Video

Video cards w/ HDMI, but no S/PDIF?

aci1337 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:14:25 GMT

Lately, I've been seeing quite a few video cards around the market that either come with a DVI to HDMI adapter or have an integrated HDMI port. Yet, on a lot of cards, specifically ATIs, I don't see any S/PDIF cable or port. I recently bought a GTS 250 and one of the selling points for me was the S/PDIF port on it (my 8600GTS didn't have one), and I'd always wanted to have audio through my HDMI. So what's the deal with that??? If the card's got an HDMI port, why doesn't it have an S/PDIF on it? How's the audio supposed to go through it?

a decent card for HDTV only, please help me:)

qiqiours — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:50:55 GMT

Hi,

I am thinking to buy a new graphic card ONLY for my 40 inches 1080 full resolution HDTV, so i can watch shows on a big screen.

No 3D games or word processing involved.

I have a spare computer for it but it needs a graphic card. I am currently looking at

ATI HD4350

or HD4550

or GeForce 210

or GeForce 8400 GS

or Geforce 9400 GT

....

Cards that are around 30-40 dollars. Will these low-end cards be able to handle what I need?

Can you give me some advice? like the memory size of the card, 64 bit or 128 bit blah blah...

Thanks

Im switching to ATI! Now which one should i get..

darklythe — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:11:38 GMT

Hi guys, just joined up here because after reading through many many posts, you are some extremely helpful people! I'll be posting the whole build in a bit in the other forum, but for now i was wondering this:

I want to spend around $300-350 on gfx, and of course i want the most bang for the buck. My current choice was 2 of these in CF:

SAPPHIRE 100283L Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858

But now im wondering if i should just jump up a level to the HD 5850 and just run a single one. I'm ruling out NVIDIA for now even though ive been a loyal fanboy since the first geforce, mainly because i would like to have DX11 support. I also think the comparable nvidia card in this price range is weaker if im not mistaken.

I put the system i plan on purchasing in the system specs section of the post if that helps

128,256 bits or DDR3, DDR5 cards??

davidkaint — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:54:46 GMT

I want a new VGA for play the new games in the medium high settings( no AA, etc.) but right now only Can i choose 9600 gt nvia or the 4850 ati, the problem s one has ddr5 or ddr3, and what happen with the 128 cards, could be enough for play games as RE5 or C&C red alert?? for a Kuma 7750 BE and 4 GB DD2 1066, wich one could be fit not under but not too high?

thanks a lot

budget could be 100 bucks but i would like to know why

pd. what happens with the hd 5xxx only has 128 bits of bus but with ddr5, what Should I choose??

have a nice weekend

Time for a Graphics Card Upgrade

Hyperion — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:53:11 GMT

Well, I currently have an EVGA Nvidia 8800GTS 512. While this is still a great card, it is now showing its age.

I'm not wanting to spend a lot of money on a new card. My budget is $250.

A friend recommended this card, the SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT). It's in the price range, but reviews give it lackluster performance over the old gen ATI cards.

I was originally planning on getting an EVGA GeForce GTX 260. While I'm not a faboy, I still prefer Nvidia over ATI, but past ATI cards I owned were awesome and never gave me problems.

I'm also mulling over spending a little more and getting an EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked Edition.

What do you guys think?

so is my NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT really not enough?

howardturkster — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:15:12 GMT

to play Fallout 3 or Dragon Age: Origins?

That's what I'm being told. Dragon Age said cannot detect compatible video card or something like that. And this site http://cyri.systemrequirementslab.com/srtest/ said I can't run either of them.

For whatever it's worth, my Vista "performance scores" for gaming graphics is 5.5, and I thought people with lower than that even were able to play most all games.

I have updated the driver.

Just wanted to verify that my card is that my card is in fact what's preventing me from playing games before I go out and replace it. I just didn't think this card was that outdated. Processor is Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz. Have 4 MB RAM. Not sure what other relevant specs I need to report.

Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

ATI 5970

sjr — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:15:51 GMT

I had heard that the ATI 5970 cards had been launched today and I now I see Newegg has a couple listed at the $600 price point, ATI HD 5970 though it seems they are all Auto-Notify, as in they have not received any yet. This does go in line with the details I have been reading on their launch as in they kind of doing a semi-paper launch. They probably do have a very small number of cards but not enough to supply all or really almost any vendors and certainly not in any quantity.

