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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    Success and closing with many thanks Okay stormy13 thanks very much for this advice really appreciate it Update and Closure (26:06:2015): Due to a Post strike the SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7750 1GB has only just arrived by my son, but he has installed it, ran the AMD Catalyst Software Suite, and...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    Okay thanks a lot CountryBumkin and Proudtobegreek Yes I will eventually update PSU to a better quality and higher Watt, like you say 600W. And yes, I am now fully aware of the importance of this - I had no idea before - thanks to you all - and many thanks for teaching me so much. Can my son...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    one last question Well, I certainly have learnt a lot these last days, my sincere thanks to jds63, and everyone else that replied, really appreciate it a lot. I checked out the PSU, found out that it is some crappy China thing (400W 8cm OEM SI) – that will have to be changed in the future –...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    ah okay, the HD6850 needs 500 W - PITY, was going to get this for my son (couldn't find the info about how much W needed - often not shown on sites that sell these - such as Amazon) and WOW complicated - found this:How much wattage do I need? - Power Supplies - Components won't...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    The computer was bought by an Aunt, and someone told her it was better to have a Graphic Card installed instead of using the Onboard ATI RADEON HD 7660D Graphics, so, unwilling to invest much more money, she chose to have installed at purchase a - Radeon HD 8350 1GB DDR3 650 Mhz (actually they...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    main games are: War Thunder / World of Tanks / Minecraft / Space Engineers (Steam) / Kerbal Space Program / and some other (Steam) Games - all under 16 age limit (son 15 this week) and thanks jds63
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    I’m not going to pretend I understand this whole graphic card business, because I don’t, and the most, way out of my affordability But I checked the PassMark list again and found one (Sapphire ATI HD 7750) that was even a little cheaper with G3D Mark at 1637 compared to 1287 / GT640 and...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    Okay thanks proudtobegreek In my ignorance it looks that the GT640 is slightly more than a “slight advantage” with G3D Mark rating at 1,287 compared to 797 of the HD 7660D – or am I missing something? (but I guess to "real" gamers this is a minimal difference? But both are a no-go for real...
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    Desktop - and the AMD Radeon HD 7660D is OnBoard Graphics, part of the AMD A10-5800 (ASUS FM2 Mainboard) I did try to do a vs check but I got confusing/conflicting results - my knowledge in this area is too minimal - fast Zero
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    Solved is NVIDIA GeForce GT640 better than ATI RADEON HD 7660D ?

    Can anyone tell me if the Graphic Card Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT640 (PCI-e, 2GB GDDR3 RAM, DVI, D-Sub, HDMI, 1 GPU) (Asus 90-C1CSB0-S0UAN0YZ) is any better than: OnBoard Graphics ATI RADEON HD 7660D (Asus F2 A85-M Pro motherboard) ? it's for gaming (War Thunder / World of Tanks / Minecraft and...
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    Solved which monitor connection to use, or can use, best to use?

    are any of these a possible option? *** - Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost - *** MSI Radeon R5 230 2048MB DDR3 64bit PCI-E x16 HDMI Asus NVIDIA GeForce GT 620 (PCI-e, 1GB GDDR3, DVI, D-Sub, HDMI, 1 GPU) PNY Nvidia GeForce GT720 797 MHz 1GB PCI-Express 2.0 (GF720GTLP1GESB) 2048MB NVIDIA...
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    Solved which monitor connection to use, or can use, best to use?

    Once again my many thanks chris1neji for taking the time and trouble to help us! Okay thanks, so that clears up my confusion about the graphic cards (HD5450 & HD8350) The CPU is as described in my first post above (you can also see the computer here: Shinobee - Gaming / Multimedia...
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    Solved which monitor connection to use, or can use, best to use?

    Really confused now! Radeon HD 8350 Really confused now! The Graphic card is shown in Device Manager as being = Radeon HD 8350 1GB DDR3 650 Mhz This is in line with what the Aunt says she ordered instead of the onboard (Please see snipping tool photo) However in one of the slots I...
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    Solved which monitor connection to use, or can use, best to use?

    ...Return the 5450 if it's still possible and use... "...Return the 5450 if it's still possible and use..." thanks a lot for your reply I really appreciate it That was what I was thinking too - But what I don't quite understand in your reply is the "...Return the 5450 if it's still...
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    Solved which monitor connection to use, or can use, best to use?

    My son got his first computer, a low end gaming computer, a present from an Aunt. He got a price limit so chose: Gaming / Multimedia COMPUTER | Quad-Core! AMD A10-5800K 4 x 4200 MHz | 8192MB DDR3 | 1500GB S-ATA II HDD | AMD Radeon HD 7660D 4096 MB Displayport/HDMI/DVI/VGA with DirectX11...
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    Solved BSOD: kernel_security_check_failure windows 8.1 - 64

    SFC /scannow found corrupt files again After a successful DISM /Cleanup-Image yesterday – another sfc /scannow run today (next day) once again found corrupt files – although it repaired them this time! Clearly there is something wrong in system – but I don’t know what (driver? which?) -...
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    Solved BSOD: kernel_security_check_failure windows 8.1 - 64

    DISM /Cleanup-Image - successful Just ran a DISM /Cleanup-Image and was informed that this was successful So at least the file corruption is resolved – for now – but why/what caused this? How to resolve whatever the problem is??? Are Driver update software’s (such as SlimDrivers)...
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    Solved BSOD: kernel_security_check_failure windows 8.1 - 64

    UPDATE 24May15: it's looking like the removal (uninstall) of Windows (optional) Update KB3022345 has solved the BSOD and File Corruption Problems. I am amazed/angry that MS put out an update - even if optional - that can cause such major problems! Just another disheartening example of the...
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    "needs attention" - problems with windows 8.1 mail app

    I run several mail accounts over the 8.1 mail app. Had no trouble until a recent major 8.1 update. Since then I have problems with 4 mail accounts: 2x gmail and 2x yahoo. Under two of my gmail accounts is the text “needs attention”. If I click on these, a “connecting to server” (white) window...
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