The "Quick Questions that does not Deserve a Thread"...Thread. V2
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[QUOTE=lord0war;33074252]My computer is in the middle of the family room, and it's annoying as FUCK. However, it is hooked up directly to the router. I really want to move it to my room, but I'm not sure what I need to use it wirelessly. Any advice?[/QUOTE]
You need a wireless card and your router needs to support wireless connections. That's about it.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;33074382]You need a wireless card and your router needs to support wireless connections. That's about it.[/QUOTE]
My router definitely supports wireless connections, but what's a wireless card? And what's a good one to get?
[QUOTE=lord0war;33074414]My router definitely supports wireless connections, but what's a wireless card? And what's a good one to get?[/QUOTE]
A wireless card allows your computer to receive and send WiFi signals.
My house has two computers connected via this:
[url]www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=543495[/url]
I get perfect connection, good enough to play on and host game servers with excellent ping.
[QUOTE=Angry Pineapple;33073434]Should I wait for Q4 to buy a second 560 ti? As Nvidia's new 600 series is supposed to be out then, and I'm guessing a price drop will come with that...
Also, I have this [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171052[/url] PSU right now, and I need a new one for SLI.
Is the PSU below a good option, or is there a better one in that price range? (~$100 or so)
[url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371049[/url][/QUOTE]
You should be ok with the 750W. I currently have a 750W PSU with two 560Ti cards, i7 920 overclocked to ~3.2Ghz, 4 hard drives, 1 optical drive, and a bunch of LEDs. Haven't had power issues or anything.
I don't really know anything about certain brands being better than others, but the PSU I have is a 'PC Power & Cooling 750W SILENCER'.
I am having trouble finding any aftermarket GTX 480 Heatsinks other than the zalman one.
Anyone know of any?
[QUOTE=Nsybouts;33076424]I am having trouble finding any aftermarket GTX 480 Heatsinks other than the zalman one.
Anyone know of any?[/QUOTE]
snip my bad
[QUOTE=Shadaez;33073846]i see no question, do you want a new mouse or do you want to know how to fix it?[/QUOTE]
Oh right.. how hard can it be? Anyway so I wouldn't necessarily want to buy a new mouse, so the question is:
Why the fuck is my Logitech G5 mouse shutting itself off for a couple of seconds, most notably in Battlefield 3?
And how could I possibly fix it? (Other than having to wait the couple of seconds for the mouse to fix itself, it's an annoyance)
I've come into possession of a laptop that won't boot. It loads into the boot agent, and then gives me this:
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
Insert system disk in drive.
Press any key when ready...
So first thing I suspected was a hard drive failure, or it may have come unplugged slightly? I'm asking if there's anything else I could try before I take it apart and see if there's anything wrong with the hard drive.
[QUOTE=Bat-shit;33076977]Oh right.. how hard can it be? Anyway so I wouldn't necessarily want to buy a new mouse, so the question is:
Why the fuck is my Logitech G5 mouse shutting itself off for a couple of seconds, most notably in Battlefield 3?
And how could I possibly fix it? (Other than having to wait the couple of seconds for the mouse to fix itself, it's an annoyance)[/QUOTE]
its most likely just a wire shorting or losing connection, open it and look. It's probably just falling out of the connection.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;33079495]its most likely just a wire shorting or losing connection, open it and look. It's probably just falling out of the connection.[/QUOTE]
or if it's still in warranty, tell logitech and they'll send you a g500
How should I upgrade for bf3?
Current specs:
e6700 @ 3.33ghz
4gb ddr2
8800gt
550w Antec TP3 psu
Choice A(cheaper and easier)--q6600, Hypermaster 212, gtx 560ti/570, another 4gb ram ~$350
Choice B(Expensive, better results, wont have to upgrade for a long time.) 2600k, mobo, hypermaster 212, gtx 560ti/570, powersupply. ~$600
Now, I can go either way but choice a seems better to me seeing that I am a college student that wants to play bf3 and bf3 only. Getting a new computer completely would be nice but I wouldn't utilize it fully. I also find it difficult to spend money on a dead socket...
