Screen tearing is it. Thanks!

Is that due to bad/underpowered hardware?

It's hard to describe, but I've often noticed there's a line - not a string of same-colored pixels, but like a divide, aberration, something when I play PC games. It's not artifacting or anything like that, but just almost as if on an old TV the vertical hold was funny.

Man, I can't describe it - suffice it to say it's not something like poor hardware or an error - my frame rate is rock solid and details and all the other business are doing well. If this makes any sense to anyone and there's a name or something for it, I'd like to hear your thoughts. I'll try and describe it better if I can think of a way to do it...

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Is it pretty much spot-on, or does it err on the side of caution?

I was hoping to upgrade my GPU to a 285gtx or something of that ilk (from a 4850), but the calc says my Corsair 550W PSU is about 125 watts too light. Thoughts?

czechgangster44

Of course th calculator is never spot on, for it knows very little about your system, and always calculates "worst-case scenario," since while Newegg is a great site, it still remains a company that runs on money. Much like the whole world:) SOOoo, i really wouldn't worry about it. Get a new GPU* (though i have a little tiny bit to say on that) and plug it in. Corsair makes great PSU's and so it's really not dangerous.

*I recently upgraded to a HD 4770, and it's serving all my needs. The 4850 is very similiar in gaming horse power to the HD 4770 (albeit it using more energy). If you have similair requirements to mine (interent--DUHH, playing TF2, WiC, Brother in Arms:HH and the likes maxed out) then i would advise waiting a little bit longer to upgrade. If do more demanding things, ignore what i just said, but read on.

You said you want to upgrade to a 285gtx or something of similiar strength, and so i would recommend the 5870 or the 5850. Both are MUCH, MUCH, MUCH more efficient then any Nvidia card, saving you money, saving the world for future generations, and making your pc cooler (temperature). Thats all.

Hope it helped,

-Czech

Is it pretty much spot-on, or does it err on the side of caution?

I was hoping to upgrade my GPU to a 285gtx or something of that ilk (from a 4850), but the calc says my Corsair 550W PSU is about 125 watts too light. Thoughts?