Here is the layout since I'm new to the forum,
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within a week if things stay the way they are.
BUDGET RANGE: (USD $100-250) Before / After Rebates
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Watching youtube, duel linking with my HDTV to use as second monitor for movies, streaming. Gaming: Torchlight 2, Starcraft 2.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: HIS Diamond ATI Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 850Mhz and 1200 Mhz out of box OC'd (6 PINS for power) and 500W PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: AMD FX 6100, MoBo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P, memory - 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Crucial Ballistix Sport 1.5v @ 1.6v. Case. One big Fan on side and a few fans around. Coolermaster AMD cooler. This Mobo is small and the GPU usesthe x16 and blocks PCI slot, and no room for anything in the last slot.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: US: Amazon, Tiger Direct, Microcenter, Fry's, New Egg
PARTS PREFERENCES: Honstly I have no clue if I should stick with AMD or go NVIDIA, they seem more expensive.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe (turbo mode)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No room
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I need it to run stable on my system, I always have crashed sometimes during gaming only, BSOD, turbo, oc, or regular speeds. I recently upgraded from 4GB 1333 RAM to 16GB 1600
I cant get this card to stay stable, is it my MOBO? I know its on the low end, was not as informed about hardware until after I bought the computer. This card will crash on me in SCII and even torchlight sometimes. I was just running PCMark8, to benchmark my PC, and when it came to the first casual pc gaming test i got BSOD'd. So I know its the card. The card never gets hot or anything, and its already OC'd by default, dont wanna mess with that. I cant play around with the Voltage, only can OC it more, but that isnt a solution. It has a 6 pin connecter for the power or wires that go into it. 3 on top, 3 on bottom.
I want stable gaming, do I need to get a better card or better computer, give it to me straight. Please give suggestions. I could go up in price, but I dont think it would make sense with my setup. I dont even know what will work on this MOBO and with the CPU, and my power supply, so I need suggestions. Thanks for reading that, if more info needed I'll be happy to provide.
APPROXIMATE PURCHASE DATE: Within a week if things stay the way they are.
BUDGET RANGE: (USD $100-250) Before / After Rebates
USAGE FROM MOST TO LEAST IMPORTANT: Watching youtube, duel linking with my HDTV to use as second monitor for movies, streaming. Gaming: Torchlight 2, Starcraft 2.
CURRENT GPU AND POWER SUPPLY: HIS Diamond ATI Radeon HD 6770 1GB GDDR5 850Mhz and 1200 Mhz out of box OC'd (6 PINS for power) and 500W PSU
OTHER RELEVANT SYSTEM SPECS: AMD FX 6100, MoBo: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P, memory - 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz Crucial Ballistix Sport 1.5v @ 1.6v. Case. One big Fan on side and a few fans around. Coolermaster AMD cooler. This Mobo is small and the GPU usesthe x16 and blocks PCI slot, and no room for anything in the last slot.
PREFERRED WEBSITE(S) FOR PARTS: US: Amazon, Tiger Direct, Microcenter, Fry's, New Egg
PARTS PREFERENCES: Honstly I have no clue if I should stick with AMD or go NVIDIA, they seem more expensive.
OVERCLOCKING: Maybe (turbo mode)
SLI OR CROSSFIRE: No room
MONITOR RESOLUTION: 1920x1080
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I need it to run stable on my system, I always have crashed sometimes during gaming only, BSOD, turbo, oc, or regular speeds. I recently upgraded from 4GB 1333 RAM to 16GB 1600
I cant get this card to stay stable, is it my MOBO? I know its on the low end, was not as informed about hardware until after I bought the computer. This card will crash on me in SCII and even torchlight sometimes. I was just running PCMark8, to benchmark my PC, and when it came to the first casual pc gaming test i got BSOD'd. So I know its the card. The card never gets hot or anything, and its already OC'd by default, dont wanna mess with that. I cant play around with the Voltage, only can OC it more, but that isnt a solution. It has a 6 pin connecter for the power or wires that go into it. 3 on top, 3 on bottom.
I want stable gaming, do I need to get a better card or better computer, give it to me straight. Please give suggestions. I could go up in price, but I dont think it would make sense with my setup. I dont even know what will work on this MOBO and with the CPU, and my power supply, so I need suggestions. Thanks for reading that, if more info needed I'll be happy to provide.
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