Install it. It has drivers that fill in for your PCI Simple Communication Controller.



As far as the chip and heatsink will allow. At the very least, you should get 4.5GHz...that's a good board there.

Here's a great OCing guide for Gigabyte users:
http://www.overclock.net/intel-general/910467-ultimate-sandy-bridge-oc-guide-p67a.html

Correct--only thing new hardware-wise to the equation is the video card. And yeah, the PSU struggling with a card that uses less power didn't really make sense to me, either...neither did the fact that it only happened 50% of the time, with one game. None of that was adding up to hardware failure (either PSU or GPU) in my brain. (What it was adding up to, however, was a lot of hair pulling. )

As a last ditch effort I hit the system restore panic button last night and rolled back to before I ever messed with the drivers or installed Driver Sweeper. I was then able to play Trine for a solid half hour without an issue, so maybe it was just the drivers / Driver Sweeper hosing something up. Emphasis on the maybe. I'll try running Trine again later (along with a few other games that should theoretically put more load on the system than Trine would) and see if my luck holds.

I'm still not ready to rule the PSU out as a potential fail boat candidate, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed it was just some epic driver fail instead.

Actually I used it quite a bit since I bought it in 2007. Just in the last month or so its starting to die on me. Still works as a decent scanner/printer though.


I mean its a good 3 feet or so when I sit back. Its fine really for me. At first it was a bit big, but the picture looks fine. My only gripe about it, is that sitting that close and with the pixels stretched that far some minor artifacts are noticeable (especially when watching compressed videos online). For games its fine, and looks great running at 1920x1080.

I use Firefox broswer and I'm trying to find a way t disable youtube adds and other add pop-ups that sometimes happen. I tried downloading a pop up blocker but I don't know where to go to turn it on or off, I check the tool bar.

Any add-ons you suggest to combat this? And how to turn them on?

I'm a noob at computers and programs.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ is probably what you want. I use it and never get any ads on Youtube or 99% of other sites. I use really devoted fan's subscription list.


-edit Forgot the forum doesnt like the word Fan boy, but thats the subscription list I use.

ADblock plus

ad block is amazing. Even when downloading mods from nexus, it skips the videos and starts downloading

Thank you, when it downloads will it be ready and operational or will I have to turn it on?

I think its working. Best add......-on I ever saw.

Oh and does anyone know any good cursor sights? I'm looking for something rune or alchemy like?

Sigh...apparently I spoke too soon. Again.

:brokencomputer: :banghead:

Computer is currently at the shop, chasing down any potential issues. So far it looks like the PSU is actually okay but they're going to run some stress tests overnight and make sure GPU, CPU and HDD are all fine. (Actually the hardrive might be limping its way off this mortal coil, but we're not sure that's the issue yet.) Meanwhile I've got a support ticket in with Frozenbyte, just on the off (and maddening) chance that this turns out to be just an issue with Trine and my computer for some reason developing a severe allergic reaction to one another.

Hey guys I'm having a weird audio problem I'm hoping you can help me with.

I have a 2 speaker 1 subwoofer audio system that I've used for several years with my desktop. It's nothing spectacular, but the bass was pretty nice. However, I recently bought a laptop and the speakers are still fine, but the sub is nowhere nearly as loud as before. There is still bass, but it's high and sharp and not very loud. If I plug an ipod into the speakers, the sub sounds good.

Is my laptop's sound card not capable or something? It's an Asus G53SW-A1 if that helps. Thanks.

Just wanted to get a OK from Tig, or other knowledgeables before I pull the trigger on this slightly changed build. Just to be certain:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119227

MOBO: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131767

CPU/PSU combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.729966

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231396

Drive/HDD combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.696141

GPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150524

Thanks again. Buying as soon as I get a confirmation from a forum member.

What is the CPU going to be? I would recommend waiting a week if you can, since the next generation of AMD chips (Bulldozer) are supposed to be coming out about then.

955 black, but the bulldozers are for sure coming out next week? I mean, if they are more than 120 bucks, I cant do them anyway. I cant go over budget, and Im getting a pretty good combo deal with the CPU/PSU combo. Also, Im kind of treating myself for my BDay and need it by, or before the 18th. I was going to literally order tonight.

Having just checked, it looks like that rumour was wrong, and AMD is intending a fourth quarter release .

Cae is decent, but better case if you can afford: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119233&Tpk=cm%20haf%20912

Much better HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&Tpk=samsung%20f3%201tb

Everything else looks fine.





Some sites have pre-orders already, so you can get an idea on pricing:
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/1115385-tpu-amd-fx-series-processors-up.html

Who knows when they'll actually come in though, but looks out of your league anyways.




Yup. Just read about it too:
http://www.overclock.net/hardware-news/1112366-amd-bulldozer-delayed-q4-2011-a.html

It's pathetic at this point. People are hoping for an October release...while possible, I just wonder more and more why these chips are taking so long and can't help but feel they are under-performing Intel's current Sandybridge lineup. Whatever...was already disappointed back in January.

Bulldozer: Forever

*Sigh*

I've been thinking about getting a new rig for a while, but figured I'd best wait for the next round of processors 'cause Intel's current k models don't support IOMMU/VT-d (but the plain 2600, for example, does :huh:) and one of my main reasons for an upgrade is to get that particular functionality. Doesn't help that motherboard support is a bit dodgy at the moment, too.

But since its not urgent for me, I can deal with waiting a while longer. Maybe I'll get lucky and Intel will do a release about the same time...