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Xion X2
09-21-08, 02:05 PM
I posted a topic in the Rage3D driver section, Viral, so maybe we'll hear from some of the guys over there on a fix for the scaling issue.
Heinz68
09-21-08, 04:58 PM
I just played an hour of Bioshock. It too had problems with HDTV scaling which I assume is because it's DX10. On anything over 1680x1050 it would use 1080i not 1080P. I just used 1680x1050 and my TV centred the image. Still looked pretty damn good just a slightly smaller screen area. Performance was immaculate but then again if it wasn't I'd be wanting my money back right now.
Do you mean by centered the image has black frame around. If so set the scaling to 0%, I always have to set it after every driver install.
Can you post what model is your HDTV.
Did you try to add and force 1080p50 (PAL), if it's not already there. Before adding any format you should check your TV manual if it's supported, but since you're on PAL system 1080p50 should be supported by your HDTV.
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Do you mean by centered the image has black frame around. If so set the scaling to 0%, I always have to set it after every driver install.
Can you post what model is your HDTV.
Did you try to add and force 1080p50 (PAL), if it's not already there. Before adding any format you should check your TV manual if it's supported, but since you're on PAL system 1080p50 should be supported by your HDTV.
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I have already set the scaling to 0 since my desktop wasn't full 1080P to start with because of this same problem. It's because I'm only using 1680x1050 in Bioshock, I don't want it to scale the resolution if it's under 1080P, crysis at 1776x1000 is the same.
My TV supports both 50Hz and 60Hz. It's only resolutions of 1776x1000 and up in DX10 3D apps that don't allow this and either switch to 1080i or 1080P 24Hz. The image is still whatever resolution it is set to just with black borders, but the TV is only displaying at 1080I or 1080P 24Hz.
Viral, is any other game crashing on you besides Crysis?
Do you have Lost Planet? If so, try that in DX10 and see if it crashes at all. That and Crysis are the most demanding games out right now for GPUs.
I really don't know of a reason that a driver or malfunctioning card would cause crashes on certain games and not others (on fresh installs.) It would almost seem as if your PSU is giving out on you under intense load. Those Corsair models have a great track record, though.
Hmm.. a close relative of mine actually had an issue where his PC was trying to draw more power from the wall socket and, due to a bad breaker in his house, wasn't able to and kept crashing in the middle of stuff. Have you tried hooking up to another outlet at your residence?
A few more things to try:
1) Go into your BIOS and check your PCI-E speeds
2) Try hooking your PC up to a different wall socket in a completely separate room of your house/apartment.
3) If you're using the OCZ drives, go here to disable AHCP in your bios if you haven't already:
http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40561
I think the TV scaling issue is separate and wouldn't cause the crashes you're experiencing. Slawter can chip in on that one, but I don't recall him saying his was crashing on him--just that he couldn't get the resolution he wanted.
Only tried Bioshock so far, it ran flawlessly. Unfortunately I don't have Lost Planet, I may try and pick it up if its cheap.
1) What do you mean by PCI-E speeds, clock speed or "bandwidth booster"? I've already used auto and the default 100MHz on PCI-E speed. The gigabyte board have this 'Robust Graphics booster" or something which is supposed to enhance graphics card bandwidth. It has a auto, fast and turbo setting. I had it set on turbo when I first setup my PC, changed it to fast when running into problems, and now have it on auto. Is this just some sort of signaling thing or does it enable PCI-E 2.0 or something important?
2) TBH I wouldn't be surprised if it was the wall outlet. My house was previously owned by an electrician. You'd think that would be good, but not really. A lot of the wiring looks pretty dodgey. Not to mention that it's all over 25 years old. I have everything connected to an extension cord which then connects to a fairly new power board. I previously had it connected to another powerboard attached to an outlet at the other side of the room. I really can't remember if I was having the stability issues then, I'll have to try it out.
Oh wait, I had issues with crysis at my mates place. This is when it was barely even getting into the game, though. The setup couldve been even worse there as it was a fairly old power board that was also running the TV as well as a PS3 and Xbox 360 at one point. His machine with my old overclocked E6600, 4850, 4GB ram and 650watt coolermaster PSU was running flawlessly on a seperate power board.
