Graphx card and PSU problem

[Virtualbody1234]

Btw. To return a part because it doesn't solve your problem just isn't right.

[Virtualbody1234]

Another thing I noticed is that you say: "haven't opened my case in 8 months. lol".

Not keeping a close eye on things and not keeping things very clean after overclocking is very bad.

[abu_has_the_power]

i just played around. took out my old 19" crt and ran 3dmark on that. screen still gets screwy. so i went on omege drivers, got the latest 1, and 3dmark works fine. ran it 4 1 hour looping.
so then i switched back to my lcd, it didn't work! reinstalled drivers, and it still is messed up. but now, instead of artifacts, the computer crashes!
could this b a problem with the dvi connection on me card? cuz me crt uses vga, and it works

[abu_has_the_power]

ok. it's working fine now. apparently it's not a problem with my psu at all. here's what i did:
-installed the lastest omega radeo driver
-set my lcd's refresh rate to 60. and it seems to work

i also upgarded my cpu. my uncle got me a p4 3.2 with 1 mb L2 cache. it's pimpin. things are working fine now. still can't figure out exactly what went wrong. probably something with my graphx card. so i took off the hs on the 9800 and added some arctic silver on it.

[abu_has_the_power]

update:
something is definitely broken. either the graphx card or the psu. i'm thinking both. here's why:
the screen is screwing up again. almost every day. i'm afraid of running any games now. sometimes the screen goes back to normal after a restart, and when it doesn't, i reinstall the driver. sometimes that doesn't work, so i rollback and install an older driver (ati and omega). this didn't help much. only temp.

i just need to hold on for 6 more months, then i sell this piece of junk (everything piece by piece) and build a new small form factor with at least a 7800 gtx, if not better.

what should i do?

i don't think i can handle 6 months w/o any games

[abu_has_the_power]

i was wondering. how does my 9800 pro's performance match with the 6600gt?

as of now, i can spare $200 to fix this computer. then sell everything to get part of this $200 back when i build my new computer.

i can get a 6600gt for around $120-$130, or i can spend $180 and get a 6800. i need agp cuz my mobo doesn't have pci-e. hmmmmmmm

i might also need some $ to get a new psu. hmmmm

[abu_has_the_power]

is this card better than what i have now?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121206

if i'm gonna replace the video card i have now, and this is better, and it happens to cost about the same....

[zapjb]

This thread is insane. Has any problem been narrowed down? Or is the shotgun approach still raging?

[abu_has_the_power]

sort of. it's either the psu or the video card or both.

[abu_has_the_power]

ok. just went over to microcenter.
they are having amazing fucking deals
i got
-Ultra 500W X-Connect (the power molexes come off!!) for $19 after rebate!!
-Ati X850 XT AGP 256mb GDR3 for $189 after $50 rebate!!!!

now my computer runs perfectly. who knew microcenter has good deals! wow


just ran 3dmark03. 11887 running stock speeds