Posts by Jessica Allen

Does anyone else feel like preseason awards are basically just a popularity contest? It feels like the media just picks the same big-name names every single year before a single snap is even taken.

Benjamin King2 said:Bottlenecking shouldn't be an issue, really. Just keep an eye on your CPU usage while you're gaming. If it's sitting at 100% all the time, then yeah, maybe you have a bottleneck, though honestly, some games are just poorly optimized. And that processor can actually be overclocked pretty nicely, so you could probably bump up the clocks easily—you don't even need to go crazy, 3.2 GHz should be fine. If the CPU usage isn't hitting 100%, then everything is probably okay.

I mean, I probably should overclock, but after three years with this rig, I still don't really dare mess around in the BIOS too much. I tried a software overclock to 3.4GHz for a bit once, but that's not quite the same thing, I guess.

I've got a decent CPU cooler and a case with good airflow, so my motherboard should theoretically handle a stable overclock up to 3.8GHz (it's an ASUS P7P55D LE).

I'll probably spend some time Googling to see if I can find a step-by-step overclocking guide specifically for my board or something similar. I just... I don't really have any experience messing with BIOS settings yet.

Benjamin King2 said:The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 is about 200--$100 cheaper, and since they're basically the same level of card, I don't think it's worth picking up at all.

Well, looking at most benchmarks, the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 actually edges out the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760. It's not a massive gap, but I guess it's worth mentioning.

All things considered, you make a fair point... though the 760 is definitely the newer, better bet. I actually stumbled upon a Gigabyte model for $683 with decent fans, so maybe I'll be able to get some overclocking out of it.

I just listed my old NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Amp on eBay, so if I can manage to flip it, I'll grab the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 and report back here with how it performs.🙂.

Btw, I'm running an i5 760 @ 2.8GHz... that won't cause a major bottleneck, will it? Or am I just dreaming?

Hey everyone, has anyone here actually dealt with Leadtek hardware before? I've been browsing Newegg and seeing this Leadtek NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 listed on a few sites for $733, which makes it about $167 cheaper than any other NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 out there...

I did a bit of digging on Google, but honestly, the only solid info I can find is that it uses a reference design, doesn't have a full-length PCB, and apparently hits around 80°C under a standard full load, which isn't exactly ideal, I guess.

Right now, I'm running an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 Amp! and I really wasn't planning on upgrading anything for at least another year, but this deal just kind of caught my eye. So, if anyone could drop some solid advice or a tip, I'd really appreciate it!

So... I’ve got this Sapphire HD 5850 sitting here with two DVI ports, an HDMI, and a DisplayPort. Does anyone actually know the real difference between DisplayPort and DVI? Like, what am I missing?
I'm hunting for a monitor around $500, maybe 23 or 24 inches...

I stumbled upon this one:
Dell UltraSharp 24" Wide LCD Monitor
It's an analog setup; Resolution is 1920x1080; Contrast ratio is 50,000:1 (DFC); Response time is 2 ms
;Viewing angles are H:170/V:160; It has tilt, SMART PACKAGE + DESIGNED
Price is roughly $483

From what I can tell, this monitor has two HDMI inputs and one D-sub (wait, is that just VGA???)

Can I actually plug this thing into my graphics card using the HDMI port? And if I can, is there any actual advantage to using HDMI over DVI?

Please, I need some help here because I am seriously lost in this tech jungle.
If you guys have any suggestions for a decent monitor in this price range, please let me know.
I'll probably be looking at Best Buy or Micro Center. Thanks.