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Coming for a Phenom II x4 950

Rancid88 — Sat, 25 May 2013 06:38:15 GMT

Hello all Im pretty new to the Pc per forums, and mostly lurked around however I've come upon a dilema and could really use some advice. Intel is offering a core i7 3770k for cheap (85.00) im coming from a Phenom II 970 and would like to know if its worth at this point in the anual cycle to buy this particular part for the price, granted i will need to replace the board, but all in all spending what the part is normally retailing at which sounds excellent, however Im also aware that Haswell is supposed to be released pretty soon and the bump in graphics and Power savings, has me on the fence as to whether I should wait or jump on this, so to make it short should I buy or wait? thanks for all the help in advanced

What software to mod the bios fan profile on FERMI GPU's?

chris89 — Sat, 25 May 2013 05:06:50 GMT

I'm interested in setting up a new profile in the bios of my fermi gpu since I don't like it not running at 100% paste 80C.

I already know about MSI Afterburner etc. I want to mod the BIOS internally so I don't have to bother with software.

Nibitor allows to change the min and max but it doesn't allow to adjust the profile and at what temp will it try to maintain etc... Like the GTX 200 Series...

Can you help?

Thanks

XP slow to shutdown after a router change

videobruce — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:13:23 GMT

Running XP pro w/sp3, after a changed my router one of my three active partitions (3 HDD's) the one I use all the time is slow to shutdown.
I changed out a old Verizon DSL route for a Linksys wireless router (using the wired connection) and by doing so the system is slow to shutdown. I remember reading something about network conflicts connected to the O/S, but don't remember the terms which makes searching impossible.

I use static IP addresses for my three PC's and two TiVo DVR's which are on the network. No firewalls. This happened right after I swapped routers.

CPU speed drop and Vdrop?

Poci — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:08:03 GMT

Im OCing this vishera and its giving me an issue. Im @4.7ghz 1.45v right now but Im noticing drops under load. CPU speed drops to 1400mhz and Vcore to 1.21. I manually set everything in bios, turned off all power options, cool and quiet and everything. Windows has 100% CPU power management. Any ideas? I think cause of this I cant reach 5ghz stable due to the drops.

Is the new Nvidia 780 worth jumping ship from AMD?

MaxPointe — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:41:55 GMT

I have a PowerColor 6870x2... awesome card. Is the upgrade path to Nvidia 780?

I like to overclock, but still looking for a 24/7 config.

(backstory)
i7-3770k (3.5g -clocked to 4.0)
Asus Maximus V Extreme mainboard
16g Corsair Memory (1333 clocked to 1866)
3 monitors running at 5760x1080

FS: 2x Galaxy GTX 660 Ti 3gb video cards

DriveEuro — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:50:13 GMT

All prices shipped and insured.
Heatware: DriveEuro
Small picture included in post. Full size picture links at the bottom of post.
Paypal or Amazon payments.

FS: 2x Galaxy GTX 660 Ti 3GB
I'm the original purchaser of one. 2nd owner of the other. Both include original purchase receipts.
I've only had them both for about 6 months.
Never overclocked. Ran them in SLI so had no need to OC.
Played BF3 primarily at 4x AA, 16x AF, Ultra settings, 100+ FPS
Have original boxes and accessories for both cards.
Both cards work 100% fine.
Selling because I decided to go with a Radeon 7970 instead. Even though its about 10% slower than the 660Ti in SLI in BF3.
These cards in SLI are generally faster than a 7970 in many games.
Non smoking adult owner. The cards were well cared for. Dusted monthly with canned air and dusted thoroughly when removed from PC.

Galaxy GTX 660 Ti 3GB PCI-E Video card
66NNH7DV6WXZ
PCI-Express 3.0 16x
Dual fan heatsink (stays VERY COOL, never heard it)
GPU Core clock 1006mhz
Boost Clock 1084mhz
Memory Clock 6008mhz
3GB GDDR5 192 bit
1344 CUDA Cores
DirectX 11
1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, 2x DVI
Nvidia Keplar
SLI Ready (I actually RAN mine in SLI)

Price: $260 for 1. $500 for both.

