Kursah
05-16-2007, 04:02 AM
Well, my RMA's P5B Deluxe made it till yesterday and did the same thing my first MB did, would turn on, turn fans not, but no POST, no response...this happened when going from a slight OC'd state to stock...and did not change after removing CMOS battery, resetting CMOS jumper, etc...so it's on the way back for...yep ANOTHER RMA!!! AAAAHHHHRRRRGGG!!!.
I also complained to Newegg about my vcard, the Powercolor x1950pro 256, I like the card, and it's good bang for the buck or was, but overall I just am not content as I think it should've been, plus it didn't OC well at all, and frankly mine didn't really keep up with similar systems... They said they'd refund me the $200 US I paid, and I found an EVGA 8800GTS 320 for ~$315 US shipped ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130038 ), it also includes a $ 15 rebate (I'm bad with rebates though...). I can probably spare the extra $115 with my next paycheck n/p, and I am sure I'll need a beefier PSU as I don't think my current Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W w/ 12v1 @ 19A and 12v2 @ 17A will cut it. There's another 100 and some odd dollars in a new PSU which will keep me down longer, but may be worth it!
Should I take the refund on the card (I do like the cool temps it runs..but it OC's shitty, and it's performance doesn't make me happy when I can dish out another 100 bucks and get way more!) and have some serious downtime? I am using my old pc (currently my g/f's rig), and it will do fine till I can afford all the goodies, but I could be down up to or a little more than a month...I am planning on running Vista again, and haven't read up much about Nvidia getting their act together on drivers..I will look into that also.
If I do this then I'll be DX10 ready, have greater performance now..sure I'll miss the R600 boat and jump to the Green Side...but it almost seems worth it ATM, especially since I'll get full price back on my x1950. So I would like some recommendations on a good PSU, I found one here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153050 And it looks pretty good to me, plus when I get a new PSU, I want the 8-pin for my MB, more than two 12v rails is no big deal, but I'd like to keep it close to $100 US and be able to run the 8800, eventually OC'd with my system OC'd also.
So please respond soon and let me know if I should go for it, or sit on what I have...right now I'm leaning on 8800 + new PSU even though that means more downtime. Thanks all!
I also complained to Newegg about my vcard, the Powercolor x1950pro 256, I like the card, and it's good bang for the buck or was, but overall I just am not content as I think it should've been, plus it didn't OC well at all, and frankly mine didn't really keep up with similar systems... They said they'd refund me the $200 US I paid, and I found an EVGA 8800GTS 320 for ~$315 US shipped ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130038 ), it also includes a $ 15 rebate (I'm bad with rebates though...). I can probably spare the extra $115 with my next paycheck n/p, and I am sure I'll need a beefier PSU as I don't think my current Antec Smartpower 2.0 500W w/ 12v1 @ 19A and 12v2 @ 17A will cut it. There's another 100 and some odd dollars in a new PSU which will keep me down longer, but may be worth it!
Should I take the refund on the card (I do like the cool temps it runs..but it OC's shitty, and it's performance doesn't make me happy when I can dish out another 100 bucks and get way more!) and have some serious downtime? I am using my old pc (currently my g/f's rig), and it will do fine till I can afford all the goodies, but I could be down up to or a little more than a month...I am planning on running Vista again, and haven't read up much about Nvidia getting their act together on drivers..I will look into that also.
If I do this then I'll be DX10 ready, have greater performance now..sure I'll miss the R600 boat and jump to the Green Side...but it almost seems worth it ATM, especially since I'll get full price back on my x1950. So I would like some recommendations on a good PSU, I found one here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153050 And it looks pretty good to me, plus when I get a new PSU, I want the 8-pin for my MB, more than two 12v rails is no big deal, but I'd like to keep it close to $100 US and be able to run the 8800, eventually OC'd with my system OC'd also.
So please respond soon and let me know if I should go for it, or sit on what I have...right now I'm leaning on 8800 + new PSU even though that means more downtime. Thanks all!