Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Where can I buy a cheap video card that supports pixel shader 2?

I'm trying to work with emulators (gamecube and ps2) and I'm not

willing to spend like $200 on a video card just to play a few games. I also am not interested in online shopping.|||bestbuy, local game stores, circuit city might have.. CompUSA



but seriously dude.. shopping for parts online is cheaper|||tigerdirect.com

newegg.com

zipzoomfly.com

dabs.com

scan.co.uk

novatech.co.uk

ebuyer.com

ebay.com

Is is possible to play Sims 3 without a certain video card?

My computer is old, not the new Windows or Mac or whatever. I bought Sims 3 but whenever I try to play it it says I need this certain video card. Is it possible to play with my regular video card?

P.S. The video card I'm 'supposed' to have is a video card from the 'hightech' computers. PLEASE HELP!|||You shouldn't need an ultra high end card to run sims 3 (sims 3 wont be as demanding as most other games like first person shooters etc), though you may need a minor upgrade to meet the minimum requirements.



It may be possible for you to get an AGP or PCI card that is significant enough of an upgrade to play Sims3 without having to break the bank.



If you want more help, feel free to run the belarc advisor tool at http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html and email me, I can tell you what your options are at that point.|||What is the exact error, and what is your exact video card.

What is a good temperature for the 8800GT Video Card?

How Hot can this Video card be? I just overclocked this card from the stock 600mhz core clock to 700mhz so i can Play Crysis WH in high settings. temperature ranges from 70-75 Celsius; it changes depending if there's to much action in the game.



Can this Card handle this temperatures without giving problems? So far everything runs stable. Or what should be the temperature for this card?|||Company line is it's rated up to 100c (Celsius) , but not something I would want to stay at for too long. Up to 80C, I would start to worry about. 85C would be my red-zone. If 75C is your load temp, it's no problem.



Roger, on another question you asked: Your hardware will support both 32 bit or 64 bit Vista. However, unless you intend to run 64 bit games, you will get no benefit. Also some 32 bit applications will not have all the features in 64 bit as the do with 32 bit. 64 bit Vista will not make your 32 bit applications run better. As an example, MS's own Office Suite software will not perform all the applications it does on 32 bit. I would not upgrade to 64 bit Vista based on your current requirements. Spend your money on something else or save it for something else in the future.

I hope that helps|||The cards are fairly durable. 70-75 is on the hotter side. My GTX will run that, but the two cards are very different.



What type of case cooling do you have?|||75 degrees under load i.e. playing crysis are good temps!! Remember graphic's cards are designed to run alot hotter then cpu's. If however you wish to lower it while gaming download rivatuner an adjust your fan speed before you start gaming. I personally would not bother though.

Whats a good computer or video card to run World of Warcraft?

Hey I play World of Warcraft and I'm looking in to buying a computer with a good video card (desktop computer) for 700-800$ or less. If people would just simply tell me or post links for computers I would be more than happy. Thank you.|||Check out the Cyber Power Mega Special I. It looks like a powerful system (from components) with a very affordable price tag at $475 for just the tower. The link for the system is



http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Mega_…



Good luck finding that new system and enjoy the game!

What kind of hardware requirements i need to run the ati hd 5770 video card?

I have intel core i3 processor 4gb ddr3 ram intel motherboard pcie x1(dont have a motherboard of pcie x16). i am trying to select a video card for my pc so i want to know is my specs r enough for this card or should i have to upgrade anything? Or change anything? And i think my psu is 100 watts. so please help me out.|||You might want to double check your pc specs. I've never seen a i3 mother board with no pcie slot asms never even heard of a100w power supply.|||Is your computer a laptop? if so then dont bother trying to upgrade, as its extremely difficult to do so.



