tthurman

That's killer man!

You have no chance to survive make your time.

Man, talk about serving up the suds! WTG dude!

Glad to hear you found out it was the card, and not something harder to replace. Hopefully you are still within warranty, and can RMA it! I know the 5770 I had before XFX swapped it with one rebadged to 6770, was very much better with power than the 4890 it replaced, and performance was very similar. I think Windows 8 is a different beast since 8.1, update 1, but by now it's been deemed "Vista", and it will likely take Windows 9 to get anyone to upgrade. I agree though, I like to too!

"If" I were going to all that work, I think I'd dig up four more gigs of memory and go 64 bit. Otherwise I'd be inclined to just let it go as is. I'm betting MAME will be running on XP for a good while, regardless of Microsoft support. There is just too much of the community that has such deep roots with XP for it to just suddenly be abandoned! Some potential roadblocks I could see upgrading would be: If it's high performance DDR2, like 8500 stuff, this could be to expensive to be worth it. I haven't checked the used market for this lately, but it was still bringing in pretty decent money not long ago. If not, and assuming you've got a 775 board, you could always stick a q9550 or 9560 in there at some point down the road for a little more oomph, without a major hardware upgrade. My logic on this has always been, that I'm not expecting many of the CHD's to run, much less run perfectly, so as long as the classics are hanging in there, why not make the most of the hardware you already got. It's a hellava lot cheaper this way! My understanding is the higher performing dual cores still hold their own, since MAME doesn't use more than two cores anyway. To me, that means in the older procs, i.e. a E8500 or 8600, would still fair well, and they run 64 bit windows good too. I've got a 8500 running 8.1 in my HTPC, and it still holds it's own.

Couple of good looking cabinets you got there. Love the chrome T molding on the red one!

I hear ya, before you know it, she'll be beating you on your own rig! Titanfall looks like a killer game, I just can't seem to devote time to PC games these days.

Is there a go to DMD for pinball? I've seen some people implementing a 7" USB display for this purpose.

That really seems odd! I've been using ATI/AMD cards now since the 9800 Pro days, and I have never seen what you are experiencing. After some googling, it seems this problem is pretty prevalent with the 7770, but I don't seen anybody with a solution, lots of RMA's, but no solution. Is this a new install of Windows after your "POP"? Is your motherboard BIOS current? That error can be hardware or software related. http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/page-fault-in-non-paged-area-error/ I just RMA'd a 5770, but it was artifacting like crazy, nothing like you're experiencing.

Return of the Empire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCp6kzXK_6w

I could sense your frustration, couldn't resist giving you a bit of a hard time.

https://forums.geforce.com/default/topic/550192/geforce-drivers/display-driver-uninstaller-ddu-v12-7-2-released-05-08-14-/ This may be worth a look too, but I've never used it. It looks like a modern replacement similar to drive sweeper.

Was the GTX680 already in the computer, and you're downgrading to the 7770? If so, you could be having problems due to leftover driver bits from the nividia software. Previously the standard recommendation was to recommend driver sweeper to get a full removal of the previous GPU's manufacturers drivers. Driver sweeper is old now, and I'm not sure I would recommend that method any longer, but there are manual ways to acheive the same results. Might want to give this a look. http://www.custompcreview.com/articles/guides/guide-properly-remove-nvidia-amd-ati-gpu-drivers/19972/ Once your sure you've got the nividia software removed go here: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download and get the latest catalyst for your OS. GPU tweak is for overclocking it, and probably was out of date as soon as it was put on that disk. If you want that feature, get it from the ASUS site after you have the card running.

and before anyone takes that out of context............ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepress

I used to be a stripper, so the thinking in layers part isn't a problem. I just need to get used to the software way of doing it.

Cool, I'll give GIMP a go! I read Stigzler's comment/rant , but linkscape is one I've not heard of. I by no means intend to do anything that elaborate, but thought I may pick up some clip art here and there and try to put together a logo of sorts, but I need the ability to layer, and a lot of luck learning how to do it Thanks! <edit> cool forum software, told me a new reply was added just as I was submitting this one. Thanks Draco, I'll check it out!

What's everyone using to design their art, GIMP, photoshop? This isn't my area of expertise! I've been playing around with some clips in Word, but it's frustrating at best because it's not really for this. Thanks!

Considering the passing of H.R. Giger, your timing posting your artwork is impecible.

I'm betting that side art will be a bit of a challenge to get on, but it looks great! Seeing how you are getting near closure, at least on this phase of the build, you're making me wish I had already started mine. It's a great build that is only getting better. You hard work has paid off! With any luck, you might actually get to play sometime!

A captian obvious moment? Everyone knows Han Solo suffers from Bad ass syndrome, aka lonewolf!

Thanks man! I admit it, I watched all of them!

Same PSU?

I was sort of afraid of that, but that's good to know! I guess it's a good idea to pick and choose what you want in advance, as opposed to just using an entire rom set, imagine the download time that would need!

Hey CharlesLam, I think what has occurred here is the overall topic of your thread was moved to the gamer rig sub-forum because it revolved around the cabinet which you had gave to your sister, and so it was a bit more fitting here than in the GameEX general forum. During the exchange that has taken place here, the topic has transitioned to a more of a technical support thread. I would recommend you post your technical problems in the GameEX general forum, along with your a copy of your log.txt and gameex.ini file so the guys there can give you a hand. There's a great support group here, and I'm betting this is simply getting a little overlooked because of where it is located within the forum topics.