Just saying, running MC at 120-500 FPS definitely doesn't "burn out" your graphics card, in fact saying that your graphics card gets burned out by constantly displaying high frames is the most ludicrous thing I've ever heard...if the card can put out the frames, then it can handle them.
OT: I would suggest (as pretty much everyone has said) trying to isolate if the graphics card is the problem.
Literally why does all of Europe essentially have better, cheaper internet than the United States? I saw someone in Romania with like 400 Mbps down/up...
I was at my friends house and his house is in the middle of the woods, very creepy and what not. Anyways we had just finished a delve through the internet for scary stuff and needless to say we were pretty spooked. We go to bed on his couch that reclines and as we lie there waiting for sleep to come, the couch flips over. We were lying comfortably for a solid 5-10 minutes before this happened so we were really creeped out. Got up, flipped the couch back up and proceeded to go to sleep again, this time with the blankets a little more over our faces haha.
ASUS's warranty (no warranties, for that matter) cover stuck pixels unless it covers more than 30% of the visible screen. Either try the eraser or color flash trick, or deal with it.
based on your statement above, I believe you got them reversed. From your second quote, it would seem that stuck pixels < 30% are covered where as stuck pixels > 30% are not. Perhaps you meant to say ASUS's warranty Does not cover stuck pixels unless it is > 30%?
Of the two listed, I would go with the A8 APU as the APU's perform very well for what they are. Of course, a more precise price range from the OP would help us to help you.
Off Topic: I wouldn't call Macs high end in the sense that they perform in the upper echelon of laptops. They are certainly high end in the fact that they cost twice that of a similarly specced laptop would cost. I'll just stop ranting about Macs because I don't want to start a flame war, but to the OP; I would not recommend a Mac for the given scenario.
karlz, what is wrong with the RAM I'm using...if someone was going from 4GB to 8GB that kit is perfectly fine. Very few instances require RAM faster than 1333MHz, the only common situation I can think of is when using one of those AMD APU's.
Assuming the Asus GPU for $200 is bought, what are some good coolers in the $50 range? I've heard a lot of good stuff about the Hyper 212. Is that still a good aftermarket cooler? Sorry for all these questions, I've been out of the PC scene for a little bit and so much new stuff has come about during my "absence".
So in your guys' opinion, assuming a budget of $300, would getting a 2nd 670 do more for gaming than buying say an aftermarket cooler and OC'ing my 2500k then just saving the money?
What about upgrading to a i5-3570k? Is the performance margin better there? The issue with getting a 2nd GPU is for whatever reason, EVGA no longer makes my specific version of the GTX 670.
This holiday season I am thinking of upgrading my venerable i5-2500k to an i7-3770k. I am currently using an AsRock Extreme 3 Gen3 Z68 LGA1155 motherboard. Based on my limited research, the 3770k should fit in my existing LGA1155 socket. However, I am curios if using this new Ivy Bridge architecture will require a BIOS update to my motherboard. I've seen that if you are using a Z68 motherboard, I won't have to mess with the BIOS in which case I should just be able to remove my old processor/HS and plop in the new one.
Can anyone attest to the fact that Z68 motherboards do not require BIOS changes?
I've got two Alpha keys for The Red Solstice and since I don't plan on playing that game, they're up for grabs.
Post your heartbreaking stories and you may get one.
BTW, I have no idea what they do and what you get by using them nor do I have any idea where exactly you punch them in.
Today, I went to my cafeteria during school to buy lunch. They were out of chocolate milk! Then, as if my lunch couldn't get any worse, they were out of spicy chicken sandwiches! On top of that, right after lunch I had to take a math test...life is rough
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OT: I would suggest (as pretty much everyone has said) trying to isolate if the graphics card is the problem.
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Perhaps I am misinterpreting the wording or something was improperly stated, but when you said,
based on your statement above, I believe you got them reversed. From your second quote, it would seem that stuck pixels < 30% are covered where as stuck pixels > 30% are not. Perhaps you meant to say ASUS's warranty Does not cover stuck pixels unless it is > 30%?
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Off Topic: I wouldn't call Macs high end in the sense that they perform in the upper echelon of laptops. They are certainly high end in the fact that they cost twice that of a similarly specced laptop would cost. I'll just stop ranting about Macs because I don't want to start a flame war, but to the OP; I would not recommend a Mac for the given scenario.
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This holiday season I am thinking of upgrading my venerable i5-2500k to an i7-3770k. I am currently using an AsRock Extreme 3 Gen3 Z68 LGA1155 motherboard. Based on my limited research, the 3770k should fit in my existing LGA1155 socket. However, I am curios if using this new Ivy Bridge architecture will require a BIOS update to my motherboard. I've seen that if you are using a Z68 motherboard, I won't have to mess with the BIOS in which case I should just be able to remove my old processor/HS and plop in the new one.
Can anyone attest to the fact that Z68 motherboards do not require BIOS changes?
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Today, I went to my cafeteria during school to buy lunch. They were out of chocolate milk! Then, as if my lunch couldn't get any worse, they were out of spicy chicken sandwiches! On top of that, right after lunch I had to take a math test...life is rough