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spearman914

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Brooklyn, New York 11223
System Name Mine | Dad + Mom
Processor E8500 E0 Wolfdale @ 4.6GHz 1.5V | E2180 M0 Allendale @ 3.0GHz 1.3V
Motherboard Asus Maximus Formula (X48) w/ Rampage BIOS | Asus P5Q Pro (P45)
Cooling Xigmatek Rifle HDT-S1283 w/ SFF21F Fan | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Memory G.Skill Pi Black 2x2GB 1.02GHz CL5 | OCZ Reaper 2x2GB 1.05GHz CL5
Video Card(s) Sapphire 4870X2 2GB 820/1020MHz | Sapphire 4850 1GB 700/1100MHz
Storage WD VR 150GB 10K RPM + WD 500GB 7.2K RPM | WD 200GB 7.2K RPM
Display(s) Acer P243WAID 24" 1920x1200 LCD | Acer V193W 19" 1440x900 LCD
Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Full-Tower | Antec Twelve Hundred Mid-Tower
Audio Device(s) Fatal1ty Xtreme Gamer w/ Z-5500 5.1 | On-Board Audio w/ S-220 2.1
Power Supply PC Power and Cooling 750W Non-Modular | Corsair HX-520W Modular
Software Windows Vista Home Premium X64 | Windows Vista Home Premium X64
Benchmark Scores Not Wasting Time!
I know, which brings me to my next question, the graphics card that I've got installed doesn't let me run my pics as a screen saver. On the screen saver settings it says that my " computers video card can't play themes"
Why is this? and What video card do I need to get?
I use my computer for storing all my kids pics & videos, i edit them & make DVD's from them all. I really want my kids pics for my screen saver, on my old pc I had them as a slide show.
So any suggestions in a resonable price range for me would be greatly appreciated alot:D

Your graphics card is probably to old. This is the best bang for the buck. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102803
 
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System Name Acer Aspire V3-771G-53218G75Maii
Processor Core i5 3210M (2,5-3,1Ghz)
Memory 8GB DDR3 SODIMM
Video Card(s) Geforce GT650M
Storage Samsung 830 256GB - 750GB Toshiba drive
Software Windows 7 x64 Home Premium (non-acer-bloatware)
Bollocks, a 8600 can run a fricking screen saver!
Make sure you have the latest nVidia drivers, as well as any Windows updates.
 

5Babies

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Location
Sydney, Australia
System Name Finally Built It!!
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16Ghz/6MB/1333FSB/EMT64/XD/Dual Core)
Motherboard ASUS P5Q-PRO
Memory Corsair TWIN2X2048-8500C5D XTREME 2GB
Video Card(s) GEFORCE 8600GT
Storage Samsung HD501LJ 500GB 16MB Cache 7200RPM
Display(s) Samsung 15"
Case Thermaltake Armor+ MX-Black
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Thermaltake TR2-RX 550W
Software Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit
Benchmark Scores SONY Multi-Card Reader/Writer
Bollocks, a 8600 can run a fricking screen saver!
Make sure you have the latest nVidia drivers, as well as any Windows updates.

HI,

I did all this & it's still not working & saying that my video card "can't run themes". I'm building my son a pc for his birthday, so I'm just going to give him my video card & buy a new updated video card. Also going to give him my monitor & was thinking of getting the ASUS 16" monitor for myself, does anybody know if these are any good?

Building Computers is so addictive :rockout:
Who would've thought that a few months ago I was absolutely terrified :eek:
 
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