Battle of Britain - Page 19

Oberon · 07-30-10, 02:06 PM

Erm...Hunter...your dead graphics card...

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx

Any possibilities?

Task Force · 07-30-10, 02:19 PM

Starcraft 2, you wait for it forever, then it frys yer card!

How nice.

Task Force · 07-30-10, 03:04 PM

Hey, would one of you PM Crecy the links to the mods we use. Id do it myself but I dont have the links.

Arclight · 07-30-10, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon

Erm...Hunter...your dead graphics card...

http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx

Any possibilities?

Tons of games that do that, and they got other tricks: a lot of cards only measure temperature on the core, not the memory. As a result, memory can easily overheat, leading to crashes or failure.

Had 2 or 3 crashes from SCII, a lot more from console ports like Mass Effect.

That said, it looked like the memory on Hunter's card failed, so it may well have been SCII that pushed it over the edge.

HunterICX · 07-30-10, 03:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arclight

Had 2 or 3 crashes from SCII, a lot more from console ports like Mass Effect.

That said, it looked like the memory on Hunter's card failed, so it may well have been SCII that pushed it over the edge.

I guess running the Blizzard Download manager downloading the english client which was growing in GB's to cause my system to hog a bit and then run SCII wasn't something healthy on a system like mine.

ah well, doing a tune up
Intel Quad Core Q9400
4gb ram
Asus Motherboard
Asus HD5850 1Gb

that joke costs me 759€. PC...it's a costly hobby

at least it has me prepared for Storm of War

it better be released!!!

........

or I'll kill that Oleg!

HunterICX

Arclight · 07-30-10, 10:41 PM

It was about time for an upgrade anyway, I guess. I'm trying to hold out for something my current card just won't run in an acceptable form... apart from ArmaII, but I still think that should run better than it does. Not gonna upgrade just for that.

HunterICX · 07-31-10, 03:19 AM

Well, I was planning to do this later on this year or early next year depending the requirements of Storm of War.

but apparently my card decided to give in earlier then I would wanted but heck these things happen.

I could opted to just replace the card but that wouldn't get me further, as still I would have to spend more cash later on for an upgrade that I planned, so thought better have it done now so I could get on for the next couple of years.

HunterICX

Arclight · 07-31-10, 03:30 AM

I think this is a good time to upgrade; the graphics craze seems to have waned a bit, with engine's focusing more on scalability... maybe I should say "focusing more on running on consoles"...

At any rate, interesting offers from both Nvidia and ATI, quad-cores and 4GB RAM are affordable, current-gen will be around a few years longer so graphics for most games will not advance in leaps and bounds. Feels like the right time to me, maybe postpone a bit more and see if prices go down a bit.

Raptor1 · 07-31-10, 12:42 PM

An ATI card? That's progress, at least...

So, what do we do until Hunter gets his computer sorted?

Oberon · 07-31-10, 01:15 PM

You rang?

*evil chuckle*

Oberon · 07-31-10, 01:23 PM

To expand upon the above evil overtures. Hunter has asked me to host the continuing missions of the BOB campaign which I hope to do from Monday. Of course, if the GWX TS goes down we will need a backup, I know Arc usually has the ball on this one but it'd be handy to have these kinda things nailed down before it happens and I don't know where to go.

Arclight · 08-02-10, 12:15 PM

For what it's worth, I'll make sure to have TS server up and running as often as possible. It prompts to start with Windows, so if this thing is running, so is the server. Barring a failure on my ISP's part, it should be available.

Oberon · 08-02-10, 12:44 PM

I...err...I won't be hosting tonight guys, we've just had to have our dog of eleven years put down, only a week after having our eldest cat of twenty-one years (we'd had her eighteen of them) put to sleep too.

So...not really in the frame of mind to host. If anyone else, Arclight perhaps, wants to host, the missions are all as a part of the map.

Schroeder · 08-02-10, 12:48 PM

That's nasty. You really seem to have a streak of bad luck recently.

Arclight · 08-02-10, 12:49 PM

I find myself in a similar frame of mind to be honest, with my mom going in and out of hospital for the past months. Not quite sure I'll still be awake around flight-time, for that matter; already feel too tired for playing a game.

07-30-10, 02:19 PM	#272
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Starcraft 2, you wait for it forever, then it frys yer card! How nice. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-30-10, 03:04 PM	#273
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Hey, would one of you PM Crecy the links to the mods we use. Id do it myself but I dont have the links. __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

07-30-10, 10:41 PM	#276
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	It was about time for an upgrade anyway, I guess. I'm trying to hold out for something my current card just won't run in an acceptable form... apart from ArmaII, but I still think that should run better than it does. Not gonna upgrade just for that. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

07-31-10, 03:19 AM	#277
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Well, I was planning to do this later on this year or early next year depending the requirements of Storm of War. but apparently my card decided to give in earlier then I would wanted but heck these things happen. I could opted to just replace the card but that wouldn't get me further, as still I would have to spend more cash later on for an upgrade that I planned, so thought better have it done now so I could get on for the next couple of years. HunterICX __________________

07-31-10, 03:30 AM	#278
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I think this is a good time to upgrade; the graphics craze seems to have waned a bit, with engine's focusing more on scalability... maybe I should say "focusing more on running on consoles"... At any rate, interesting offers from both Nvidia and ATI, quad-cores and 4GB RAM are affordable, current-gen will be around a few years longer so graphics for most games will not advance in leaps and bounds. Feels like the right time to me, maybe postpone a bit more and see if prices go down a bit. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

07-30-10, 02:06 PM	#271
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Erm...Hunter...your dead graphics card... http://gameinformer.com/b/news/archi...ating-bug.aspx Any possibilities?

07-31-10, 12:42 PM	#279
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	An ATI card? That's progress, at least... So, what do we do until Hunter gets his computer sorted? __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

07-31-10, 01:15 PM	#280
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	You rang? evil chuckle

07-31-10, 01:23 PM	#281
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	To expand upon the above evil overtures. Hunter has asked me to host the continuing missions of the BOB campaign which I hope to do from Monday. Of course, if the GWX TS goes down we will need a backup, I know Arc usually has the ball on this one but it'd be handy to have these kinda things nailed down before it happens and I don't know where to go.

08-02-10, 12:15 PM	#282
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	For what it's worth, I'll make sure to have TS server up and running as often as possible. It prompts to start with Windows, so if this thing is running, so is the server. Barring a failure on my ISP's part, it should be available. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

08-02-10, 12:44 PM	#283
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I...err...I won't be hosting tonight guys, we've just had to have our dog of eleven years put down, only a week after having our eldest cat of twenty-one years (we'd had her eighteen of them) put to sleep too. So...not really in the frame of mind to host. If anyone else, Arclight perhaps, wants to host, the missions are all as a part of the map.

08-02-10, 12:48 PM	#284
Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	That's nasty. You really seem to have a streak of bad luck recently. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

08-02-10, 12:49 PM	#285
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I find myself in a similar frame of mind to be honest, with my mom going in and out of hospital for the past months. Not quite sure I'll still be awake around flight-time, for that matter; already feel too tired for playing a game. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.