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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 04 2012 00:56 Josh_rakoons wrote: How do i reset the settings i have made in the catalyst control center? Should be a "default" button in CCC that should reset settings. If everything is completely borked (i.e. you can't get CCC open) uninstalling and reinstalling CCC and the video driver should reset most, if not all, settings. | ||
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TheToast
United States4808 Posts
On April 03 2012 22:15 Fym wrote: What will happen if you put NON-ECC memory into a memory bay? will it screw over the memory in other bays? I have a macpro with 8 slots of which only 4 are used, can i put NON-ECC memory into the spare slots, and will it compromise the other memory? The memory supplied when I bought it are Normal ECC, but the ones im looking to buy are NON-ECC. I have read up that ECC is about the memory correcting itself, and that it won't affect the system that much, however I just thought i'd ask the question before commiting. Cheers Oy macs. Mac would put server memory in a desktop PC/laptop. To fix--Step 1: throw mac in trash. Step 2: Buy a PC. jk I did actually have to look this one up though, since I've never heard of ECC memory in a desktop before. You are correct that ECC memory uses error correction, in fact most uses the same type of error correction used by RAID 3 called Hamming code. Basically the idea is that it corrects any potential memory corruptions that might cause system errors or crashing. Critical in a server or super computer, sort of pointless in a desktop where crashes aren't going to take down an entire website. Especially since there will be a small performance decrease. After some searching, it does look like you can put non-ecc memory in, but the memory controller will run all the system memory as if it were non-ecc. As far as what you should purchase, that's up to you. If you go non-ecc memory, all the expensive ECC memory already installed pretty much becomes even more pointless as it can no longer perform error correction. But ECC memory is a bit more expensive. | ||
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Termi
Denmark23 Posts
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 03:53 Termi wrote: Is a Club-3D Geforce GT 520 enough to run starcraft 2 at medium settings without any difficults? I'd personally only consider that card if I had a major emergency need for a paperweight. That said, depending on the CPU and resolution, since SC2 is much more CPU intensive than GPU, it might not cause any specific issues, since I assume you're not planning to pair it with a CPU that works all that well. | ||
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Unless you're running a really low screen resolution it won't run SC2 reasonably on medium. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 04:17 Myrmidon wrote: GT 520 sucks bad for gaming. GT 430 is significantly better, as is something like HD 5570, HD 6570, etc., and this class is not even really considered as gaming cards. Unless you're running a really low screen resolution it won't run SC2 reasonably on medium. Yeah, but I'm betting he's not planning to pair it with much of a CPU either, given the question, thus why I said circumstances may prevent any major specific issues. | ||
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Medrea
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Myrmidon
United States9452 Posts
Maybe I'm just scarred for life by seeing a GT 520 priced higher than a GT 430 right next to it in a store.. | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
Also, do you think I can stream on at least 360p if not 480p on low in sc2 with it? Thanks | ||
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MisterFred
United States2033 Posts
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:11 MisterFred wrote: Yes. The seller of the first won't say what kind of i7 it is though, which likely means old, which likely means not a good deal. Also, a slow hard drive is a bad choice for a primary drive. Just by looking it up with the ghz it seems to be a 2600k | ||
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Medrea
10003 Posts
The i7 is listed at 3.4ghz so maybe its new but they could also be pulling one on you. Not a fan of that prebuilt. Mystery parts scare me. On April 04 2012 05:14 Lagcraft wrote: Just by looking it up with the ghz it seems to be a 2600k You can overclock 1st generation to 3.4ghz. Im just not a fan of that prebuilt especially when it needs so much work. Needs a new PSU, a new Hard drive, a new GPU. | ||
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
And a GT530 with a 2600? That is just beyond silly. Or maybe some workstation only needs I guess. If you can't afford a decent GPU then theres no need to get such an over the top CPU. | ||
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
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Medrea
10003 Posts
But 5900 RPM is a slow hard drive, not suitable for gaming. | ||
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Lagcraft
United States146 Posts
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Medrea
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On April 04 2012 05:27 Medrea wrote: Then as we said SATA is the new standard so that hard drive is compatible. i7 is fine for streaming, including 1080p. But 5900 RPM is a slow hard drive, not suitable for gaming. It's painful seeing parts like that stuck with an i7 for any kind of home use. It doesn't make sense. 7200RPM, 16MB or higher cache. Pricing is funny right now. 10k RPM is almost always bad for price/performance. | ||
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