If you have a desktop, youll need to upgrade everything except RAM



You need a 500W PSU, at least an intel core i5 or AMD phenom II x4. And youll also need a new motherboard because you dont have a PCIe x16 express slot or a new socket for the processor,



techincally the processor is good enough, but its highly recommended to upgrade to an I5 or AMD phenom II x4.



mobo:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



CPU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Power supply

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



BUT if you have a laptop, then you cant upgrade anything and are stuck with what you have|||Your motherboard MUST have an x16 PCIe slot.



No version of the 5770 or other "gaming" GPU feature any other type of bus connector.



Also, you will need at least a 400W (around there too lazy to look it up right now) PSU to power the GPU. The PSU must also supply a 6-pin PCIe power connector or you will need a molex to 6-pin adapter.

How do i install a video card if the one i'm currently using is built in the motherboard?

do i have to uninstall the motherboard video card first? or can i put the video card already, then install while i am still using the motherboard video card? help!|||Since currently you are using the onboard graphic, so you cannot remove the graphic card. Otherwise your motherboard will be spoilt. There is only one chip inside motherboard for graphic processing. No need to remove any graphic driver.



Then just install the new additional graphic card. Make sure the graphic card socket is correct. AGP socket is for previous version and PCI-E for latest version. After you fixed in the graphic card, the graphic processing will be priority switch to the additional graphic card. So don't connect your monitor to the onboard VGA socket. Use the additional graphic card socket.



After fixed it, ON your PC then put in the graphic card driver CD. Then it should be no problem after this.|||It really depends. Some smart motherboards will automatically disable the onboard graphics when you install a new video card. Some wont do that, and youll have to disable the onboard graphics yourself, though that can differ between computers. If you have to disable them yourself, it can usually be done through BIOS.|||You don't switch it out its permanitly on the motherboard and you need to see if your motherboard supports PCI-E or PCI because some graphics card take different slots.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ILrq7lMe…|||you can't its saughtered onto the motherboard.

How do I reinstall a video card drive?

I recently asked a question about my screen going all fuzzy, and someone suggested that I re-install my video card drive. How do I go about doing this? Any help would be appreciated.|||If you have an NVIDIA card, you go here,



http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx…



download new drivers (don't install) goto add/remove prgrams in the control panel, you should see NVIDIA DISPLAY DRIVERS. Uninstall that program, and restart your computer.



now open up your downloaded drivers, and install them, restart computer, and your on your way.



If you have an ATI video card go here...

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html



same step as above, download, uninstall old one, restart, install new ones, restart, on your way.



You have to know if it's ATI or NVIDIA , and what number it is, such as a 6800gt, 7600gt, 1900pro. You can find it by right clicking on your desktop, going to display settings, and the spot where you change your resolution usually states what card you have.



if not, don't fear, use GPU-Z

http://majorgeeks.com/GPU-Z_d5796.html

it will tell you everything you need to now for your card.

if your new to computers, don't worry 'viruses' and all that crap, I download tons of software and programs from this site, they are a big trustworthy site.|||go on google and find out wat video card you have and then find the website for the manufacturer and go on there and you should be able to find the appropriate software to install it.





Hope this helps

Josh

What is the best video card i can buy for my pci port?

I was wondering what the best pci video card i could get for gaming that i can buy at circuit city. the reason i need to buy it there is because i have a $100 gift card their.|||http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/12/03/b…



I think you mean pcie. If its more than 3-4 years old it may be an agp port. PCI ports haven't been used for video cards for about 8 years.|||pci? or pci-e? If you have a pci-e port, you should use it instead...

If someone disabled the integrated video card before and then removed the new card how can I undo it?

well I bought this laptop from a store that sells used stuff so I got this laptop really cheap but when I turn it on it doesn't show anything on the screen I even connected to another Monitor and doesn't show anything at all. If the integrated video card has been disable how could I undo it?|||go in to the bios and activate it.

What kind of video card slot does my motherboard have?

