Computer hardware megathread, or "why does my Pentium 3 get poor FPS"

[naterade]

My computer needs a graphics card would a small form factor 128 meg card work in a dell optiplex gx270 sff

[TheAdmiester]

Quick tech question:
I understand the whole deal with refresh rates and so on but does anyone have any idea why many things give us the option of 59Hz as well at 60? What does the 1Hz difference affect?

[metalmuncher]

Quick tech question:
I understand the whole deal with refresh rates and so on but does anyone have any idea why many things give us the option of 59Hz as well at 60? What does the 1Hz difference affect?

Hmm, maybe some old CRT monitors or television sets have 59Hz refresh rates, and they don't support the protocol that tells the graphics adapter what the monitor is capable of, so you have to set it manually? Maybe an extra measure to stop screen tearing with vsync by dropping a frame/sec? Those are my two guesses.

[logoster]

So I see you haven't heard of Intel.

And do you guys think my Corsair TX750 could run 2 7870's in Crossfire? I know it can run 2 7850's in Crossfire, but I found a sweet deal on a Gigabyte card. Either way works though.

i have heard of intel, and fyi, the only good thing intel makes are proccessers, the best of all brands proccesser wise, but graphics card wise, might as well just not play games, and ill stick with hdd's thank you very much, as ssds are way to expensive, if im going to buy something expesnive computer wise it shall be an alienware m17x, and dont tell me to build my own computer or whateever as IM NOT GOING TO, id rather just pay the extra money even though most of it is the alienware brand

[TheAdmiester]

Hmm, maybe some old CRT monitors or television sets have 59Hz refresh rates, and they don't support the protocol that tells the graphics adapter what the monitor is capable of, so you have to set it manually? Maybe an extra measure to stop screen tearing with vsync by dropping a frame/sec? Those are my two guesses.

The first guess sounds plausible but with the second I doubt that 1fps would be effective in terms of preventing tearing, but I'm no expert on the matter.

[SeaDooSnipe]

i have heard of intel, and fyi, the only good thing intel makes are proccessers, the best of all brands proccesser wise, but graphics card wise, might as well just not play games, and ill stick with hdd's thank you very much, as ssds are way to expensive, if im going to buy something expesnive computer wise it shall be an alienware m17x, and dont tell me to build my own computer or whateever as IM NOT GOING TO, id rather just pay the extra money even though most of it is the alienware brand

I really don't care how you spend your money, your just wasting a ton of money on utter crap. And also come back when you know what your talking about.

[TheAdmiester]

i have heard of intel, and fyi, the only good thing intel makes are proccessers, the best of all brands proccesser wise, but graphics card wise, might as well just not play games

You obviously don't know the difference between good and what YOU want. Saying that processors are the only good thing they make is not implying their GPUs are rubbish Just because they're designed for people who want cheaper computers and don't use their computers for gaming doesn't mean that they're no good, just because it's not what you like. You're getting your words confused.

[White Death]

For my new PC,I'm not sure weather to get an i7 3770k or an i7 2700k,I do plan to overclock the card.
Any advice

[Skyhawk]

For my new PC,I'm not sure weather to get an i7 3770k or an i7 2700k,I do plan to overclock the card.
Any advice

i7 3770k but why overclocking it?

[Brickman]

For my new PC,I'm not sure weather to get an i7 3770k or an i7 2700k,I do plan to overclock the card.
Any advice

2700K it runs cooler when overclocking. Pair it with an ASUS P8Z77-V Pro and you can overclock with ease Mine is 4.4ghz with auto O/C

i7 3770k but why overclocking it?

Because he can

[Skyhawk]

2700K it runs cooler when overclocking. Pair it with an ASUS P8Z77-V Pro and you can overclock with ease Mine is 4.4ghz with auto O/C



Because he can

4.4GHZ! and... I don't overclock my CPU even if I need to because I don't wanna risk and burn it:P

[logoster]

I really don't care how you spend your money, your just wasting a ton of money on utter crap. And also come back when you know what your talking about.

alienware is not utter crap, and i DO know what im talking about

[SeaDooSnipe]

alienware is not utter crap, and i DO know what im talking about

I laughed so hard I almost fell out of my chair.

[w900]

All your getting is flashy lights......

