The New “What did you do with your Z today” (with off topic replies) XXXVII

Rusty · 06-29-2020, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

Past life regression...... if you are up for the trip......

Acid trip.

JLarson · 06-29-2020, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Acid trip.

He'll finally know what colors taste like!

Rusty · 06-29-2020, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JLarson

He'll finally know what colors taste like!

Take a trip and never leave the room.

Ghostvette · 06-29-2020, 10:03 AM

On a side note;

I had the display output on one of my video cards shoot craps Thursday night. It's a GTX 760 with 2G VRAM. I thought it might have been a monitor, but I swapped monitors and still the same thing, it would show the desktop for a fraction of a second then go black, then repeat. I swapped from DVI-D (?) to HDMI and got the same thing. I have 2 of these cards, that I had been running in SLI mode, until I had to hook up a second monitor for my fiancee to work from home. It worked great until Thursday evening, then did the above.

I have a couple of options; SLI still works with the wonky card, at least the NVIDIA control panel doesn't show an error message and Skyrim still runs good. I can either 1)Leave it as is, 2)Track down another GTX 760 card and swap out the wonky one so I can run dual displays (which I normally don't do) or 3)Upgrade to newer video cards. The challenge with upgrading is I'm not sure what I can replace the 760s with that will work on my system board. What I know for sure is that it is an i7 4720 with 16G RAM. The splash screen shows CyberPowerPC, so I'm presuming that's who made the board. The drives are all SATA, there is DVI-D (?) video onboard and ethernet, but no onboard WiFi.

I'm going to have to open the case and see what the model number is on the system board, so I have more information.

Leingod · 06-29-2020, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

On a side note;

I had the display output on one of my video cards shoot craps Thursday night. It's a GTX 760 with 2G VRAM. I thought it might have been a monitor, but I swapped monitors and still the same thing, it would show the desktop for a fraction of a second then go black, then repeat. I swapped from DVI-D (?) to HDMI and got the same thing. I have 2 of these cards, that I had been running in SLI mode, until I had to hook up a second monitor for my fiancee to work from home. It worked great until Thursday evening, then did the above.

I have a couple of options; SLI still works with the wonky card, at least the NVIDIA control panel doesn't show an error message and Skyrim still runs good. I can either 1)Leave it as is, 2)Track down another GTX 760 card and swap out the wonky one so I can run dual displays (which I normally don't do) or 3)Upgrade to newer video cards. The challenge with upgrading is I'm not sure what I can replace the 760s with that will work on my system board. What I know for sure is that it is an i7 4720 with 16G RAM. The splash screen shows CyberPowerPC, so I'm presuming that's who made the board. The drives are all SATA, there is DVI-D (?) video onboard and ethernet, but no onboard WiFi.

I'm going to have to open the case and see what the model number is on the system board, so I have more information.

Anything newer will still run on your motherboard. PCI lanes haven't changed much since the 760 days. Just pick up a used 900 series for under $100, or even a newer 1060 for the same price.

JARblue · 06-29-2020, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

On a side note;

I had the display output on one of my video cards shoot craps Thursday night. It's a GTX 760 with 2G VRAM. I thought it might have been a monitor, but I swapped monitors and still the same thing, it would show the desktop for a fraction of a second then go black, then repeat. I swapped from DVI-D (?) to HDMI and got the same thing. I have 2 of these cards, that I had been running in SLI mode, until I had to hook up a second monitor for my fiancee to work from home. It worked great until Thursday evening, then did the above.

I have a couple of options; SLI still works with the wonky card, at least the NVIDIA control panel doesn't show an error message and Skyrim still runs good. I can either 1)Leave it as is, 2)Track down another GTX 760 card and swap out the wonky one so I can run dual displays (which I normally don't do) or 3)Upgrade to newer video cards. The challenge with upgrading is I'm not sure what I can replace the 760s with that will work on my system board. What I know for sure is that it is an i7 4720 with 16G RAM. The splash screen shows CyberPowerPC, so I'm presuming that's who made the board. The drives are all SATA, there is DVI-D (?) video onboard and ethernet, but no onboard WiFi.

I'm going to have to open the case and see what the model number is on the system board, so I have more information.

Just check the video card slot. I would think as long as you've got a PCI-E slot you should be good to go with just about any video card.

Ghostvette · 06-29-2020, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by JARblue

Just check the video card slot. I would think as long as you've got a PCI-E slot you should be good to go with just about any video card.

IIRC, this system board is using PCI-E slots, so it's a matter of what card(s) to get. I had this one built for me, so I just picked stuff from a list and went with it. It was delivered assembled, so I just had to plug it in, turn it on and go. I've not paid attention to the advances in cards, so I'm a little stumped at the moment. Thanks Lein for the suggestions, I was looking at 1070 Ti, but the price was giving me pause....

JARblue · 06-29-2020, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

IIRC, this system board is using PCI-E slots, so it's a matter of what card(s) to get. I had this one built for me, so I just picked stuff from a list and went with it. It was delivered assembled, so I just had to plug it in, turn it on and go. I've not paid attention to the advances in cards, so I'm a little stumped at the moment. Thanks Lein for the suggestions, I was looking at 1070 Ti, but the price was giving me pause....

