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Geek Culture / more computer problems... am I just hexed...

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s0l1dsnak3123
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Posted: 4th Oct 2006 19:24 Edited at: 4th Oct 2006 19:26
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Hi there. Yet again I have faced more computer problems - this time involoving my desktop... take a look:



please help... If my mum sees this im dead...

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Lukas W
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Posted: 4th Oct 2006 19:32
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did you mean that your icons are rendered in 8bit?
perhaps re-install your gpu drivers then.

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s0l1dsnak3123
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Posted: 4th Oct 2006 19:38
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OK I searched on google for the meaning of GPU drivers, but with no result. Could you tell me what they are and how to reinstall them.

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Lucifer
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make sure this is set to 32 (see picture) if it already is, try updating your 3d drivers..


praise furry jesus

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s0l1dsnak3123
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Posted: 4th Oct 2006 19:41
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Quote: "make sure this is set to 32 (see picture) if it already is, try updating your 3d drivers.."
ahh thanks v. much that did the trick... i owe you one Lucifer

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Lukas W
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Posted: 4th Oct 2006 20:20
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GPU is Graphics Processing Unit, in other words your Graphics card.

on my old computer i used to get this problem when playing games (mainly Thief, and DBC created games).

sometimes i had to re-install the GPU driver.

if you have nVidia as your graphics card, you can get the drivers at nVidia.Com.
if you have ATI, you can get them at Ati.com.

or if the graphics card is integrated in your main board, it is probably an intel card, so go to intel.com.

anyway you got it worked out, great

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jinzai
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Posted: 5th Oct 2006 10:29
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OMG....did you just say that you owe Lucifer one?..One what? You'd best make sure that your mum doesn't kill you anytime soon on some other account...pity that.
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Phaelax
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Posted: 5th Oct 2006 10:58
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"GPU drivers" and changing desktop color depth confused an upcoming game programmer? Oooo I think that's gonna be a long road.


Thief didn't like to change settings back. I remember some game I used to play where I manually had to set the bit depth to 16 so I could play.

"Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy" - Rob Pike
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s0l1dsnak3123
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Posted: 5th Oct 2006 18:47
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Quote: ""GPU drivers" and changing desktop color depth confused an upcoming game programmer? Oooo I think that's gonna be a long road.


Thief didn't like to change settings back. I remember some game I used to play where I manually had to set the bit depth to 16 so I could play."


who said Im an upcoming game programmer? I tried it, but got bored... But now I just hang around here anyways (I prefer building apps to games... I understand apps better.)

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indi
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Posted: 6th Oct 2006 01:40
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solid snakes mother must be a real bad ass if he is scared of her.

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Phaelax
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Posted: 7th Oct 2006 02:29
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Didn't mean sound ummm, however I sounded. I've been straying from games and moving towards applications myself.

"Using Unix is the computing equivalent of listening only to music by David Cassidy" - Rob Pike
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s0l1dsnak3123
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Posted: 7th Oct 2006 17:08
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Quote: "solid snakes mother must be a real bad ass if he is scared of her. "
yeh you better believe it... or you'll be scared too (joke)

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Lucifer
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Posted: 7th Oct 2006 17:22 Edited at: 7th Oct 2006 17:22
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Quote: "solid snakes mother must be a real bad ass if he is scared of her."


if freddy krueger were real he would dream nightmares about her no offence solid snake


praise furry jesus
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Posted: 9th Oct 2006 18:21
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Quote: " solid snakes mother must be a real bad ass if he is scared of her."


hahaha

How Dare you put 8-bit icons on your desktop! *SLAP* Get up out of that chair you bastard! *SLAP* *KICK* *PUNCH* Just you wait until your father hears about this!

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s0l1dsnak3123
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Quote: "How Dare you put 8-bit icons on your desktop! *SLAP* Get up out of that chair you bastard! *SLAP* *KICK* *PUNCH* Just you wait until your father hears about this!"
... wow have you been to my house?

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