Look, there’s really no way around it—how are you planning to wire three pins into a Molex connector without an adapter? It’s not like you can just magic it into existence. Those little ribbon cables only cost a few bucks...
You’re going to need to pick up some extra ribbon cables and those Molex to 3-pin adapters—it's a whole thing. Honestly, it's a bit of a bummer you didn't just grab the Kanye West Kaze Q from Scythe; it would have saved you all this headache with the wiring.
If you're dealing with an OEM version of Windows 7—you know, the kind that comes pre-installed on most laptops—there should be some sort of built-in utility somewhere to whip up a repair disc. A standard retail version isn't going to cut it here. Are we talking about a laptop specifically? If so, try digging through Google for a "Windows 7 repair disc download." For some reason, Microsoft used to host these directly for download, but they pulled them from the site at some point. There were two ISO files back then—a 32-bit one (around 145 MB) and a 64-bit one (about 165 MB)—so just see if you can track those down somewhere.
Look, if you’re dead set on playing at 1080p, just grab the 6670—but don't expect much. You can kiss high textures, anti-aliasing, and all those other fancy little bells and whistles goodbye. If you drop down to 1600p or lower, the 5670 is actually going to be the stronger card there. Neither of these GPUs has enough muscle to pull anything significant at higher resolutions. Honestly, you might get Dirt 3 running decently at 720p, though.
Look, let's say you're playing some game capped at 60 fps on a 6670—you'll probably end up seeing closer to 65 or 70 fps just because that faster RAM on the 5670 keeps things moving along a bit smoother.
The 5670 is supposed to be about 10% faster—so, which specific graph are they actually tweaking here? And are those two really the only options on the table?
It’s actually the exact same GPU chip on both—it’s just that the 6670 comes with a newer version of HDMI... the price gap is pretty negligible because that card you linked uses slower RAM, whereas a DDR5 card is going to run more expensive $67 than that 5670.
If there were some kind of breathalyzer test required at login, this whole thread wouldn't even exist in the first place. 😁 Seriously—go get some sleep...
It’s probably just down to the core and memory clock speeds—or maybe you've got a slightly beefier heatsink or something along those lines... also, just a heads-up, you can actually slap some DDR2 1066 MHz on that board instead of DDR3.
Since that’s your card—and honestly, why fight it?—you might want to give the Asus driver a shot: http://www.asus.com/Graphics_Cards/A...512M/#download
Ronald Barnes5 said:So, here’s the deal—I really need to pick up a new graphics card because my current one is throwing artifacts all over the screen—if that's even the right way to describe those weird glitches popping up everywhere!
Budget—$233 So, I've been looking into the ASUS P5PL2 motherboard—just one of those things that stays on your mind when you're tinkering with older gear. It’s a solid little piece of hardware, though definitely from an era where you felt like you actually understood how your PC worked. Just sitting there, thinking about all the builds that probably ran on this thing back in the day. Still holds up for certain niche projects if you're into that sort of thing. So, I was looking at this old GeForce 8800 gt—real relic, right?—and honestly, it’s kind of wild how much things change. It's just sitting there like a fossil from a different era. Ram-2gb Intel Pentium D CPU 2.66 GHz Hard drive—250GB. I'm looking to pick up some newer titles—specifically thinking along the lines of NFS Hot Pursuit or MW3. 🙂So, I'm currently grinding away in Adobe After Effects—just one of those endless sessions where you lose track of time entirely. ---------------------------------------------------------------- I honestly feel like I’ve already dumped a massive amount of totally unnecessary info up there!!!
So, here's the deal— Something... but try to get there. GTS 450 stretch.
Andrew Fox74 said:The power supply's performance is rated at 525W, where the 3.3V and 5V rails combined can handle up to 270W and 360W max on the 12V rail (total combined output)
So this is what it says about the PSU... and honestly, I have zero clue what any of these numbers actually mean.😁
Is it gonna be enough or what?🤷
360W on the 12V rail... Well, the CPU is pulling from that same pipe—let's say it draws 60W just to be safe—which leaves you with 300W for the GPU. It might work, but I really hope you've got some insane ventilation in that case, because that card runs hot enough to cook a steak without breaking a sweat. 🙂