If you were running 2 760s in SLI, just about anything will be a nice upgrade. I think basing your decision primarily on price is perfectly acceptable. I've got a 1060 6GB that I purchased about 3-4 years ago now that is still plenty capable for my needs (mostly AutoCAD and not much gaming tho).

Leingod · 06-29-2020, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

IIRC, this system board is using PCI-E slots, so it's a matter of what card(s) to get. I had this one built for me, so I just picked stuff from a list and went with it. It was delivered assembled, so I just had to plug it in, turn it on and go. I've not paid attention to the advances in cards, so I'm a little stumped at the moment. Thanks Lein for the suggestions, I was looking at 1070 Ti, but the price was giving me pause....

Newest cards from Nvidia are the 2XXX numbers. They give you roughly the same FPS as the 1XXX cards, but also give you ray tracing which are fancy buzz words for fancier lighting.

2XXX and 1XXX cards are roughly the same price for whatever reason. Just get a 2XXX card if you can swing it. Another viable option would be a used 980 or 980ti. They're still very capable cards. Just don't get any 970's due to the VRAM being lower than actually supposedly built into the card.

Good choices pending on price range

Used 980 variant for cheap on FB or eBay
Used 1060 from somewhere
New 2060/70/80 if you wanna swing it.

980 is comparable to a 1060. 1070/80 and 2070/80 are overhauled beats comparable to the titan classes in todays age.

Zoren 370 · 06-29-2020, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

Ahhh, but how do I know I haven't lived in the past? 0_o

Count the lines on your scrotum it would tell you which centuries you lived in the past!

Thus the Century egg in Chinese!

bunk · 06-29-2020, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

IIRC, this system board is using PCI-E slots, so it's a matter of what card(s) to get. I had this one built for me, so I just picked stuff from a list and went with it. It was delivered assembled, so I just had to plug it in, turn it on and go. I've not paid attention to the advances in cards, so I'm a little stumped at the moment. Thanks Lein for the suggestions, I was looking at 1070 Ti, but the price was giving me pause....

If you want to do SLI, remember that the GPU and VRAM has to match.

Ghostvette · 06-29-2020, 03:47 PM

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If you want to do SLI, remember that the GPU and VRAM has to match.

I'm bidding on 2 980s with 4G VRAM. We'll see how it goes. I'm still functional, which is better than the last time I lost a video card... that time it took out the power supply....

-ZS-Carpenter · 06-29-2020, 04:14 PM

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I'm bidding on 2 980s with 4G VRAM. We'll see how it goes. I'm still functional, which is better than the last time I lost a video card... that time it took out the power supply....

Is there anything supporting SLI anymore? I gave up on it last upgrade after years of running sli x60 or x70 series cards. I've been rocking a single 980Ti for a while now, longer than I've had the 370

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Leingod · 06-29-2020, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by -ZS-Carpenter

Is there anything supporting SLI anymore? I gave up on it last upgrade after years of running sli x60 or x70 series cards. I've been rocking a single 980Ti for a while now, longer than I've had the 370

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Nope. Every since the 1000 cards got released, SLI is a thing of the past i believe. Not many vendors support it game wise anymore and the newer cards only offer a 30-40% increase in power when bridged.

Ghostvette · 06-29-2020, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Leingod

Nope. Every since the 1000 cards got released, SLI is a thing of the past i believe. Not many vendors support it game wise anymore and the newer cards only offer a 30-40% increase in power when bridged.

Well, that makes my decision a little easier. If I win those two cards, I'll install 'em and keep rolling. Otherwise, I'll just continue on with what I've got until it's time to upgrade the system board. I only play Skyrim & Enderal, so what I've got is working fine for them right now. In time, I MIGHT upgrade to an i9 processor and 32G of RAM, but at this point, I think I'm good.

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Ghostvette A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Shawnee KS Posts: 5,698 Drives: 15 Magma Red 6MT Rep Power: 2684377	On a side note; I had the display output on one of my video cards shoot craps Thursday night. It's a GTX 760 with 2G VRAM. I thought it might have been a monitor, but I swapped monitors and still the same thing, it would show the desktop for a fraction of a second then go black, then repeat. I swapped from DVI-D (?) to HDMI and got the same thing. I have 2 of these cards, that I had been running in SLI mode, until I had to hook up a second monitor for my fiancee to work from home. It worked great until Thursday evening, then did the above. I have a couple of options; SLI still works with the wonky card, at least the NVIDIA control panel doesn't show an error message and Skyrim still runs good. I can either 1)Leave it as is, 2)Track down another GTX 760 card and swap out the wonky one so I can run dual displays (which I normally don't do) or 3)Upgrade to newer video cards. The challenge with upgrading is I'm not sure what I can replace the 760s with that will work on my system board. What I know for sure is that it is an i7 4720 with 16G RAM. The splash screen shows CyberPowerPC, so I'm presuming that's who made the board. The drives are all SATA, there is DVI-D (?) video onboard and ethernet, but no onboard WiFi. I'm going to have to open the case and see what the model number is on the system board, so I have more information. __________________ 2015 Magma Red 6MT Sport Tech/2012 Fairlady MB 6MT Base (RIP 08032018)https://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/370Z/Coupe/

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