Post by Nick P on Jun 2, 2014 13:19:06 GMT -6
Nerd related, non-warhammer related.
My PC is giving me all sorts of problems, from what I can tell its because the GPU I have is a piece of shit (GeForce GTX 550 Ti). Everything I can find online for fixes to the problem, namely that the screen flashes insane colored pixels and then crashes the entire system, often giving me a blue screen with a message along the lines of "critical video driver failure", essentially say to get a new card.
My mobo is 2 years old, but from what I understand I can literally use any current card alongside any mobo- as long as it fits in the case. Since my current mobo has PCIe 2 slots, I should be able to use any PCIe 2 or PCIe 3 (since most are backwards compatible) cards...correct? I don't want to throw $200 down the drain if the card I want isn't going to work with my setup.
Any suggestions or information I need to make a more informed decision? I'm looking at either a GeForce GTX 750 Ti or a Radeon R7 265, both 2GB with around 1070 MHz clock speed.
EDIT: And fyi, I have an 800 watt psu, so power shouldn't be an issue.
My PC is giving me all sorts of problems, from what I can tell its because the GPU I have is a piece of shit (GeForce GTX 550 Ti). Everything I can find online for fixes to the problem, namely that the screen flashes insane colored pixels and then crashes the entire system, often giving me a blue screen with a message along the lines of "critical video driver failure", essentially say to get a new card.
My mobo is 2 years old, but from what I understand I can literally use any current card alongside any mobo- as long as it fits in the case. Since my current mobo has PCIe 2 slots, I should be able to use any PCIe 2 or PCIe 3 (since most are backwards compatible) cards...correct? I don't want to throw $200 down the drain if the card I want isn't going to work with my setup.
Any suggestions or information I need to make a more informed decision? I'm looking at either a GeForce GTX 750 Ti or a Radeon R7 265, both 2GB with around 1070 MHz clock speed.
EDIT: And fyi, I have an 800 watt psu, so power shouldn't be an issue.
