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dMw Chit Chat => The Beer Bar => It's my Birthday! => Topic started by: Blunt on November 16, 2012, 01:15:41 PM

Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: Blunt on November 16, 2012, 01:15:41 PM
My landline has been crackly for a few days, and now my broadband has died.
So I won't be online over the w/e.
I'm sending this on my mobile, and its so slow I'll be back online by the time It's sent.
See you soon.

Edit: Flakey internet seems to be up for now, so there's hope for me yet :)
Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: BrotherTobious on November 16, 2012, 01:17:29 PM
Hope it is sorted soon chief
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Post by: TheDvEight on November 16, 2012, 01:51:14 PM
See you soon mate :)
Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: Snokio on November 16, 2012, 07:15:16 PM
Happy Birthday matey! :hapbday:
Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: Blunt on December 04, 2012, 10:13:35 AM
And now my PC has screamed to a stop :(

switched on this AM and it booted up, I signed in then an almighty fan noise which turned into a sceam, swiftly followed by Black screen.
looks like some new kit is needed.

I'm suspecting the graphics card (radeon 5800)
gave it a cleanout with air duster a few days ago as it was getting a bit flaky, maybe I just moved the dust around.

anyways, I'm out of gaming action for the next few days till I get it sorted.
Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: Blunt on December 04, 2012, 02:51:07 PM
It was the bearings in the graphics card fan.

New card coming tomorrow, meantime I've put one of my old Geforce 7800's in.
I don't know if it'll be man enough for CS:GO, but I'm going to try :)
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Post by: T-Bag on December 04, 2012, 03:15:26 PM
Quote from: Blunt;362660It was the bearings in the graphics card fan.

New card coming tomorrow, meantime I've put one of my old Geforce 7800's in.
I don't know if it'll be man enough for CS:GO, but I'm going to try :)

Should be man enough, CS:GO isn't the most demanding of games.

A quick google reveals the 5800 fan is a bit of a dodgy one. You can order a replacement cooler, or water cooling block for the GPU if it still has some life left in it, they seems to start at around £20 so might not be worth it though given the hassle.
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Post by: Blunt on December 04, 2012, 05:37:38 PM
I can only get 20-25 fps in GO
all game settings are low

any ideas?

I'm  not too bothered what it looks like as long as it plays ok
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Post by: KKND on December 04, 2012, 06:23:00 PM
Have you installed newest drivers Nividia..maybe thats it but i think your Graphic card is the bottleneck.
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Post by: Blunt on December 04, 2012, 06:43:13 PM
yep, latest drivers
Title: probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?
Post by: Snokio on December 04, 2012, 07:13:54 PM
Quote from: Blunt;362660It was the bearings in the graphics card fan.

New card coming tomorrow, meantime I've put one of my old Geforce 7800's in.
I don't know if it'll be man enough for CS:GO, but I'm going to try :)

you could just get an aftermarket fan cooler, that what I did and its much quieter and cooler :)
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Post by: Blunt on December 04, 2012, 07:34:24 PM
Quote from: Snokio;362683you could just get an aftermarket fan cooler, that what I did and its much quieter and cooler :)
I've looked but couldn't find 1.
besides, I can still do that and put it in my old rig as a back-up, if I can find 1
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Post by: KKND on December 05, 2012, 06:07:04 PM
Quote from: Blunt;362685I've looked but couldn't find 1.
besides, I can still do that and put it in my old rig as a back-up, if I can find 1


You still can use this to see if it's running.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri
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Post by: Dingo on December 08, 2012, 02:30:12 AM
If you need another 7800GTX for SLI then pm me......have one sitting doing nothing