First of all, I didn't even want one. I was waiting for the new-gen nVidias. But he got a 9800 Pro for $170, so he snapped it up. I'll accept it, my GF3 being a little old.
It installs fine. We start it up and...whiteish squares appear during BIOS all over the screen, like polka dots. They reappear during Windows loadup in blue, then I get vertical lines in Windows.
We've jiggled around with the settings for a few hours. It's useable now, but only to find information. Games are completely out of the question. Horrible visual deformities, textures turning the wrong color, discolored blocks on the screen, lines across the screen, etc.
At which point he abandons it and promises to call tech support tomorrow, like that will happen.
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The gun katas. Through analysis of thousands of recorded gunfights, the Cleric has determined that the geometric distribution of antagonists in any gun battle is a statistically predictable element. The gun kata treats the gun as a total weapon, each fluid position representing a maximum kill zone, inflicting maximum damage on the maximum number of opponents while keeping the defender clear of the statistically traditional trajectories of return fire. By the rote mastery of this art, your firing efficiency will rise by no less than 120%. The difference of a 63% increase to lethal proficiency makes the master of the gun katas an adversary not to be taken lightly.
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