[MEGATHREAD] Personal Computer - Updated builds thanks to Logical Increments

[lcyGamma]

Do you have a television or other monitor you can try it out on?

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[Tokthree]

Yeah, hold on.

Edit; My other monitor behaves the same way, the stripes are just harder to see because the brightness settings are far lower

[WALK2222]

Order Completed.  Going to be a hastle to re-install windows :/

Also, will any of my information or data be lost?

[lcyGamma]

Tokthree, I've done some research into your issue and I've discovered that the new 7000 series drivers are designed to be used with digital input. As you suspected, it may be the VGA converter that is doing this. Apparently some people have gotten rid of the issue using a DVI cable with their HD 7870, are you able to try this out? Do you have any DVI monitors and cables?

[Steve5452]

If you can't replace the fan, get a big pedestal fan and aim it at your laptop, preferably in the side where the fan should be and downwards over the keyboard (so air can get in both through the keyboard and through the fan exhausts path).

It really works. :3

I've been doing that, but I won't always have a fan to point straight up into my laptop.

[lcyGamma]

Well the fan is crucial to helping airflow inside the device. The short answer is, if you don't get it fixed, the computer will not be usable. It is not designed to passively cool, so you are out of luck.

[Tokthree]

Tokthree, I've done some research into your issue and I've discovered that the new 7000 series drivers are designed to be used with digital input. As you suspected, it may be the VGA converter that is doing this. Apparently some people have gotten rid of the issue using a DVI cable with their HD 7870, are you able to try this out? Do you have any DVI monitors and cables?

I will look around the house, see if I can find anything though I'm fairly certain my monitor is VGA to VGA so I don't know what I could do if that was the solution

[fawkes..]

I will look around the house, see if I can find anything though I'm fairly certain my monitor is VGA to VGA so I don't know what I could do if that was the solution

Enable V-sync in the game you're playing and the graphics card interface control panel thing, I had the exact same problem

[Brian Smithers]

Hey guys. Saving up for a new computer. Specifically one around $1500
Now with more job I had before. Since I know I suck at designing builds. I ask you guys for a design under these ideas/specs:

- I don't overclock, I never will
- intel and nvidia CPU/gpu please
- good amount of ram
- at least 500GB of hard disk.
- newegg stuff please.
- no liquid cooling, it confuses me.

If you can send me the links to parts, that'd be great.

[Tokthree]

Enable V-sync in the game you're playing and the graphics card interface control panel thing, I had the exact same problem

Just did, didn't change anything.
Icy, if you could find me a VGA to dual-link DVI-I cable then I'd be quite grateful, I never have much luck with finding the thing I want to find when I search for things, I think I'm too precise with my search terms :/.

[fawkes..]

Just did, didn't change anything.
Icy, if you could find me a VGA to dual-link DVI-I cable then I'd be quite grateful, I never have much luck with finding the thing I want to find when I search for things, I think I'm too precise with my search terms :/.

Ah, really? fixed mine straight away

[lcyGamma]

Just did, didn't change anything.
Icy, if you could find me a VGA to dual-link DVI-I cable then I'd be quite grateful, I never have much luck with finding the thing I want to find when I search for things, I think I'm too precise with my search terms :/.

I thought you are already using an adapter?

Fawkes, I'm aware that for some people the Vsync thing helped but for many it isn't so... its quite odd really. :o

EDIT: Oh sorry, I realized that the adapter doesn't convert the feed. I'm not sure of converters for DVI to VGA.

[Tokthree]

I'm using a VGA to DVI adapter block, what I will be needing is a direct VGA to DVI cable, they exist but I can't seem to find a DVI-I dual-input one.
I've never really understood the difference between all the DVI's, VGA, SVGA, HDMI, Mini-display so I don't know what would and would not work

[lcyGamma]

I'm using a VGA to DVI adapter block, what I will be needing is a direct VGA to DVI cable, they exist but I can't seem to find a DVI-I dual-input one.
I've never really understood the difference between all the DVI's, VGA, SVGA, HDMI, Mini-display so I don't know what would and would not work

Since VGA isn't digital, it'd have to be converted. I think (I'm not sure) that the reason an adapter works with a DVI port is because it still sends a non-digital brown townogue signal that can be interpreted through the port. If that is true, you'd want to be converting the actual DVI signal, not the brown townogue signal it also sends.

Might need to get somebody to double check this.

[Stocking]

Are SSDs really worth it like

I understand that they're better

But are they $600 better