Upgrading Graphics Card
Feb 10, 2010
Newegg.com - HIS H483QS512P Radeon HD 4830 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards. Here is my machine that i plan to put the graphics card into: HP Pavilion a6110n PC (GG781AA) specifications - HP Home & Home Office Products also, my monitor uses a VGA cable, how will i be able to convert it and plug it into the dvi ports? Now i want to know if those 2 are compatible and if i upgrade to that graphics card willi notice a difference?
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Sep 27, 2008
I have an HP Pavillion 9700 that came with a nVidia 8600 gs, 3gb RAM, a 2.4ghz core 2 duo, so i think the graphics card is the weak link in set up (not that it's that great overall). Are there any options for upgrading a mobile graphics card?
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Jul 27, 2009
why does vista say i have 4GB of video ram, when my card is only 1GB? is it using part of my 8GB of ram for video?
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Aug 6, 2009
I have dell inspiron 530s desktop. how can i know is there any graphics card installed or not? & if installed what is it's capacity...
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Aug 2, 2007
i have a Dell poweredge server with Vista x64 installed. Unfortunately, it doesn't include PCI-e x16. It has 2 x4 slots with x8 connectors. What kind of graphics card can I use with this system?
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Jan 2, 2009
I have a HIS ATI Radeon HD 4870x2 Graphics card I am getting very poor gpu clock and memory speeds on both cores of my graphics card. at both 3D and 2D mode, using GPU-Z 0.3.0.0 and ati 8.12 catalyst control center I know that in 3D mode it should be at 750MHZ and 900MHz and 2D at 507MHz and 500MHz(2gpu). I have un-installed and re-installed the 8.12ccc with no change at all, also using driver cleaner(in safe mode) when un-installing. I get no arifacts as I use ExpertTool V4.0, enable fan contol for cooling while playing games. Its just the card will not run at its full potentuall or how it should.
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Jun 15, 2009
I'm looking to invest in a new graphics card i have a max of about £130 i want to spend but there are a few issues first off, my pc comes with a ****ty dell 350w PSU which has one graphics power connector now i did a PSU calculator with the card i want to buy>>Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4870 1GB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cardand it says it should come under 350 but i would like your opinions. Also is that the best card i can get for the cash? i would prefer ATI but would be willing to go over to Nvidia. i currently have a HD radeon 2600 XT which is a slim one, depth wise anything would fit, but i think a longer card would have a hard time fitting.
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Sep 4, 2009
I have a 2 year old XFX GeForce 8600 GT PCIE 16X that Im trying to install in a new computer with vista 64 and on board ATI radeon HD 3200. The first couple times i tried it, after install, i got no graphics at all, until i removed the card. After going into the BIOS, and changing the "displayPort Config" from Auto to Enabled, the on board graphics would work with the card installed, but not the card graphics. When i try to load the supplied drivers I get this message "The VGA detected seems not XFX's product. please go to nvidia.com to get the driver for the other NVIDIA VGA."
I dont understand that, but i then downloaded updated drivers from Nvidia, but when i try to install them, i get an assortment of error messages, including "The Nvidia setup program could not locate any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware", "you are running a 32bit version of nvidia uninstaller on a 64bit system", "setup detected the operating system in use is not windows vista 64bit" these errors seem to contradict themselves.
Is it possible this card is not compatible with the computer? The card may be bad, as my old PC lost graphics, but the geek squad (a bunch of morons by the way) swapped cards and still no graphics and said my MoBo was bad, so i just got new PC, but woudl like to use this card , as I assume its better than the included built in graphics. Going into the MoBo users guide, it doesnt cover switching from on-board graphics to PCI slot, other than describing how to configure the BIOS settings for the graphics card to support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX. I tried that, but it didnt seem to do anything either. im guessing the ATI contol center software doesnt show the enable CrossFire option without a CrossFire compatible card installed, or i didnt install the drivers correctly for that function.
