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We do it to the new guys PC's at my workplace while they're on their breaks...

I wouldn't go near a Sempron if I were you... they're budget processors with low cache. A higher model of Sempron means you can type faster in Microsoft Wordpad :) On a serious note though, I used to have a 2600+ Sempron back in my Socket A days, and eventually replaced it with an XP1800+ and...

Bargain of doom... Mike

Ebuyer.com are doing an awesome deal on a 256mb 7900GS for about 100 gold coins. And here I am with a 7900GTX that I paid 340 quid for. :/ Mike

Hold ctrl+alt and press the UP arrow key. Try that. Have some fun. Mike

Oh and you need to remember, when you're in the prison/caves/sewers at the start, it's not using up much of your graphical resources, so it'd be wise to commence testing when you first enter the outside world. I made that mistake with my old card and my smile faded to an ugly frown when I got...

Well it's the only logical explanation, since the AGP version of the 7600GT was released after Oblivion was released and so was my 7900GTX. Open the console with ` and type tdt and press enter. That'll show you the framerate, so if for example your idea of a tolerable framerate is 20fps, keep...

Try your monitor on your friends PC. If the problem persists then it's definitely the monitor. Do you have ReForce by any chance? This has been known to automatically set your refresh rate to one higher than your screen might be able to handle if you haven't set the options up in ReForce...

Happens with my 7900GTX too. From what I gather, it cannot autodetect settings for an exact card model that wasn't around upon the release of Oblivion...

Why, what are you hiding :P? Only kidding. Go here and see how that program fares for you. Good luck, Mike

The cards you speak of are physics accellerators. I went on a website once to check out what they can do, and from what I gather, it's used in a game where some bint flies around throwing debris and rocks. But seriously, I wouldn't reccommend buying one for the following reasons - 1) Games...

Use Sisoft Sandra to do all the detecting, that always does the trick for me... As for drivers, you should try and contact the manufacturers by telephone and request the drivers to be sent out to you on CD... I think they have a commitment to provide drivers for all of their hardware...

Unfortunately I've no clue myself, but have you checked for FAQ's on the manufacturers website? regards, Mike

I've got an ECS PCI-E s939 mobo. PM me fi you want to buy it or something.

Not if you pay it back within 6 months By that, do you mean you wouldn't want to upgrade the AGP graphics card? The X1950pro looks alright but as with all in the "pro" range, the core and memory clock and quality is usually of a lower standard to the rest in its model group (XT, XTX, GT) ...

Zalmans is the way to go... Avoid Thermaltake at all costs, I replaced my X800GTO stock fan with a Thermaltake one built for the card model. The replacement fan was noisier than the original, and my graphics card almost fried from insufficient cooling. I got a replacement and the same thing...

It's times like these an ATX reset wouldn't go a miss... I know, I'm always putting that, it's force of habit... Whenever there might be a power issue, it's procedure at my workplace to do an ATX reset, because half of the time, it works... Mrscrewdriver1, Do you leave your PC on for long...

Still stuck on AGP then :/? What makes it so that you can't afford to upgrade? Is it that at this particular time you're struggling financially or that you don't have a regular income? Well I might as well mention this anyway... Ebuyer.com have a finance scheme so you can pay it all off in 6...

It's not bad, but remember onboard graphics cards aren't nearly quite as powerful as its named equivalent in the world of standalone GPU's. Try and find one with a 7600 go. Also try and find one with its own RAM allocation rather than leeching off your regular RAM. The rest of the laptop is...

No problem Willz, you've got some good ideas yourself! I've still got a lot of stuff to learn... There's some guys at my workplace called TEC's who know just about everything computer related (They've been programming in DOS and dabbling in hardware since the Intel 3mhz processor haha)... I wish...