My computer is a Compaq Presario SR2150NX. its a couple of years old. The reason I want to know what video card slot the motherboard has is because I need to know if it can handle a high end video card, much like a NVIDIA GeFORCE or a ATI with 512mb of vido RAM. So, if you can answere both of these I would be very greatful. Game on|||you have a PCI EXPRESS X 16|||Your System has the following expansion slots: 3 PCI slots (2 available) 1 PCI Express x16 slot (available), and based on your machines specifications, it most likely has a 300w something power supply unit, not enough to power anything higher than a Nvidia Geforce 9500 GT and Equivalent ATI, if you want to get a stronger nvidia/ATI graphics card, i would get a Corsair 700w power supply from newegg.com to power the graphics card without issues.

How can I check to see what kind of video card I have using Vista?

I want to play World of Warcraft and need to know if my video card meets the graphics requirements but I dont know how to look for it. I have Windows Vista as my OS.|||To play wow im sure that they do, but just to make sure what you do is go to the start menu and in the search box search device manager. From there click on video cards and there you go!



Hope that it meets the requirements, and that you have a lot of free time on your hands! Hope I Helped!|||start - search - dxdiag - display

How can I find out which video card my laptop has?

My laptop has always randomly crashed when playing some videos so I want to find out which video card is installed and possibly find if I have the right Vista compatible driver installed, any tips?|||go to start bar

click run

type dxdiag

when it opens clik the display tab

all teh info you want will be there|||i can only suggest that you read the user manual that came with the laptop when you purchased it.|||he's rite iam gona say the same thing

well he said it

What kind of video card can I put in a IBM desktop?

My mom purchased a system from a company here that was getting rid of their older systems. It's an IBM desktop (the flat ones that you put the monitor on top of) and all the parts are integrated into the board. It's a Pentium 4, so it's a decent processor, but the video card or chip set isn't compatible with most of the games my daughter wants to play on it. I was told that she's going to need a low profile video card and the GeForce PCI 5200 didn't work in it, as the metal "backing" was too long. Does anyone have any recommendations as to what I can do for it? Is there a specific video card for systems like this or am I just out of luck?|||You better double check on the processor! Just because it says pentium 4 doesnt mean its fast! It could be 7 years old! I doubt very much that the PC she got is worth tryin to upgrade.|||seriously

keep cpu and ram ,throw the rest,

buy new p4 moby to suit cpu, agp video and.

$40 tower



id say theres no seperate graphics slot and pci card suck.|||There are 1/2 height adapters for many video cards, get a card that is either 1/2 height out of the box, or get one that has interchangeable adapters.

How to check video card and motherboard compatibility?

I am thinking about buying the Gigabyte GA-X58-UD5 motherboard and the XFX-585A-ZNFC video card.



I checked the specifications and the card will fit in the motherboard. PCI express x16.



Are there any other compatibility issues I need to worry about?



Also I am going to use an i7-930|||As long as the graphics card fits the slot (which pretty much all new motherboards have a PCIe-x16, and pretty much all new graphics cards fit that slot), it should work.

The one thing you should look out for is your power supply. Make sure your power supply is at least 500W (it probably says it on the side, or if you're buying, check it in the specs), because that is the minimum required for that graphics card. the rest of the system requirements are:

"PCI Express or PCI Express 2.0 compliant motherboard with one X16 graphics slot

500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

Certified power supplies are recommended.

Minimum 1GB of system memory"

If you've got all that, it will work!





As for the processor, it requires an LGA 1366 socket type, which that motherboard does have, so you're good to go!|||You can run the 5850 on that board with no problems as it has 3 PCIe slots....You could run Tri Crossfire or Tri Sli......That's a nice board.......



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…





Scott|||Make sure your power supply is at least 500w but 600w is better. Everything else is ok. Most new pcs come with about 300 to 350w power supplies.

What is a very good and fairly affordable video card for a desktop PC?

I want to upgrade my video card but I see a lot of them are a couple hundred dollars.. Are there any affordable ones that are actually any good for gaming? My computer is an HP Pavilion P6213w-B Desktop PC with Intel Pentium Processor. The current video card is an Intel GMA 3100.|||This one will do the gaming job! $90 after M-I-R

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



My video card has roughly the same performance as this one and I can play just about anything in 1080p with some nice eye candy turned on.

