The spouse bought this card from a customer – who wanted to trade in something – so he upgraded his own card instead. But if you remember – he already took a trade in not too long ago. So when he brought it back yesterday and had it tested. He mentioned that this card was really good – better than his old one – so he said. But he did get it for a steal – I’m guessing that when new – this model must cost quite a bit.
I read a little online about the Nvidia GeForce 8800 – which said a year ago – this graphic card is for hard core gamers and is easily over clocked too. System requirements are fairly basic: it is compatible with Windows XP and higher but is especially streamlined for Windows Vista.
What makes this graphics card so attractive is its ability to be over-clocked at will. It features an integrated single-slot water-cooling block so you can add the compatible water-cooling system of your choice. The GPU’s core memory clock times out at 580MHz, which is wonderful for those graphics-intensive games. There is also 640MB GDDR3 video memory onboard for the best buffer performance. While this particular model is incredibly expensive when compared to competing VGA graphics cards, the gaming performance it provides makes it well worth the price.
Yes – about a month ago – there is free wifi in our town – but today’s read on Apartment therapy – showed that free may not be safe? So can one catch a virus while using free Wifi? A report shows that free public WiFi isn’t likely to directly affect your computer or files but it can provide an access point for unwelcome access in the wrong hands.
But Apartment Therapy also shows how you can protect yourself or your laptop from Viral SSIDs very simply with only a few steps. By changing your Advance setting – click on Click on “Access point (infrastructure) networks only” – so whether you have a Mac or PC – make sure before using Free WiFi – change your settings.
So a customer wanted to get the HIS Radeon HD 5970 and it’s not a cheap card at all. At $600 that’s a lot of money to spend on a graphic card. Said to be the fastest graphic card in the world? wow! I bet the spouse would love to have one of this. But can any computer handle this graphic card? Nope! apparently – you need quite a system too to be able to handle a kit like that. So if your system is up to par – then you should get this.
The customer who bought the card had come back to say that he only saw half the memory instead of the full – but a check with the supplier told ust hat it is normal and designed to work that way. One have to think of it literally as two video cards with two 1GB memory cores strapped together. The full 2GB is enabled, just not addressable as single 2GB entity. Your computer sees it as having 1GB, so when textures (etc.) are loaded into the card, the card will have the same texture in one 1GB bank for one core, and copied into the other 1GB bank for the other core.
Some manufacturers are rumored to be making a 4GB card, which will have 2x 2GB banks and will be seen be games as having a single 2GB bank.
So the spouse brought in a TR2 RX 650W for a customer – the TR2 series i heard is designed for mainstream PC. I have read the good reviews and the not so good ones. The cooling fan is very quiet despite the fact that it is quite huge. The Thermaltake range of power supply is known for its power protection and this particular one carries a limited warranty for 5 yrs. So far – it had been working great for our customer – no complains as he put it.
I have been playing online mahjong on weekend – because it is so addictive. I think I must have spent like 6 – 8 hrs trying to win a few games – but I had not been so lucky. I guess – it does take skill and lots of luck? But skill is important for mahjong – because if you can remember what the other 3 players is holding or throwing – you will be on the upper hand. The spouse had made fun of me – about spending so much time on this online game that I had better look for some safe fat burners if i continued sitting and not exercising – since I am trying so hard to lose some weight. And I think I might just need that – since I’m stealing time even while working to play a game or two of mahjong – haha! told you addictive.
No – we didn’t go spend money on a new Graphic card – even though this one wasn’t too expensive to begin with – but this belongs to a customer – and I just had to see how it performs of course.
The GT240 uses a GT215 core and a graphic clock of 550MHz – a processor clock of 1340 MHz. I read some review on this card before the customer bought this and it is low power consumption while delivering a decent level of performance – considered to gamers a mid range video card.
Nice looking graphic card of course.
Powered by NVIDIA GPU, 96 Stream Processors, 600MHz (std 550) Core Clock, 1462MHz Shader Clock, 850MHz (3.4Gbps) Effective Memory Clock, supports PCI Express 2.0, Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.1 support, Integrated with industry’s best 1 GB GDDR5 memory and 128-bit memory interface, supports NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology, features Dual link DVI-I / D-sub / HDMI with HDCP protection.
According to what I know – this is a gaming case for a desk top computer. But the spouse was saying – this isn’t a high end one – that he ordered – just in between. He needed one because his old case was like 6 yrs old i think. So I didn’t stop him – afterall, boys need their toys don’t they? And he likes the Antec 300 because it’s spacious and he doesn’t have to fight to arrange his wires.
This case doesn’t come with a power supply and it cost $59 and retails for $79. As you can see – the case is nothing fancy – but it does good as a gaming case – because there is room for lots of things you need to fit in for a gaming computer.
Big fan on the top as you can see here – to cool your system down. According to the spouse – it’s nothing fancy – just a standard case. What say you? Not that I’m complaining at $59 – it’s a pretty decent case – the JOY of owning your own computer store eh.
Yes ! the spouse bought this big – ass cpu fan for his computer – this is a cooler master hyper N520 CPU Cooler – Socket LGA 775. I read that the Cooler Master has an impeccable reputation of delivering the most innovative cooling components out today. The Cooler Master Hyper N520 CPU Cooler has a distinct appearance with dual fan brackets along with its unique dual fan cooling design, ensures cool air flows straight through the heatsink. In addition, its copper base guarantees perfect contact between CPU and cooler that optimizes its 5 heat pipes for maximum heat dissipation!
The fan is huge as you can see over here – cost him like $55 – but he said it was worth it.
A side view of the cooler master hyper N52.
The store just brought in a Asus Maximus III Formula for a customer and a closer look at it – I think it definitely is better than some I’ve come across. I hear it overclocks higher on its own and tweaking the RAM to its fullest potential while keeping the system stable is also made far easier with the MIIIF’s Memperfect utility. The best part i find is the remote monitory and the overclocking of the system via a USB connected machine. For now one can monitor POST codes using USB but maybe in the future , one can use a remote function to run diagnostics if you have an issue with the card. Pretty cool right? So the question now is – i’m sure you are going to ask me is how much is it? $235 – was the best price we got. So for those who are thinking of it – you know where to get them.
A customer of ours had happily bought a new video card the other day – only to write back to us in the middle of the night to say that he wasn’t do real great with his game – Starcraft 2. We were a bit taken aback – because even though his video card wasn’t a high end one – it still would have run Starcraft 2 with no hitches as far as we can see. The spouse has a crappy video card that is 3 years old and it ran Starcraft 2 with no problems.
But what makes it even more amusing was – his computer was new – not bought from us – we found out later today. Apparently, it was gotten from Aliant – poor customer! then it just dawned on us that perhaps his power supply wasn’t powerful enough – so he came in today and gotten a new power supply. We are keeping our fingers crossed – so far we haven’t heard back from him. So folks having a new computer doesn’t mean you have the top of the line stuff – check and make sure your power supply is good enough to run your games too – especially if you are a gamer.
