Posts by Olivia Collins5

crimsonstag84 said:Gainward($107) or EVGA($133)... any others I've looked at are either way too pricey or they use those crappy single-slot coolers that just don't cut it.

@Olivia Collins5/">@@Olivia Collins5 Heh, you know, I've mostly just had headaches with NVIDIA, while my time with AMD was actually pretty smooth 😬 ... but honestly, I always look at the price-to-performance ratio first.

The GTX 1060 isn't worth it for $283, you're better off grabbing a GTX 1060 Ti for about ~$350, though that might be total overkill for what you need.

What do you mean by overkill?
I'm definitely open to any good NVIDIA recommendations!
Oh, and I forgot to mention—I'm definitely not one of those people who tries to overclock their cards.

fadedorca66 said:Are you planning on gaming? If so, the GTX 1050 is way too weak. A GTX 1060 would be a much better call, though if you want something else, maybe look at a Radeon HD 7750 (with GDDR5) or an HD 7770.

Thanks for getting back to me!
And yeah, definitely for gaming.
Any other NVIDIA recommendations?
Honestly, I'm done with AMD—just constant headaches with their cards.
Every time I've used AMD, it's been a total nightmare.
Plus, apparently the whole HD series has nothing but driver issues.
I've also dealt with some annoying fluff issues in The Sims 4 Pets.
I play a bunch of different stuff besides just The Sims.
FPS, RPGs, adventures, NFS, Tomb Raider, and The Sims.

Hey guys, I really need some help picking out a new graphics card

GTX 1050 or

GTX 1060

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Windows System Information
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Time of this report: 9/28/2012, 21:25:50
Machine name: OEM
Operating System: Windows 10 Pro (5.1, Build 19044) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.120504-1619)
Language: English (Regional Setting : US)
System Manufacturer: BIOSTAR Group
System Model: P43-A7
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs)
Memory: 3072MB RAM
Page File: 1262MB used, 3694MB available
C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 12
DirectX Settings: None
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit ASCII

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Input Tab: No problems found.
Network Settings: No problems found.

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Display Devices
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Card name: AMD Radeon HD 4800 Series
Manufacturer: AMD
Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce Graphics Processor (0x9442)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9442&SUBSYS_E104174B&REV_00
Display Memory: 1024.0 MB
Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Resolution: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ati2dvag.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.7267 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Properties: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/4/2012 06:37:10, 306176 bytes
Microsoft Certified: No
WHQL Date Stamp: None
VDD: n/a
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Micro SD Date: 7/4/2012 08:54:32, 7874560 bytes
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Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_C ModeMPEG2_D

Here's a shortened version of my DxDiag🙂

Which of those two would work best with my current setup?

My current AMD Radeon is starting to act up and basically dying on me.

AMD Radeon HD 4800 Series

Sorry mods if this topic already exists!

Raymond Adams48 said:So you're saying those older games won't run?

They work just fine—even the stuff from the Windows 95 era
you just have to toggle that compatibility mode setting

crimsonstag84 said:Aha, that sound... it's identical to what happened with my old 8600GT. I upgraded to a new CPU, motherboard, and RAM, but kept the same GPU for a bit... within two days, everything started breaking. I was getting the Blue Screen of Death with "nVidia driver stopped responding." Maybe you're seeing a Blue Screen of Death saying "ATI display driver stopped working"?

I honestly think it's just what happens when you mix brand-new parts with older ones—something just clashes. I couldn't find a real explanation because I tried everything, so I eventually just switched over to AMD(ATI). 😁

Honestly, just sell yours and grab this GTX 275. It's an absolute beast and a killer deal for the price. 😉

http://www.forum.com/showthread.php?t=604276

Yeah, I've dealt with all of it too—from using VPU Recover to dealing with those grayed-out screens saying "stopped responding." And lately? Just the famous Blue Screen of Death stuck in an infinite loop. Everything! I actually took it in for repair, and at first, they told me it was a faulty motherboard with a factory defect that was crashing my Windows.
So I reinstalled everything from scratch, fresh OS and all the drivers, but the problem just won't go away. It's still happening.
Plus, I've been reading through various sites and forums, and apparently, this whole series of cards—specifically their drivers—just wreaks havoc on every version of Windows. That’s why I’d personally make the jump to nVidia.

Check this out:
There's no support on the ATI pages anymore; they've stopped patching drivers for the X1K series...
Some US site claims the issue is specifically with this series of graphics cards when running on Windows XP. So, there you have it.

That's what some guy on a forum wrote who's dealing with the exact same thing.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
And if I'm lucky, I get this error message, but most of the time, it's just that constant "trrrrrrrrrrrr" sound.

The ATI display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functionality. The next time you reboot the machine, a dialog will be displayed giving you a chance to upload data about this failure to Microsoft.
And sometimes it's "CCC drivers stopped responding."

It should be working, but it’s just not flying. Every second game I play, everything freezes up and my speakers just blast this constant > noise. I really want to swap it out because I never had these issues back when I was running Nvidia cards. Who else deals with this crap with AMD? 😠 It feels like a losing battle—on one hand, I'm fighting with Windows, and on the other, the people who actually built these cards won't release any patches or even seem to know how to fix the mess they made. Plus, from what I've been reading, even if you try installing new drivers, the problems just stick around. This card is honestly just junk. 😠 So, if anyone could give me a recommendation for something a bit more powerful from Nvidia...

Here’s the deal:
Regarding the monitor, I think it's a 17-inch gaming model. Right now, it's set to 800x600, but it can actually go up to 1280x1024. As for the price, maybe around $700.

The processor is
Intel(R)Core(TM)2 Quad CPU
Q8400 @ 2.66GHz
2.66 GHz. 3GB of RAM
Windows XP Professional service pack 3
1 TB hard drive
Memory is either 3 or 4 GB DDR2—I'm not exactly sure, honestly.
The motherboard... I don't know which one is inside because it was just replaced after the old one died.
And here is my current graphics card:

Primary Adapter
Graphics Card Manufacturer Powered by AMD Graphics chipset AMD Radeon hd 4800 Series Devica ID 9442 Vendor 1002
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
Device ID 9442
Vendor 1002

Subsystem ID E104
Subsystem Vendor ID 174B

Graphics Bus Capability PCI express 2.0
Maximum Bus Setting PCI Express 2.0 x16

BIOS Version 011.021.000.005
BIOS Part Number 11X-1E1043SA-QI1
BIOS Date 2009/04/21

Memory Size 1024 MB
Memory Type GDDR3

Core Clock in MHz 625 MHz
Memory Clock in MHz 993 MHz
total Memory Bandwidth in GByte/s 63,6 GByte/s

P.S. Just so you know, I'm a girl, not a guy!

Hey there!
So, what do you guys think about this GPU? Is it actually any good, or would it be a waste of money to pick it up?

Gainward GeForce GT 240, 1024 MB GDDR5-SDRAM, PCI Express 2.0 x16