I will be moving into residence this weekend, and I would like to take my 24 inch LCD monitor with me. With this move in, there will be older students that carry all my stuff up for me (woohoo laziness). My mom brought up the issue that it might not be a good idea to let some random student carry my monitor for me as it might be dropped/damaged, and from her impression, I might not even get a chance to carry it myself.

I threw away the original box a while ago, so what would be the best way to package the monitor so that it survives the move?

i want to upgrade my nvidia Geforce 9500 GS to GeForce GT 240
i want opinions

Hi guys I’m building a gaming pc it’s gonna have the i7 930 CPU 6 gigs of ram and I want a strong card to run my games fine. I am looking at the GTX 480 fermi but people claim the heat is heavy with that card. I’m not biased as this is my first pc build. Any input is highly appreciated

Hi,

When any intensive part of a game (ex. L4D2) like shooting an oozie 1 or 2 lines across the screen show while its flashing. I’m assuming this is a video card issues. Any ideas?

Ok so my question is if you can pick a certain part of your main display (for example a box in the lower left hand corner), which in this case is a 32 inch HDTV and duplicate it to your second display (17 inch flat screen). I want that box to be full screen on my 17 inch. Is there a program i can download to do this or is it not possible?

Thanks.

Could somebody put together a list of High, Med, and low end graphics chips from this generation?
Including Nvidia 4xx, 3xx series, and ATi 5xxx series.

With all these numbers they slap on, it gets confusing. One thing has a higher number, but lower down the line than something in the previous series…

hello
i have a really really slow pc because of a mix of it being out of date and being filled with files so have decided to upgrade to some newer bits and pieces

my current specs are

amd athlon 64 x2
core processer 5200+ ??
2.61ghz
2gb ram
nvidia 8400gs

i am a complete newby to upgrading and dont want to really spend more than £200 on an upgrade. i however would like to play the latest games (mw2,dirt 2,bfbc2,gta iv) at high/full settings @ 1680*1050 res!!

cheers!

http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/30/a…stained-radeo/
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente…html?tk=hp_new
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-200…?tag=cnetRiver

:(

hi, after i unplugged my display from my videocard (ati eah 3850) and then plugged it back , he can’t find the right display, at my configuration it sais " a normal not pnp-display" but he must find my compaq w220q display,
can anybody help me solve this?

hi. im talking about the rig in my sig. im wondering what and when i should upgrade. ive been wondering mainly about my gpu. its a bfg max core gtx 260. it came factory overclocked at core:655 shaders:1404 and mem:1125. it runs games well at 1080p with settings maxed out for games like bc2, mwf2, shift, mirrors edge ect. just kind of wondering if my current gpu will last for some time yet, or if i should change it out. what about my cpu? and if i were to upgrade anything, what would you recomend. i prefer nvidia over ati, and my cpu is clocked at 3.5Ghz. thanks for your help.

Maybe I’m expecting too much, but I have an HP 6730b laptop, when I connect it through it’s S video cable to my 50” LCD TV, it works ok, but there are some horizontal lines that run through the picture.

Is there a better way to do this from this laptop? Or do I have to just live with it?

I have been overclocking my gigabyte HD4890 using CCC’s Overdrive. I would bump it up 5/10mhz and then run the stability test to make sure it was working fine…
I ended up getting it to 985mhz on the core clock and 1115mhz on the memory clock and it passed the stability test in overdrive. As you would, you would go for the 1000mhz milestone. When I ran the test, the screen didn’t come up the normal weird colour shit that is normally does, but just switched off. No signal was coming from the video card (well, the analog/digital message came up on my monitor as it does when it cannot find a signal).

I restarted, loaded back into windows, checked everest and GPUz and they both say my clocks are reset back to their default (900mhz/975mhz). When I try to load CCC though, the screen will flicker once and then it will just go black and come up the no signal thing and I’m left to restart the computer.

So, if when the 1000mhz core clock test failed CCC reset it back to default clocks, why is CCC still buggering up when I try to run it?

