PC revived and new card arrived. Yay!

[DanAbnormal]

Well, it's official. PC's are (almost) indestructible. My CPU, motherboard, HDD's and PSU suffered my anger plus 2 days outside in the rain and they are still going!

Only the GFX card (HD4870X2) and monitor (samsung 24" 1080P) was beyond repair. Trust me to break the most expensive bits!!

My new GFX card has arrived today, the standard ATI HD4870. Hopefully it will almost be as good as my X2 depsite that having 2 cores and double the GDDR5 memory.

Now, I have to remember not to be so bloody stupid again. :hackedoff::-k:D:smt054

[Viney]

Why dont you put up a punchbag in the house/garden/shed/frontroom for when the urge takes you again?

[MiniMatt]

X2s don't come cheap :(

Got a regular HD4870 1gb in mine, runs extremely hot but they all do that and seem happy enough. Check for bios updates, initial ones dependent upon manufacturer, went out with dynamic underclocking knackered (the bit where it throttles down when only using 2D or low 3D stuff) - either memory timings were borked so it flickered like buggery or they fixed that by turning off dynamic underclocking alltogether and forced it to run at max voltage and clock all the time.

[DanAbnormal]

Why dont you put up a punchbag in the house/garden/shed/frontroom for when the urge takes you again?

already been scouring the Argos catalogue, found one that I will attach to the wall outside so I can give it beans when I get mad.

What's the betting I get mad trying to install it?

Thanks for the info Matt, yep that's the one aI got the 1GB 4870 now. Hopefully it will still run Crysis at a decent frame rate at 1920x1220

[Warthog]

That's great news Dan! I still haven't got my PC running :(

[DanAbnormal]

That's great news Dan! I still haven't got my PC running :(

Hopefully my Intel Core2Duo E6700 chip and spare motherboard (BFG 680i) can help you buddy.

[Warthog]

Cheers mate, but I have a new mobo, just need the chip! Glad you didn't tear it in half like a phonebook :)

[DanAbnormal]

Cheers mate, but I have a new mobo, just need the chip! Glad you didn't tear it in half like a phonebook :)


I did, but it has 2 cores so you can use them seperately now. :p

[Alpinestarhero]

Lol glad to hear this outburst wasnt as expensive as it could have been dan :D

found out anything more about getting some kind of therapy for the moods?

[Warthog]

Lol glad to hear this outburst wasnt as expensive as it could have been dan :D

found out anything more about getting some kind of therapy for the moods?

Yeah, he is getting a dose of "Warthog Therapy" on Friday night :drink:. Then he can start the real recovery :-P

[DanAbnormal]

Am seeing doc again next week. Don't really fancy drugs though.