How much will it cost to get a Video memory card, a Video graphics card, and have the geek squad install it?

I want the overall price. The prices of the Video memory,and the Video graphics card, and the installation at geek squad..|||Too much. Video memory? Do you mean RAM?



It all depends how much your willing to spend....

Say you use DDR2 ram, 4G would prolly cost you around $150-$200, and a good graphic card(PCIe) would prolly be around $200-$300 as well. Geek squad usually does free installs if you buy their product.

What other video card is the GeForce 2 MX video card equivalent to?

I was going to download Combat Arms(an FPS game) and i basically meant all the erquirements except, it said my video card must br a GeFore 2 MX or equivalent?

What video card is equivalent to that?

I have an ATI Radeon Express 200 series, will that work?|||They are both ancient video cards, but yes, your Express 200 will work.

I have the intel x3100 video graphics integrated card. How can I improve the video performance of my computer?

I'm really wondering why I bought this computer now. I looked at processor speed, hard drive size, memory (3gb), but not video card!, what can I do?|||You can't - you can increase the shared video memory in the bios, but that won't help much. You can buy external Cards, but it is expensive.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vido…



I'd sell it and buy this

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?…



It has an 8800mGTS 512MB and can play COD4 at max everything at 60fps and crysis high DX10 25fps.|||Put it inside

What kind of video card upgrade can I get for a dell Laptop Inspiron E1705?

if any? the only sepcs I got from del customer service is that my card is integrated, I dont know how many MB it is and I am wanting to upgrade it instead of buying a whole new system for gaming. I have the processor and ram to support gaming but i know I dont have the video card power. Can someone please help?|||The E1705 uses the Intel GMA 950, which is crap. IT can't play anything from 2003 or newer, but can play WOW.



It is integrated so you can't replace it, but you can buy an external GPU. You can also replace the card inside the external enclosure too.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vido…



It would probably be better to get a new laptop though with a good GPU like this.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?…



It can play every game out there and has a 8800mGTS. It plays COD4 on max settings at 55fps and Crysis on High DX10 at 23-25fps|||You generally can't upgrade the graphics in laptops. You will probably have to buy a whole new laptop. Sorry to give you the bad news!|||laptops can only upgrade their peripherals, hard drives, and memory. everything else is hardwired into the motherboard...

What would be comparable to this video card setup?

I have 2 Nvidia 7950 GT's in Sli. What would be some good video card setups to upgrade to? Also, would the improvement be drastic or hardly noticeable (ie should i wait for new gens of video cards or not?)

Thanks|||The next gen of card are here. The GTX 260 is going to be $400. The ATI 4870 will be released in 2 days.



Your 7950gt's would be the equivalent of an 8800gt probably. You'd need to get an 8800gtx, 9800gtx, 9800gx2, gtx 260, or gtx 280, or 4870, for it to be a drastic upgrade.



The 9800gtx is only $199 right now. A really good buy. If you sli two of those, it would blow your system out of the water.



http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.ht…

skim through that link. Those are the new Nvidia cards. See how your card stacks up.|||Hey dude. If you are on a budget I might tell you to hold off a bit till the 8800 gets a little lower in price but otherwise you could go with 2 8500 gts they got lots of memory and would be sweet together or if you want ot max it out go with 2x 8800 gts but overall I think you are in good shape right now. I know a lot of people are going to be telling you to max it out but if that were me I would wait. In a few months the graphics card will drop in price and you will be buying the same card but for sometimes 1/4 less than it is right now.|||If you upgrade to two 8800GTs, you will smoke nearly every other video card setup right now(except for nVidias new line [GeForce 200 series) that came out a few days ago). All for about $300. If you wait a little while, the price is sure to drop a little. The 8800 I bought 3 months ago costs $100 more than they do now.



The performance will be great, and the new Generations also support DX10 which the 7950 GT does not.