[TheAdmiester]

alienware is not utter crap, and i DO know what im talking about

They're not crap, yes, but you can get either the same computer for a lot less money, or a computer that costs the same and is fathoms ahead in terms of performance.
Instead of constantly being on the defensive and complaining about things, at least TRY and take the time to research building a computer. It's simpler than you think.

[logoster]

They're not crap, yes, but you can get either the same computer for a lot less money, or a computer that costs the same and is fathoms ahead in terms of performance.
Instead of constantly being on the defensive and complaining about things, at least TRY and take the time to research building a computer. It's simpler than you think.

id rather have alienware, and i DO know that it be better to just build my own, but im only 13 and my parents wont exactly let me do that, and i do know that theres better out there, but they only trust more known brands such as hp, compaq, dell, and alienware, and id rather get the alineware right now, and if i have trouble with games running, then fine, but i shouldnt as ive watched a cromphensive alienware m17x review that showed 2 of the games ill be playing at max setting on an alienware m17x, and it had a much better fps then i have now, so its good enough for me, and idc about the price, as at least it has a DECENT (i did not say best) grahpics card, so i can play most modern day games at full settings, such as gta iv, which is one of the games from the review i was talking about:

[HEMI]

They're not crap, yes, but you can get either the same computer for a lot less money, or a computer that costs the same and is fathoms ahead in terms of performance.
Instead of constantly being on the defensive and complaining about things, at least TRY and take the time to research building a computer. It's simpler than you think.

All of my this. Once you get a good idea of what all of the components do, it's like playing with lego's to put it together. Quite easy.

[Brickman]

id rather have alienware, and i DO know that it be better to just build my own, but im only 13 and my parents wont exactly let me do that, and i do know that theres better out there, but they only trust more known brands such as hp, compaq, dell, and alienware, and id rather get the alineware right now, and if i have trouble with games running, then fine, but i shouldnt as ive watched a cromphensive alienware m17x review that showed 2 of the games ill be playing at max setting on an alienware m17x, and it had a much better fps then i have now, so its good enough for me, and idc about the price, as at least it has a DECENT (i did not say best) grahpics card, so i can play most modern day games at full settings, such as gta iv, which is one of the games from the review i was talking about:

Their laptops are good. I think, havent kept up with laptop stuff lately. heres some reviews.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4458/a...idote-to-clevo
http://www.anandtech.com/show/5799/a...e-and-new-gpus

[Annoying]

id rather have alienware, and i DO know that it be better to just build my own, but im only 13 and my parents wont exactly let me do that, and i do know that theres better out there, but they only trust more known brands such as hp, compaq, dell, and alienware, and id rather get the alineware right now, and if i have trouble with games running, then fine, but i shouldnt as ive watched a cromphensive alienware m17x review that showed 2 of the games ill be playing at max setting on an alienware m17x, and it had a much better fps then i have now, so its good enough for me, and idc about the price, as at least it has a DECENT (i did not say best) grahpics card, so i can play most modern day games at full settings, such as gta iv, which is one of the games from the review i was talking about:

You will pay too much for that, alienware is for people that have sticks up their arses. The links down yonder are some great laptops and you can't beat the price. I have the GT-60 and I'm glad to say I love it. I can help you out with optimus too.

GT60: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...52337&Tpk=GT60
GT70: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834152336

The 70 the exact same thing as the 60, but bigger screen and smaller hard drive.

You will save your mom a good 500 dollars by doing this. UNLESS you are a jackass who thinks money grows on trees.

[ihwood]

[QUOTE=logoster;1059233]id rather have alienware, and i DO know that it be better to just build my own, but im only 13 and my parents wont exactly let me do that, and i do know that theres better out there, but they only trust more known brands such as hp, compaq, dell, and alienware, and id rather get the alineware right now, and if i have trouble with games running, then fine, but i shouldnt as ive watched a cromphensive alienware m17x review that showed 2 of the games ill be playing at max setting on an alienware m17x, and it had a much better fps then i have now, so its good enough for me, and idc about the price, as at least it has a DECENT (i did not say best) grahpics card, so i can play most modern day games at full settings, such as gta iv, which is one of the games from the review i was talking about:



If I was you I would go with asus they have the new 660m and beat the snoot out of alienware and for more you can get the 670m. Not to mention its a fraction of the price for better hardware.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834230403