[pcguytech]

QUOTE (mortalhuman @ Jan 12 2010, 14:55)

QUOTE (OverTheBelow @ Jan 12 2010, 18:41) Does the brand of an nvidia graphics card vary the performance or reliability? I don't think Nvidia or ATI actually make cards, I'm pretty sure it is 100% third party who just bases their cards on Nvidia or ATI technologies. I can't be 100% sure because I haven't heard that in a long time, but also, I haven't seen an actual branded nvidia or ati card (nor in that list) Can you link directly to the nvidia product? The results I see seem to be all pny, sapphire, etc, but no Nvidia actual branded cards.

^^ That's correct.

They develop the technology and design the blueprint of the GPU, Chipset used in graphics cards, motherboards. However nVidia itself, does not manufacturer the cards for retail or make motherboards. Nvidia sells their designs (blueprints) to third party GPU, motherboard manufacturers - that actually produce the final product and then slap their name brand on the box. They still have to apply the nvidia logo to the box because it's nvidia's design they are using. I'm not sure of ATI but it might as well be the same.

[Joe]

QUOTE (pcguytech_2005 @ Jan 13 2010, 07:04)

QUOTE (mortalhuman @ Jan 12 2010, 14:55) QUOTE (OverTheBelow @ Jan 12 2010, 18:41) Does the brand of an nvidia graphics card vary the performance or reliability? I don't think Nvidia or ATI actually make cards, I'm pretty sure it is 100% third party who just bases their cards on Nvidia or ATI technologies. I can't be 100% sure because I haven't heard that in a long time, but also, I haven't seen an actual branded nvidia or ati card (nor in that list) Can you link directly to the nvidia product? The results I see seem to be all pny, sapphire, etc, but no Nvidia actual branded cards. ^^ That's correct. They develop the technology and design the blueprint of the GPU, Chipset used in graphics cards, motherboards. However nVidia itself, does not manufacturer the cards for retail or make motherboards. Nvidia sells their designs (blueprints) to third party GPU, motherboard manufacturers - that actually produce the final product and then slap their name brand on the box. They still have to apply the nvidia logo to the box because it's nvidia's design they are using. I'm not sure of ATI but it might as well be the same.

ATI and nVidia both do this, except they do make some cards ONLY for shows, etc and to show the reference design off to the makers, this reference design is made in house and usually the graphics card makers just make this and put their own sticker on it, unless they OC it. (There are ones with different PCBs, but that's a whole different ballgame.)

[Tornado Rex]

Hey. People.

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=267334 (Random Questions)

[Tornado Rex]

Giving this a bump. Stop on in and say hi. One of us is usually around. If no one answers just say my nick and I should respond.

[Slamman]

I reminded you to bump it? I'm reformatting my Win two K laptop drive with XP HE two.
The format was disturbed when the laptop fell off my bed, where I was positioning it. After that a DLL file and IE didn't load but it finished installing, it lost sight of the actual CD ROM until finished, to remedy I am running the SP three installer, that may help

[jelly]

This thread is for the IRC channel. We already have two other threads for random banter.

[Tornado Rex]

Updated the first post with some information and staff and the like. Bump for awesome

[d00d]

As someone doing a sandwich year for my degree and currently working in IT support, I love all of you and this thread.

[AlfieWilRus]

QUOTE (Chargr @ Tuesday, Jul 5 2011, 01:29)

QUOTE (AlfieWilRus @ Monday, Jul 4 2011, 18:16) I'm going to buy the gta pack on steam, it includes Gta1, 2, 3, Vice City, SA, IV and Liberty City Stories. What Im wondering is, will you 3 generation gtas play on Win 7 64 bit? As thats what I have. Yes, too bad you can't use a controller though.. Been trying to connect my PS3 or 360 Controller for SA for a year now.

Wait? So does Gta III to SA will play on my 64 Win7?

[finn4life]

QUOTE (AlfieWilRus @ Tuesday, Jul 5 2011, 14:12)

QUOTE (Chargr @ Tuesday, Jul 5 2011, 01:29) QUOTE (AlfieWilRus @ Monday, Jul 4 2011, 18:16) I'm going to buy the gta pack on steam, it includes Gta1, 2, 3, Vice City, SA, IV and Liberty City Stories. What Im wondering is, will you 3 generation gtas play on Win 7 64 bit? As thats what I have. Yes, too bad you can't use a controller though.. Been trying to connect my PS3 or 360 Controller for SA for a year now. Wait? So does Gta III to SA will play on my 64 Win7?

