stock GTX 570 when you're running 1920*1080 with 4xAA—but honestly, you can bridge that gap pretty easily with a little overclocking.
"OC" basically means the card comes factory-overclocked right out of the box, and "Golden Sample" usually refers to those top-tier units the manufacturer picks out because they have much higher overclocking potential than the standard batch.
With that budget, you aren't actually going to snag a GTX 570... if you're sticking to the 560 Ti, your best bets are the MSI Hawk TF3, Gigabyte, or the Gainward GS models for around $600.