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Jul 12, 2009
Whenever I'm chatting on IMVU, or doing anything which requires lot of 3D, my screen flickers 2 or 3 times, I see everything freezed, the screen turns black, and then most of the time, after a while, it turns back and gives me a balloon message on the taskbar that the graphics' driver stopped responding and is restored.
It happens a lot.
And it gives on my nerves a lot, because when the screen returns, all 3D using programs are not responding anymore, untill I try to close it, and tell Windows Vista to wait untill it responds, then it takes about a minute or 2 to see motion again.
Sometimes the error doesn't happen at all. Sometimes it happens every 5 minutes. And I even had a blue screen once.
The only thing I was able to read was that the graphics' driver stopped responding and Windows was unable to restore it.
I tried reinstalling the driver.
I own the newest version of the driver, so update is not possible.
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Jun 6, 2009
Now i've installed Vista Home Premium 32-bit onto the system, but it will not detect the graphics card at all. Although i have got a display (Motherboard does not have on-board). I've tried using the driver disk supplied with the card, but it always tells me to go to the XFXForce website, so i do and download their drivers and install but CCC does not appear to get installed. I've tried the card in another Vista 32-bit System and it gets found and drivers install nicely and the card works fine. Is there anything wrong that i'm doing??
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Oct 17, 2009
this relates to my problem but when playing games (cod4) every 2 mins all the textures go weird like pink and black and all weird colours and it freezes when i press alt del and ctrl it fixes again so then i click cancel and continue playing. It happens all the time. My next problem is that cod4 just froze properly and nothing worked except cutting the power. When it restart bsod came up. this has happend twice so far once with cod4 and once with rome total war. the website above links greatly to my issues. when the pc came back on in safe mode i had a problem reports and sollution window come up and say:.....
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Jun 30, 2009
I just installed the new GTA IV on my computer. I have a notebook with the required performance, Processor (1.8 GHz required, 2.0 GHz Owned) graphics card (256 MB Required, 384 MB Owned) and plenty of RAM (4 GB) but when the game loads, it says there is not enough video output to run the game. I have looked into why and I found the problem and was wondering if anyone could help. The problem is in the graphics memory usage. It says that 128 MB goes toward dedicated memory and 256MB goes towards shared memory. I was wondering if it were at all possible to make all of the video memory go towards the dedicated memory because in the game it says it is only getting the dedicated memory? I tried looking in BIOS to switch all of it to dedicated memory but was unsuccessfull in my attempts.
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Mar 17, 2009
Quote: GALAXY is preparing its new custom design addition to the GTX285 series: GTX285 2GB. It features a core speed of 648MHz on its 0.8ns GDDR3 memory with a 512bit interface. Galaxy Preparing a Self Designed GTX 285 2GB Card - VR-Zone.com: News and Reviews
Quote: After the recent release of the notorious GTX 260 GS GLH, Gainward strikes again and bring this time its own touch of the fastest single GPU card available to the market, the GTX 285.
In its quest for quality and better gaming experience, Gainward is constantly searching to improve, optimize or adapt reference design products from its partners. Graphics and Displays :: Gainward Releases New 2GB & 1GB GTX 285 Graphics Cards :: {url} News ::
Quote: Palit has announced two new GTX 285 graphics cards. Both cards will have the same custom dual slot cooler with two fans and both will have the same specifications. The only difference is the amount of memory, so in adition to the 1GB version Palit has launched a 2GB version as well. Fudzilla - Palit goes 2GB with GTX 285
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Apr 7, 2009
I am after a new graphics card for my computer but i need some advice as to wether it will run on my system or not.
I currently have an Nvidia Geforce 7300SE. and would like to upgrade.
Here are my system specs
OS
Vista Home Premium 32bit
CPU
Intel Pentium D Motherboard MSI Ms-7301 Memory 2GB DDR2 Graphics Card(s) Nvidia GeForce 7300SE Sound Card Realtek HD audio Onboard Monitor(s) Displays Samsung 19" widescreen Case Coolermaster Elite 334 Cooling x1 90mm blue LED front, x1 120mm blue LED rear
I have found this card and would like to know if i can use it.
