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Well I had to get a RMA today for my EVGA GTX780 SC w/ACX video card. It started crashing and getting errors. :( Not happy right now at all. I had to take the old XFX 6850 I'd just put in the old HP Presario out and put it in my main monster system. Now the old one is running on the old built in Nvidia nforce 6150SE 430 video onboard. I tried it on Hawken in training section and got 60-70 FPS. So it doesn't suck totally but not the 120-130 I was getting. :( I have yet to try it in online. Just finished getting all the drivers setup and installed on both systems. And trying to catch my breath, literally. I get tired so easy. Drinking some coffee and getting ready to fire up the game in a minute and see where I stand. Gotta take the EVGA card to UPS tomorrow and send it back to EVGA. They gave me a RMA already and approved. I have to pay for shipping and insurance. They only accept UPS and FEDEX. They will not take a USPS Priority mail shipment. I have $12 left in the bank till the 3rd so hope I have enough to pay for the shipping and insurance. Wonderful, more life happening. Gonna try and box it up now and weigh it and check online what it is going to cost me to ship it. :(

 

*UPDATE* OK tried it online and it works ok. Gonna try and get this boxed up now. :(


Edited by Nov8tr, 23 June 2015 - 04:52 PM.

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in the interim, go here, follow the directions and insert the "Soft" version. could at least make the interim tolerable.

 

https://community.pl...caka#entry43860

 

i'm running it now with an old fx7750 card, and it's not too horrendous at all. see you at WW!

(caveat: you will need to change the defaults--they're nepa's on-machine setup, including default Servers region)

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Edited by em1o, 23 June 2015 - 04:49 PM.

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Thank EM10 I got to run online at 60 - 70 FPS without changing anything but PHYSX off. I got it all boxed up ready to go. Gonna cost me almost $18 to ship to them with $600 insurance. Ground shipment to arrive there Tuesday the 30th of June. Now I got to borrow $20 somewhere. The little I have in the bank has to pay for medicines. One tomorrow (my albuterol for my nebulizer) and 2 other meds before end of month. So bank money is aleady spent. God I hate being on SSD and money so tight every month. I do OK but it still sucks. I can remember when I wasn't poor. I've had a Porsche, a Jaguar, numerous notrods. Now I drive a 1997 Buick LeSabre that is glued together. Still going but not by much. Had a beautiful custom built home with skylights and garden bathtubs. Now I live in a one room apartment. SIgh, live happening. But still grateful to have what I have. Plently of people with less. Still, I'm sad. sigh................


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Hang in there. At least hawken is free :D


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Livin' the SSD life. Waiting for the fund bankruptcy at end of year to see what it's gonna cost us here. I feel for ya.

Sounds like NewEgg or Tiger Direct. Buy "factory" reconditioned or closeout off the shelf locally. Customer satisfaction guaranteed--because you know where to find him if not. And he knows it. The 21st century version of the Gentlemen's Handshake agreement.


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It was from Tiger Direct, suppose to be brand new. It failed the same day. RMA to EVGA and got this one. They did a free cross ship because it was brand new. Won't do that now though. I've had extrememly good luck with EVGA gear over the years. Surprised to buy one bad and this fail after almost one year exactly. It ran great all this time, kicking butt. Then just up and started dying. I'm surprised at how well this silly XFX 6850 w/1gb ram is doing. Getting 60-70 FPS off this thing, lol. I had dual (crossfire) AMD 5850 w/2gb ram each that didn't get 70 FPS in Hawken when i started in 2012. Yeah at least I can play. I'll have to play more and see what it does. I need to fix something for supper. I'm really hungry now. Then I'll come play. Thanks for the support guys, appreciated.


