new GFX card

[SoM]

bit the bullet and bought the 460 GTX 1 gig

while installing it ( being drunk ) took me an hour cause i forgot my PSU had a 6-pin

took an hour but i'm running on a 460 GTX.

gotta quit drinking

ya right

good shit tho

[Captain]

lol 460

[Peenyuh]

bit the bullet and bought the 460 GTX 1 gig

while installing it ( being drunk ) took me an hour cause i forgot my PSU had a 6-pin

took an hour but i'm running on a 460 GTX.

gotta quit drinking

ya right

good shit tho

Yer tellin me. Couple of St. Paddy's day sips, and I couldn't figure out why my processor upgrade wouldn't work. Turns out my power source was only pushin 215w! What kinda jackass company puts only a 215w power source in a new fekkin computer?!! HP! That's who!!!

Oh yeah... happy fekkin St. Paddy's Day to yuh! May you not be crossed by HP.

Ohj yeah.... fu Spazduh...

[SoM]

what were you thinking of getting a HP in the first place, unless it was a hand down.

PS

this card is FAST!

[Peenyuh]

Got a 500w ps... still the same prob. Not as drunk as on St. Paddy's... sending cpu back.... may have Q's later. That is all.

[Don Carlos]

How much was your 460 dude?

[Scourge]

Got a 500w ps... still the same prob. Not as drunk as on St. Paddy's... sending cpu back.... may have Q's later. That is all.

Did you compare the wattage of the cpu vs what the mb will handle?

[SoM]

How much was your 460 dude?

140 after 20 rebate

[Peenyuh]

Did you compare the wattage of the cpu vs what the mb will handle?

Went to the HP site and ordered the recommended upgrade for this mb. I'm thinking I might have fumbled the install... though it booted up on the first try, every try after said the cpu wasn't supported.

[Peenyuh]

what were you thinking of getting a HP in the first place, unless it was a hand down.

PS

this card is FAST!

Just slapped in a Radeon HD 5450. Happy so far.

[SoM]

shoulda slapped in a 5770 which comes with a 650W PSU

[SoM]

i ran the 3dmark6 basic version benchy and got 14134

but my 3.2ghz was reported as 768mhz and my 460 didn't show anything hence the low score

D/L'ing 3dmark 11 now

[SoM]

3dmark11 gave me 2477 marks

it finally identified all my hardware specs.

donny, run the 3dmark11 basic edition benchmark only

[Don Carlos]

Will do sir

[Don Carlos]

Not got a DX11 card...

But my Vantage score is P10504 3DMarks

[SoM]

run the 3dmark11 benchmark only that's what i did

i've already uninstalled it

[Don Carlos]

It requires DirectX 11 dude - I only have a 260 with does not support DX11.

Download Vantage again sir...I wanna know how much better it is than mine then decide if I should save for one...

[SoM]

3dmark vantage basic free build DX10

3dmarks 8862

gpu score - 11456.76

will rerun it later, gotta remove my old GT220 drivers lol

what was your graphics score alone ?

[Don Carlos]

Graphics Score 9225.51

So it is a nice chunk quicker...

[SoM]

ya a bit and it being a DX11 card

i should prolly OC my 555 BE aswell, but haven't done an OC since the celeron days, and don't wanna do it when i'm drinking lol

[Don Carlos]

heh

I am quite happy with the performance of the 260 for the moment - no doubt I will upgrade to a 460/560Ti when Rage is out as I don't wanna be playing that on a non DX11 card or on a console!