Hey guys, I just recieved my paycheck yesterday, and I am thinking if I should buy a new card or not…

The main reason I don’t want to buy a new card is because I am only running games @ 1280×720 (Max is 1366×768, 18.5in monitor).

I’m thinking I probably won’t need to upgrade.

The only thing im worried about is my card being a little outdated…

Your opinions?

I have a direct tv box in my room but its not a hd receiver, however, there are other hd receivers in my house and do receive hd signal. My question is can I hook the non-hd receiver into my pc with a tv tuner or just run the coax cable straight to a tv tuner in my pc without the box? And how would i receive hd signal? And if there are any suggestions as to what a good tuner would be I would appreciate it. Thanks

Hey guys i’m looking to get a monster HDMI Cable to connect my PC to my TV. My PC is in one room and the tv is in another. My question is where can i find a cheap monster HDMI cable? Also i see that usually they cost about $100, but in Ebay i see there are cables basically the same height and they cost $15-25. Is there really any difference between the $15-25 ones and the $100 ones? They seem to support 1080p and everything else. Thanks for the help. :)

I was looking for a laptop before I shipped out to AIT, so when I found one in my price range with good RAM and a good CPU I decided to check it out. Everything is good, except I’m not so sure about the graphics card. I have a desktop that has an NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430, and the laptop has an Intel GMA X4500HD. The ram and cpu are the same, so i figure the bottleneck in both is the CPU. So my question is, how big of a drop (or rise) in graphics card quality will I be taking here if I get the laptop. Thanks in advance.

Hi to all,
I’m currently in the process of building a PC Media Centre (win7×64) And I’m having a problem trying to find a Decent graphics card to suit. I’ve read and read and read, But without any clear answer. So I though I would put the question out there, to get your thoughts/ideas.
The card needs to have HDMI out including HDMI sound, budget $150
I had previously purchase and test a graphics card Gainward NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT Graphics Card 1024MB,DDR3,256bit, PCI-E VGA/DVI-I/HDMI. Which just ended in a refund.:mad::mad:

Spec’s
Case – ThermalTake DH101
Mother board – Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3
CPU – 8200 Quad Core 2.66
Memory – 4GB
Power Supply – Cooler Master 550w
Tv Card – Dvico Fusion HDTV DVB-T Dual Express
Logictech – Music anywhere (for surround sound set-up)
WiFi – NetGear WN311B
Blueray
Plasma – Panasonic 60"

But currently considering purchasing a ATI Radeon HD5750 1GB 1024MB 128Bit DDR5 HD 5750..BUT LIKE THE GAINWARD model above, this card is built by HIS and I’m not sure of this brands reputation….???? and it maybe overkill..????:rolleyes:

Can you setup 2 computers to use a single monitor? I want my Windows computer and a computer loaded with Linux on the same monitor.
Thank you

same price which is better?

Okay so what do I need to look into and how do I find it to be able to get the graphics card I want? Like say I want NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX. What do I need to look for to know that I will be able to use it on my computer?

Hi,

I’m looking to upgrade and buy a new monitor and I’d like your advice.

My PC is a Dell Dimension 9100 with an nVidia GeForce 6800 256MB PCI Express x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-Out) graphics card.

I use my PC primarily for internet browsing, MSFT office, video games, email, and viewing video clips (like youtube). I do not watch feature-length movies on my PC and have no intention to (I have a nice TV for that).

I’m thinking of spending a little extra and getting an IPS monitor instead of a TN (better viewing angles, picture quality). I’m leaning towards the Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA 22" 1680×1050 IPS monitor for ~$319 but sometimes goes on sale. Seems like a reasonable value. Any thoughts on how this monitor would do with my PC and applications? Any other recommendations?

Since I don’t watch feature length movies on my PC monitor, I don’t see any reason why I would need a 16:9 aspect ratio monitor. Am I missing anything?

I also considered the HP ZR24W 24" 1920×1280 IPS monitor, but it’s more expensive ($400) and the review scores aren’t quite as high as the Dell, even though it’s larger and higher resolution.