Full sized pictures

http://home.comcast.net/~driveeuro/660-1.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~driveeuro/660-2.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~driveeuro/660-3.jpg

How to find and replace this missing chip on back of GTX460?

chris89 — Thu, 23 May 2013 01:13:41 GMT

I paid next to nothing for a EVGA GTX 460 FTW edition on ebay and it works fine until I install the driver, artifacts and nvlddmkm.sys BSOD. Once I got it to work by using specific voltages on a bios flash and gamed it up like none other and it was running beautifully and running super cool only 50C under load.

I repasted and cleaned the whole gpu before testing.

So, I was looking on the card to find damage and I found out what is causing the issue! It's a small CHIP on the backside of the GPU by the number C176. How can I find a replacement and how would I want to go about soldering it back on?

Thanks

RIP Ray Manzarek, 74, Keyboardist and a Founder of the Doors, Is Dead

zetachi — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:52:07 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/ar...s-is-dead.html

How to force GTX260 and GTX280 to 2d desktop powerstate always while in 2d?

chris89 — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:22:48 GMT

My GTX260 and GTX280 always are switching constantly between power states while on the desktop and it's really weird why they would do this. Since power consumption is high while on the desktop in 2d. It's kind of weird why it would jump between 2d, to 3d, to extra even on the Desktop and while browsing the web.

I decreased the 2d to 150Mhz and 0.920V and the 3d to 150mhz and 0.930V to decrease power consumption and it really does work. I use 7.26A in 2d clock and 8.71A in 3d clocks on the desktop but when it hits the Extra Clock it goes to like 25A at idle in the Extra being at 756Mhz. This is on the GTX260, the GTX280 power draw is about 5-10% roughly higher in every power state at the same clocks.

I wonder what is causing it? It's windows 7 x64 with AERO glass and all the special good looking stuff on. There's no need for it to boost since 150Mhz at 0.920V is very solid fast performance with zero noticeable performance impact while in 2d mode.

It tends to spend most time at 2d 7.26A but tends to hit the 3d clock state randomly.

Is it in the driver? I'm running the 320.00 Beta x64 drivers.

Can I add the profiles for PowerMizer or whatever to the registry to force 2d on desktop?

ANYWAY THANKS I HOPE YOU CAN HELP!

Nvidia shield

Lenny — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:08:48 GMT

What do you all think? Cool? Weak?

http://shield.nvidia.com/

$349 pre-order at newegg (6/30/13 release date)

Best Way To Reformat A SSD Drive

captkirk — Mon, 20 May 2013 23:18:21 GMT

I've got a Samsung 830 (128 GB) that I used to use when I had Win 7 installed. Now that I have Win 8 I want to use that drive for storing my games on. But I want to reformat it before installing any games. What would be the best way to reformat the drive? Using the Windows 8 reformat option would ruin the drive correct?

Hmm, could this mean Im infected?

Poci — Mon, 20 May 2013 05:34:38 GMT

Just formatted a couple of days ago, was having this issue before and now its happening again, running latest cat 13.5 betas.
Only happens when closing IE sometimes.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 5/20/2013 1:20:02 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: GAME
Description:
Faulting application name: IEXPLORE.EXE, version: 10.0.9200.16537, time stamp: 0x512347f7
Faulting module name: atidxx32.dll, version: 8.17.10.489, time stamp: 0x516d5e43
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x003cc268
Faulting process id: 0xf54
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce550e475b65d0
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\atidxx32.dll
Report Id: ec1dc02d-c10c-11e2-be77-bc5ff40af487
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
Event Xml:

1000
2
100
0x80000000000000

2284
Application
GAME

IEXPLORE.EXE
10.0.9200.16537
512347f7
atidxx32.dll
8.17.10.489
516d5e43
c0000005
003cc268
f54
01ce550e475b65d0
C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\atidxx32.dll
ec1dc02d-c10c-11e2-be77-bc5ff40af487

Windows reports that the "ATA Channel 0" device is not working properly.

asus8gb — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:11:37 GMT

Windows reports that the "ATA Channel 0" device is not working properly. The computer performance became poor because of that. What should I do? The motherboar is "ASUSTek Computer, P5KPL-AM EPU".Bios is 0415. I appreciate for whom to read and help me.. thanks..

On-board or not?

Dave_H — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:12:04 GMT

Question: I just built a new gaming rig, and stuck with on-board sound. If I game with headphones, steel series Siberia v2, would there be any benefit with going to a dedicated sound card?

Gravity Movie

Keven — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:16:42 GMT

Space travel gone wrong!

Coming October this year! Looks good!