sticky pc

[Cyberduke]

HAHA, nee darem nie so klein nie. Maar baie van die mense hier koop online.

Graaff-Reinet

[Bladerunner]

HAHA, nee darem nie so klein nie. Maar baie van die mense hier koop online.

Graaff-Reinet

Oh ek het familie daar. Ja nee die hoogste gebou daar naas die kerk is mos die KFC...

[Cyberduke]

HAHAHAHA Darem het ons 'n kfc!!!!

[jwilkens]

You can have a look at rampage gaming as well. I got extremely good service there. Order my HD5970 and CPU and Motherboard from them on the Friday morning and collected it on the Sunday on my way past. My box was delivered in 3 days.

[Cyberduke]

What are the differences between these 2 cards? I don't see a difference but their prices differ.

http://www.rampage-gaming.co.za/index.p ... &Itemid=53

and

http://www.prophecy.co.za/innovision-nv ... 89407.html

[Bladerunner]

Hmm. It's unfortunate that they don't post a picture on RG. I'm not sure if there's a version of that card with a heatsink instead of a fan. It's unlikely though. It's possible that RG simply has a better deal.

I've never bought at RG (and thus haven't experienced their service yet), but I prefer to pay more at Prophecy and get decent service. Order today and you'll have it in two days. Prophecy has never taken longer than 3 days to process my orders, but 9/10 times it takes only two days.

[Shawn911]

What are the differences between these 2 cards? I don't see a difference but their prices differ.

http://www.rampage-gaming.co.za/index.p ... &Itemid=53

and

http://www.prophecy.co.za/innovision-nv ... 89407.html

niks net prys verskil dits al.ek speel op die oomblik op n GT240 selfde specs en ek is meer as gelukag met dit.

[THE_STIG]

When I try to run the following games my pc runs sticky: OF dragon rising, Tom Clancy's rainbow six vegas 2 , racedriver Grid, battlefield bad company 2 and prototype. My pc's specs are:

Nvidia geforce 8400gs 512mb
Q6600
2,5 Gb RAM
Windows xp 32bit

As you can see my pc meets the minimum specs required to run the games and in some cases even the recommended specs (according to the website canyourunit.com)please any help appreciated.

Thank You

Well, your CPU, RAM and OS are fine but your GPU is well lets be honest rubbish. I saw somewhere that you said you were running a 2007 version of your drivers, go to nvidia's website and download the latest one(270 I think) that should boost your performance quite a bit. But if I was you I would just go and get a better card something like a GTS450 or GTX460 both can run all those games in maximum settings at smooth frame rates.

[*Pilgrim*]

Wat van die Geforce GTS 450? Is maar net n R100.00 meer as die GT240.

http://www.prophecy.co.za/innovision-nv ... 90636.html

Hier is n vergelyking van die twee kaarte.

http://www.hwcompare.com/7762/geforce-g ... s-450-1gb/

Geen idee hoe akkuraat die site is nie, maar as hulle korrek is, is die GTS450 baie beter en gaan jy ook vir langer die nuutste games kan speel, dalk nie op maksimum detail nie, maar ek lei af dis nie vir jou n te groot prioriteit nie.

[Cyberduke]

Geen idee hoe akkuraat die site is nie, maar as hulle korrek is, is die GTS450 baie beter en gaan jy ook vir langer die nuutste games kan speel, dalk nie op maksimum detail nie, maar ek lei af dis nie vir jou n te groot prioriteit nie.

Jy is ni heeltemal reg nie. Al hoekm ek sekere games in 800*600 speel is omdat dit nie anders in full graphics lekker speel nie. Van my ouer games soos bv. Tm Nations, age of empires 2, WA en daai tipes speel ek vol graphics. Dit is vir my baja beter.

Well, your CPU, RAM and OS are fine but your GPU is well lets be honest rubbish. I saw somewhere that you said you were running a 2007 version of your drivers, go to nvidia's website and download the latest one(270 I think) that should boost your performance quite a bit. But if I was you I would just go and get a better card something like a GTS450 or GTX460 both can run all those games in maximum settings at smooth frame rates.

I have updated my driver today (I used Driver Magician that is one awesome little driver program. It makes things soooooo much easier. ) and I am running version 207.61 But I haven't checked my games yet. I will do that tomorrow. I have got a huge psychical science test to study for tomorrow. HAHA

O and the gts 450 looks awsome................... Just 1 question can I run on gtx450 a mobo that doesn't support sli?

[*Pilgrim*]

Ok, ek sien. Wel in daai geval maak die GTS450 beslis vir my meer sin en is dit die kaart wat ek sou vat.

Jy sal maar moet gaan Google en kyk waar jy die beste pryse kan kry, maar hier is nog n opsie.

http://rampage-gaming.co.za/index.php?p ... &Itemid=53

Ek gebruik tans die Asus GTX 460 en is baie gelukkig met die kaart, het ook n baie hoë opinie van Asus as n brand.

[Bladerunner]

Hoe sterk is jou psu nou weer?

[THE_STIG]

O and the gts 450 looks awsome................... Just 1 question can I run on gtx450 a mobo that doesn't support sli?

Of course, just make sure that your PSU can supply it with enough power as it needs its own 6 pin power cable

[*Pilgrim*]

Like The_Stig said it all depends on your PSU. I honestly can't see your current system needing anything more than a 350W PSU, worst case maybe 400W.

Just run your PC specs through one of those PSU calculators (there is a post somewhere on this site with a link).

At worst if you don't have the 6 pin power cable, you will have to use the converter cable that normally comes with the card, if I'm not mistaken it's two 4 pin molex plugs to one 6 pin plug, or something like that.

[Bladerunner]

You can run the GT240 on a 400W psu with no problems.

[Cyberduke]

My psu will be able to run it. I have A 450W psu And the psu calculator said that I am using 229W. With the gts450 I will be using 273W.
Luckily No problem there.

[Bladerunner]

I'm not entirely sure if a 450W will run a GTS450. You need to double check this.

[*Pilgrim*]

I'm very confident that his PSU will be able to handle it. With my SB setup and GTX460 I'm using just under 400W at the moment.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3909/nvid ... nstream/16
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/ha ... ew-19.html

It looks like the GTS450 uses approx. 150W in idle and approx. 250W under load. Just see if you can't find any reviews on the Asus one specifically.

[Bladerunner]

250W under load? Add to that a CPU under load, couple of hard drives, motherboard...

I know the GT240 requires 400W (of course they try and factor in the power requirements of the other components as well when they say 400W), so I am a bit skeptical about the GTS450.

[Cyberduke]

Here are 2 more sites which has information:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/geforce-g ... roundup/15
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphi ... 0-review/7

[THE_STIG]

I'm not entirely sure if a 450W will run a GTS450. You need to double check this.

I have a 450Watt PSU and a GTS450, it runs just fine even though my case has lots of blue fans and ccfls....

So don't worry it will work just fine, now go and get one

[Cyberduke]

Jip i will probably do so... But my parents said they will give me my money (they keep most of it with them) to buy it when the holidays start.

Which is 24 June!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[THE_STIG]

I know how you feel, at least they buy it for you I have to pay for everything myself.

[Cyberduke]

NO I buy it myself it is my money that they keep with them!!! Poooooor me!

[THE_STIG]

They Keep your cash, dude I really feel sorry for you.