dude, go buy one of those handheld "leapfrog" things or something. way too young to have his own computer.

i think what got me so into computers was that my family never had one until i was like 13, so i never had access to them, which only intrigued me MORE.

hold off on his own computer. besides it being a bad idea in general, you will train him to take technology for granted.

[QUOTE="OPRFWrestler112"]Download the latest Nvidia drivers. I had the same prob. It's not your hardware, it's the drivers. (While you're at it, try applying some thermal paste to your gpu for some extra performance).pedroion

wow, i didn't noticed that Thermal Paste gives extra performance!

i thought it was the OVERCLOCK that gives extra perf!

lol man, lol

thermal paste->cooler temp-> higher overclock -> better performance

[QUOTE="wklzip"][QUOTE="Bebi_vegeta"]

Facts point out that the 8800 is better now and that's all you need to know.

The 3870 might be better after a few driver's release. But how much will that gain be, 1-5%?

Bebi_vegeta

We dont know yet. But if it does the same improvement as the HD2900xt it will outperform the 8800gt by a cheaper price.

Again it's all about taking risks... i'm not up to that.

like i said before, if you're going to go so far as to say it will gain 1-5%, that's still worth buying the cheaper card. you can't say it's not.
if you want to pay more for a card, crossfire em. that's pretty much the best deal there is right now.

ok, i got a 7600gts a little over a year ago. back then it was AVERAGE or a little below even. now you see where that puts your 7300. it's bad. get your money back.

i didnt like the orange box anyway, im selling it for COD4

the graphics are bad, tF2 is boring and pointless, the only good game in the package is Portal

rulo_rezn0r

Half life series:

at this point, you either love it or you hate it. box art won't change your mind either way. didn't for me.

ok, i did some research and found out how to make it not automatically restart when it gets the error. instead it shows me a blue screen with the hexidecimal Stop error. personally i don't know what to do with it. i made a copy of the .dmp file of the error onto a flash drive, but i don't know how to read them. im sure i could figure out a way, but i still wouldn't know what to do with it.

does anyone here know how to debug using a Stop error code?

[QUOTE="blazethe1"]

just so you know, that first guy said it costs $130 to fix it. that happens to be the exact price of a new Lite.

don't use off-brand styluses. and don't volunteer your DS as awalmart/EBgames tester.

Sr_Mateus

[QUOTE="verparanoidpers"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"][QUOTE="LordEC911"][QUOTE="Thinker_145"]Did you miss out on Assasins Creed selling over a million in it's first week???

And i also said "for many people" and not "for everyone".Thinker_145

Yes, I did miss out on that but you are also missing out on ONE BIG FACT.
Assasins Creed hasn't come to PC yet...
So why are you giving me sales numbers for a freaking console game when we are talking about PCs?

And 1 million is VERY SMALL minority??

compare 1 million to the pop of the US, and yeah, that is an extreme minority.

Facts point out that the 8800 is better now and that's all you need to know.

The 3870 might be better after a few driver's release. But how much will that gain be, 1-5%?

Bebi_vegeta

maybe....but personally i would take a1-5% increase for $50-$100 less ANY day