crazy gadget guy : playing games with no videocard
so i dropped out of school, changed my name and left the country to the philippines...after a very dramatic life change was needed.
i missed my tech life and last year modern warfare 2 came out in november (or around that time) and i wanted to play it so bad other than i never got a chance to buy nor play the game before i left.
i left to the philippines and i've been there ever since wanting to play codmw2. i had 15,000 php (philippine pesos) which is about $300 and i thought i'd build myself a gaming rig 'cause my cousin owns a computer shop.
my specs :
althon x2 240 3000php
gigabye ga-ma78gpm-ud2h 5000php
wd 320 8mb cache hdd 2000 php
raptor 115~240v psu 2500 php
kingston ram dual kit 4gb 2500php
i got a keyboard and monitor at another discount price and was given codmw2 to play. problem is i have no videocard, so i decided to tweak the f**k out of the system to see how it would fare without a videocard.
i overclocked the gpu's original 500mhz hd3200 to 850mhz without a voltage increase and without changing the cooling. i left the mem alone on the gpu, though my ram timings on the ddr 2 is in dual channel 6-6-6-18 with the ht set to max 2ghz and sata ahci.
my monitor is a benq 16.5" 1366x768.
when i ran cod on max rez 1366x768, it ran beautifully. so i bought crysis. also at the same rez, and it worked fine.....i even beat it on hard difficulty.
i was wondering if anyone else has a 780/g chipset and tried ocing it. so far i've been able to game at all the max settings without needing to buy a videocard. i do have however the most updated drivers as when installed my os i preburned after predownloading them to a cd.
i've heard passive temps up to 1200mhz from 500 on xtremesystems and hardocp forums without active cooling and just using the inbox heatsink...without stability issues.
anyone else tried ocing 780/5/g?
i missed my tech life and last year modern warfare 2 came out in november (or around that time) and i wanted to play it so bad other than i never got a chance to buy nor play the game before i left.
i left to the philippines and i've been there ever since wanting to play codmw2. i had 15,000 php (philippine pesos) which is about $300 and i thought i'd build myself a gaming rig 'cause my cousin owns a computer shop.
my specs :
althon x2 240 3000php
gigabye ga-ma78gpm-ud2h 5000php
wd 320 8mb cache hdd 2000 php
raptor 115~240v psu 2500 php
kingston ram dual kit 4gb 2500php
i got a keyboard and monitor at another discount price and was given codmw2 to play. problem is i have no videocard, so i decided to tweak the f**k out of the system to see how it would fare without a videocard.
i overclocked the gpu's original 500mhz hd3200 to 850mhz without a voltage increase and without changing the cooling. i left the mem alone on the gpu, though my ram timings on the ddr 2 is in dual channel 6-6-6-18 with the ht set to max 2ghz and sata ahci.
my monitor is a benq 16.5" 1366x768.
when i ran cod on max rez 1366x768, it ran beautifully. so i bought crysis. also at the same rez, and it worked fine.....i even beat it on hard difficulty.
i was wondering if anyone else has a 780/g chipset and tried ocing it. so far i've been able to game at all the max settings without needing to buy a videocard. i do have however the most updated drivers as when installed my os i preburned after predownloading them to a cd.
i've heard passive temps up to 1200mhz from 500 on xtremesystems and hardocp forums without active cooling and just using the inbox heatsink...without stability issues.
anyone else tried ocing 780/5/g?
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I haven't tried overclocking onboard video but you are gave me an idea that I should try to overclock the onboard (or onchip) video on the new i3 530s.
40-60fps, depending on the level and what is going on. the ONLY time it drops to 20-30fps is when there is LOTS of smoke/air effects like when you're in the gunner seat of the humvee in the first level before you reach the school and/or in the level where you're blowing up the fuel tanks while hiding yourself in a blizzard.