probably not online till monday...but wait, what's this?

[Blunt]

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

[BrotherTobious]

Hope it is sorted soon chief

[TheDvEight]

See you soon mate

[Snokio]

Happy Birthday matey! :hapbday:

[Blunt]

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.

[Blunt]

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

[T-Bag]

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

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.

[Blunt]

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

[KKND]

Have you installed newest drivers Nividia..maybe thats it but i think your Graphic card is the bottleneck.

[Blunt]

yep, latest drivers

[Snokio]

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

you could just get an aftermarket fan cooler, that what I did and its much quieter and cooler

[Blunt]

you 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

[KKND]

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

You still can use this to see if it's running.
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri

[Dingo]

If you need another 7800GTX for SLI then pm me......have one sitting doing nothing