[QUOTE=.enasnI;33082372]How should I upgrade for bf3?
Current specs:
e6700 @ 3.33ghz
4gb ddr2
8800gt
550w Antec TP3 psu
Choice A(cheaper and easier)--q6600, Hypermaster 212, gtx 560ti/570, another 4gb ram ~$350
Choice B(Expensive, better results, wont have to upgrade for a long time.) 2600k, mobo, hypermaster 212, gtx 560ti/570, powersupply. ~$600
Now, I can go either way but choice a seems better to me seeing that I am a college student that wants to play bf3 and bf3 only. Getting a new computer completely would be nice but I wouldn't utilize it fully. I also find it difficult to spend money on a dead socket...[/QUOTE]
I would say go with a 2500k as the 2600k would be a bit more than you need and I don't think the Q6600 runs BF3 that well. also if you go with the new CPU/MOBO you need to get RAM as you can only use DDR3.
[QUOTE=raceingdemon;33082422]I would say go with a 2500k as the 2600k would be a bit more than you need and I don't think the Q6600 runs BF3 that well. also if you go with the new CPU/MOBO you need to get RAM as you can only use DDR3.[/QUOTE]
I forgot to mention that i'd be getting the 2600k and mobo for about the same price as the 2500k itself. My mistake for leaving out the ram.
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[QUOTE=.enasnI;33082441]I forgot to mention that i'd be getting the 2600k and mobo for about the same price as the 2500k itself. My mistake for leaving out the ram.[/QUOTE]
Also, the q6600 would be coming from a friend that uses a gtx570 with it and gets around 60 frames on ultra.
I would also be overclocking to around 3.2-.4 ghz from the 2.4 that he is at.
[QUOTE=.enasnI;33082441]I forgot to mention that i'd be getting the 2600k and mobo for about the same price as the 2500k itself. My mistake for leaving out the ram.
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Also, the q6600 would be coming from a friend that uses a gtx570 with it and gets around 60 frames on ultra.
I would also be overclocking to around 3.2-.4 ghz from the 2.4 that he is at.[/QUOTE]
Then I would say go for the 2600K.
[QUOTE=TamTamJam;33059705]Making gui things in python, when I create a button to close the frame (command=frame.quit), it just crashes instead of closing, and I get the "pythonw isn't working blah blah". Is there a way to stop this or another command I should be using to close the window?[/QUOTE]
First of all, what are you using for your GUI library?
[QUOTE=lavacano;33082636]First of all, what are you using for your GUI library?[/QUOTE]
Using Tkinter.
[URL=http://www.facepunch.com/threads/1137486?p=33089410#post33089410]Need some help with my GPU.[/URL]
Hello! My #1 question - how can I add 3d grass in tf2, The only grass I can get to work is "blendgroundtograss006" (black grass) "sand_floor_blend_04_with_grass" (black grass)
I wanted some normal grass, green, a few different grass types. Possible?
I talk about hammer editor, this bad section?
[QUOTE=MARTUNIX;33090404]Hello! My #1 question - how can I add 3d grass in tf2, The only grass I can get to work is "blendgroundtograss006" (black grass) "sand_floor_blend_04_with_grass" (black grass)
I wanted some normal grass, green, a few different grass types. Possible?
I talk about hammer editor, this bad section?[/QUOTE]
You'd probably best ask in the Gmod Mapping section. [url]http://www.facepunch.com/forums/38[/url]
I am not good with motherboards, how can i know if its a good one?
[url]http://www.dustinhome.se/asus-p8p67-b31-p67-s-1155-atx/product/5010588576[/url]
Right now i'm buying this one, but im not sure if it's good.
I'm using my computer mostly for games.
