Need suggestions

COMPUTIAC · May 13, 2013

OK, last question, I need to make a decision for a GPU.

I came across this one today :
Newegg.com - MSI N650ti-1GD5/OC BE GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

I can't find any reviews for it so I'm would like to know if anyone has any thoughts on it.
Is there any way of telling if this is the newest version or is it something outdated ?

Dude · May 13, 2013

It's one of the new ones, the TI boost is pretty new. You are right on reviews, I have seen some on the ones with 2g vram, but nothing on the 1gb's

COMPUTIAC · May 13, 2013

Thank's for the quick reply.

Should I take a chance on this ?

AddRAM · May 13, 2013

Since your all AMD and ASUS, you should consider this one.

Asus Radeon HD 7770 HD7770-2GD5 Video Card - 2GB GDDR5, PCI-Express 3.0(x16), 1x Dual-link DVI-I, 1x Dual-link DVI-D, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort, DirectX 11, CrossFireX, Overclocked at TigerDirect.com

paulpicks21 · May 13, 2013

COMPUTIAC said:
OK, last question, I need to make a decision for a GPU.

I came across this one today :
Newegg.com - MSI N650ti-1GD5/OC BE GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

I can't find any reviews for it so I'm would like to know if anyone has any thoughts on it.
Is there any way of telling if this is the newest version or is it something outdated ?

I am guessing it's a fair bit cheaper than the 2gb versions right?

Not such a bad thing, for what you will use it for and even regular gaming on the 650ti, 1gb should be plenty.

Faladu · May 15, 2013

OP,

For a little bit more I'd still go with a 7850 like this one:

GIGABYTE GV-R785OC-1GD Radeon HD 7850 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Newegg.com

Compared to a 650Ti on H/W compare (I know boost aint there yet, but the gap is too wide except AF, which you don't care about anyway.)

GeForce GTX 650 Ti vs Radeon HD 7850 – Performance Comparison Benchmarks @ Hardware Compare

You being an AMD CPU/Chipset guy already, I'd go AMD video card, that is what I did, although a bit higher.

I'd find one with all the connectors/adaptors you need included.

COMPUTIAC · May 16, 2013

Update;
Received the GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST GPU, installed it with no problems.
I had to hunt thru the install disk to find the driver's, installed the driver's and did a check for updates, downloaded and installed the update for the driver's.
The update seemed to go OK, about an hour later I started getting this message:

How do I fix this ?

kbrady1979 · May 16, 2013

You need to use Nvidia's driver cleaner program and remove both drivers......and then ONLY install the newest one. Leave the driver that came with your card where it is.........on the disk.

COMPUTIAC · May 16, 2013

Thank's for the quick reply.
Where do I find the cleaner program ?
When I installed the update, it gave a choice of doing a "clean install" which I did, would that remove the previous driver ?
This is the update I installed:
NVIDIA DRIVERS 314.22WHQL

Dude · May 16, 2013

Yes that will clean the old driver out

COMPUTIAC · May 16, 2013

What if I do this:

Use Revo Pro to remove the driver's
CCleaner to clean up any junk left behind
Then install the updated driver's and do a clean install again ?

Dude · May 16, 2013

That will work too

COMPUTIAC · May 16, 2013

This is the screen shot:

The other thing it will do is; the YouTube video will freeze, then restart with the FF page overlapped on top of it. I can't get a screen shot of it though.

Anyone have any ideas on this ?

Dude · May 16, 2013

Doe it have those errors if you use ie or chrome? Many Firefox users have been having problems lately.

COMPUTIAC · May 16, 2013

I have not used anything else, just FF.

Have the latest update, 21.0

Faladu · May 17, 2013

I didn't like FF v21.0 in beta, just noticed it's release now, I may regret just letting it upgrade but, oldversion.com has lots of old versions if you decide 21.0 is just not cutting it.

I went back for a bit and tried 3.6.28 which file size wise looked like the last one before bloat took over.

Download Old Versions of Mozilla Firefox for Windows - OldVersion.com

Experiment and find a favorite, I switched to Firefox back around .86 beta.

AddRAM · May 17, 2013

Use Chromium and Internet Explorer, that`s all you need. Firefox is a hog.

Faladu · May 17, 2013

Internet Explorer? u can't be serious!! muhahahaha

I also run:

Maxthon, Opera, and Safari, Maxthon is my current favorite.

Pale Moon was OK using FF code, but something I didn't like made me trash it for now.

paulpicks21 · May 17, 2013

COMPUTIAC said:
I have not used anything else, just FF.

Have the latest update, 21.0

Does the error only ever occur when using FF? Or does it happen when you are using the PC for other stuff too?

Paul.

Faladu · May 17, 2013

Well, that was a Firefox error box with a courtesy Kernal self recovery notification, so.... [being a nit, I know]

There is something really wrong if a FF error comes up during use of anything else.

21.0 is so new, that's probably just a 'feature'

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