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Nov8tr,

 

Whenever life gets you down, just remember: that there are Porsche owners who've never exceeded 4 grand on the tach; people with muscle cars with hood scoops, flashy paint, and big tires (and OEM stock 305 GM/318 Mopar/302 2-barrel,single exhaust motors); people who don't appreciate the beautiful sound of induction roar/glasspacks/lake pipes/dual overhead cams/flatheads/headers/race cam'd motors/etc.; people who can hear the warm sound of a high-end turntable/vacuum-tubed receiver/exquisite speakers and still not 'get it'; people who collect classic/expensive/fast cars yet would never dream of doing anything that requires scrubbing the burnt rubber off of the chrome wheel opening trim; and individuals who are surrounded by beautiful people but who never take a chance with any of them.

 

Some people have no stories to tell, or none worth listening to. I don't know you, but I'm willing to bet that you are nothing like those people.

 

Oh, and for what it's worth, EVGA used to be one of the better brands. Don't know their track record lately, but in the past I would have put them near the top for video cards.

 

Best wishes & good luck


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OK I'm off to bed early today. I'm exhausted after dealing with doctors yesterday. Waiting on a appointment with a ENT doc. And afters today "fun" I'm so tired and unhappy. Did have some fun playng earlier. I'm posting from the old HP right now. Well take care all and have fun. Wish me luck in finding someone to loan me some money.


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Well I ended up borrowing from 2 neighbors and they gave me 10% military discount and it still cost me $24.33 to ship it and insure it for $500. So it's on it's way at least.


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oh, sad my friend. I guess that in the next buy you need consider the nvidia boards, the GT line is a good choice, i have 980gtx oc and damn, this board is so good, i work a lot using it, edit videos and do a post process photos, 980 works extremely good, and in the hawken, minimum fps is 80 using ultra settings.
 
In brazil this board is too expensive, but i think in your country, can have a good prices and options, try find without overclock version, here is not option, but in ebay i see a lot.

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Ahhh Cyber the board that went bad was my NVIDIA EVGA GTX780 SC w/ACX cooling. :) Yeah they do rock but I have admit so do the new AMD R9. Yeah the R9 run hotter. I had a older AMD 6850 that I had in a old machine. Took it out of the old Compaq/HP and put it in my machine while waiting for my to get replaced.

Shocking part is the old card I paid $55 used for some time ago is getting 60 -75 FPS in Hawken. Not the 120-130 FPS that I was getting with the Nvidia but nothing to sneeze at either. Thanks my friend and take care. :)


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gestresste_katze.jpg I hope things get better Nov, I found Craftys high school picture thought it might make you feel better,  I know it makes me feel better! :smile:


Edited by hoghead, 25 June 2015 - 01:53 PM.

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ROFL...........Now that is the best picture of Crafty I've ever seen! Good one Hoghead! :teehee:

 

I am Nov8tr and I approve the following message..............

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There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to – The Outer Limits.

 

WELCOME TO HAWKEN!!


Edited by Nov8tr, 25 June 2015 - 08:48 PM.

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Well nothing yet. They were closed over the weekend but going to call today see what's up. If I read their message on the RMA site, they are waiting shipment. So hopefully it will go out like today or tomorrow. Sigh.........oh and today is my Birthday. I'm 62 today as many of my friends know. Drop by my profile and check out my pics of me, my systems and my apt. Got specs for both systems there too. Take care all!! :yes:


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Well today was a good day. Just now got a email notice from UPS. EVGA has shipped my replacement GTX780 3gb w/ACX cooling! Should have it by the weekend. OH yessss!! And I got unexpected birthday money from my neighbor and parents. Enough to buy a cheap Raidmax case, 2 - 120mm fans for the side door and a 80mm fan for the rear of the case. It looks so much better than that nasty HP case. I don't get to smile much, but this made me happy.


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OK updated the pics of my complete system. The added new system with the new Raidmax case. And even the pic I see when I turn out the lights. Which if you haven't seen it, go look on my profile page. It is worth it. I love it. :)

 

*EDIT* Just got a email from UPS. Now they say it won't be here till Monday. God I hate UPS. Thieving crooks. Charged $24.33 to get it there this year. One year ago almost to the day, shipping the same card going to the same place was $4.30. 