3) I've read up on the do's and don't of SSD drives, but all I can find in my BIOS regarding AHCI is a setting for SATA RAID/AHCI Mode, which I've set to raid. It says RAID mode enables SATA as RAID function while AHCI enables SATA as AHCI function. Makes sense, however when the whole raid detection process is happening it does say SATA AHCI controller or something of the sort at the top. I really don't think it means AHCI is still enabled, though. What's your BIOS setting like and what about the RAID detection after the first boot screen?
Oh yeah, and setup my RAID and installed the latest Intel RAID controller drivers on that raid setup before installing windows (in the windows drive setup menu on install). However when this menu first came up it showed them as two drives, so I combined them and it showed up as one just fine. Seemed like the right thing to do at least.
Anyway, to summarise on the crashing issue. It's getting annoying to test because it now can go long periods in crysis without crashing. I changed the cables to one fixed on the 12v2 rail and the other modular on the 12v1 cable before playing Bioshock, so hey maybe it's even all good now. Problem is I'm sick of getting into Crysis again and then having it crash on me once I forget about the problem. Up until that happens I'm enjoying Crysis much more than my first play through so it's pretty frustrating. I will test tomorrow night, though.
Update: Bah, I just disabled legacy IDE mode on SATA ports 0-3. It's now native. WTH gigabyte, I sware no other board I've had has been this 'compatible' with default settings at the expense of performance for users who miss these legacy options are enabled. My OCZ drives are on SATA ports 0 and 1 as these are commonly faster on many chipsets, not sure about this one, I really should look into it. Anyhow, I haven't been happy with the general SSD/RAID performance so far, although I havent run any drive benchmarks. Hopefully this sees a big performance boost and who knows, could even be my problem.
BTW Xion, were you able to install Intel Matrix storage manager? I tried this on my first Vista install and it screwed things up badly. Transfer rates went down into the KB/s range. After uninstalling they only went up to a few MB/s instead of the previous 25-55 depending on the drive transferring from. This is the main reason I reinstalled vista just with the "floppy" drivers.
Same problem. However dx10 1080p works with DMC4 and lost planet (same engine). What works for me is this: go to options menu. uncheck full screen, select 1920*1080 in window mode and then hit alt enter. The fulscreen tab stays unchecked but I have fullscreen 1080p.
I just tried this in Bioshock, and when pressing alt+enter either in game or in the menu it changes the res to 1680x1050 and when checking the menu the option has changed to full screen. Did you just mean Crysis, crysis doesn't have a 1080P option in the menu. Oh and btw Bioshock still played flawlessly windowed... at 1080P lol. It's funny how it can run so well with no tearing or stuttering without vsync at all while crysis is unplayable for me without vsync. Must be the constant high framerates.
Sorry for the post flood. Just after trying Bioshock I thought I'd fire up Crysis. It was still running windowed from my testing and it crashed within 10secs on the Menu with me doing nothing at all. This is in 2D mode on the GPU. I'm pretty sure that rules out a power problem of any kind.
The crash is pretty much always the same. Blank screen, sound either continues for a few seconds then repeats rapidly or cuts straight to the rapid sound repitition. The PC doesn't restart, I have to shut it off.
Heinz68
09-22-08, 11:32 AM
I just tried this in Bioshock, and when pressing alt+enter either in game or in the menu it changes the res to 1680x1050 and when checking the menu the option has changed to full screen. Did you just mean Crysis, crysis doesn't have a 1080P option in the menu. Oh and btw Bioshock still played flawlessly windowed... at 1080P lol. It's funny how it can run so well with no tearing or stuttering without vsync at all while crysis is unplayable for me without vsync. Must be the constant high framerates.
Crysis has the 1080p resolution setting, it's the last resolution hidden but there is a little slider.
The alt+enter changed the resolution to 1680x1050 because you set it up.
The alt+enter also solved the problem for couple guys at AMD Game Forum. I already posted the same in another thread.
I did a search at AMD Game Forums and found a thread where couple guys had same problem like you but only on with DX10 titles.
The thread is two pages long and it looks like the two guys complaining about it found very simple solution.
Read 'watcher73' post (08/13/2008 07:14 PM) and 'opethian' post right after:"I can't believe it was that simple! Everything's working like a charm now in DX10 for me too!"
