Video Cards

Video Card Upgrade.

Madgnad — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:30:34 GMT

Hello everyone,

I want to upgrade from my current GTX 580. I know the GTX 700 series is coming out next week but realistically I doubt the pricing will be right for the performance I want. I have $1000 for this upgrade and I want to stick with Nvidia. I've been debating on GTX 680 SLi, GTX Titan, and GTX 690.

If I went with the GTX 690 I could use either my GTX 550Ti or GTX 580 as a dedicated PhysX card for Borderlands 2 and any other titles that have it in the future. I could also use it with a Titan of course.

I want at least twice the performance of my GTX 580. I want to be able to max out all games for as long as possible. Which card would you guys recommend?

I play on a 24" monitor 1920x1200. I don't care for peoples opinions about this resolution paired with a high end card. This is the same monitor I had when I got my 580 and people were telling me I needed a bigger monitor then. Yeah right, so I can upgrade more often. I want a card that can max out all games BF3&4, Metro 2033/Last Light, Crysis 2&3, etc. Preferably no less than 60fps.

If I left out any information then just ask. I'll leave my specs down below

GPU usage

zabuelhaj — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:31:06 GMT

Not sure if this is where to post, but I have been having recent trouble with GPU usage and framerate drops as well as tearing. I never had this problem until recently, I was playing oblivion since last Christmas up until last month, I was getting lag issues and framerate drops out of nowhere. I decided to uninstall and reinstall my graphics driver (I did not do a thorough manual uninstallation and didn't use an uninstaller software) but the problem still remained. I have been busy with school and work for the last month or so and haven't had time to do anything about it. But at the time, Team Fortress 2 would run perfectly. Now TF2 gets screen tears and FPS drops and the GPU usage is constantly around 50% (I never checked the GPU usage when playing Oblivion, so I don't know what it was). Those are pretty much the two games I play the most and TF2 isn't even a demanding game and my internet is fine (I have low ping usually when I play TF2). I have used MSI kombustor and the GPU usage is never lower than 95%, yet when gaming its 50% and I'm very confused. I was thinking that it could be because I haven't done a clean uninstall of the graphics driver because my computer is not even a year old yet.

My build is:

Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V

PSU: 620W

Memory: 16GB DDR3 1600

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 670 2GB

CPU: i5-3570K Ivy Bridge (3.4 GHz or 3.8 GHz Turbo)

HDD: 1T

SSD: 98GB

Upgrading Video Card ?'s

xxmitzeclipsexx — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:47:00 GMT

This is my current MoBo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128441 I was wondering what card would be a good upgrade for it without too much bottle neck. I know I have PCIE 2.0 and all the new cards look like they are 3.0. Will I suffer alot of performance loss using the faster card on a slower slot?

Other stats:

AMD Phenom II x4 955BE

4GB Gskill DDR3 1600

700W OCZ PS

CrossFireX

Dune3000 — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:36:55 GMT

Hi have question before I buy
I want to do CrossFire. Can I mix two different video card?
I have geForce 6xxx
I want to buy as 2nd card

SAPPHIRE 100354OC-2L Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX

Is that combination gone work ?

Compatible? HP A6433W with PCI 2.1 video card?

Herm99 — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:25 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to hook up dual monitors to a HP A6433W desktop and I'm looking at video cards. I found one that is a DDR2, PCI 2.1 video card. Would this card be compatible? I was a bit confused because I was told I need PCI card only, but this card (512-P1-N402-RX) shows up under my search results.

Any idea? Thanks!

Low power gpu that fits in mAtx

shawk08033 — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:13:35 GMT

I am looking to buy a low powered nvidia card for my build its an i5 with 16 gb ram. I want something that will help me render in premiere/photoshop, work with some light folding at home and run guild wars 2 at respectable frame rate. Right now I just have intel graphics 2500 and it take me computer to render 12 secs of video with black and with effect and 20% noise about 30 minutes, that a unrealistic for me. Me budget is around $80-$150.

Specs:

i5 28 ghz(turbo to 3.5)

16 gb of corsair 1600 mhz

msi h77 micro atx

600 w corsair power

500gb seagate hybrid hdd

Ps. As of right now I have a 720p 19 in monitor but might be upgrading to 1080p 22 in soon

What is my GTX 480 comparible to...

djdelirius — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:47:07 GMT

So I'm starting a new build right now and I'm debating on wether to get a new graphics card or not. I have a GeForce GTX 480 which I purchased a few years back. At the time it was one of the top of the line cards. Where does it stand today? Should I get a new one or is it still powerful enough for most games today?