Edited by Nov8tr, 08 July 2015 - 12:36 AM.

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https://community.pl...our-tenth-team/

 

And good luck with that PC, bud.


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Well I pulled the 6850 out of my main machine and put it back in the HP unit. Still waiting on the PCI to Sata card so I can fire up the 160gb HDD I put in for a 2nd drive. (game drive) Guess it won't get here till Monday either, argghh. I tried playing Hawken on the HP machine. That gets interesting. Found out Hawken is very CPU dependent. (ONLINE) I get 110-120 FPS in menus, etc. I iget 45 to 55 in offline practice BUT the picture is jumping all over hell like it is super lagged. I get 25-35 FPS online but it is still jumping around and very difficult to play. Just removed the game after it caused me to lose 50 MMR points in 3 matches. OUCH!! So I'll have to wait till Monday to play Hawken again. Sigh. Other than Hawken I'm really happy with the HP conversion I've done. Works well and looks great. LOL. I might upgrade the motherboard/cpu/ram later as I can. Probably get something off eBay so I can afford it. Maybe a Amd 6300 or something. Missed one the other day. Had the AMD 6300 CPU, a Asus m5a97 motherboard and 8 mb ram for $105 plus around $15 shipping. Oh well life happens. I'm still around mates, just waiting for my real gaming machine to come back up so I can actually play. :yes:


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Monday was a disaster and Tuesday was no better. I got my GTX 780 back. Put it in and the onboard sound died. Called ASUS and they said yeah that happens with those chipsets. I could send the motherboard back for replacement. It would cost $25 to $30 or more to send it back. Turnaround time about 4 weeks there and back. Great :( . The PCI/SATA adaptor card for the other HP computers did not work. I went to a used computer store and bought a creative sound card used. Found out 2 hours late it was made for a Dell. Will not work in any machine but a Dell . Creative does not have drivers. Tried all 12 of the drivers for a X-Fi card. Only Dell had them and they took them off their website 3 years ago. SATA adaptor card will not work in Windows 7. I tried till after midnight trying to get them running. No luck. Massive storms blew in and power went out about 12:15 AM. Out till 10:00 the next morning. No power for my oxygen machine and sitting in pitch black dark. I get dressed and leave for Walmart. Hang out there talking to people for hours. Get groceries. Go to buy hamburger, they just close the line. Go to White Castle, they just started a new batch, do I want to wait 8 minutes? NO. Go home eat some crackers and go to bed. 4 hours later about 10 AM the power comes back on. I wake up, try to fix the problems again for 4 hours. No luck. Leave message for place I ordered the SATA card, still no answer back. Call place I got the sound card from . Boss is off today and the tech I bought it from. Bring it back tomorrow.

 

Done? Oh no, not yet. Borrow money to buy sound card. It's for a PCI-e x1 slot. I only have PCI-e x16 slots left. I now know it will work most of the time putting a X1 card in a X16 slot. Not always but mostly. Drive all the way to Fry's again. 27 miles away BTW. Get card. On the way home my brakes start getting mushy. By the time I get home they are to the floor. I have no brake fluid. Take the couple of dollars I have left and buy brake fluid. Takes over 3/4 of the can to fill it back up and still squishy, better but not good. Obviously something is broke. I now have no money and have borrowed all I can. Most of what little extra I have next month. Oh yes and breathing  is horrible climbing under and up and under and up the desk working on the computer. Used my inhaler and nebulizer 3 times more than normal. I am so exhausted right now I feel like a dump truck has run over me. So that  is my last 2 days. How was yours?


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Ended up with a Creative Audigy FX PCIe card in it and it works fine. Sounds pretty damn nice in fact. System is back up and running. Played for about 6 hours last night. Now if we could just get rid of the lag, fix the hitscan oh and make world peace a reality. :yes:


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