About Crysis, 'watcher73' reported another step still needed "Also, Crysis will only work 1080p DX10 for me if I enter the game, wait till the main menu then press alt-enter." post (08/20/2008 06:53 AM) LINK (http://forums.amd.com/game/messageview.cfm?catid=279&threadid=98024&STARTPAGE=2&FTVAR_FORUMVIEWTMP=Linear)
Heinz68
09-22-08, 11:48 AM
Sorry for the post flood. Just after trying Bioshock I thought I'd fire up Crysis. It was still running windowed from my testing and it crashed within 10secs on the Menu with me doing nothing at all. This is in 2D mode on the GPU. I'm pretty sure that rules out a power problem of any kind.
The crash is pretty much always the same. Blank screen, sound either continues for a few seconds then repeats rapidly or cuts straight to the rapid sound repitition. The PC doesn't restart, I have to shut it off.
I had couple crashes with HD 4870 in Crysis menu when i changed some option fast, to me it looked like i changed the option before it had time to set, my system is slow. Anyway when that happen the red LED lights on the back of the card went on and I couldn't restart the computer. Had to use the power switch on PSU to close it, wait few seconds and than restart.
Anyway since it happens so often on your PC I believe you must have some hardware problems. Can you have the card check on another system or by some local dealer just to make sure the card is OK.
Xion X2
09-22-08, 12:47 PM
I would be very careful about running a high-end rig on any kind of extension cord. There is a power-loss in the transfer--depending on the length of the cord and the gauge rating, it can vary wildly. This is one reason why every PSU comes with its own power cable.
While you mention that the Crysis menu crashed as well, it was still in 3D mode (card switches to 3D as soon as a game is launched) so it still could've been using up some power.
I haven't had any trouble with my RAID setup on my Core drives. I know you sent me a PM a while ago that I didn't answer that I've been meaning to. I just completed the setup last night, and they're running spectacular for me so far. Vista loads after 1 bar, and it only takes me 4 seconds to shut-down. The pausing/stuttering in Oblivion when it loads in textures is completely gone. The system flies.
The RAID install was very simple. First I configured SATA for RAID in the BIOS. Then, once it went through the checksum it let me set the stripe level and configure the drives. Next, all I did was load the raid drivers onto a CD in the root directory, and on the Vista install screen there is a "Load Drivers" option that you can click. It read them straight from the CD and installed them easily.
So yeah, loving the Core drives so far. Everything flies and is perfectly smooth. No more stuttering/lag with anything. One of the best purchases I've made thus far.
I haven't had any trouble with my RAID setup on my Core drives. I know you sent me a PM a while ago that I didn't answer that I've been meaning to. I just completed the setup last night, and they're running spectacular for me so far. Vista loads after 1 bar, and it only takes me 4 seconds to shut-down. The pausing/stuttering in Oblivion when it loads in textures is completely gone. The system flies.
The RAID install was very simple. First I configured SATA for RAID in the BIOS. Then, once it went through the checksum it let me set the stripe level and configure the drives. Next, all I did was load the raid drivers onto a CD in the root directory, and on the Vista install screen there is a "Load Drivers" option that you can click. It read them straight from the CD and installed them easily.
So yeah, loving the Core drives so far. Everything flies and is perfectly smooth. No more stuttering/lag with anything. One of the best purchases I've made thus far.
That's exactly how I installed mine from the start. No problems there and I used the latest Intel drivers. I did not update to the latest BIOS, though. I looked on Gigabytes website and the latest BIOS said it included 1600MHz FSB via overclock, which mine has written on the box. I'm using a 128KB stripe as recommended on the OCZ forums and have disabled AHCI in the BIOS as well as making sure windows won't auto defrag the drive.
How about this, can you download any of the benchmarks that OCZ state work well with SSD's and give it a run, PM me the results and I'll see if I can get something similar.
On to the next point. It's not really that convenient for me to plug my PC straight into the wall as my desk faces away from the wall. I will give it a go for testing reasons tonight.
About Crysis being in 3D once launched, well, my second core stays at 500/500 (2d speeds), when crysis is windowed, so this doesn't seem to be the case at least for me.
I just started up my PC then, first time since the crash last night, the CCC error came up on windows startup but crysis it sitting at the menu windowed just fine.
Crysis has the 1080p resolution setting, it's the last resolution hidden but there is a little slider.
The alt+enter changed the resolution to 1680x1050 because you set it up.
The alt+enter also solved the problem for couple guys at AMD Game Forum. I already posted the same in another thread.
Thanks dude! Didn't even see that green box as a slider. My last monitor was 1680x1050 so I didn't have to look for it then.