Video Cards for Extended Display

rv79 — Sat, 11 May 2013 19:48:12 GMT

I'm looking to upgrade to the video card below (EVGA 01G-P3-1302-LR GeForce 8400 GS 1GB 64-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Video Card). Can anyone tell me if this one will allow for me to extend my display onto a second monitor? How do I tell if a card allows for extended or duplicate displays? If this card is too much, any other suggestions?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130585

I purchased the motherboard below after being told the built in onboard video would support extended displays, but it did not! I have a 32" HDTV as my first display and a smaller 25" desktop monitor as my second display. The HDTV will not bring the display back up when the PC stops sending a signal after so long of no use. It says signal not supported. But if I reboot, it comes up just fine....not sure how to fix that where I can just hit the keyboard or wiggle the mouse and have it come back up?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131942

Thanks, this is my first build. Everything else is working great!

What video card would you recommend me?

MisterMadManMax — Sun, 12 May 2013 22:45:04 GMT

Hey everyone,

I want to play Arma 3: Alpha. I wen't to test if my computer could run it at http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/.
So basically, all of my computer parts are beyond the minimum needed, besides my video card.

My computer is a Dell Inspiron 660 Desktop.

This is the problem:

Video Card

Minimum: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD 3830 or Intel HD Graphics 4000 with 512 MB VRAM

You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics

Click here for the latest Video Card drivers.

Upgrade Suggested

Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card

	Required	You Have
Pixel Shader version	4.0	4.1
Vertex Shader version	4.0	4.1
Dedicated Video RAM	512 MB	64 MB

It recommends that I get a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better. I do know if it is compatible with my computer though.

Also this is what it recommends. The above is what is minimum required.

Video Card

Recommended: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better

You Have: Intel(R) HD Graphics

Click here for the latest Video Card drivers.

Upgrade Suggested

Features: Recommended attributes of your Video Card

Required

You Have

Pixel Shader version

5.0

4.1

Vertex Shader version

5.0

4.1

Dedicated Video RAM

1 GB

64 MB

I'd like two HDMI monitors on a Lenovo

Docfxit — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:01:54 GMT

I'm thinking of buying a Lenovo ThinkCenter M92p

Intel Core i5-3570 processor 6M cache 3.4Ghz

Power 280w

I would like to connect two HDMI monitors Visio E241-A1 monitors

I'm thinking of upgrading the PSU to this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151096

I'm not positive it will fit. It would be nice if someone could verify that it will.

I'd like a recommendation on what video card to get. I think the M92p comes with a Display Port. I don't know if I should get a Display Port to HDMI adapter for one of the monitors and a single HDMI video card for the other or get one card that supports two HDMI ports.

I don't currently do any gaming. I use it for work and would like more video real estate. I may use it to watch TV some time. I may even try out a game some time. I am certainly not a hard core gamer.

Thanks,

Docfxit

Need Help Picking a New GPU (Graphics Card)

ItsJesus — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:15:46 GMT

Hey there, I made this build that i have around August of last year and there is a nice line of games coming lately and yeah hoping i can get some help or advice on what Graphic Cards are nice and out there. Would appreciate all your help and advice!

The games i' am looking to play are the following: Bioshock Infinite, BF3, Crysis 3, Tomb Raider (2013), you know all the new games of those sort. I want the graphics card to be able to play games with no problems what so ever but at a reasonable price range not something really crazy :)

Specs: CPU: 8120 AMD Bulldozer (3.3Ghz)

GPU: XFX 7700 HD Radeon

Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD65 v2

PSU: 700w Cooler Master Silent Pro

RAM: 8GB

If i left out anything of importance lemme know! Again, Thanks for any help!

One Radeon 7970, or 3 Radeon 7770's?

Retmock — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:42:37 GMT

Alright, If I am not mistaken the 7970 is a Dual GPU in one. correct?

If so would it be better for me to run a system with one 7970, such as this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121560

Or would I get better performance running a 3 way Crossfire 7770 build? such as three of this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642

Also, if you could explain why I would very much appreciate it.
Another thing, if you think a different set of crossfire'd cards would be better and you'd like to recommend that instead please do.

A little more info, 2-3 Screens at 1920 x 1080 resolution each, An 8-core Processor, and 16 GB of RAM.

Thanks for any information. I very much appreciate it.

Well this is practical

MewMint — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:20:32 GMT

Looking to upgrade the GPU

moondawg009 — Wed, 08 May 2013 22:40:14 GMT

Hi i am currently looking to upgrade my GPU to something that will make a substantial difference in my PC performance while playing games, I currently use a SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 and I also use an Intel 3750k CPU and 600w PSU, and 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM.

Like i said i want to upgrade my GPU to something that will make a good amount of difference in performance i am looking the this card:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?
Item=N82E16814127722&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814127722&gclid=CJqVoMnEh7cCFUHe4AodDQwArQ

and this one

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

There is a pretty good amount of difference in the price and i'd like to know if there is any major difference between the cards, Thank you.

Four monitors to 1 or 2 video cards

Astralv — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:08:36 GMT

I am trying to connect 4 monitors (or at least 3) to one video card. The card I have is AMD 7850. Currently I have DVI monitor, VGA monitor and 2nd VGA via split signal Y cable (which gives me problems with screen resolution, but thats another story).

