TOOL: 3Booter, the Incooperative Game Kicker
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: Writin_Reg on 2009 July 14, 00:47:56
I'm running an AMD Phenom 64 bit quad core with a PNY NGeforce 9400 gt w/ 1 gig ram on the video card and 6 gigs of Corsair high speed ram. I have Sata everything but do have an oldish monitor still. Just got this pc May 30th and have a new monitor soon - I hope - it's supposedly on back order.
There's no real reason to upgrade your monitor if the one you already have works: Monitor technology has remain fixed for nearly 15 years and unless something is physically wrong with yours, getting a new one is just needlessly wasteful.
Writin_Reg:
It sometimes suddenly goes black screen. My husband opened it up and cleaned everything while I cleaned the case (he knows what he is doing - yes - before you ask. He was a former radio (cb, ham, stereo, etc and tv repairman before he got into computer) as the thing was new in Jan 2000 and had never been opened. It was a good monitor and we paid a lot for it, but it puts out a lot of excessive heat which it really shouldn't. It didn't use to get that hot. Cleaning didn't squash that very much at all. It's an Avitron by KDS. The picture is still gorgeous though. Usually letting her sit a few minutes after it goes black (shut off of course) it comes back on and works flawlessly. I replace my pcs every 2 years, but keep the same monitor, as we always try and get a good monitor instead of one of those el cheapo things. It's only other flaw besides the fact it's weighty is the screen is small and it is not capable of handling the resolution my system offers. At most I can put 85 as a refresh rate on a 1200x800 screen and the picture is perfect, more than that and the monitor can't handle it. So I figured nearly 10 years of use was more than i had expected and really time to upgrade. Besides that popping sound when she goes out is a bit unnerving to say the least.
J. M. Pescado:
You could try reducing the refresh. There's no good reason to drve a monitor at 85, given that humans can only see about 30, anyway.
Writin_Reg:
I did, which is probably why it's still alive. I moved it down to 60, which seemed to be a default. I get my parts via my son a state away up in Maine from Tri -State Computer, as I get them 15 percent over the shops cost - so I figure for the money I can't possibly get a better deal. When I bought this monitor I didn't have that advantage as my boy was still in college. I still think getting nearly 10 years off of one monitor isn't bad, and I just don't want it to reach the point where a ten minute wait ends up with the thing not firing up on me.
I also use this same pc for my day job, as i work from home. I'm like a Vampire and can't go out in the sun - so I sleep all morning, work most afternoons, play games at night. My pc has very little downtime. it is crucial the thing not go out on me when I working though, unlike gaming it's sometimes difficult to go back where I left off. So it may be an expense I had preferred to forego, all around I believe it's the better alternative.
J. M. Pescado:
Ah, yes, the sun. I do so loathe sun. This is why I live underground where I never have to actually see sunlight.
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