As for Bioshock, I changed the resolution to 1080P windowed, it was on 1680x1050 fullscreen before that but i applied the new settings and quit the menu. Are you saying that it's somehow remembering my old settings and forcing them?
Ok I just tried 1080p in crysis. Went to windowed, saved, exited the game, loaded it again and pressed alt+enter. Still 1080/24p. Turned off 1080/24p in CCC and went back into crysis and did the exact same thing, and STILL got 1080/24p. Also, when playing in 1080p it still has a black border, so it's either still 1776x1000 or the scaling is off because CCC isn't set to 0% for 1080/24p. I'm guessing the latter.
Still, I'm not having any luck with the alt+enter solution. Can't see how I could be doing anything wrong.
Ok, just want to update on a few things:
Tried plugging my PC straight into the wall. Funny sight with my keyboard+ mouse in the middle of the room and PC between them and the wall with all cords stretched out. Launched crysis, got a red screen of death memory dump. I have had this before, forgot to mention. So uhhh.. rule that out?
Second thing is for Xion, windows (vista ultimate 64) takes 2 and a half "bars" to load on startup for me. My PC pretty much starts up much slower than if I were using a regular HDD because the startup is the same but the checksum for the RAID takes about 10 seconds or more. So something seems wrong there, but could it be my problem with crysis? I'm doubtful.
I'm thinking it's time I did something a bit more drastic to rule out possibilities. I could try putting my x2 in my mates PC, but with a 650watt PSU with two 18A 12v rails and no native 8-pin connector.... I don't like my chances. Alternatively I could put his 4850 in mine, this should prove the same thing, hopefully.
Xion X2
09-23-08, 10:15 AM
How about this, can you download any of the benchmarks that OCZ state work well with SSD's and give it a run, PM me the results and I'll see if I can get something similar.
Yeah, I'll see if I can run them tonight.
About Crysis being in 3D once launched, well, my second core stays at 500/500 (2d speeds), when crysis is windowed, so this doesn't seem to be the case at least for me.
So it was crashing in windowed mode--not full-screen? In that case, you're probably right; the card would probably stay in 2-D mode.
I just started up my PC then, first time since the crash last night, the CCC error came up on windows startup but crysis it sitting at the menu windowed just fine.
I'm getting the CCC error on the 8.9s too--even after a fresh install of Vista. So I think it's just a bug. I just restart it whenever it crashes on startup.
Xion X2
09-23-08, 10:26 AM
Tried plugging my PC straight into the wall. Funny sight with my keyboard+ mouse in the middle of the room and PC between them and the wall with all cords stretched out. Launched crysis, got a red screen of death memory dump. I have had this before, forgot to mention. So uhhh.. rule that out?
Hard to say if you should rule that out or not. If the breaker/circuitry is weak, then you could get the same thing. But I still don't think an extension cord is a great idea. Have you checked the gauge rating on the cord you're using and matched it against your PSU recommendations?
Second thing is for Xion, windows (vista ultimate 64) takes 2 and a half "bars" to load on startup for me. My PC pretty much starts up much slower than if I were using a regular HDD because the startup is the same but the checksum for the RAID takes about 10 seconds or more. So something seems wrong there, but could it be my problem with crysis? I'm doubtful.
Sometimes mine will take 2.5 bars. For the most part it loads directly after 2 bars, sometimes 1. It depends on your last actions in Vista. If you installed updates or drivers, or had a program shut down unexpectedly, etc. It varies. There's probably a way to disable the checksum for the RAID from popping up every time; I just haven't looked into it yet.
I'm thinking it's time I did something a bit more drastic to rule out possibilities. I could try putting my x2 in my mates PC, but with a 650watt PSU with two 18A 12v rails and no native 8-pin connector.... I don't like my chances. Alternatively I could put his 4850 in mine, this should prove the same thing, hopefully.
That PSU is poorly equipped to handle that card. I seriously doubt that it will work as 12v1 is probably dedicated to the CPU only and cannot be used to power the card. That leaves you with only 18A for most of the stuff in the case, including the X2.
Yeah, I'll see if I can run them tonight.
Cheers. :thumbsup:
So it was crashing in windowed mode--not full-screen? In that case, you're probably right; the card would probably stay in 2-D mode.
It depends, but long answer short, I've had it crash in both. Less often windowed than fullscreen and under different circumstances.
