[QUOTE="ZOD777"]

[QUOTE="demi0227_basic"]Have you tried newer beta drivers? They are all Skyrim "optimized." Perhaps that could help out.sandeep410

Might be a good idea, however I have read that most people are experiencing little to no difference.

Um, your PSU is adequate on the 12v rail, but I question whether or not your PSU can handle everything at full load. Try unplugging an optical drive if you have 2 and see if that helps with power consumption, or take a stick of ram out.

http://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page11.html

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/11

Add those at load and you have 506/600W used at load, and that doesn't count anything else like ram, peripherals, and drives. Might be time for a PSU upgrade.

Try the new beta driver and see if that helps, otherwise, new PSU time I would think.

Probably. At load your PSU only has around 100 watts left over to distribute to all of your drives and mouse/keyboard etc. I would unplug all the HDDs that you don't use for Windows and Skyrim and maybe even a case fan if your temps will be ok.

Have you tried newer beta drivers? They are all Skyrim "optimized." Perhaps that could help out.demi0227_basic

Might be a good idea, however I have read that most people are experiencing little to no difference.

Um, your PSU is adequate on the 12v rail, but I question whether or not your PSU can handle everything at full load. Try unplugging an optical drive if you have 2 and see if that helps with power consumption, or take a stick of ram out.

http://www.techspot.com/review/359-nvidia-geforce-gtx-560ti/page11.html

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/01/03/intel-sandy-bridge-review/11

Add those at load and you have 506/600W used at load, and that doesn't count anything else like ram, peripherals, and drives. Might be time for a PSU upgrade.

Try the new beta driver and see if that helps, otherwise, new PSU time I would think.

[QUOTE="ZOD777"]

Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

MythPro1

New? Have had Steam for YEARS. I usually don't bother with the stupid promotional crap because it is just that....crap. It is a sad marketing ploy. 99 times out of 100 I just close the Steam Update News box without scrolling through unless there is a game I am specifically hoping has a deal.

Let's not all get our hopes up just yet. Space Marine was nothing like Dawn of War, so THQ might be trying to tap the FPS market after seeing Activision and EA get such big sales numbers this year. It could be an RTS, but we don't know enough just yet.

Does anyone actually have all of these games? I mean, I know they are selling them cheap, but that is for good reason. I would love to participate in this sweepstakes, but all of the games are junk. Is this not the worst promotion Steam has ever had to try and sell their low end games or what?

I like the THQ and Ubisoft deals, but I think the 2K and Rockstar packs are good too. The Rockstar pack would have you GTA'd out by the 2nd game, so having all of those GTAs might be overkill. So, the 2K pack has Borderlands and DLCs, Bioshock 1 and 2, plus Civilization and really good sports titles. Xcom is also one of my favorite games of all time...oldie but goodie.

So, I think I would get THQ or 2K if I had a choice.

I am having no issues with 285.62 driver on Skyrim with settings maxed on a GTX 470. I don't really see a need for a new driver just yet, although it has been a couple months now.

Doom 4, XCOM, Far Cry 3, and Diablo 3 are the ones I am really looking forward to. Syndicate and X-COM were 2 of my favorite DOS games in the mid 90s. It is too bad that both titles are being butchered from what they once were. Syndicate looks good on the surface, but it is going to play pretty linear. Plus, it looks like a lot of the core gameplay revolves around the "Batman Detective Mode" style vision.

My monitor suddenly says no signal and nothing happens.Only way out is to restart PC.Happens only on skyrim that to randomly.Saints row runs fine.

Skyrim used to run fine on my OLD pc.

sandeep410

When the monitor says no signal but everything else is still running, that means it has either lost connection to the video card, or the card has lost connection to the board (in my exp). I would recheck your cords and reseat your card if I were you. That is an easily overlooked issue, but a simple fix.

If your whole computer is shutting down, it could be overheating or a lack of power. Check your PSU amps on the 12v rail vs. the card's requirements. Some people neglect that aspect of PSUs when choosing one for the card on a new build.