Welcome to The Childrens Toyshop, here you will find all the latest and traditional toys in our toyshop. You can search and locate the best selling Toys Games & Puzzles to purchase online and have delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Electronics with reviews.
July 02, 2008
Upgrading from a factory overclocked MSI Nvidia 8800GTS 640 this is slightly larger, but still managed to fit in my small form factor Shuttle XPC (a 400W SN27P2) with relative ease. There's no way the GTX series cards would fit without fouling components on the motherboard.
It needs additional power, two 6 pin PCI connectors at the end of the card, one usually available from a connector on most modern motherboards, the other by converting a molex power connector (the 4 pin plugs that fit DVD-ROM or PATA drives) or in my case, converting an SATA power connector to molex first. Sapphire provide a single molex to PCI power lead in the box.
Noise at startup is similar to my old 8800GTS card, and at load is perhaps a touch ... Read More:
Upgrading from a factory overclocked MSI Nvidia 8800GTS 640 this is slightly larger, but still managed to fit in my small form factor Shuttle XPC (a 400W SN27P2) with relative ease. There's no way the GTX series cards would fit without fouling components on the motherboard.
It needs additional power, two 6 pin PCI connectors at the end of the card, one usually available from a connector on most modern motherboards, the other by converting a molex power connector (the 4 pin plugs that fit DVD-ROM or PATA drives) or in my case, converting an SATA power connector to molex first. Sapphire provide a single molex to PCI power lead in the box.
Noise at startup is similar to my old 8800GTS card, and at load is perhaps a touch ... Read More:
January 31, 2008
Upgrading from a factory overclocked MSI Nvidia 8800GTS 640 this is slightly larger, but still managed to fit in my small form factor Shuttle XPC (a 400W SN27P2) with relative ease. There's no way the GTX series cards would fit without fouling components on the motherboard.
It needs additional power, two 6 pin PCI connectors at the end of the card, one usually available from a connector on most modern motherboards, the other by converting a molex power connector (the 4 pin plugs that fit DVD-ROM or PATA drives) or in my case, converting an SATA power connector to molex first. Sapphire provide a single molex to PCI power lead in the box.
Noise at startup is similar to my old 8800GTS card, and at load is perhaps a touch ... Read More:
June 12, 2008
If, like me, you're still running an AGP based PC then you quite possibly installed an X1950 GPU some time ago. If you did then you're probably plagued by lockups, exceptions and bitmap noise that make UT-3 in particular unplayable. I paid £200 for my X1950 a year ago and today I installed this 3850 GPU for less than half that. Once I'd got the drivers right it runs like a charm and I've got system stability again. UT-3 is totally playable even at 1600 x 1200 and feels solid. My 3DMark06 score has gone up by a quarter too.
Drivers: don't be tempted to use the supplied drivers on the CD or worse still the latest Catalyst drivers for the 3850. The former are massively out of date and the latter don't support the AGP version. Instead locate the ... Read More:
If, like me, you're still running an AGP based PC then you quite possibly installed an X1950 GPU some time ago. If you did then you're probably plagued by lockups, exceptions and bitmap noise that make UT-3 in particular unplayable. I paid £200 for my X1950 a year ago and today I installed this 3850 GPU for less than half that. Once I'd got the drivers right it runs like a charm and I've got system stability again. UT-3 is totally playable even at 1600 x 1200 and feels solid. My 3DMark06 score has gone up by a quarter too.
Drivers: don't be tempted to use the supplied drivers on the CD or worse still the latest Catalyst drivers for the 3850. The former are massively out of date and the latter don't support the AGP version. Instead locate the ... Read More:
September 11, 2007
If, like me, you're still running an AGP based PC then you quite possibly installed an X1950 GPU some time ago. If you did then you're probably plagued by lockups, exceptions and bitmap noise that make UT-3 in particular unplayable. I paid £200 for my X1950 a year ago and today I installed this 3850 GPU for less than half that. Once I'd got the drivers right it runs like a charm and I've got system stability again. UT-3 is totally playable even at 1600 x 1200 and feels solid. My 3DMark06 score has gone up by a quarter too.
Drivers: don't be tempted to use the supplied drivers on the CD or worse still the latest Catalyst drivers for the 3850. The former are massively out of date and the latter don't support the AGP version. Instead locate the ... Read More:
February 04, 2008
If, like me, you're still running an AGP based PC then you quite possibly installed an X1950 GPU some time ago. If you did then you're probably plagued by lockups, exceptions and bitmap noise that make UT-3 in particular unplayable. I paid £200 for my X1950 a year ago and today I installed this 3850 GPU for less than half that. Once I'd got the drivers right it runs like a charm and I've got system stability again. UT-3 is totally playable even at 1600 x 1200 and feels solid. My 3DMark06 score has gone up by a quarter too.
Drivers: don't be tempted to use the supplied drivers on the CD or worse still the latest Catalyst drivers for the 3850. The former are massively out of date and the latter don't support the AGP version. Instead locate the ... Read More:
Welcome to The Childrens Toyshop, here you will find all the latest and traditional toys in our toyshop. You can search and locate the best selling Toys Games & Puzzles to purchase online and have delivered to the door. Read our reviews and compare the prices, start your Christmas & Birthday shopping without fighting the crowds. We offer New and Used Storegiving you great savings on High Street Stores. We pack and post to all areas of the UK, France, USA, Canada & Germany. Pleaseselect your nearest store and enjoy browsing..