What a joy!
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That is for sure. The integrated card that came with my computer was a Nvidia 6100. Since I had a PCI Express slot on the computer, I bought a GeForce 7800 GT OC when I purchased the computer and got it installed instead.
I did have to get a different power supply placed inside as it was too powerful for the one they had in the computer. Since I was buying a new computer and video card, they installed it for free.:smile: My CD/DVD player is crapping out on me, but I am bringing it into Futureshop on Thursday to get it replaced for free even though I bought the computer 3 years ago. That 4 year extended warranty is great!
Juan, it sounds like you enjoy simulation games. Have you ever played the Civilization series?:smile:
Actually, I'm not into gaming at all. I'm into flight simulators because I used to fly in the air force many years ago. I find it interesting that the flight simulator can get so close to the real aircraft.
Ah yes, a new machine is a joy... well, not forever, but certainly for a while, until it's no longer powerful enough to run the software you want to use. A few years, if you're lucky.
I just replaced my old PC, it was 5 years old and showing its age (eh, so am I...), so I bought new components--case, power supply, motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card, monitor, and disk drives--and built it over the last three days. Actually I built it in one day, took me two more days to figure out the optimal BIOS settings for everything with a lot of trial and error. And while I was at it I upgraded my Internet connection to 5 Mb/sec from 1.5 Mb/sec because my ISP had a special promotion going on. A joy indeed, this thing is blindingly fast, and almost inaudible. The cooling fans in the old one were pretty loud.
Interestingly, I found that on the whole it's cheaper to get everything from a local vendor than it is to order online from places like Tiger Direct. Certain components, especially memory, are much cheaper online, but for a whole system, once you factor in the shipping and handling charges, online doesn't appear to be the way to go. I'd go online to buy certain upgrades, like two more memory sticks or one more 500 Gb SATA drive, but for big pieces like a case or a monitor, the shipping charges will kill the budget. And if you buy from a local vendor, you've got some place to go, with real live people to talk to, if something doesn't work.
I just replaced my old PC, it was 5 years old and showing its age (eh, so am I...), so I bought new components--case, power supply, motherboard, CPU, RAM, video card, monitor, and disk drives--and built it over the last three days. Actually I built it in one day, took me two more days to figure out the optimal BIOS settings for everything with a lot of trial and error. And while I was at it I upgraded my Internet connection to 5 Mb/sec from 1.5 Mb/sec because my ISP had a special promotion going on. A joy indeed, this thing is blindingly fast, and almost inaudible. The cooling fans in the old one were pretty loud.
Interestingly, I found that on the whole it's cheaper to get everything from a local vendor than it is to order online from places like Tiger Direct. Certain components, especially memory, are much cheaper online, but for a whole system, once you factor in the shipping and handling charges, online doesn't appear to be the way to go. I'd go online to buy certain upgrades, like two more memory sticks or one more 500 Gb SATA drive, but for big pieces like a case or a monitor, the shipping charges will kill the budget. And if you buy from a local vendor, you've got some place to go, with real live people to talk to, if something doesn't work.
No problem shadowshiv. I looks like I'm in the market for the latest flight simulator although I've already knocked the hell out pf my toy budget.....;-):lol:
Yeah, your motherboard should automatically disable the onboard card when you plugin the new one, unallocating that RAM in the process.
Arrived and it is installed. I must say I don't see a really huge improvement for my $90 dollar investment but I'm sure I will once I get use to it. You were right about the RAM.......Now, if we could find a way to get windows to give back some of the two or three hundred meg of RAM that routinely uses...............steals...;-)
Juan, did you install the forceware drivers for it? There is great screen calibrator software built into it. Grab the latest one's from www.nvidia.com
Yes, I had already installed the forceware drivers. I guess I was expecting bigger results from the video card. It is better but not as much better as I was expecting. Don't get me wrong, it is very good. I think the big change from the old crt monitor was a bit overpowering. Thanks again Durka.