I can SEE again!

Faceman · 06-23-2003, 07:06 AM

Jeeeha!

Got my new Geforce5200 (the cheap version but who cares for 200fps in Quake4)
and now I can finally see colors again and in more than 640*480 without grey stripes and .... yipiii!
God, this is my best day since long.
Tomorrow a WinXP reinstall is to follow (I'm actually optimistic) and then everything should be alright.

Xen · 06-23-2003, 07:21 AM

>ou bas****...lucky you...no offense taken

06-23-2003, 07:52 AM

"Geforce5200". That's cool Faceman.

I need a new 3D-card as well. It is as old as the Stoneage.

Bruce The Aussie · 06-23-2003, 11:55 AM

dammit, i need a new one too. well sure i only upgraded to a geeforce 4 this year but now its outdated....maybe i'll but a radion next....ah who cares...i'm not gonna get a new one for ages....*starts oozing jealousy* great...now i gotta clean this up....Lucky you man i wish i ahd one *grumbles off to get a mop*

Faceman · 06-23-2003, 11:57 AM

In a fast action I put up photos of my corrupted screens with my damaged 4200Ti
Take a look at this

[ 06-23-2003, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Faceman ]

andrewas · 06-23-2003, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bruce The Aussie:
dammit, i need a new one too. well sure i only upgraded to a geeforce 4 this year but now its outdated....maybe i'll but a radion next....ah who cares...i'm not gonna get a new one for ages....*starts oozing jealousy* great...now i gotta clean this up....Lucky you man i wish i ahd one *grumbles off to get a mop*

Actualy, any Geforce4 other than an MX series is still futuretech as far as the majority of games is concerned. Going to be another year before anything starts to push it to its limits, and a fair while after that till you start to have problems with it. Of course, to hear ATI and Nvidia talk, its obsolete and you *must* by the absolute latest card *now* or you wont be able to play DooM anymore!

Dont believe it.

06-23-2003, 03:01 PM

"In a fast action I put up photos of my corrupted screens with my damaged 4200Ti. Take a look at this"

Ohh yeah that's bad Faceman. Well it is yesterday's news.

Animal · 06-23-2003, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Faceman:
In a fast action I put up photos of my corrupted screens with my damaged 4200Ti
Take a look at this

Exactly how did you manage to grenade a 4200Ti?

I'm guessing you should've listen to the people who told you the clock speed wouldn't go that high.

Faceman · 06-23-2003, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Animal:
Exactly how did you manage to grenade a 4200Ti?

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NO overclocking involved - I don't do that kind of stuff.

It was an ASUS V8420 whose fan was not that good quality and thus broke down some months after purchase.
So I went out and bought an Evercool VGA fan as a substitute which worked fine for some moths until it decided to go on strike. I did not notice it at first as my Windows is rather unstable (planning on a reinstall) and I attributed the problems to that. Also I had no diagnosis prog for the substitue fan.
When I found out that I was working the card WITHOUT cooling it was already too late.
I thank god the 5200 has a passive cooler. Won't have these troubles again.

06-23-2003, 07:06 AM	#1
Faceman Hathor Join Date: February 18, 2002 Location: Vienna Age: 42 Posts: 2,248	Jeeeha! Got my new Geforce5200 (the cheap version but who cares for 200fps in Quake4) and now I can finally see colors again and in more than 640*480 without grey stripes and .... yipiii! God, this is my best day since long. Tomorrow a WinXP reinstall is to follow (I'm actually optimistic) and then everything should be alright. __________________ \"I am forever spellbound by the frailty of life\"<br /><br /> Faceman

06-23-2003, 11:55 AM	#4
Bruce The Aussie Fzoul Chembryl Join Date: March 2, 2001 Location: Chaotica (london,england) Age: 37 Posts: 1,798	dammit, i need a new one too. well sure i only upgraded to a geeforce 4 this year but now its outdated....maybe i'll but a radion next....ah who cares...i'm not gonna get a new one for ages....starts oozing jealousy great...now i gotta clean this up....Lucky you man i wish i ahd one grumbles off to get a mop __________________ [img]\"http://members.aol.com/lasttrueprincess/images/bruce.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br />Have a nice day <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" /> <br />cloudkingdom.co.uk<br />\"be calm, be happy, be stoned\"<br />The person currently speaking is(tick appropriate): Me/My inner child/the voices in my head/my inner demons

06-23-2003, 11:57 AM	#5
Faceman Hathor Join Date: February 18, 2002 Location: Vienna Age: 42 Posts: 2,248	In a fast action I put up photos of my corrupted screens with my damaged 4200Ti Take a look at this [ 06-23-2003, 11:58 AM: Message edited by: Faceman ] __________________ \"I am forever spellbound by the frailty of life\"<br /><br /> Faceman

06-23-2003, 07:21 AM	#2
Xen Symbol of Moradin Join Date: June 5, 2002 Location: Slovenia,Ljubljana Age: 36 Posts: 8,554	>ou bas****...lucky you...no offense taken

06-23-2003, 07:52 AM	#3
Jan Guest Posts: n/a	"Geforce5200". That's cool Faceman. I need a new 3D-card as well. It is as old as the Stoneage.

06-23-2003, 03:01 PM	#7
Jan Guest Posts: n/a	"In a fast action I put up photos of my corrupted screens with my damaged 4200Ti. Take a look at this" Ohh yeah that's bad Faceman. Well it is yesterday's news.

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