My PC is dying
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vaifan1986




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:07    Post subject: My PC is dying
Had this in BF3 today



If my PC was a horse, it'd be time to take it behind the toolshed, and put a bullet in its head.

It's 10 years old, and it's been working all this time without a single major issue. It has served me well over the years, getting minor upgrades, but unfortunately, it can't be upgraded any more. It's gaming days are almost over.

Sad


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Newty182




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:10    Post subject:
What are the specs? Are you going to do a big upgrade or just get another graphics card?


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inz




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:15    Post subject:
10 years? What's left of the original, the case? Razz
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tonizito
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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:17    Post subject:
No, you just suck so hard that the game decides to reward you with those graphics Devil Troll


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Hfric




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:25    Post subject:
do the same thing i do , every time when they make a new console series buy a Graphic card for your PC Laughing

heh if you would live near me i would give or sell you very cheaply my old graphic card gf-9600GT


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vaifan1986




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:29    Post subject:
Newty182 wrote:
What are the specs? Are you going to do a big upgrade or just get another graphics card?

Nah, completely new PC,
Right now I got a Q8200
Nvidia GTS 450
4 GB ram
The CPU and GPU aren't 10 years old, but everything else in the case is. The monitor is also 10 years old.


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mach1ne




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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 21:31    Post subject:
i had a gpu that would do that if it was too hot. i had the overclock so tight that i had to adjust it depending on ambient temps in my computer room (difference between winter and summer temps was massive). it also started doing that when the hsf got too dusty. try taking that off and cleaning it/re-apply the thermal interface. sometimes its just a few degrees between working and doing what yours is doing. chances are, yours has a foot int he grave, but if cleaning it works, then you can at least keep playing bf while you plan/execute your upgrade...
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ixigia
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PostPosted: Sat, 6th Apr 2013 22:04    Post subject:
mach1ne wrote:
i had a gpu that would do that if it was too hot. i had the overclock so tight that i had to adjust it depending on ambient temps in my computer room (difference between winter and summer temps was massive). it also started doing that when the hsf got too dusty. try taking that off and cleaning it/re-apply the thermal interface. sometimes its just a few degrees between working and doing what yours is doing. chances are, yours has a foot int he grave, but if cleaning it works, then you can at least keep playing bf while you plan/execute your upgrade...

This.
I had the exact same problem with my old 4870 (same kind of fabulous artifacts even) and eventually managed to fix it by cleaning it and disabling the OC completely..it survived for a couple of days but then there was nothing to do. :S

How are your temps out of curiosity?
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flipp




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PostPosted: Sun, 7th Apr 2013 00:39    Post subject:
Oh, I had the same with the new whql nvidia driver this week, but also once with the old driver. No idea why - temperature was ok and no other games were giving me problems.
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