Pre videocard install do's and don't's??

[supaflyx3]

He has a Z68 board, so I believe you have to have intel drivers installed for lucid virtu anyways.

[draemn]

1) turn off and unplug computer... Ground yourself or at least discharge static electricity.
2) Install GPU.
3) Enter BIOS and make sure it's set to use the PCIe for display or dGPU (to use the GPU, not the IGP; might need to do this step first)
4) Boot up windows and install drivers
5) Play! (no need to restart if I remember correctly)

[TedShackley]

Originally Posted by W4ff1e

Im actually playing bf3 on hd3000 waiting for my 680 haha, ~25 fps everything on min @ 600p

reminds me of when I had to RMA my AM3 motherboard, so I put my 6950 into a P4 3.0GHz, BC2 would run at about 8-15 fps, not sure what resolution I was using, probably 1080p though

[tdubl07]

Plug that thing in, download the drivers, install them, restart computer, play BF3 on ultra! In that order

[BukitHedd]

I plugged it in, but forgot to set the bios to PCIE instead of onboard gpu. I gave myself a little heart attack when I didn't get any image.

So, I fixed that. Now it runs great! I cranked Bf3 to max settings, and I can't notice any time that it dips below 30fps. Even intense action sequences are silky smooth.

I did get some finger prints on the aluminum side details on the card. I can't seem to wipe them off either. Kind of a bummer. I'll get over it lol.

[crazyea]

You can try to clean it with some isopropyl if it bugs you.