I couldn't find anything better for a PCI slot and a 220w Power Supply.
Is this video card good for some not too demanding games like World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike and Elder Scrolls: Morrowind?
I've currently got a integrated Intel GMA950 which I'm very unproud of it's performance.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks|||should be fine, i played morrowind perfectly on my old PC and i didn't even replace the graphics card ever. what i would do if i were you, is to download the World of warcraft trial, and however smoothly it runs in the trial, is how smoothly it will run in the actual game.|||yea thats the best you can do with a 220 watt PSU.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Would there be problems with my computer if I used this video card on this computer like crashes or anything?
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.00GHz is my computer and here's the video card:PNY Verto GeForce 9600GT Video Card (512MB 256-bit GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, HDCP Ready SLI Supported) Could there be something like overheating or something or any problems because this is an old computer.|||No it won't crash, the computer may reject it though (gives u a error or just doesn't respond or show up). So do more research and ask real people (face to face) and ask them if it will work.|||If your power supply unit is 400 watts or more, you should not run into any bottlenecks or overheating or crashes... your PC will be fine. I have a 9800GT by PNY, and its AMAZING.
Can I run a tri-monitor setup with two different video cards?
I have an 8600GT 512MB as my primary video card and it is obviously PCI Express x16 and I have another video card I want to add that is an (old) GeForce 5200FX 256MB PCI video card. I want to run a tri/quad monitor rig and I want this extra card because I have a 1080i TV and I want to use my 8600's component out on my TV so I can watch my Blu-ray movies on it. However if I do this my second monitor has to be disabled and that is very annoying. So I want to plug my second monitor into the 5200FX and the HDTV and my primary 1280x1024 monitor into the 8600. Is there any way this will work? I have tried and originally received a blue screen due to an IRQL not less or equal error. But perhaps I just did it wrong. Thanks.|||Yes you can...but you have a conflict...
I would try removing the 8600GT card and installing only the 5200FX card. Get the latest drivers for it and get it working. Here is the site to get the NVidia drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.asp…
It would not hurt to get the latest driver for the 8600 also.
If you get the 5200 working, then, I would install the 8600. In my experience, when older parts are put in a computer, I try to install them first so they can pick up an IRQ, then put the newer parts in.
This may or may not work, but it will let you know if the 5200 card is incompatible with your system. It could be incompatible with your OS if it is Vista.
If you get the drivers for both cards in you should be able to set up the system. I have hooked up 6 monitors to a system before using 3 different video cards, some new and some old.
If this does not work, get a newer PCI video card from www.newegg.com.
If you are running Vista, it supports DirectX 10. The 8600 supports DirectX 10. All these cards support DirectX 10. The 5200FX card uses DirectX 9. This could be the problem...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
Set up your displays with the NVdia multiple display program that comes with the 8600.|||I'm not sure that you can do what you want to do, but you definately CAN use two different graphics cards in the same computer. You cannot run SLI with two different cards with different chipsets, but I'm pretty sure you can even run SLI with different cards, as long as they use the same NVIDIA chipset.
Another note is that you cannot display a 1080i signal through component cables. The limit of component video is 720p. To go higher, you need at least VGA, but preferably DVI or HDMI (as the latter two are digital and thus, will almost always give you a better picture (no interference)). Of coures, blu-ray movies are content protected, so that you cannot use a digital connection (HDMI or DVI) unless all of the devices support HDCP (hi-def content protection)--most recent TVs and monitors do, but older ones do not).
As far as running different displays on different cards at the same time--I'm almost positive that there is a way to do it, however, you may need special software or something. Also, it may not be possible while watching Blu-ray movies because of the HDCP or something.
I would try removing the 8600GT card and installing only the 5200FX card. Get the latest drivers for it and get it working. Here is the site to get the NVidia drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.asp…
It would not hurt to get the latest driver for the 8600 also.
If you get the 5200 working, then, I would install the 8600. In my experience, when older parts are put in a computer, I try to install them first so they can pick up an IRQ, then put the newer parts in.
This may or may not work, but it will let you know if the 5200 card is incompatible with your system. It could be incompatible with your OS if it is Vista.
If you get the drivers for both cards in you should be able to set up the system. I have hooked up 6 monitors to a system before using 3 different video cards, some new and some old.
If this does not work, get a newer PCI video card from www.newegg.com.
If you are running Vista, it supports DirectX 10. The 8600 supports DirectX 10. All these cards support DirectX 10. The 5200FX card uses DirectX 9. This could be the problem...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
Set up your displays with the NVdia multiple display program that comes with the 8600.|||I'm not sure that you can do what you want to do, but you definately CAN use two different graphics cards in the same computer. You cannot run SLI with two different cards with different chipsets, but I'm pretty sure you can even run SLI with different cards, as long as they use the same NVIDIA chipset.
Another note is that you cannot display a 1080i signal through component cables. The limit of component video is 720p. To go higher, you need at least VGA, but preferably DVI or HDMI (as the latter two are digital and thus, will almost always give you a better picture (no interference)). Of coures, blu-ray movies are content protected, so that you cannot use a digital connection (HDMI or DVI) unless all of the devices support HDCP (hi-def content protection)--most recent TVs and monitors do, but older ones do not).
As far as running different displays on different cards at the same time--I'm almost positive that there is a way to do it, however, you may need special software or something. Also, it may not be possible while watching Blu-ray movies because of the HDCP or something.