He is just talking about using A PS3 controller to play rather than the PC keyboard.

Like Murdoc said (in your other thread) it should work just fine.

[Kwandilibro]

What's so great about cloud computing?

[Kirsty]

I have a problem with a laptop if anyone can help. My cousin has given me his to fix; assuming I'm an expert because I'm always on the Internet, but its quite messed up.

From what I can see its a Toshiba Satellite L4500-13X, Windows 7 Home Premium.

It won't boot up at all. At the loading screen it turns black with a flashing _ in the top corner. I can get into BIOS but it won't for the life of me enter Safe Mode. Set back to defaults etc in BIOS, still the same. Sometimes 'Windows Boot Manager' pops up saying Windows Failed to Start, File: \Boot\BCD, Status 0xc000000f. Telling me to boot from a disc that I don't have.

I've trying finding a solution but I seem to only get answers about doing something once the computer is on, but how can I do that when I can't get by the loading screen

Is it as simple as getting a Windows installation disc?

I'm pretty okay with computers, but not when it gets to the backend like this! Any help is appreciated, thanks.

[Ryan]

Sounds like the Windows installation is messed up. Reinstalling Windows should fix the problem.

[H3NR1QU3]

QUOTE (Wolf68k @ Sunday, Jul 3 2011, 13:51)

QUOTE (H3NR1QU3 @ Sunday, Jul 3 2011, 10:22) Quick question: could a lame no-break make the computer restart out of nowhere? Do what? Details.

Sorry for taking so long.
Here's the scenario:

I turn on the computer and it resets after a while (it doesn't even boot sometimes), and it keeps reseting until it finally stops and boots normally (if I restart the computer after booting, it starts again normally, without rebooting every time again). I noticed that the PSU fan is not working, but what I don't understand is why it starts normally only after a couple of resets and what does the fan have to do with it, unless it's something else I still don't know. If so, what could it be?

This post has been edited by H3NR1QU3 on Wednesday, Jul 6 2011, 03:57

[finn4life]

^^ don't mean to cut in-line but i can't help ya.

I have downloaded a couple games now (full versions) from PSN onto my PS3, i was just wondering since they are fully downloaded onto my Harddrive why is it that they don't load really fast, is it because they are not fully installed on the harddrive?

[d00d]

It's all relative. If downloaded from PSN, they'll be completely installed on your hard drive. However the HDD isn't a great deal faster than the disc. Faster yes, but not amazingly.

[finn4life]

QUOTE (d00d @ Thursday, Jul 7 2011, 12:21)

It's all relative. If downloaded from PSN, they'll be completely installed on your hard drive. However the HDD isn't a great deal faster than the disc. Faster yes, but not amazingly.

Ok, i have a 7200Rpm drive instead of the standard 5400rpm but that doesn't make much of a difference, i guess until we have SSD's in our consoles games are going to continue to have load times.

Eh well, it's like 20-30seconds worth when you turn the game on, no biggie.

[d00d]

There was an article on Engadget shortly after the PS3 came out - no matter what kind of HDD you put in the PS3 (even an SSD), you'll get roughly the same performance. Not sure of the reasoning myself but extensive testing proved it.

[Wolf68k]

QUOTE (d00d @ Thursday, Jul 7 2011, 06:23)

There was an article on Engadget shortly after the PS3 came out - no matter what kind of HDD you put in the PS3 (even an SSD), you'll get roughly the same performance. Not sure of the reasoning myself but extensive testing proved it.

Link it. Because the article I found shows the exact opposite of what you're saying.
http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/15/ps3-ssd...ttered-budgets/ it's source: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2332520,00.asp
Cliff notes:



For most part it might be a huge improvement like you might get when booting a PC OS like Windows, but they do say there's around a 30% improvement.
Will you see an improvement going from a 5400RPM drive to a 7200RPM drive? Yes. Will be a huge improvement, no.

I could rant about the real issue with the PS3, and Xbox360, but this isn't the place for it.

[d00d]

I didn't look for the article as I was at work and made a quick post from memory. I can't find the article but I'm 100% it was Engadget (only tech blog I read when the PS3 came out, it was around that time).

Yes, the performance will increase but only slightly, hence why I said roughly the same. Gamepro did a little test and you can see while you're getting more performance, its only at a minimal rate.