I don’t know what’s worse. Waiting ’till July to afford a PSU I may not need, or not knowing what video card to get.
I’ve been questioning if my PSU is still part of the problem to Facepunch, and [H]ard|Forum.com. On Facepunch, I found something that shocked the hell out of me. I found out that it doesn’t matter how much a PSU costs, it matters what brand name you get.
On [H]ard|Forum.com, I asked them the same question, and they told me the same thing, and recommend to get a name brand PSU. Well, that’s ok with me. I was planning to anyway. Infact, I should’ve bought that damn PSU for $130 when I had the chance, instead of paying for that diagnostic that I didn’t even need, that didn’t even do anything to get me closer to finding out the culprit.
On top of that, he told me to check out this sticky on what PSU’s they don’t recommend. I checked it out, and it looks like every brand out there was listed in the “not recommended” list… that’s not helpful at all.
Once again I’m up the creek without a paddle. I’m getting answers to questions I don’t need answers to, and the ones I do need answers, I’m not getting jack shit.
If only I could get those other questions answered, then I would finally have a base to work with, and feel like saving is no big deal.
There was another piece of this puzzle that was having a hard time to fit, but fits now. And that is my UPS(Un-interruptible Power Supply). I got it the day I got my computer, back in 2005. It serves as basically the thing I turn on to turn my computer on. Provides electricity to the computer. I was wondering if it’s compatible with my hardware. Or if it had a short.
So I tried plugging everything to a strip, and tried out FarCry 1. It locked up the second I turned the corner and stared into that room.
Something tells me FarCry 1 is… too old for my computer now? It worked fine on my old hardware.
I know another game that worked fine on my old hardware. But it doesn’t lock up like the others. It crashes. And that game is Counter-Strike: Condition Zero – Deleted Scenes.