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shiny_red_cobra
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Well the card you buy really depends on your budget. But I will give you a bit of info. I personally only use ATI cards, so that's what I'll talk about. The Radeon 5000 series cards have all those abilities which you described in your first post, namely they can display very high resolutions and all have HDMI, DVI, and even DisplayPort connectors. So they have you covered with many cards ranging from the 5450 (which goes for about 30-40 pounds), to the 5970 which goes for over 450 pounds. So now you have to decide which one to get, meaning how much you're willing to spend. The more expensive cards obviously perform much better than the cheaper ones, but you really have to think about how much time you spend gaming on your computer. If it's a lot, then you should go for a more expensive card (5700 or 5800), if it's not a lot then go for a cheaper card (5500 or 5600). I would stay away from the 5400 as they won't perform well in games, they are more for HTPCs than anything. Also, I wouldn't recommend the 5970 to anyone, it's far too expensive to be worth it.

I don't own any Nvidia cards but they have similar offerings to ATI, their 200 series of cards also have HDMI and DVI connectors which can display very high resolutions (though it looks like not all the cards have HDMI, so you just have to pick one that does have it).
shiny_red_cobra
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What's your budget? And is your computer case a regular case, or is it one of the really small and compact ones?
shiny_red_cobra
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The images which are supposed to show up there are characters inside LFS's font bank. Did you delete some files from the LFS folder or something? I suggest you do a clean install of LFS and see if that helps.
shiny_red_cobra
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Keep in mind, there was no "rewrite" going from DX9 to DX10, DirectX must remain backwards compatible with every release, meaning that DX10 cards must be able to run DX9 content, and so on. All the existing DX9 material is still in DX10, so the correct thing to say is that DX10 was a large addition to the DX9 API. Similarly, DX11 was an addition to the DX10 API.
shiny_red_cobra
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lol I thought it was the traction control light because the ABS one actually says "ABS" on it, so I didn't think anybody would ask what the ABS light is for!
shiny_red_cobra
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Maybe the traction control light? Press O to turn it on/off.
shiny_red_cobra
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That had to be one of the greatest hockey games ever played, congrats to the men's hockey team!
shiny_red_cobra
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The graphics card is crap, and you don't need an anti-static mat, it's useless. My advice: get a better graphics card. The rest of the system is decent, this is definitely not a high-end system by any means though, but it really needs a better graphics card.
shiny_red_cobra
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Quote from R3DMAN :a single GTX260 is about £160.
another 8800GT is about £100 (top end)

the performance of the SLi'd 8800GT's out perform the 260 by i would say 30%

I completely agree. The 260, while it is a much newer card, is a mid-range card. The 8800 was a high-end card. The 8800 would still be more powerful than the 260, and 2 of them in SLI would be even faster.
shiny_red_cobra
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Haha that's cute. A future LFSer for sure!
shiny_red_cobra
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Umm 1.1 GHz? Which decade are we in again?
shiny_red_cobra
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Contact the devs, there's nothing we can do here on the forum.
shiny_red_cobra
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The Geforce 220 is an ok card, but I would go for at least a 240 or 250. The 220 is not really aimed for gaming, it won't give you very good fps. The 9500 is kinda old, but still ok because it's a little faster than the 220.
shiny_red_cobra
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For a Geforce 9400, any power supply will do, even a 300W power supply would be more than enough. However, the 9400 is an old card, you should go for a newer card.
shiny_red_cobra
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Do you actually look down at your wheel when you race? I know I don't, so you'll probably never look at those shift lights even if they do work.
shiny_red_cobra
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Quote from bunder9999 :am i nuts?

To answer your question: yes, you are. Twitter is useless. Facebook is so much more. In fact, I don't know why Facebook tries to imitate Twitter all the time, Twitter has NOTHING ELSE to offer that Facebook doesn't already have!
shiny_red_cobra
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Quote from SilverArrows77 :Wouldnt it be simple enough to go with trial and error - i mean, its likely either nvidia based, or ATI based.. so thats only two to try... install drivers for one and see if it picks up the card, if not uninstall and install the others driver set .. then it will at least show in display settings something like "Plug and Play Monitor on NVIDIA Geforce 9500GT" etc.

This is very unlikely. This is an old AGP card, and the latest drivers for either ATI or Nvidia will not recognize it because they remove support for older cards every few years, and this card is over 7 years old. That's why he needs to know the exact model so he could get the exact drivers it needs.
shiny_red_cobra
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Honestly, he flew off the track. Even in the poles were not there, he would've been thrown onto the road at over 100 km/h, and he still would've died. It's really sad though.

Other than that, I'm really looking forward to the olympics, especially bobsled, hockey, and some other events as well.
shiny_red_cobra
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No software will tell you exactly what card is in the system as they all get their information directly from the driver. Seeing as there is no driver for this card, no program will show any useful information. You could try GPU-Z, but like I said, it won't show anything useful. Though I am curious as to what it DOES say about this card.
shiny_red_cobra
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Can you take a picture of the card and post it here? There's not much to go by.
shiny_red_cobra
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Which DVI connector you use is up to you, it does not have any effect on the system. Try that second DVI connector again and let the system boot completely, and see if anything looks strange. It shouldn't look any different than when using the first DVI connector.
shiny_red_cobra
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They are played relatively often. The problem is that LFS is not as popular in North America as it is in Europe, so while LOTA and Core servers have people playing, there won't be as many people playing as there are in Europe.
shiny_red_cobra
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Quote from Leprekaun :My RAM is running at 1066Mhz (actual chips standard is 1600Mhz so I'm underclocking the ram). I'm not sure how it can be ram related since the system is detecting all the ram thats there but I guess I could try that memtest tool. I'm reinstalling windows now so I'm hoping a fresh install might fix things.

RAM is the most common cause of blue screens/system freezes/system restarts. It doesn't matter that all the RAM is detected, what matters are the timings of the RAM. If they are too low and the speed is too high, the system will crash.
shiny_red_cobra
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What speed is your RAM running at? Is it 1066 or 1333 or what? I suggest you run memtest86+ and see if any errors show up.
shiny_red_cobra
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Have you tried uninstalling the driver, and installing the latest one from logitech's web site?
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