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| Thread ID: 91412 | 2008-07-06 05:02:00 | Graphics card? PSW? | dian77 (13936) | Press F1 |
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| 685737 | 2008-07-06 05:02:00 | Hi everyone I got a problem my monitor(LCD) randomly shows no input signal detected. sometimes it happens during start up. when I install games(COD4) it does the same thing (no input signal detected) Please Help Me Amd athalon 64 3800+ Geforce 7900gt (latest nvidia drivers) 370w PSU 1 gig ram (533 mhz) 160 gig sata hdd Windows XP Whats wrong? my friend said it might be my graphics card or my PSU my graphics card has DVI-I(i think) but i got a adapter that changes it into vga Thanks :) |
dian77 (13936) | ||
| 685738 | 2008-07-06 10:34:00 | Welcome to PressF1 :) Has it only just started doing this? Your PSU is a little on the light (wattage) size. Do you know what brand it is? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 685739 | 2008-07-07 00:19:00 | 1. If you have an lcd monitor it should have a dvi cabel and you should use that to plug into the dvi port on your graphics card,so dont use the adopter.:) 2. As Jen has said the psu -(powersupply unit) should be a bigger wattage,more power.Look at 750 - 1000 wattage to last you for future upgrades - should last you a few years worth of upgrades.Some good brand's of psu's are Enermax,CoolerMaster,Silverstone. Get more then what you think you need now because when you get a new graphics card they all need more power then the old graphics cards did.:cool: 3. And get some cheap 2 x 1 gig ddr800 ram for gaming and sell your old ram to family/friend/trademe. Ram is so cheap and it will make a big difference for your games.:D 4. Check out www.pricespy.co.nz (http://www.pricespy.co.nz) for computer parts and get some good prices to buy new stuff for your computer.:thumbs: |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 685740 | 2008-07-07 01:40:00 | lol @750W PSU. Kinda unneccesary. Tomshardware just did a test of one of their recent builds and found that a Q9750 (I think) Extreme, and 2xSLi 8800GTX machine had a peak wattage of 600W. Their mid range build had a peak of 400W. Graphics cards do get power hungry, but with chip processes going down constantly I can't see them getting that power hungry. I'd suggest a cheap 500W from silverstone. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 685741 | 2008-07-07 02:26:00 | You can get a 750 watts psu cheap now so watts the problem?:banana Plus it will last you for future upgrades for several years like I said in my other post.:clap Quad SLI or Quad CrossfireX,SkullTrail,8 core cpu,2x dvdrw burners or 2 x Blue ray burners,more harddrives,etc.:eek: Better to have more power for the future then just enough for now.:banana |
memphis (2869) | ||
| 685742 | 2008-07-07 03:06:00 | Plus it will last you for future upgrades for several years like I said in my other post.:clap Sure about that? Look whats on PSUs now, sata connectors, 8pin COU connectors, 6 and 8 pin PCI-e. You going to predict there won't be anything new in a few years? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 685743 | 2008-07-07 04:31:00 | Does your monitor happen to be a 19" Viewsonic LCD? | Jams (1051) | ||
| 685744 | 2008-07-07 07:40:00 | Thanks for your replys I think its the grahpics card as the 7900gt has alot of problems(google it) i put in a 300w psu(lol) with 19a, would this run the 8600gt? (buying from ETC Computers).Is the 8600gt any good? I most likely won't upgrade in the future my lcd is HP vs17e 300w enough for: amd athlon 3800+ 1 gig ddr2 533mhz(may upgrade) 8600gt 1x 160gb sata hard drive 1 dvd drive a sound card (not sure what brand/make/model) Thanks :D |
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