does anyone know the difference between the geforce 9800 gt & the 9800 gtx ? how do they translate in game play. are they completly different cards? i dont want to buy the 9800gt if its enourmously inferior.
View 4 Repliesi dont know if this video card works on my computer :
xfx geforce 9800 gt 256-bit gddr3
newegg.com - xfx pvt98gydlh geforce 9800 gt 512mb 256-bit gddr3 pci express 2.0 x16 hdcp ready sli supported video card - desktop graphics / video cards
Internet - xfx geforce 9800 gt video card
so i was wondering if someone could give me an answer.
here are my system specs :
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windows vista home basic
service pack 1
manufacturer : emachines
rating : 3.3
memory (ram): 2 gb
32-bit operating system
processor : intel(r) pentium (r) 4 cpu 3.00 ghz, 2999 mhz, 1 core(s), 2 logical processors
bios version/date : intel corp. cf94510j.15a.0038.2007.0226.1646, 2/26/2007
system type : x86-based pc
total virtual memory : 4.21 gb
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I just bought a new computer and assembled it myself. I got everything to work exept i can't change resolution and is stuck on 800x600. I downloaded all the graphics drivers and everything but still it won't change. my setup is:.....
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View 8 Replies View RelatedGPU: XFX GeForce 9500
Gateway LX-6200
Computer Specs:
Windows Vista Home Premium x64
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core
8GB Ram
Serial ATA 500GB HD
ATI Radeon HD 3200
500W PSU
(any other info needed, just request)
P.S. Not sure of the MoBo build. It was the original MoBo that came with the computer.
I originally did what I normally do when installing any graphics card; I uninstalled the on-board graphics card drivers and disabled it, then attempted to install the drivers for the new card. While running the installation, an error appeared telling me that it didn't detect any Nvidia compatible hardware in my setup. So I checked my device manager and sure enough, there was only the onboard card showing up in the list. So I tried restarting the computer to see if a reboot would cause it to appear. Nothing happened, so I ran CCleaner and Driver Sweeper to clear any registry and drivers issues that could be occuring. I rebooted, and still nothing appeared. So I went into the BIOS and tried to change some settings in there. I disabled the on-board through the options there, but that only caused the BIOS to give me issues and I couldn't even reach the splash screen, so I reset it and then tried changing the load settings from IGFX-GFXO-GPP-PCI to GFXO-GPP-IGFX-PCI, saved and then rebooted. I got past the splash screen on the new video card but the computer locked up before it would load the OS. So I know that both the card and the PCI-E slot on the MoBo are working fine. But I have run out of ideas as to what to try next to get this to work.
I bought a new hard drive and did a clean install of windows vista on it.
The installation went fine and everything is running fine, except I have to unplug my graphics card and use the standard VGA built in standard thing which obviously is no good.
I've downloaded several drivers. When I try install them it gives an error relating to not having the correct hardware avaialble for the driver or something like that.
On my old XP setup I had a small X icon in the system tray which was the xpertvision menu/program - which allowed me to change stuff like the fan speed, resolution etc.
This isn't installed obviously, and seen as when I bought this graphics card last year the only drivers on the disk were for XP/2000.
I can only run vista using the graphics card when I start windows in safe mode - when I run it in normal mode I just get a blank black screen after the loading screen.
I just built a new machine:I ran the experience index test, and I got 1.9 on the Aero performance index and 1.0 on the 3D Graphics Performance index. This is the report that I got from Vista:
Display adapter type NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
Total available graphics memory Not detected
Dedicated graphics memory 0 MB
Dedicated system memory 0 MB
Shared system memory 0 MB
Display adapter driver version 6.14.11.8122
Primary monitor resolution 1920x1080
Secondary monitor resolution 1680x1050
DirectX version DirectX 9.0 or better
This graphics card should be more than fine to run pretty much anything, especially Aero, but with this rating I don't seem to be able to enable it.