that's really odd. that 8800gts 640 pulls 106 watts at peak load and the 5770 pulls 75 so ps should definitely not be a factor.
my old m/b was an nvidia chipset and so it had a bios entry for nvidia graphics card boost.
if your gigabyte m/b is nvidia based, maybe you still have that setting...
MSI Cyclone for $159 at zzf was too amazing to pass up. I ordered 2 on Sunday and they just arrived. There are two really good reviews of the msi if you google it. The odd cooler seems to really work.
MSI Cyclone for $159 at zzf was too amazing to pass up. I ordered 2 on Sunday and they just arrived. There are two really good reviews of the msi if you google it. The odd cooler seems to really work.
I'd prefer you to save $60.00 by getting a GA-G31M-ES2L motherboard, and use that $60 to upgrade your video card to either a gtx275 or hd4890.
With such a good gaming cpu as the q8400, you'll really appreciate the better video more than whatever the P45 motherboard could do for you.
I had same problem w. Vista and fixed it this way:
. click control panel
. click Administrative Tools
. click System Configuration
. on top row of tabs, click on the BOOT tab
. click the Advanced options button
. once you are in the BOOT Advanced Option menu, make sure you
. Uncheck the...
nerp and somethingsketchy, thanks for the advice about heat. I looked again at the compaq case and it seems to have a really good 120mm case fan and 2 sets of side panel stiple holes, so I think I'll give it a go.
Syran, that's a great idea and friends at work gave me CD's to borrow and I do...
But we have no XP or vista other than the preinstalled XP on the existing hard drives. How could I reinstall XP without a Windows CD? There is no budget for buying Windows. Especially when it already works and is already paid for. Thanks for your ideas though. We appreciate them!
I'd like to convert 2 old compaq OEM DDR MicroATX AthlonXP 32 bit WindowsXP systems to modern microATX core2duo or phenomII710/720 gaming systems, and, I'd like to keep the existing WindowsXP hard drive w. existing OEM licenses, and keep the case and reuse as much as possible. The model is...
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