BFG Tech - BFG NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GT OC 256MB PCIe
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Aug 28, 2009
I know that some graphics cant be removed if they are integrated, but most of the cards I have seen don't specify whether they can be changed. Can the Intel GMA 4500 be changed? (any model of it e.g. 4500, 4500MHD. Can the Ati Radeon HD 3200 be changed?
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Sep 19, 2009
what graphics card works well with AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4800+? Basically I want to run MS Flight Sim X.....I believe I only have a PCI slot and am looking in the $75-150 range.....
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Mar 23, 2008
hey, i upgraded my graphics card (ATI HD3850) on my computer and it works fine but i no longer have sound on my computer. i tryed updating the drivers and changing the settings and still no sound. when i take out the graphics card i have sound again. i asked bestbuy and they said that i shorted out something on the motherboard, i told them that when i take the card back out i have sound again and they were clueless about what to do. nobody that i've talked to has ever heard of this happening. they said it seems like a driver conflict and to upgrade the drivers, but that didn't work. does anyone have any ideas?
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Dec 21, 2008
i have a old card lying about and cant get it to work, just wondering if you can help, all i can get off the card is Gigabyte GV-NX73S256T-RH, I have googled it and only got strange chinese results or something, i think i need the drivers for it to install hardware, and/or change bios settings,
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Jan 26, 2010
just bought a Compaq Presario CQ5034UK Desktop PC I need to upgrade the graphics card but i'm unsure if any PDI-E x 16 graphics will do due to the slightly smaller tower. I've searched about but dont really know what i'm looking for!!
Processor - AMD Phenom™ X3 processor 8750
Chipset - NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9100 chipset
Mem - 3GB
Hard Drive - 640GB
Video - NVIDIA® GeForce™ 9100 GPU
Motherboard - violet-no1394front
Dimensions - 169x426x377mm
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May 14, 2009
I havent been on these forums in a while, which is good becuz it means i have had no problems but... i want a new graphics card becuz my intel card doesnt currently support the detail i want it to.
I currently have the Moblie intel(R) 965 express chipset family, but it doesnt support lighting detail on a game i play. its browser based, and the tech forums for that game says its my graphics card. I am awaiting full confirmation as of yet. Until then, i would like a nvidia graphics card series 6 or upwards, and i am looking to pay £50 so i dont think i am gonna get the 9 series
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Feb 6, 2009
Installed driver for ASUS EAH3650 Silent Magic graphics card. When check for driver updates via ATI Catalyst Control Center, shows update to a ATI Raedon 3600 driver. Unsure if should stick with the latest ASUS driver or install the RAEDON one.
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Apr 8, 2008
I recently built my first desktop with the help of a neighbor that knows alot about computers. Anyways, I have an ASUS M2N-VM DVI motherboard, AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400 Dual-Core Processor, 4 GB Ram, 22" DCLCD LCD monitor, and a Geforce 8800 GTX graphics card and a 500 watt-power supply. When ever I would try to play games that require alot of graphics, my computer would start to slow down in even repetitions and only when I played games. Even games like Sim City 4 and Command and Conquer Generals would slow down! I thought it could have been my power supply, because it requires at least 450 watts to use and I read that my processor uses about 125W. I then recently purchased an 800 Watt BFG power supply thinking it might help the problem, but it still slows down!
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Nov 22, 2008
i have a dell inspiron 1520 laptop does anyone know the type of graphics card in it?? ive had a look in device manager but theres no mention of the nivadia card that should be present, i was told there is one in it but hidden some way????
just that my son was questioning what games he could get to play on it, he wants call of duty 4 but unsure if it would work.
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Jun 9, 2009
I had my computer repaired a few months ago and since then whenever i open certain programs it tells me that my my video card does not meet the requirements and that i need one that is compatible with DirectX9. I checked display adapters and it says that i have the standard VGA graphics adapter. What can i do to upgrade it?
