On Saturday 25 August 2007 22:40:27 Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Samuel Penn wrote:
> > Hmm, well after plugging the monitor into my gf's PC
> > (that worked), then her monitor into my PC (that worked),
> > I'm now back to my monitor on my PC which is now working.
> >
> > Possibly it was a loose connection and/or heating issue
> > (it had been unplugged, plugged in, unplugged etc several
> > times, so I'm not entirely convinced it was just a
> > loose connection).
> >
> > Hopefully, when I put everything back together again
> > it'll still work.
>
> Sam,
>
> Why don't you take it out, hit it with a hammer to make sure it's
> broken*, then go out and buy yourself that nice 8600, or better still an
> 8800?
>
> :)
Because I was waiting for Unreal Tournament 3 to come out first before
getting a new graphics card :-)
My current games all run fine under the 6800.
> Seriously, having had an 6800 that sounded like a hovercraft at close
> range, I can say my 8800 runs cool, quiet and really fast.
Hmm, interesting. My card *is* noisy, so it sounds like a good
reason to upgrade sooner rather than later.
> I have just
> returned from a session on the other OS playing Bioshock with all the
> bells and whistles enabled. What a great game! More than the odd nod to
> Lost and lots of great gameplay and surprises.
But does it run on Linux? I've got just enough games to keep me
occupied on Linux to not need to dual boot. Medieval Total War II
is tempting though...
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