I need to be able to connect 4 monitors, 3 of which would be duplicated main screen and 1 extended screen. (2 monitors with extended screen and 2 separate monitors on distant location that duplicate screen 1).

AMD 7850 offers DVI, VGA, HDMI and DP.

From my experiments I learned that this video card (or may be all video cards) not able to send data from 3 outputs when 2 monitors need split screen and at least one monitor needs extended screen.

The results I get: DVI + VGA

DVI + HDMI

VGA + HDMI.

Every time I attempt to change settings to make 3rd output work, one out becomes disconnected.

I am considering to buy 2nd video card if I have to, unless somebody can tell me how to make 3 outputs work at the same time on one card.

I am not sure, how the CrossFire works and if I will need to use CrossFire. Situation is complicated by use of KVM switch, which is DVI/ VGA double monitor KVM, for this reason, I have to use DVI and VGA monitors on my desk (to be able to switch between computers).

So right now- I have one monitor on DVI, and one monitor on VGA. Extended screen.

I need to add 2 more monitors that will duplicate (split) the same main screen, but preserve extended screen monitor.

Question: how is CrossFire works? Will I be able to preserve current “extended screen” setting on one video card and have “Split screen” duplicated from monitor 1 on 2nd videocard?

I need 3 monitors show the same desktop, and only 1 monitor to extend screen 1. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Upgrading my video card.

RarthDeven — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:31:54 GMT

Hi everyone, first time poster here, and also my first time attempting to upgrade my computer. :P

So I've had my Area 51 Alienware for around 3 years now and I think I'm due for a graphics card upgrade. Currently I'm sporting dual GeForce GTX260's with SLI, so I'm wondering what would be a good upgrade for me? I mostly play MMO's and other RPG's, and with some recent games I've been having frame rate issues. Anyway here's my other specs, enlighten me! 8-|

Alienware Area 51 Windows 7 64-bit Intel i7 x980 3.33ghz CPU

12GB Triple Channel 1333MHz DDR3 Ram

Dual 1.8GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 - SLI Enabled

600GB HD 19200x1200 screen resolution

The power supply is built into the chassis, I do know that is 1.1KW and liquid cooled. I think that's everything, if I miessed anything I apologize in advance. Also, i read somewhere that sometimes there's compatibility issues with Alienware, so any help on that would be greatly appreciated.

Need help with the GTX 690

Omran — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 01:42:22 GMT

Hey

I want to know how can I let 2 of the GPU work in a single GTX 690

I have this problem since I got it

can someone help me please

Suggestions on VGA?

squal16 — Thu, 02 May 2013 00:55:25 GMT

Hi,

I'm considering upgrading my video cards. Currently I have 2x HD 5770 in crossfire. I'm able to play most modern games on high (but not always the highest) settings with low AA. I'm considering a HD7870 or GTX 660 Ti. Will I see a large performance increase going from the two crossfire cards to a single modern card? Will my older system (see below) bottleneck/hamper a modern card to the point where performance increase is minimal? My budget is $200-250ish.

Also, my motherboard has three PCI slots (16x16x4). I've got two monitors hooked up to the primary card via dvi and a large TV hooked up to the HDMI port on the primary. Currently I have to deactivate one of the monitors to activate the TV to use as a screen. I'm looking for suggestions that would allow me to not be limited to only two screens. I believe I can deactivate crossfire and have two on one and the third on the secondary card, but I've not tried that (as I need the crossfire to play modern games). If I get a modern card, could I use one of my current cards as a secondary card for the second monitor (using the new card for the primary monitor and the TV)?

Thanks for your help and suggestions,

squal16

Not sure what I need to upgrade

MrAmazing09 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:44:07 GMT

Hello everyone! I currently have a Gateway DX4860 which I already upgraded with a ATI Radeon HD 5450 video card. I'd like to put in something a little better however and I'm not sure what all is compatible with my model and if I'd need to get a different power source... I'm looking to get a card with at least 1gb for better gaming performance.

good Single slot video card upgrade Suggestion

Hoticepop46 — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:58:58 GMT

Hi, I'm looking into getting a video card for my computer, although i have a network card in my computer so it leaves my video card space very small on my motherboard(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130641). I was looking at the XFX FX-775A-ZNP4 Radeon HD 7750 Core Edition 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150612) Is this a good card for the money like the review say or is there a better option.. 120 is pretty much my budget.I was also looking at this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130753) but i wasnt sure about it.

Are eithere of these going to work with my motherboard and if not what will?

Thanks in advance!

How can I convert dimension 2400 to HTPC

newuser2010 — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:02:10 GMT

Hi,

I have an old dimension 2400 PC with max 2GB RAM, only PCI slot (http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim2400/en/sm_en/specs.htm).

Is there any way I could convert it to HTPC (may be not high performing but at least functional to connect to HDtv, watch and browse internet). I was thinking about PCI graphics card (expensive and not best performance!!).

Or you think it would not worth the investment needed? I would appreciate your kind suggestions.

Thanks.

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