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Jan 26, 2010
I started experiencing glitch graphics that kinda looked like someone had splashed paint all over my screen... I tried driver updates and the usual (virus malware scans ect) but no difference was made. So I tried a fresh install but this still seemed to make no difference. when I got this graphics glitch it wasn't just the graphics that went wrong since it seemed to also hang windows, forcing a manual reboot but with the same only to happen again on the next cold or warm boot. It did puzzle me since it seemed only to happen with anything graphical i.e windows or the Bios splash screen but did not seem to glitch out on Bios boot text or even through the windows install screens....
I was quite stuck to as what the cause was, although I had the feeling my graphics card was failing. I didn't have a spare to test and it was a late Saturday evening and had to wait until Monday morning for the stores to open..... (thank goodness i had my old Pentium 4 in the cupboard ) Well Monday morning arrived and with the frustration of having used my old P4 with its ultra slowness and block graphics from its old AGP ATI 9200SE I was very eager to dash off to the shops So I headed off to the local PC repair shop armed with my trusty iPhone loaded with the pictures shown below to ask for their professional advice and low and behold it was confirmed..... my poor BFG 9800GX2 was on its death bed (tip always follow warranties, register and keep your receipts) Now armed with my new and confirmed information I was happy enough to splash out on a new graphics card..... back home i fitted my nice new shiny Gigabyte 9800GT Silent Cell GV-N98TSL-1GI - GIGABYTE Product - Graphics Accelerator - Overview and as expected my PC was back up and running once again
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Jun 25, 2008
For those who want to know the performance level of their current GPU, or are looking to upgrade here is a breakdown of the current Cards and capabilities. Note-Desktop Cards are listed beneath the Mobility cards. Benchmark List. Notebookcheck: Mobile Graphics Cards - Benchmark List MOBILITY CARDS
Class 1: High End Graphics Cards - They can be compared with current high end Desktop video cards . The cards contain a similar core, however usually they are minor clocked and therefore somewhat slower. The newest games like Company of Heroes, F.E.A.R., Age of Conan, Race Driver Grid, Call of Duty 4, Mass Effect, Gothic 3, Halo2, Gears Of War, etc., should run fluently with all details in high resolutions. Crysis with Medium/High Details, and Devil May Cry 4 at high ("A"/"S")
» GeForce GTX 280M SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2
» GeForce 9800M GTX SLI
» GeForce GTX 280M
» GeForce 9800M GT SLI
» GeForce 9800M GTS SLI
» Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2..............
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Oct 2, 2008
I am thinking of ordering this card after my 8600Gt died a few days ago. Will a Arctic Power 500W PSU be enough to run it? The reat of my specs are:
AMD Athlon x2 6000+
2.5gb RAM
Sapphire HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 Dual DVI Dual slot cooler HDTV Out PCI-E Graphics Card - Ebuyer
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Sep 18, 2009
I currently have a problem with running dreamscene, it slows my computer down when running it, as soon as I open up other windows. Also moving windows around the desktop is noticebly slower, along with the fact dreamscene stutters. I currently use a Nvidia Geforce 7300se which is intergrated graphics.
I was looking to upgrade to a cheap ATI HD3450 graphics card to solve this problem. Does anyone here know if the HD3450 will speed up dreamscene to its optimal level along with using and opening up windows without slow downs?
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Mar 16, 2009
I have purchased an XFX8800 GT graphics card... but when i insert the disk for the same it says "no XFX product was found" whats the reason for that..???? So i have installed the drivers by exploring the disk.... But anybody tell be why it is not detecting the card as an XFX product....
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Dec 21, 2009
i am building a pc atm and have bought my graphics card (XFX ATI Radeon HD4870 512MB) and my motherboard (MSI 790FX-GD70) , i am looking to quad crossfire, but i only want a second one to start off with , i will add more as graphics get more intense.
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Jun 29, 2009
I am using vista home premium 32 bit. specs. core 2 duo 2.2 ghz. ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 graphics card. 2 gb ram. it says that my card can play crysis at low graphics.
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