I'm getting the CCC error on the 8.9s too--even after a fresh install of Vista. So I think it's just a bug. I just restart it whenever it crashes on startup.
Good to hear it's not just me. This problem by itself doesn't bother me at all.
Hard to say if you should rule that out or not. If the breaker/circuitry is weak, then you could get the same thing. But I still don't think an extension cord is a great idea. Have you checked the gauge rating on the cord you're using and matched it against your PSU recommendations?
Well I just played about 3 mins then no problems until I got into a vehicle. I had used many vehicles before then so it was probably just coincidence but it did seem weirdly timed. I'll try it at a different power socket tomorrow but that will make testing stability hard if I have to play the game for a long period of time as I will be very close to my TV. No idea about the gauge rating, I'll test out multiple cords if necessary tomorrow when using the different outlet.
Sometimes mine will take 2.5 bars. For the most part it loads directly after 2 bars, sometimes 1. It depends on your last actions in Vista. If you installed updates or drivers, or had a program shut down unexpectedly, etc. It varies. There's probably a way to disable the checksum for the RAID from popping up every time; I just haven't looked into it yet.
Makes sense, I can't remember ever seeing it take less than two bars yet for me, but then again, most of my boots have been after improper shutdown/errors.
That PSU is poorly equipped to handle that card. I seriously doubt that it will work as 12v1 is probably dedicated to the CPU only and cannot be used to power the card. That leaves you with only 18A for most of the stuff in the case, including the X2.
As I thought and my other friends have even weaker PSU's. I'll just have to test out his 4850 in my PC, if he doesn't oblige I'll take my monitor back since he hasn't payed for it :p
Thanks for all the help, I haven't built a rig this high end before so it's good to get support from someone with common hardware.
Heinz68
09-23-08, 03:16 PM
As for Bioshock, I changed the resolution to 1080P windowed, it was on 1680x1050 fullscreen before that but i applied the new settings and quit the menu. Are you saying that it's somehow remembering my old settings and forcing them?
Every game will remember the last setting you just applied but since you switched to windowed mode the desktop setting has to be also set properly.
Ok I just tried 1080p in crysis. Went to windowed, saved, exited the game, loaded it again and pressed alt+enter. Still 1080/24p. Turned off 1080/24p in CCC and went back into crysis and did the exact same thing, and STILL got 1080/24p.
Do you have the 1080p problem ONLY with Crysis? 'watcher73' in the link i gave you claims he ONLY had to use the alt+enter switch for Grysis. But first he needed apply the folowing settings in CCC.
Thank you for testing. I don't know why, but after reading your reply, I tried to add modes under "HDTV Support" that I had already listed:
Add 1080i30 format to the Display Manager(NTSC)
Add 1080p60 format to the Display Manager(NTSC)
Add 1080p24 format to the Display Manager(HD)
Which resulted in 24hz, 29i, 30i, 59hz, 60hz listed under my refresh rates. Now everything under DX10 is working! Well DMC4 DX10 only works if I select 59hz under 1920x1080 resolution, but all other games properly detect 1080p now. I would have never guessed to try this if it wasn't for your reply. Thanks again.
Also, when playing in 1080p it still has a black border, so it's either still 1776x1000 or the scaling is off because CCC isn't set to 0% for 1080/24p. I'm guessing the later.
I only use the 1080p60 (1920x1080) don't know why the 1776x1000 is there as a choice. I only had to set the 0% scan ones, if 0% scan is applied to other modes it should also be remembered.
Basically scaling has nothing to do with your problem, 1080p (1920x1080) or 1080i (1920x1080) has the same resolution.
H3avyM3tal
09-23-08, 06:50 PM
You will have black borders when playing 1080p stuff, because your screen native res is 1980x1200. You may try to stretch the picture, but that's it. You want the black borders to go away, Use 1920x1200 instead.
There is noway around it, 1920x1080 on a 1920x1200 screen will always have black borders unless stretched.
Xion X2
09-24-08, 12:54 AM
Using ATTO 2.02v:
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8227/attoak9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Heinz68
09-24-08, 02:19 AM
You will have black borders when playing 1080p stuff, because your screen native res is 1980x1200. You may try to stretch the picture, but that's it. You want the black borders to go away, Use 1920x1200 instead.
There is noway around it, 1920x1080 on a 1920x1200 screen will always have black borders unless stretched.
