Posts by Karma

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox Why? It's pretty clear that he needs help with his system. I wouldn't rule anything out. Could be the motherboard too..you never know. Maybe the card is underclocked like my...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox Dell's ususally come with a generic weak power supply. Are you sure about the power supply in there? I wouldn't be downloading anything from Dell. If it's an Nvidia based...

Are you sure that you have downloaded all of XP's updates, especially DX9? DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime

jeffd0006, I have to congratulate you for using SilentPCReview to research for your case. They're one of the best, if not the best, site for quality reviews on cases and PSU's. Is that why you picked the Antec Phantom?

PSU problems would not manifest themselves by lowering performance is a video card. It would manifest itself with random reboots, shutdowns, or a blown motherboard. If a PSU is not providing enough amps on the line to the video card...

Quote: Originally Posted by Serien That's it eh? ok I guess I will If I was there it'd be easier, but there's only so much you can do over the net.

Quote: Originally Posted by Serien I did that, Karma, it made my 3DMark score even WORSE. Man, this is really confusing and weird. Any other suggestions? Yeah, get a new video card, reinstall XP, or have a...

Quote: Originally Posted by Serien Well here's what he said to do: "Serien, download Driver Cleaner, then uninstall all current drivers, reboot, run drivercleaner on all previous drivers while in Safe Mode, then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mobile_Hackbox If you take a look at this picture it shows the wattage your card uses: 280 Watts! With a motherboard and CPU and hard drives and fans you too close. Hey...