More power!!!
This is a discussion about More power!!! in the Windows Hardware category; Hey, I need to know how to up the power to my video card. I have been experiencing game flicker and flashing for about three weeks now. I have tried everything that my friend and I can thing of ie. drivers, updates, stuff like that.
Hey, I need to know how to up the power to my video card. I have been experiencing game flicker and flashing for about three weeks now. I have tried everything that my friend and I can thing of ie. drivers, updates, stuff like that. I originally had a hurculies geforce2 mx. I went to their web site and they recomended to turn up the power to the card using the i/o settings or something like that. Anyway I said f*ck it and bought a geforce2 gts 64mb ddr card. I thought that this card would do the trick. .....But nnnooooo. The problem still happens. I have tried the card out on my friends computer (intel platform, I have a athlon platform) and it does the same thing. He has a geforce 256 ddr card. It does not flicker or flash. I also tried my mx card on his system and it to does it. Any way I think that my problem is the power but I don't know how to up it.
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Have you considered installing a larger wattage power supply?
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I think that is what I am going to do but I
just wanted to see if that was actually the problem.
just wanted to see if that was actually the problem.
a 64 meg gts and an mx are both based on smaller archetecture and as such will draw less power that that geforce ddr - try ur mates ddr on ur pc if it works then it aint a power problem
give me more specifics on pc specs and gfx card specs
give me more specifics on pc specs and gfx card specs
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His card, a geforce 256 ddr, ran fine in my comp. Both the gts and the mx did the same thing on mine as well as his.
His setup
intel 440 bx-2 board
p3 600
512mb pc100
300w power supply
geforce 256 ddr
win2k sp-1
Mine
soyo sy-k7vta board
thunder ighz
384mb pc133
geforce2 gts ddr 64mb
250w power supply
win2k sp-1
His setup
intel 440 bx-2 board
p3 600
512mb pc100
300w power supply
geforce 256 ddr
win2k sp-1
Mine
soyo sy-k7vta board
thunder ighz
384mb pc133
geforce2 gts ddr 64mb
250w power supply
win2k sp-1
a driver issue? Cooling?
