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October 11th, 2009
Back From the Dead?
August 20th, 2009In the previous post I said I thought my video card was dying, but what I found odd was the fact that I could play some games but not others. I had been messing with some XP setting around the time everything started. One of them was the 3GB and the USERVA Switch. I had used this long ago, using SP2 and everything was fine. Now I use SP3 and I figured I add the Switch, everything seemed fine until what I’ve already said. Before I decided to invest on a new card I decided to try removing the Switches and see what happened, well everything is back to normal! Played GTA without any crash or artifacts! Lesson learned, try to keep a log(maybe here?) of any system changes.
Video Card almost dead
August 10th, 2009I have a BFG 9800 GT OC 512MB card. I’ve had this card for less than a year and it was great except that my cpu was holding it back, so I upgraded the MB/CPU to an Ausus P6T and an I7 920. It was all fine, GTA 4 Looked/played great. Then I installed a BD drive and was trying to make it work on XP….long story and I still can’t play BD movies. Anyhow, one night I started GTA 4 when I started seeing these weird artifacts and I thought that it might be the video drivers, so I updated them but I still got the artifacts followed by hung app or BSOD and once I got a out of VRAM. I decided to try an older card I have, a XFX 7600 GT 256. I managed to test GTA 4, very laggy but it did not crash at all. So most likely my 9800’s vram is dying or dead. I can still get display and play videos and actually play some games, like L4D, COD MW. I will probably end up getting a new card like a gtx 285/295…
Canadian Snowbirds
May 27th, 2009
Canadian Snowbirds
Originally uploaded by CP CATIVO
The Canadian Snowbirds visiting NY for the first time! I was lucky since their performance was canceled the following day because of fog.
Mig 17 Overhead
May 27th, 2009
Mig 17 Overhead
Originally uploaded by CP CATIVO
Shot of RedBull Mig 17 flying overhead!
AVSIM down
May 14th, 2009AVSim.com was hacked and destroyed. If anyone reads this and want to donate, click below.
Shea Stadium 2
April 12th, 2009
Shea Stadium 2
Originally uploaded by CP CATIVO
The old and the new in one shot. I love how this came out.
Drawing
January 29th, 2009My latest drawing, the first I’ve done in a while!