Whats a good motherboard that supports dual video cards?
i have a 1gb 8800 and a 512mb 8800 and 4gb's of ram in need of a new motherboard.|||the 750i supports dual nVidia cards, and it's a great motherboard. I suggest getting the EVGA 750i FTW ed- it's not super cheap, but you get great stuff and it has full dual 16x PCI-E 2.0 slots, rather than cheaper motherboard that swindle you and only have 8x.|||Buddy try this URL
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1695
this is a new Motherboard, maybe can works for you
http://global.msi.com.tw/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=1&prod_no=1695
this is a new Motherboard, maybe can works for you
What difference will i experience between 512MB and 1GB in video memory?
can someone please explain what differences I may experience between a video card with 512MB and 1GB?? the games I play are somewhat older anyways, I'm not sure I need a GB of video ram|||With a graphics card there are several other factoirs that make any card better than any other one.
The first and most importanty is the METHODS of video translation and rendering the brand of card uses, these are the terms You see on the label like polymorphing, Openglide, etc and about 25 others.
The second factor is the actual chipset on the card that performs the functions, it can be a 32-bit or 64-bit, and there can be 2 actual chips peforming different oarts of the graphics translations, calculations, and effects.
The LAST factor - but just as important as the the4r 2, is the actual speed of the RAM on the card and how fast the (F)ront-(S)ide (B)us speed is of the video card and the slot it fits into on the motherboard. Different typoes f motherboard connections support only maximum speeds from the cards and even a fast RAM vid-card will only be as fast as the connection to the motherboard.
Consider ALL those factors and look up the differences between the 25+ methods of rendering and calculations the cards use before eciding on something as basic as the amount of RAM on a vid-card.
Any game older than 2-3 years should benefit from a 1gig upgrade from 512 though, as long as the motherboard will handle the card's drivers and translation methods fine. Including most of the GTAuto series, Test Drive series, need for Speed series, etc ... but some of those games were designed specfically for certain brands of vid-cards and only use the best features with those card brands.
Good Luck!.|||If none of the games you play recommend more than 512 you won't notice a difference. If you play graphics heavy games it certainly won't hurt but I'd recommend a card with a better GPU than more memory.|||only a game that demands 1 gb may give problems and even then you may not notice it
The first and most importanty is the METHODS of video translation and rendering the brand of card uses, these are the terms You see on the label like polymorphing, Openglide, etc and about 25 others.
The second factor is the actual chipset on the card that performs the functions, it can be a 32-bit or 64-bit, and there can be 2 actual chips peforming different oarts of the graphics translations, calculations, and effects.
The LAST factor - but just as important as the the4r 2, is the actual speed of the RAM on the card and how fast the (F)ront-(S)ide (B)us speed is of the video card and the slot it fits into on the motherboard. Different typoes f motherboard connections support only maximum speeds from the cards and even a fast RAM vid-card will only be as fast as the connection to the motherboard.
Consider ALL those factors and look up the differences between the 25+ methods of rendering and calculations the cards use before eciding on something as basic as the amount of RAM on a vid-card.
Any game older than 2-3 years should benefit from a 1gig upgrade from 512 though, as long as the motherboard will handle the card's drivers and translation methods fine. Including most of the GTAuto series, Test Drive series, need for Speed series, etc ... but some of those games were designed specfically for certain brands of vid-cards and only use the best features with those card brands.
Good Luck!.|||If none of the games you play recommend more than 512 you won't notice a difference. If you play graphics heavy games it certainly won't hurt but I'd recommend a card with a better GPU than more memory.|||only a game that demands 1 gb may give problems and even then you may not notice it
Can I run good games on a NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300GS 512MB Video Card?
My motherboard can only run PCI Video Cards unfortunately and so far this Video Card is the best I could find that is a standard PCI slot. But would it be able to run some of the new release games?
At the moment I really want to know if it can run Oblivion, Halo 2 or Fallout 3. Any feedback is much appreciated thanks.
Video Card in Question:
NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300GS 512MB Video Card|||Ya Oblivion and Halo 2 will run in High settings. But Fallout 3 will run in Medium settings. And most other high end games will run on Medium settings. Like Call of Duty 6 Modern Warfare 2 will run in normal settings.|||I don't know what Akash is talking about. You would be able to play Oblivion/Fallout 3 on low-medium settings and Halo 2 on medium-ish settings. By new games you mean games that are coming out soon most you would have to play on low. A card being that it's a PCI for one is going to be slow because most have upgraded to PCIe 2.0, Slow because of the lower bandwidth of PCI and because the company's would prefer to make better cards for better setups.|||you could play on the lowest settings and it would still lag. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
At the moment I really want to know if it can run Oblivion, Halo 2 or Fallout 3. Any feedback is much appreciated thanks.
Video Card in Question:
NVIDIA GEFORCE 9300GS 512MB Video Card|||Ya Oblivion and Halo 2 will run in High settings. But Fallout 3 will run in Medium settings. And most other high end games will run on Medium settings. Like Call of Duty 6 Modern Warfare 2 will run in normal settings.|||I don't know what Akash is talking about. You would be able to play Oblivion/Fallout 3 on low-medium settings and Halo 2 on medium-ish settings. By new games you mean games that are coming out soon most you would have to play on low. A card being that it's a PCI for one is going to be slow because most have upgraded to PCIe 2.0, Slow because of the lower bandwidth of PCI and because the company's would prefer to make better cards for better setups.|||you could play on the lowest settings and it would still lag. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Running WoW at max resolution with this video card?
IM getting a new video card and i had a choice between 512 and 1 GB i am told that with that video card that 512 will run WoW just fine.
I've also heard the main use for mroe memory is for higher resolutions.
So, i was wondering if i could run WoW at its max widescreen resolution on a 22 inch monitor with 512MB|||I would go for 1GB, its cost alittle more, but its well worth it.
I've also heard the main use for mroe memory is for higher resolutions.
So, i was wondering if i could run WoW at its max widescreen resolution on a 22 inch monitor with 512MB|||I would go for 1GB, its cost alittle more, but its well worth it.
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