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A good graphics card for Blockland
Headcrab Zombie:
Half of your posts in this thread.
'3gb on a 32bit OS isn't enough! I have 16gb and that's still not enough!'
This is a fine example of either not knowing what your talking about, or throwing away money in a petty attempt to feel superior.
Also, posts like "your stuff computer makes me want to Self Delete" does nothing to contribute to the thread.
computermix:
Sorry for the long wait.
That card looks good. The slot the computer has is PCIe x16 2.0. I don't really care if the card runs on half performance, I just want one that works and is better than the "directly attached to the motherboard" thing.
My max spending is $50. I don't think its necessary to get anything that can run Half life at 300 fps.
Being said that it now has 3GB and a decent card, I think it will be just fine for Blockland (minecraft too maybe).
Last thing: should the card be low profile (no fan), or should it have a fan? The noise doesn't matter since the case fan rattles loudly anyways.
Headcrab Zombie:
--- Quote from: computermix on May 14, 2012, 04:40:44 PM ---The slot the computer has is PCIe x16 2.0.
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The HP page on your computer says otherwise. Unless you're not using the original motherboard. Though without having even an idea on how much bandwidth the card would use, I can't say if it would even matter.
--- Quote from: computermix on May 14, 2012, 04:40:44 PM ---I don't think its necessary to get anything that can run Half life at 300 fps.
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I'd be a little concerned if this card couldn't run a 14 year old game that well.
Though I assume you mean Half Life 2, which still is not very graphic intensive.
--- Quote from: computermix on May 14, 2012, 04:40:44 PM ---Last thing: should the card be low profile (no fan), or should it have a fan? The noise doesn't matter since the case fan rattles loudly anyways.
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Low profile doesn't mean whether it has a fan or not, it's how big the card is. The card that I linked is low profile.
If your fan is rattling I'd take a look at that.
SPooK:
--- Quote from: Blocki on May 14, 2012, 01:56:46 PM ---How did you get the idea that I lack PC knowledge
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--- Quote from: Headcrab Zombie on May 14, 2012, 02:15:40 PM ---Half of your posts in this thread.
'3gb on a 32bit OS isn't enough! I have 16gb and that's still not enough!'
This is a fine example of either not knowing what your talking about, or throwing away money in a petty attempt to feel superior.
Also, posts like "your stuff computer makes me want to Self Delete" does nothing to contribute to the thread.
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This, so much this.
computermix:
Oops. I must have said that because my I was cleaning my father's ATI Radeon because it had so much dust and other crap in it, and it has a 2.0 slot.
Yeah I meant Half Life 2. I've heard its a demanding game for graphics (on high options of course)
And having a fan or not doesn't determine it's profile? I swear every card that I browsed didn't have a fan, and I was assuming fans made noise and that made the profile higher.
About the rattling: He's had it for 2 years and nothing had changed. I monitored the hardware temperatures in the BIOS and it seemed stable. I also took out the fan and I've tried everything to soup it up. I might buy a new one, but whats the use?