Thanks for your help,
DB

Hey, i have tv tuner card, and i’m trying to get the cable box to work on it. I have a coaxial cable. The tuner card is a Hauppauge HVR-1250. I have a nvidia gt 220 video card, it’s an evga. I have a nforce 790i ultra motherboard. It’s an evga too. I started with a fresh hard drive and i installed windows 7 64-bit home premium, then i installed the video card with the original disc. Then i installed the tuner card from the disc. My motherboard disc doesn’t support windows 7, so i have to download the drivers from nvidia. I have a viewsonic lcd monitor which has speakers, and i know monitors with speakers can cause problems with some things in windows. I tried to install it with my other lcd monitor which is a samsung but it doesn’t have speakers. It still didn’t work. I also tried to install everything with a standard keyboard which hooks up to ps/2. I also have a razer laceasis mouse but i used my regular hp mouse. I installed everything with the modem unplugged. And i had the coaxial coming from the cable box to the computer, hooked up throughout all my installs. I have updated everything off the hauppauge and nvidia sites for the video card and tuner card. I also updated windows completely. I did bypass the drivers found by windows update. I can run the tuner card with a s-video and 1/8" jack if i need to. I really don’t know what’s goin on. I also tried to install the 2 cards, monitor, mouse with the drivers found by windows update. I have seen these cards work. I have a logitech g19 keyboard which has an lcd. I have been installing with the standard ps/2 keyboard. One time it worked for 3 hours but then it locked. Almost every other install only displayed the tuner card for a second. I have 8 gbs of ram. Can anybody help?

On newegg

EVGA 465 1 gig SC $219.99 after rebate

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…-557-_-Product

or

EVGA 460 1 gig SC $239.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc…-566-_-Product

I read 465 is junk but this sale is pretty good no?

Pro vrs Cons?

Thanks

Hello to all,

I just bought a brand new Leadtek nVidia GeForce GTS250 1GB Graphics card and I need to find out if it will work on my computer:

Acer Veriton 7900 Pro

Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.86 GHz
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
HDD Size: 80 GB
Processor Type: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed 1.86 GHz
Installed RAM: 512 MB
Hard Drive Capacity: 80 GB

If it won’t work on this desktop, and you have any suggestions of computers with graphics cards like this, I’d appreciate it greatly.:)

Thanks:)

this is my computer, i use this power supply and my monitor wont turn on whenever i try to install graphic card like xfx radeon hd 5750 or HIS radeon HD 5750 IceQ. Does anyone knows what’s the problem?

my computer is set to my television witch is a Mirai TV (flat screen) via an HDMI DVI chapel.
its been working really well after a year , and now it sais that my tv has no signal to my computer , i have tryed to buy a new HDMI DVI cable but still sais the same thing , now im afraid to spend more money on a new grafic card and find out that its my tv that is broken behind ,

is there anyone who has any suggestions on how I ka get it to work?

No, not 2 single cards in crossfire, 2 5870 chips, on board.

I’m not sure how long it has been out, but when pricing up a cheap system, and getting sidetracked, I found:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/4Gb-A…use-Metal-Case

http://uk.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=bGf2f0s2zeWhT0w8

The first thing I thought was heat, which the cooler seems pretty able to handle, however the whole heat of 1 chip is staying within the system, which can’t be good for internal temps.

Then the thought of when is 4GB video memory actually needed? I understand that they can support 3x 2560×1600 monitors, but does that really need 4GB video memory, and could it even drive that many pixels in the first place? Maybe a few in crossfire :P

I just noticed the power connectors too, 1×6 pin PCIe and 2×8 pin PCIe :eek:

I have an NVIDIA 9800GT graphics card, which is "PhysX ready," yet a program I used to measure the condition of my card (I can’t remember the name of it) showed that PhysX was either not available or disabled. Do I need special software to use PhysX or should the card itself just "use" it?

If I need software, which I think seems to be the case, are there any problems with it? Does it cause any slowdowns when running games that don’t happen to use PhysX, for example?

(All this time I just assumed I was using PhysX whenever I played a game that supported it!)

Not sure if you guys saw this, but some pretty cool results:
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/…on_hd_5870_cfx