Computers - if it's not one problem, it's another

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Originally Posted by Skink

on the contrary,,, I find them filled with nice people that like to help...

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heres a forum to start with it has all catagories,and posts usually get replies...

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/cont...munity/forums/

I can't stand when technology doesn't work, or it seems like i'm the only one it doesn't work for. My cpu is fucked up, I can't get on xbox live... I wish things would just work!!! :)

You never have any failure with cannabis smoking. Inhale, exhale et voila, you're ripped. Mission accomplished.

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Originally Posted by CityBoyGoneCountry

If he was going to take advantage of me he could have tried selling me a much more expensive graphics card. Let's be real here, $100 is pretty much at the low end of the graphics card price range.

He DID try to take advantage of me when it came to the installation, but I didn't go for it. He wanted $70 to put it in for me. I said fuck that, and I went home and figured it out mysellf. There was one tiny screw that took me about an hour to get off, but once I got it off I didn't have any difficulty.

I'm trying to play Rome: Total War.

I don't know exactly which specs you need to know. Like I said, I'm not a nerd. But my computer is an HP pavilion 9800. Pentium 4. I have windows xp. And the exact name of the graphics card I bought is:

"Diamond Stealth S120 graphics accelerator card featuring Radeon 9550"

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Download the latest drivers, and reinstall catalyst. You made a pretty bad decision on getting that card as I have it myself.

err.. the 9550 was not the card to own a year and a half ago. The 9800 pro was the card to own like three years ago. and pci-e is not going to be "required" for games any time soon. I would return that card you just bought and order something else off newegg depending on your specs. You could have gotten a 9550 for $36 on newegg plus $5 shipping.

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue

I can't stand when technology doesn't work, or it seems like i'm the only one it doesn't work for. My cpu is fucked up, I can't get on xbox live... I wish things would just work!!! :)

You never have any failure with cannabis smoking. Inhale, exhale et voila, you're ripped. Mission accomplished.

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No shit.

It's like you practically have to be a computer science major just to play a fuckin video game. I should have bought a Playstation. At least with one of those, when you buy a game, you know the fuckin thing is going to work.

If Bill Gates is so goddamn smart, why can't he figure out a way to simplify this shit?

When the world doesn't need wires anymore it will be marvellous.

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Originally Posted by CityBoyGoneCountry

No shit.

It's like you practically have to be a computer science major just to play a fuckin video game. I should have bought a Playstation. At least with one of those, when you buy a game, you know the fuckin thing is going to work.

If Bill Gates is so goddamn smart, why can't he figure out a way to simplify this shit?

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he probably knows how to simplify it already. but then he wouldnt make as much money

Wow, that nerd just ripped you a new one. I got my 9600 Pro like 5 or 6 Years ago and it wasnt even that great for the time. On friday I finally upgraded to a Radeon x1600 Pro 512mb. Its pretty nice and it was on sale for 100 bucks. So if I was you i'd go back to wherever you got that card and shove it up thier ass.

[quote=CityBoyGoneCountry]No shit.

It's like you practically have to be a computer science major just to play a fuckin video game. I should have bought a Playstation. At least with one of those, when you buy a game, you know the fuckin thing is going to work.

If Bill Gates is so goddamn smart, why can't he figure out a way to simplify this shit?[/QUOTE]

I drive a 733 P3,128 megs Rambus,8 gig scuzi harddrive,16 meg Matrox vid card...now lets talk about slower than maple syrup left outside overnite in January!!
I got SOOOO frustrated whtching my puter wimper under Winblows XP that I fianally kicked Mr Gates to the curb,trashed Winblows and loaded Elive (Debian Based) Lunix.(I quit gaming a few years back)
My puter is MUCH happier,MUCH MORE STABLE (23 days uptime without a burp) and I dont have Winblows throwin popups or balloons in my face every 5 min!! I am F.AT. Free!!!
If you are a welder,framer than one can assume that you can tune a Chevy Small Block...If you can tune yer truck then building your own pc is a peice of cake....Its harder to get Winblows to run than it is to assemble a pc,

[quote=The Figment]

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Originally Posted by CityBoyGoneCountry

No shit.

It's like you practically have to be a computer science major just to play a fuckin video game. I should have bought a Playstation. At least with one of those, when you buy a game, you know the fuckin thing is going to work.

If Bill Gates is so goddamn smart, why can't he figure out a way to simplify this shit?[/QUOTE]

I drive a 733 P3,128 megs Rambus,8 gig scuzi harddrive,16 meg Matrox vid card...now lets talk about slower than maple syrup left outside overnite in January!!
I got SOOOO frustrated whtching my puter wimper under Winblows XP that I fianally kicked Mr Gates to the curb,trashed Winblows and loaded Elive (Debian Based) Lunix.(I quit gaming a few years back)
My puter is MUCH happier,MUCH MORE STABLE (23 days uptime without a burp) and I dont have Winblows throwin popups or balloons in my face every 5 min!! I am F.AT. Free!!!
If you are a welder,framer than one can assume that you can tune a Chevy Small Block...If you can tune yer truck then building your own pc is a peice of cake....Its harder to get Winblows to run than it is to assemble a pc,

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Whats Lunix? And its not Bill Gates fault that you didnt read the MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS for Windows XP. Come on, you might as well gut that computer out and start growing marijuana in the case.