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Dfran
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:37:00    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
I reinstalled my OS last night, along with everything else. The driver installed fine----weird. But now it's still giving me hassles, HL2 won't run, it says it's encountered a problem and needs to close, before it even opens. Haven't tried FarCry yet with new install, though. But I really want to play HL2 w/ this card.
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:58:20    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
can you lower your resolution with HL2?
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JimBowy
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 14:39:08    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
im still thinking PSU is the problem
when we were at CES most of the higher end cards/systems were powered by at least 600W models, most systems were powered by 800-100W models....
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 15:49:13    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
Well, there was a system at Zalman that has an 8800, and was only pulling 270W. They were showing off a VERY WICKED 3D display...

You'll be sorry you missed it Jim....
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:16:45    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
Dr. EvilCheeze wrote:
Additional note, that as far as I know other than PC Power & Cooling all PSU makers rate their PSU's at max power under a temp of 25C. Which is way cooler than it will really be used at. When you up the temp, you lower the out put.


fwiw,
Corsairs HX series (mfg by seasonic) are rated at 50c.

drfan,

I've read reports of people getting their GTS's and in some cases GTX's to work on psu's that would seem under rated for the job. The problem is that determining whether a psu has enough juice can be a very spotty prospect. Just because one persons 480W neo power works is no guarantee that another persons will also work. As Cheezy said, operating temp can play a big role in this. People usually sidestep the issue by buying more power than they actually need. System mfg's are able to get away with lower wattage psu's because they are able to test their systems and know exactly how much current draw they use as well as what temps their psu's operate at when running in the system. If you're confident it's not your psu, you might want to think about an OS wipe and re-install. Sometimes driver cleaner isn't enough.

*edit*
Just thought of something, what happens if you put your 6800gt back in the system? Have you tried a different driver?
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PostPosted: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:50:04    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
have you tried a complete windows update? I know there was a package I needed to get my CS:S working after a full reinstall once.
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PostPosted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:13:47    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
I already did the OS reinstall thing. That helped me load the driver for the 8800, but it still won't play anything except FEAR. I tried Oblivion last night too, and that won't play. But the fact that it plays FEAR fine leads me to think that the psu is fine. I think it's the drivers for Win x64. The guy at EVGA told me that there are newer drivers for 32 bit version which have fixed some of the problems I'm having. I think I just need for them to put out a better revised driver edition. Which totally blows, I just spent a small fortune on this thing, and can only play one game.
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PostPosted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:16:31    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
64bit sucks...can you try 32bit?
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Dfran
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PostPosted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:28:01    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
64 bit sucks--- what?

Will a pc power and cooling 600w handle 2 8800GTS in SLI?

If it's my power supply though, how com FEAR runs so well?
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PostPosted: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:27:04    Post Subject: Reply with quote View Single Post
Yea, 64 bit XP sucks... I know I run it.

600W for 2 8800GTS's... I wouldn't. If I were to look at that math again 26A * 2 = 52A. The 600W is 49A.

Heck if you look at the site, the quad 750 is the one certified for the 8800GTX's, so that would be the one I'd go with.

System Requirements:

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FEAR -
* Windows 2000/XP
* Pentium III 1.8 Ghz
* 512MB RAM
* 64MB DirectX 9.0 video card
* 16X CDROM
* DirectX 9.0 compatible sound card
* Keyboard
* Mouse

Quote:
Oblivion-
* Windows XP
* Pentium 2Ghz
* 512MB RAM
* 128MB DirectX 9.0 video card
* 8x DVDROM
* DirectX 9 compatible sound card
* Keyboard
* Mouse


So... any questions on which one uses more "juice" from the system?
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