Recent content by photikz

Thanks for the reply! I'm going to take the side off the case in a little while and look in and see what I can find. I do not feel comfortable taking apart anything on this computer though, and I even more so do not want my dad doing it. I came over a year ago to try and put a new fan and...

I'm not seeing anything I don't recognize, however that doesn't mean there isn't something running that shouldn't be. Also new developments, the motherboard can flash red and shut the computer down at any time, and on startup I sometimes get a solid red light followed by nothing but silence...

DirectX Version: 11 Display Properties: Device Name: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series Device Chip Type: ATI Display Adapter (0x68B8) Device Approx. Total Memory: 753MB Drivers: Main Driver: aticfx64.dll, aticfx64.dll, aticfx64.dll,a (why does it repeat itself over and over?) Version: 8.961.0.0

I'm currently at work, for my dad, and the computer we have here I swear should be running better than what it is. This is my first post here, so if I haven't done everything right please go easy on me! I tried looking into a couple of the stickies, so I got CPU-Z, and I'm posting the stats...

Yeah I just found out what to get. I want either a 6600 GT, 9800 Pro or an x700. An X800 is just way too damn much.

Something I can buy in store. BTW the above mentioned is a GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR.

sorry, it's a GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR.

This only costs 150 from Compusa. I'm going from a visiontek 9200se pci 128 card to somethin preferrably 150 or less. If not this, any suggestions on something I can buy instore? GeForce FX 5500oc Video Card, 8x AGP, 256MB DDR AGP 8x/4x/2x compatible Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering...

This only costs 150 from Compusa. I'm going from a visiontek 9200se pci 128 card to somethin preferrably 150 or less. If not this, any suggestions on something I can buy instore? AGP 8x/4x/2x compatible Up to 4 pixels per clock rendering engine 2 dual-rendering pipelines NVIDIA® nView™...