Recent content by Mikepsyche

It happens during general use, maybe more often during gaming. It hasn't happened on my Acer monitor yet, although I only ever display games on the HP.

Oh my, I forgot a huge detail - I'm running this 1080 HP in addition to a 1680x1050 Acer - the Acer hasn't displayed any artifcacting at all. I'll take a photo with my phone next time it happens.

My 21.5 Inch 1920x1080 HP 2159m is artifacting. It usually happens once every few days, for about 10 minutes. The monitor is about 6 years old; I assume this is the beginning of its death. I switched between its VGA and DVI, and HDMI ports; the artifacting occurred eventually with every...

Thanks guys. He also said they were factory overclocked, not sure how much they upped the clock speed or anything else. Yeah, a 650 TI would be $130-190; how would it stack up to two 460s in sli? I feel like two 460s for $100 is a better deal than I'm likely to find anywhere else. With the...

My friend is offering 2 GTX 460s for $100. One's fan is damaged, though it apparently doesn't affect temps or performance (undamaged $60, other one $40). As my signature says (or lack thereof, still need to make a pretty one), I currently have one GTX 260 C216. Is this a good buy for me, or...

I agree. It all goes back to money, of course (and more specifically, marketing). Consoles are closed purpose systems. They can do one thing, and they can do it reasonably well. 200$-$300 is a much easier buy for most people than upwards of $1000 on a computer. It's just that computers have...

I have the TRUE 120, not sure which revision though. I think I'll give the lapping a go. I don't want to void my 920's warranty though, so I was just going to do the heatsink.

Would it be worth it to only lap the heatsink?

Ah. Dang. Because My roommate had to buy a TV Tuner, like the one 35g suggested, and he hooked it up to his computer. I thought that's what the gtx 260 had built into it. I guess I'll scrap the whole idea then until I decide to get a TV tuner.

I just recently decided I want to take advantage of my gpu's TV tuner, after I saw my roommate using his. What components do I need to buy to use the tuner? It's a 7-pin S-video port on the card, I think. So, do I need to buy this? Newegg.com - Nippon Labs 6 ft. Din4 Coaxial S-VIDEO...

A POST card? Yeah, I tried with the original cable, no difference. I hope it's the video card, at least I have a warranty on it. EDIT: I looked up POST cards, and there already is a built-in system like that for the UD5. I should have said what the code was, but I didn't think to. It's...

Ok, so if anyone has any ideas let me know. Symptoms - 1. Nothing showing up on monitor, no signal 2. No POST Beep 3. Phase LED and DDR LED lights showing on motherboard

I secured all the power connectors, made sure the CPU heatsink was secured, unplugged all the drives, and I think I cleared the BIOS. Also there is no voltage selector on my PSU, so that didn't get accidentally bumped or anything. Still no signal to the monitor. I would say it's the video...

Ok thanks. That should definitely get rid of those overvoltages right?

Resetting the bios is simply pressing the Clear CMOS button, right? I did do that already, but I'll do it again. You press it when the computer is off, but the PSU on right? With regard to power connectors, I re-secured the video card's several times and also checked the mobo 24-pin and 12v...