J4CKO

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Ok, PC was not working, started, no display then stopped, waited 2 secs and started again still with no output.

Changed the PSU when I realised i had been running it with a 300W, it had 2 HD's, 2 Optical, Dual Core CPU (6750) and without thinking much about it last year I upgraded the video card to an 8800GT and it ran fine until the above started happening.

Bough a 650 Watt one and put it back together, wont run with the 8800 GT, same problem but will run on the onboard VGA and a PCI-E Nvidia Quadro NVS 290 borrowed from work, so the slot is ok as is everything else so I reckon I have buggered my 8800 GT (Inno 3d Overclock).

Personally I dont do much PC gaming, the kids use it a bit for Garys Mod and Left for Dead 2 but are more into the consoles, but still I have to give the Quadro back and its only 2d anyway and I want the option so what should I get next to replace that will play the games mentioned ok, dont run at high resolutions as its only a 19 inch monitor and I am not after ultimate performance or future proofing as the PC is 2 or 3 years old and will get replaced fairly soon anyway but cant afford to buy one just yet.

So, after a solid performer, preferably not something overclocked or that needs 3 slots and industrial cooling !

BlkKnight

Is the 8800GT powered by the PCIE Power connectors on the back of the card?

Try the gxf on a different PC.

Undervolting a card that you have done shouldn't hurt it unless it spiked when the PSU gave out.

StickyMicky

Pick up another 8800gt on the cheap from something like fleabay ?


Thing is, speccing up PC`s is a nightmare, current games seam to be moving towards quad cores processors now, if you are not playing to many games then maybe just replace what is broken, you could get a new killer GFX card and find your CPU is holding it back.


My GTX275 seams to be handling most things easy enough at the moment, the only game i have trouble with is ARMA 2 but that is more dependant on the CPU then the graphics cardm the GTX275 needs two power supplys fed into it, so your "new" psu might not be enough!

BlkKnight

4850 & 4870's can be had for good money. I personally run a 4870 - but this may be overkill for your needs.

Most games (95%) don't currently support multicore processing - only the OS does. Dual core if fine

StickyMicky

Batman (as far as i remember)
ARMA 2
are 2 current games that i recall wanting quads?


In fact ARMA 2 recommends it!

When you see the minimum specs listed as a dual core, and the recommended specs listed as a quad, it makes you think where these games are going in the future..

Will be interesting to see what the new crysis game asks for.
I know the source engine games now seam to have multicore options in them.

bioforger

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I had a 8800GT which also failed recently, only 1.5yrs old. Might be a bad batch of cards.

J4CKO

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Got the 8800GT tested at work and it was fine !

PC was otherwise ok, would run onboard graphics and with the borrowed one. Didnt want to order one online so went to the local computer shop, very helpful but I ended up paying ninety quid for am Asus 1GB 9600GT which I dont think is as good as the one I took out and overpriced but it meant that its back up and running and will play games and next time I will go for somethign a bit better, i.e. when I get a new pc, but now a I have a spare working-ish 8800GT.

bioforger

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Yea a 9600GT is not as good as an 8800GT unfortunately, but if it works that's the main thing. I did the samething n bought a 1gig 9800GT. I am not a gamer so I just needed a direct replacement.

J4CKO

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Played Left 4 Dead last night, everything on full at the max res for the monitor and I cant tell the difference, quite happy with it.