Compatibility Issues with PNY 7600GS

Hey Paul,
Thanks for your reply. Well let's see I have called Emachines live chat who stated that emachines have trouble with just the PNY 7600gs at the same time tried to sell me other stuff. So if you need a direct line to sales just use the live chat and there is no waiting. I talked to PNY did not have a clue except to add more power(???) ***. I bought the card at a fair price $124.00 + tax. Since last week the price has risen to above $180.00 at best Buy. So now I'm back to square one. Fry's is about 20 miles from the house so now I'm looking at the EVGA 7900 GT KO for $299.00 + tax. By the time I get done it would have been easier to build my own. I checked the bios at start up and the CPU temp was 50c/122f the system was at 44c/111f the graphics card was at 73c-76c I have a Emachines T6524 and have added an xtra gig of ram and am currently trying to find a graphics card that will work. Thanks again for your input

Perhaps they mean a higher PSU. Although once again, I did that and it didn't matter. Lol@ the live chat and yes, they seem to be more like sales people. More and more I am disliking emachines. I used to be a fan of emachines line but maybe it's getting worse as I was hoping they improved. Their loss I guess. But you may need better ventilation also, I don't know if it will help but my opinion is this, no card worked in my emachines, and if at all like mine, doubtful it will in yours either, but good luck. As stated, a higher PSU, more ventilation, if nothing works then its' an emachines thing.

Paul

To all who have shared their knowledge with my PC problems.......I wanna say THANKS. I still have a few questions and am looking (now don't laugh) for a PC buddy that I can go to whenever an issue arises. For information on my system, you can review it under ''My Products'' I have questions about the system's bios and how to change/modify it, Plus a host of other operating do's and You clicked what!. One of my short terms goals is just to sit back and read Cnet's forums rather than be in the forum.. Once again thanks for all the great advice and the time you spent to comment.....


Dennis

simply put, you can just post and usually someone will pick up on it, so ask away.

Paul

Those are great sites with a lot of info.
There is actually a program there made just for MSI motherboard monitoring. Only problem it won't work on OEM motherboards IE HP,Dell, Gateway etc.
I took the side off of the computer, started it back up and let it run while doing a few things and the heatsink around the fan on the video card is just bareley warm so I guess I won't worry about the video card being too hot.
I loaded mother board monitor on my 2nd computer and it works great.
Thanks again.
Wayne

Hey Paul,
I downloaded the Everest file and installed it. Holy cow thats alot of info to sort thru. Maybe you can answer this...I believe you know the history of my issues with overheating of the PNY 7600...I'm looking to get another 7600 (suggested by Emachines live/sales chat) Is it worth it to get a 512mb vs a 256mb card. On newegg you can get a 512 at a fair price depending if it's GS vs a GT.

thanks,
Dennis

typically don't like to give opinions on products I haven't used, however, if comparable, go with 512. Either way you cut it, it's better than 256.

GS has same core but is a bit underclocked from the GT. But you may be better off to look at some specs...

http://ckturbo128.proboards4.com/index.cgi?board=computerhardware&action=display&thread=1138544120


Hope this helps,

Paul

Good day,
I returned my PNY 7600 GS back to the store but I'm looking to try another brand. To answer your question on the card temp...The PNY or Nivida has a graphics card manager that has a tab for the temp. When I checked the temp and it was around 83c/186f I became concerned and shot alot of questions to this forum that helped. I hope I helped.

dennis