If it's powerful enough to block you disclosing its name, it's powerful enough to do all kinds of crazy shit to your computer. Sorry.
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brenda m - Dec 09, 2009 5:49:01 am PST #11902 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Jessica - Dec 09, 2009 5:49:27 am PST #11903 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Oh god, the video card got Vonnie!
(And also made me temporarily illiterate, clearly.)
Vonnie K - Dec 09, 2009 5:51:43 am PST #11904 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
HAHAHA. I don't know what the hell just happened -- the linking snafe ate the rest of the post! Or my new graphic card is evil, possibly.
Vortex - Dec 09, 2009 5:51:44 am PST #11905 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Nope still here. Possibly Vonnie K, though (no worries, I often see her name and think "I haven't posted) it's the k/x thing.
Gudanov - Dec 09, 2009 5:53:11 am PST #11906 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
The problem is, after the video card exchange, the programs seem to open and close a lot more slowly. Even browsing is a tad slower than before. I don't think the card I bought was that powerful (it's a GeForce 8400) compared to my old card, which I believe was NVidia 6000 series. Any ideas?
You might try uninstalling the drivers and installing the latest from Nvidia. The hardware shouldn't make any difference to speed, in this case at least.
Vonnie K - Dec 09, 2009 5:56:57 am PST #11907 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Nope still here. Possibly Vonnie K, though
I get mistaken for you A LOT! Which probably means I should come to a F2F one of these days and meet you in person.
You might try uninstalling the drivers and installing the latest from Nvidia
Did that already. Actually, I didn't bother installing the drivers on CD that came with the purchase -- just went directly to the Nvidia main site and DL'd the latest compatible drivers. Perhaps I shouldn't have done that? Hmm.
Dana - Dec 09, 2009 5:59:50 am PST #11908 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
just went directly to the Nvidia main site and DL'd the latest compatible drivers. Perhaps I shouldn't have done that?
I don't see why not, as long as you downloaded the right drivers for your card.
Vonnie K - Dec 09, 2009 6:17:07 am PST #11909 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
I'll check out to make sure that I did install the right drivers. I think the ones I installed were these: [link] They are supposed to be fine for 8-series, which I assumed to include the card I just purchased.
Now, for RAM. My 1GB stick is 3 years old and I read somewhere that it's much better to get a paired RAM than keep the old + add another in terms of performance? Obviously 2 RAM sticks are more expensive than one. Or should I be getting more than 2GB? I think I saw some computers that come equipped with 4GB. If I'm upgrading, maybe I should go for the max possible.
tommyrot - Dec 09, 2009 6:19:50 am PST #11910 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ooh. I just read something about that (I forget where), but the gist of it was that 2 GB should be adequate for most users. If you run virtual machines or use memory-intensive programs like graphics or video editing, then 4GB would be good.
Gudanov - Dec 09, 2009 7:15:12 am PST #11911 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Now, for RAM. My 1GB stick is 3 years old and I read somewhere that it's much better to get a paired RAM than keep the old + add another in terms of performance?
Perhaps marginally. I don't think you'll see much difference if you just added a 1GB stick without worrying about pairing.