While I have generally preferred ATI video cards over Nvidia I really prefer when they both have horses in the race so they push each other and it brings prices down. Back when the 8800 series cards were launched by Nvidia it was quite some time before ATI had anything that could compete or even cause Nvidia to bring down prices, now just a couple years later we are in the opposite situation. And from what I have seen it may be March or April before the new Nvidia cards will be out. This will be a good holiday for ATI but not so much for the consumer as prices will be higher than if Nvidia had not been dithering around since their huge lead back in the 8800 days.

DirectX 10.1 vs. 11 Card Support

Mongoose — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:21:02 GMT

I noticed that the new 5000 series of the Radeon HDs support the new DirectX 11 standard, but what exactly does this mean? Does this mean that 10.1 cards will never be able to access the benefits of DirectX 11, or that they simply have not be tested and confirmed to work with DirectX 11 but, for practical purposes, will run DX 11 games just as well at DX 10 games (provided they are properly patched of course).

ATI 5xxx card

Evilernie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:01:41 GMT

Why do they all look the same? Are they made by the same manufacturer, just different sink fan?

Tuner for FIOS and WMC7

enkode — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:41:38 GMT

I'm looking for a good HD tuner that will work with Verizon FIOS and also integrate well with Windows Media Center 7. Any ideas?

Radeon 5750 - Compatibility Issue?

Evilernie — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:11:30 GMT

Perhaps not.

I returned a 5750 due to incompatibility (according to mobo manufacturer anyway), so I am hunting for a new one. I was surprised that the one that I sent back is now a "Deactivated Item".

Powercolor Radeon HD 5750

I was hesitant to get another 5750, but planned to get a 4770 instead. So should I try another 5750?

Where did all the x2 Radeon cards go???

r0nin89 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:28:01 GMT

I remember about 6 months ago when I built my comp there was a wide selection of dual core ATI cards. Now theres one on the site... Where they removed or are these cards flops/phased out already?

I was thinking about upgrading from my 4870 ddr5 card to something of similar specs but dual core. Does something like that even exist?

Need recommendation for a Low-Profile video card

MikeL96413 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:09 GMT

Hi All,

I have a HP slimline s3400f with an Anthlon 64 X2 +5200 processor running Windows 7 64-bit OS. I would like any recommendations for a good low-profile video card for my PCI- 16 express slot. I don't have a lot of room for a card with a large heatsink. I don't have a clue what the wattage is so I propably need one that will work will minium watts.

Thank you

MikeL96413

YES PCIe 2.0 and 1.1(16x) ARE Compatible!

GmsCool — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:20:08 GMT

YES PCIe 2.0 and 1.1 (16x) are compatible!

2.0 cards will work in 1.1 main boards and visa versa. (most of the time)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_2.0

Any questions?

Vedio Card with 3 Monitors

datzent83 — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:37 GMT

How can I setup my PC to support 3 monitors. I don't need anything heavy, just a way to extend my screen to three monitors so I can do multiple stock trading.

Thanks in advanced!

GTX 260 Reliability

Grind — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:19:19 GMT

On newegg, almost all the reviews say their video card quit working within a month and a half for the gtx 260

yet for the 250 it seems it is a pretty reliable card looking at the reviews, i didnt see one where they said it failed.

So i have the choice between the 2, does anyone know if they changed the 260 and it is now more reliable or if i should just get the 250 and suffer a slight performance decrease.

Also is their any aftermarket cooling that is better than stock that i can get for the 260 because it seems it has tempature problems, which i think is why they are failing.

Is it the Video Card?

Xi0n — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:33:07 GMT

I recently purchased a Sapphire 5750, and I was wondering if my video card was the culprit of the error I'm about to discuss. Whenever I run any 3D application, be it Catalyst Preview or Aion/League of Legends, my screen will suddenly copy the same pixels across the entire screen, repeat the sound and restart my computer. It gives me BCCode 124.

I've tried the following things:

A) Replace RAM (4GB OCZ to 3GB Kingston)
B) Replace the PSU (550w Fatal1ty to 600w Rosewell)

I've basically narrowed it down to 2 things, the Motherboard or the GPU. Specifications of my computer are listed:

http://i34.tinypic.com/miykpc.jpg (incase I didn't specify enough)

Sapphire HD5870 Vapor-X

bralston9 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:21:12 GMT

Anyone know the deal on these cards? Newegg had them listed once, but never seem to have any in stock. I need to get 2 of them for my machine, its the only thing holding me back from completing my new build :(

SAPPHIRE 100281VXSR Radeon HD 5870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Retail

Any info would be great, hopefully they get them in stock before the holiday, I would love to have this up and running by X-mas

might a silly question about PCI Express 2.0 x16 .

qiqiours — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:47:30 GMT

I want to change my old computer's motherboard and give it a value graphic card.

