Sorry, meant for this to got to the list. Bobby
-----Original Message----- From: Bobby Heid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 7:41 PM To: 'Stan Zaske' Subject: RE: [H] New video card I put the card on it's own lead and I am still having the same problems. I never had problems (except for low framrate in CFS3. I might have already patched it. I'll check it out. I tried running Crimson Skies and it locks up pretty fast. I ran Quake III for about 20 minutes and it did the same thing. When it locks up, the screen goes black and the power button on the monitor blinks. The game stutters where it was and I have to reset the machine. Do you all see a new PS in my future? The Antec TruePower2 550 looks like it might work. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: Stan Zaske [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] New video card The game is buggy, see if there are any update patches. Bobby Heid wrote: > > Hi all, > > I finally got and installed my 7800GS AGP video card. With the > benchmarks below, there was some beautiful graphics. I was amazed. > > Compared to my TI 4200, this thing flies. My 3dmark 03 scores went > from 1700 to 13097. For completeness, my 3smark 2005 score is 5561 > and 06 is 2893. Aquamark before was 16272, after 61484. Not too bad > of a jump. LOL. > > Now, my question. > > In MS Combat FS 3, I will be playing and then lose video after about > 2-3 minutes. And the sound starts looping. I have to reset the > machine to get it back. The same thing happened with another game > (can't remember which game now). It plays Quake III fine. > > I have an Antec Truepower 480 watt PS. I have 4 HDs, 4 case fans, 1 > floppy, and 2 DVD burners. The 12V lead connected to the 7800GS was > connected to a 120MM fan and the two DVD drives. I disconnected the > 120mm fan and the card still did the same thing in CFS 3. > > My first thought is that the card is not getting enough power. What > do you all think? Think I need to upgrade the PS? > > Without a game running, the APC monitor shows a draw of about 250-270 > watts. > > Thanks, > Bobby > >