[QUOTE=~Kiwi~v2;33092137]Looks good. Apart from the 1 USB 3.0 port.[/QUOTE]
it has two on the back
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[QUOTE=Gripen2;33091606]I am not good with motherboards, how can i know if its a good one?
[url]http://www.dustinhome.se/asus-p8p67-b31-p67-s-1155-atx/product/5010588576[/url]
Right now i'm buying this one, but im not sure if it's good.
I'm using my computer mostly for games.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Asus is great.
[editline]2nd November 2011[/editline]
[url]http://www.dustin.se/asus-p8z68-v-lx-z68-s-1155-atx/product/5010614077[/url] is cheaper, and z68, so why not go with that? unless im missing some feature the p68 has
[img]http://localhostr.com/files/nHF4kC3/help.png[/img]
it just floating around, sort of like a stuck pixel (but it isnt a stuck pixel)
it happens on many occasions but with different right click menus, and is super annoying as the only way Ive found to fix it is to restart
[QUOTE=Eltro102;33092370][img]http://localhostr.com/files/nHF4kC3/help.png[/img]
it just floating around, sort of like a stuck pixel (but it isnt a stuck pixel)
it happens on many occasions but with different right click menus, and is super annoying as the only way Ive found to fix it is to restart[/QUOTE]
this stuff happens to me occasionally, It's usually just a certain process that broke. Happens for me to Steam alot. I just ctrl+shift+esc and close steam.exe and restart it. So, see if closing all chrome processes makes it disappear? Maybe restart explorer.exe too. Not really a fix, though, just a work around.
[QUOTE=Shadaez;33092443]this stuff happens to me occasionally, It's usually just a certain process that broke. Happens for me to Steam alot. I just ctrl+shift+esc and close steam.exe and restart it. So, see if closing all chrome processes makes it disappear? Maybe restart explorer.exe too. Not really a fix, though, just a work around.[/QUOTE]
thanks! that seems to work
Hrm, should I purchase a 6770 or a 550 ti? I have enough dosh to at least match the minimum requirements for skyrim...
[QUOTE=ghosevil;33093430]Hrm, should I purchase a 6770 or a 550 ti? I have enough dosh to at least match the minimum requirements for skyrim...[/QUOTE]
what's your budget, and what country - can't seem to see your flag atm.
135 USD at most
Sup H&S, I was wondering, For christmas, Which GPU Should i get? I've got a prospective budget of around £50+, I have a 350Watt PSU, Non-PCI Express. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual, Core Processor 4400+, 2.31GHz, and 2GB Of ram, A shitty rig, My previous GFX card was an 8400GS, But i'd like something able to handle atleast Bioshock on around 30+ FPS, Thanks.
I'm going to assume US since USD.
A 6790 seems to be the best card in your budget at the moment.
This one [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131397[/url] has free shipping and a MiR, but this [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150564[/url] has paid shipping but a bigger MiR, and you can get free shipping if you sign up for a ShopRunner free trial here: [url]http://www.shoprunner.com/[/url]
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The XFX is definitely a better choice, even if you pay a little more and don't use the Shoprunner trial, because their warranty is amazing.
[editline]2nd November 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Drsalvador;33093803]Sup H&S, I was wondering, For christmas, Which GPU Should i get? I've got a prospective budget of around £50+, I have a 350Watt PSU, Non-PCI Express. AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual, Core Processor 4400+, 2.31GHz, and 2GB Of ram, A shitty rig, My previous GFX card was an 8400GS, But i'd like something able to handle atleast Bioshock on around 30+ FPS, Thanks.[/QUOTE]
Sorry, there's not that much better. The best AGP card is a 4670, and I'm betting your CPU is bottlenecking as well. You should just save up if possible, if you reuse everything but the CPU/Motherboard/GPU/RAM you should be able to get much better for... say, 200-250 pounds.
Egh. I think it'd be better in the short run if i just get an 8400 then slowly work my way up in parts
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