The cheap MB I found only have 1 PCI express x 16 slot

and the value graphic card I want to buy is a Radeon HD 4350 , which is PCI express 2.0x16

Can I insert this graphic card onto the PCI express x 16 slot????

Thanks!

ASUS EAH4350 SILENT/DI/512MD2(LP) Radeon HD 4350 512MB 64-bit DDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFire Supported Low Profile Ready ...

Capture Card

hlstriker — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:00:32 GMT

Can someone explain how I can use a capture card in "computer 1" to capture video output from "computer 2" along with a good capture card to use to do this?

Video Cards

reliefx2essobx3 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:07:40 GMT

I am still using an agp video card. ATI radeon 9600. I want to play COD world at war but the card does not support it. What is a good AGP card out there that will support it. Windows xp/ 2gigs ram/ 80 gig hard drive

GTX 275 Problem with clocking down

NiteHawk4787 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:19:52 GMT

I asked this on the EVGA forums but didn't really get any responses regarding things I haven't tried. Copy+Paste

Hey, I have a GTX 275 (this) and I have a problem. Whenever I run a 3d application, the card downclocks to 400mhz. The stock setting in Precision is 648 core clock which I oc'ed a little to 700 with memory untouched. About three weeks ago, whenever I ran a 3d application, the gpu would go from the 301mhz desktop idle, up to 702, then immediately down to 400mhz, noticeably decreasing performance. I would have to restart the computer to get it to not do this, and it would then be fine for an hour or two. For two or three weeks it was okay until last night.

I was playing Call of Duty: MW2 and the game froze, screen went black, and it came back up running at 400mhz, down from 702mhz. I assumed the display drivers had crashed, which they had. I reinstalled the drivers, same thing happened. I tried the new nvidia beta drivers with COD: MW2 support, same thing happeed. I tried the original latest non-beta drivers with Precision uninstalled, same thing happened.

The only thing different between now and when everything was fine is that I changed the fan speed in my 3d profile from 100% to 65%. I tried playing stock and OC settings with the fan speed on 65% and 100% and it crashed the display drivers all 4 times. It started crashing so bad that all objects in the game were a solid shade of red or black. By the way, when it downclocks to 400mhz, the fan speed for my 3d profile stays the same. Like for example if my idle/2d setting is 40% fan and my 3d setting is 65% fan, when it downclocks to 400mhz it's still at 65% fan. Any help? Thanks.

CPU - i7 920
Mobo - Asus p6t v2
RAM - OCZ Gold 6GB
PSU - Rosewill Bronze 1000W
OS - Windows Vista 64-bit

Some people said it was the PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182188 but I don't see how a 1000W PSU with a good rating couldn't power a single video card.

I need a new video card, to play World of Warcraft

ryanber — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:21:41 GMT

Right now my current specs are:

2GB RAM

Intel Pentium D 2.8GHz (I think it is dual core o.o)

Radeon ATi x1300 Pro PCIe (it sucks, don't buy it! D:)

160gb 7,200rpm (i know it sucks, I am going to buy a new one soon.

Power Supply- standard 305 watt. (I WILL upgrade it to 550.)

Right now I have WoW on medium-low graphics, and I run at 30FPS. I want to be able to play the game with absolutely everything full at the highest resolution for my 17" LCD display. I would like to be able to run the game at at LEAST 60FPS outdoors and near other people. I also would like for the card to cost under 150 dollars :D!

Any suggestions?

Thanks! :D

ATI card on nVidia SLI board

rvaeponce — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:25:55 GMT

I have a striker II extreme and just fried my video card while playing with overclocking. What are the stability issues, if any, with running a ATI card on a nVidia chipset board? I will probably never use SLI or Crossfire (purely financial reasons), so thats not a issue. It just seems the price differences are so great between ATI and nVidia right now. I had a GTX260 and was happy with the performance I was getting from it. I just thought I could get a improvement on my frame rates (COD4 maxed out was averaging 70-80fps).

Any recommendations?

Thanks...

Will this card work

tyonna — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:14:04 GMT

Is this graphic card 100% compatible with the below?

and is it a decent enough card...i'm not doing any video gaming

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102858&cm_re=Radeon_HD_5770_1GB-_-14-102-858-_-Product

intel core i7 920 bloomfield
windows 7 home edition
western digital caviar black 640
corsair dominator 6gb memory
antec earthwatts 750
Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD5 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Motherboard

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