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Post by Canadian Nose on Jul 26, 2006 9:56:43 GMT -5
Amy, how bout I just ship you my whole computer, and you can install the video card on it? Does that sound better?
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Post by Amy on Jul 26, 2006 13:24:17 GMT -5
sure, don't bother including return postage, This baby's getting lost in the mail... ^_^
if you want I can send you my broken laptop. that thing can't run css (intel graphics chip set)... but I guarantee its not worthless!
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Post by Canadian Nose on Jul 26, 2006 13:30:39 GMT -5
fair trade!
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Post by Schweppes7T4 on Jul 26, 2006 14:21:37 GMT -5
i'd normally say something like "installing stuff into your comp is easy", but vid cards tend to be the most touchy. not saying its any harder, since all you're doing still is sticking it in the slot (dirty dirty). however, vid cards are the most succeptable (sp?) piece of equipment in a pc. even the smallest amount of static can fry a high end card. if you think you want to risk it (still not a huge risk, but going to let you know if you're going to fry anything in your time playing with computers, its going to be a vid card), here's a few basic steps.
turn off comp, unplug it, lay it down, open case. k, that's the obvious stuff.
if you can, don't work on a carpeted area, less static. and take off your socks. when the case is open, find a part of it that's metal, and touch it, that discharges static. pull out old vid card carefully, i know AGP cards had a peg that held them in, i don't remember if pci-e does or not... put the old card in the box of the new card.
pull the new card out of the static bag (save the bag), and stick it in where the old card was. put the old card into the bag. make sure the new card is all secure and screwed down and everything.
put it all back together, plug it in and such, and it should be good to go. then deal with the drivers... hopefully not too many problems with those. i figure at worst, windows will go back to the defaul drivers.
that's it. have fun.
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Post by Canadian Nose on Jul 26, 2006 17:18:27 GMT -5
Ok. Ill move it to an Unrugged area, thanks for the tip, our office has rugs. Ill take off my socks. Ill tocuh the metal part of the case. Ive already practiced removing my video card with Nerd Supervision, so I think I can do that one. Ill try to follow your bag steps. Thanks for the tips. ^_^
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Post by Caboose on Jul 26, 2006 20:49:15 GMT -5
And if something doesn't work after putting the new card in, try the Hammer and Milk Method. That always works for me.
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Post by Canadian Nose on Jul 27, 2006 18:22:16 GMT -5
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
NO.
Ok. I did everything right. But you see theres this cord. apprently PCI slot can only give 75 wats, so It gave me this cord, a black thing that connects to the card, then two branching off white plugs. White plugs in plastic. There "Male" i guess, they stick into the other thing. 3 prongs. I see the cords they need to go into to connect to the computer power. however, 1 im not sure is the right one, and its the only one in reach. I cant reach the others. Wtf. God hates me. Help
nose4321 is aim, get on if you can. -.-
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Post by Caboose on Jul 27, 2006 19:15:08 GMT -5
Hmm... 3 prongs or 4? Because if it's 4 you just connect it to the power supply. The second one is probably for daisy-chaining things off one power line (like connecting the video card and a couple of fans by using only one power cable from the PSU).
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Post by Canadian Nose on Jul 28, 2006 14:37:21 GMT -5
I think I got it. I had to cut some crap that came with it, made the stuff longer.
It works now.
With all the setting on high, resoltuion maxed, and Antrisproic or w/e (far as i can figure, makes the high detail at longer distances also) at 4x, i get 90-150 FPS. ^_^
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Post by TEX on Jul 28, 2006 17:34:17 GMT -5
*drool*
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