Viral said he is using 40" Bravia 1080p HDTV which is 1920x1080 same as my Westy HDTV monitor and I had to set the under scan to 0%. No idea why the CCC doesn't have it as default. I have to set it every time when I install new driver.
You will have black borders when playing 1080p stuff, because your screen native res is 1980x1200. You may try to stretch the picture, but that's it. You want the black borders to go away, Use 1920x1200 instead.
There is noway around it, 1920x1080 on a 1920x1200 screen will always have black borders unless stretched.
I'm not using the monitor in my sig because I'm still waiting for it to come into stock. Seem's no one buys 24"monitors anymore. I'm using my 1080P HDTV. When I get my monitor I'll use 1920x1200 and after this experience probably never think about using my TV again;)
Using ATTO 2.02v:
http://img353.imageshack.us/img353/8227/attoak9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I cant get ATTO to run on my RAID, works for my WD fine though. It brings up cannot open file benchtst.$$$"" when I click start. I googled this but only foundresults from foreign language forums, the only english site was meerly someone stating they have the problem and no one providing any feedback in the few pages after that I checked. This thread will probably be the first result on google now. ;) I've posted on the OCZ forums about this, seems a lot of people there are having issues with the Core SSD's, many having to RMA them. :(
The only thing I did strange with installing them was regarding the adaptor brackets. When attached the holes didn't line up with the holes in my drive cage and the rails on the sides prevented me from positioning it so they did. However, with the adaptors on it was a tight fit to get them into the drive bay, so I thought, hey, these drives have no moving parts and thus won't vibrate, so I just wont use screws. It was a very tight fit at first though, so I took off the adaptors and bent them in slightly as they seemed to be bent outward a little, then slid the drives in. Can't see how this could damage them and I think I'd be having bigger problems than I am had I damaged them in any way.
slaWter
09-24-08, 07:19 AM
I'm not using the monitor in my sig because I'm still waiting for it to come into stock. Seem's no one buys 24"monitors anymore. I'm using my 1080P HDTV. When I get my monitor I'll use 1920x1200 and after this experience probably never think about using my TV again;)
For me it's the other way around. After using a big screen HDTV as my main PC display I don't want to go back to normal PC displays for gaming ;) I'd rather change the GFX cards instead.
I guess I just don't have the best setup. My speakers are all behind me, and I'm using a dinner tray rested on pillows for my mouse, with the keyboard on my lap. Not ideal for FPS gaming at all. Yes I do love the large screen, but really, what's the difference between a 40" screen at 2m away, and a 24"screen at 2'? If I had a good setup focused towards my TV id probably say the TV edges out a monitor, but then again I haven't got my 24" monitor yet.
Anyway, I got ATTO to work as I'm just an idiot and didn't think to run it as administrator:o The first time I ran it the results were all over the place, so I ran it again and got much better results, and even better a third time.
Here's all three in order:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=33260&stc=1&d=1222252711
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=33261&stc=1&d=1222252711
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=33262&stc=1&d=1222252711
Not as high as Xions but my PC isn't overclocked and I think he said he'd just recently finished setting his up whereas my system has quite a lot installed. I guess that sorts that out.
About power cords - I checked my extension cord and it is rated at 10A 250v, while my PC's power cord is rated at 75A 250v. Sounds bad, right? But, every entension cord in my house has this rating. Another thing, though. The power board plugged into the extension cord is rated at 10A 240v. I don't know enought about this stuff to tell if this kind of miss matching of voltages is a bad thing, but the lower amperage definitely can't be ideal. One thing with my PC's power cord though, on the male outlet going into it is 75A, but on the female end into my PC it is only 10A. So really, I'm still unsure if this matters at all. Right now I have my PC plugged straight into a different power point that before, I'll do all my testing from now on with it set up like this. Unforunately I'm about a meter away from my TV which isn't great on the eyes.:p
And my latest results with some vista optimisations:
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=33263&stc=1&d=1222260043
Pretty happy with that for an ICH10. Just did some reading, ICH9R is the reason Xions setup is ahead of mine. Wish I bought an X48 now.
Woah, just after posting that my PC crashed. So it's not just when my GPU is in 3d mode and it's not just Crysis. When windows checked for a solution it blamed the catalyst drivers once again. This is with the PC's power cord plugged into a new outlet.
I'm thinking I really HAVE to try another video card before I waste anymore of everyones time getting nowhere on this.
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