Buying new graphics card
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I have exactly same, sapphire & model number included. It's a good card. Everything runs perfectly smoothly with highest settings. I haven't even bothered doing that bios tweak yet since I haven't had need for that.
Oh hey, and I ordered from Jims PC store too
Although, you should have Win 7 or Vista 64bit which support over 3gb memory, otherwise that 2gb memory which it has might cause some problems with 32bit systems memory address reservation orwhatitwasstuff.
Monitor looks decent too.
That card is quite big though, I had to twist some harddisk placements metals with tongs in back of the casket so it could fit.
Oh cool :3 Yeah I need a Win 7 64. Ill buy it when I have more money. Right now I don't have. Yah, Jimms pc is quite good imo :3 Yeah it's quite big. I have 2 slots free but I hope that it's not too wide/long. The monitor should do the job, seeing that I have one of dem old box or whatever their called lol. Nice to hear that the card is good :3. It dang right better be with that price.
I was there too when I upgraded and spent my whole budget and then after that it has just been pure laziness not getting win 7 yetmr.master said:
It has worked fine with my XP 32bit, though after system upgrade there has been some occasional crashes. I first thought it might be that memory reservation thing, but lately I have noticed my system temperature goes up when crash happens so it might not be related to that graphic card at all since it happens outside of graphic programs too. I think I need more powerful fan to my i7.
Win 7 is needed to run DX11 games too.
It is, I ordered lots of different components with competitive price and it all came in one packet with matkahuolto bus transport and it was just 4€. Should I had bought them from different online shops, transporting fees alone should had raised total cost greatly.
2030004 bussirahti max 10kg 1 kpl 3.00 eur
2030012 Posti/Matkahuolto, pakkauskulut 1 kpl 0.90 eur
2030012 Posti/Matkahuolto, pakkauskulut 1 kpl 0.90 eur
You'll love it, I'm sure.
D: Oh dang. Should have ordered via matkahuolto then, I guess. I ordered using posti, using postiennakko. Cost atleast more than 10 euros. And yeah, another reason to get win 7. To run DX11 games and to get that extra 1gb memory usable. Been waiting to get a decent card for awhile after my beloved ATI x800GT dun goofd. I have a replacement Nvidia 8800gt currently until I get the new card.
My biggest woe is that I can't yet run Just Cause 2, since it runs only with Win 7 operating systems 
Cursed Win 7 cost about 200€ or more last I checked prices here in Finland. I should try to find cheaper deal before I order it, maybe from foreign markets. Tip me, if you find cheaper price.
In addition to that, another thing I yet must have is SSD drive to have operating system and key files in it, it's going to pwn with its speed!
Cursed Win 7 cost about 200€ or more last I checked prices here in Finland. I should try to find cheaper deal before I order it, maybe from foreign markets. Tip me, if you find cheaper price.
In addition to that, another thing I yet must have is SSD drive to have operating system and key files in it, it's going to pwn with its speed!
Well appearantly, their out of that card and they removed it from their lists, meaning that they won't probably get them anymore. But they said that I could change it the "monster" card 6950 which takes 3 slots .
http://www.jimmspc.fi/tuoteinfo/EAH6950-DCII/2DI4S/2GD5?pid=1310392137284
I said alright, Ill test it out. Lets hope it's good Well, according to reviews, it's beast on overclocking, the cooling is suberb etc, so it should be perfect for me. Although, 3 slots is quite huge. 
.http://www.jimmspc.fi/tuoteinfo/EAH6950-DCII/2DI4S/2GD5?pid=1310392137284
I said alright, Ill test it out. Lets hope it's good
Well, according to reviews, it's beast on overclocking, the cooling is suberb etc, so it should be perfect for me. Although, 3 slots is quite huge. 
mr.master said:
I remember thinking that when I got the 4890. But when I saw the 6950...
Alrighty, after few rages I got it installed. I had to take one of my hdds away so that I had enough power connectors for the card, and the dvd drive ;_; Why? The hdd was so old that it didn't have the sata power connector, unlike my newer one. All of the normal power connectors went to the card and the dvd drive. Anyways, some pics of the box, card , and my old geforce 8800gtx/gt, which I had borrowed from my friend. I had until I got my new card. The difference is quite big:
Sorry for the grainy images.
Sorry for the grainy images.
First contact with modern graphic cards is quite shocking, mine barely got into the box, I had to move the HDD. It's funny when you see the damn card bends due heatsink weight, and won't go further precisely thanks to the rigid structure the heatsink is. They should make a second fake connection for better support, since they take the pci slot below them anyway.
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How loud is it?
Alrighty, tried overclocking but it seems that I get artifacts when I put the max values. The card can handle them as I have seen reviewers using them too. I think my psu is just too weak. The screen started going on an off, said that it couldn't get a signal + got artifacts. So, these are the stuff I still want to buy so that I'm satisfied with mah comp finally :3:
New psu.
New hdd. 1TB preferably.
Win 7 to get full support on dx10 and dx11. + time to start updating
Few gigs more ram.
Now, I need suggestions for all of those, expect ram and win of course.
New psu.
New hdd. 1TB preferably.
Win 7 to get full support on dx10 and dx11. + time to start updating
Few gigs more ram.
Now, I need suggestions for all of those, expect ram and win of course.
