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How do I upgrade my graphics on my laptop?
I recently bought an HP dv6 6180us laptop. The PDF datasheet says that I have a Radeon HD 6770M switchable graphics card with 1024 MB of GDDR5 RAM and up to 4096 MB total graphics memory.
How am I ...
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Why is my VisionTek Radeon 4650 card failing?
Recently I bought a graphics card; a VisionTek 4650 PCIe 1GB DDR2. I installed it on a computer with a 360W power supply, which is right around what the card needs. I was assured by Dell's support ...
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A PCI Express 3.0 Video Card into a PCI-E 1.0 x16 slot
Perhaps I'm trying to push my mobo too hard, but I think I have read that PCI-e 3.0 is back compatible to previous PCI-e specifications. But 3.0 into a 1.0, is it possibly asking too much?
I'm ...
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Radeon HD 5770 on three monitors. 95% working
Alright, so initially I ran into the typical problems associated with this setup (only two screens worked at a time, passive adapter does nothing yadda yadda). My problem now is that only two screens ...
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3 Display setup with hd6950
I'm considering buying a hd6950 so i can run 3 screens.
What i need to know is can i connect a screen to each of the dvi ports and the Thrid to the hdmi port.
If not, will i have to get a active ...
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Radeon HD3850 Fan Won't Respond
I bought a HD3850 256mb second hand. Didn't come with any drivers so I downloaded the Catalyst CC that AMD recommended but I've noticed that the fan doesn't respond to load. It just sits there idling, ...
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How can I fit 6 7970 Graphics Cards in one computer?
Okay, based on my previous question, it turns out I can find a motherboard to support 6 PCI slots and therefore 6 GPUs. But now I want to use 6 GPU's, specifically, the Radeon 7970.
Obviously, they ...
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Which Radeon HD 5770 Driver should I install?
I cant find my RADEON HD 5770 driver. My OS is Windows 7 64 bit. It are Desktop Graphics.
Is this the correct one: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx
Or this: ...
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How to play games on Windows 8 64-bit preview and ATI/AMD Radeon gpu? [closed]
I have a Radeon HD 6xxx, and there are known issues with the available drivers, I have even found a registry file that promised to fix some games. But even after using that fix I can't play no OpenGL ...
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Third monitor with AMD cards WITHOUT Eyefinity
I have two AMD Radeon HD 6870 video cards in CrossFireX configuration and I would like to add a third monitor. I understand to use "Eyefinity" you need to use an active mini displayport to DVI ...
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Windows 7 upgrade advisor issue
I am preparing to migrate a pretty old XP machine to Windows 7. I ran the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor and got a couple of smaller issues (low 512Mb RAM complaints and similar stuff). Apart from that, ...
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Tear-free videos for HDTV
Long story short: I use HD6450 to output signal to an HDTV via HDMI. I'm using the proprietary fglrx drivers and like others before me, I'm getting ugly tearing when I play videos (mplayer, VLC, ...) ...
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Can a 1 GB Radeon 5450 support dual 2560x1440px monitors?
I have a pair of HP ZR2740w monitors which have a native resolution of 2560x1440. They have DisplayPort and (dual-link) DVI inputs. I just got a Sapphire 1 GB Radeon 5450 with two DVI outputs. I'm ...
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Bad DVDRip quality with AMD Radeon HD
I just bought a HP Pavilion laptop with a Core i7 + AMD Radeon HD 6770M 2GB.
Here's my thing – I'm running under 1920 x 1080 (recommended resolution) on Windows 7 Ultimate.
I tried to run a DVDRip ...
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Scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 and Acer S222HQL (HDMI)
I have scaling problems with Radeon HD6850 (HDMI) and Acer S222HQL (HDMI).
Before I switch to HDMI I had used DVI with a "crystal clear" image. Today I switch to HDMI and get a washy look. First the ...
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Which kind of video card can I mount on an AGP 8x slot?
A Packard Bell PC mounting a P5S800-VM motherboard had some malfunctions; after some investigation they appeared to be caused by the ATI Radeon 9550 video card.
Since it is not the first PC I used ...
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GPU Driver Crash
I have recently bought a XFX Radeon HD 6570 GPU for my custom built computer. Everything works fine, except my GPU. When I try to play games, such as Skyrim or Portal 2, it crashes. For example, I can ...
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Completely clean previous Radeon drivers on Windows 7 64bit
Recently I replaced my old Radeon HD 2600XT to Radeon HD 6770 from MSI.
I had strange problem that after installing the newest Radeon drivers they exist only until first reboot. After reboot my new ...
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Setting up Dual Monitors (DVI) on a Dual Graphics card, Alienware, AMD Radeon 6900 Series
Background
Recently, I ordered an Alienware Aurora, Windows 7 Professional, with Double AMD Radeon™ HD 6950 CrossfireX™ at 2 GB each. So, it's got a total of 4 slots.
Along side with that order, I ...
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Monitor not coming back after sleep
I have a three-monitor setup. Every time my computer shuts off the screens due to inactivity, one of the screens doesn't come back. I can get it back by going to Control Panel\Appearance and ...
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How can I use my built-in ATI Radeon instead of Intel HD Graphics for OpenGL?
A few days ago I purchased an HP Pavilion DV6-6166TX laptop with ATI Radeon 6770m 1GB.
Just after I started using it, I saw that it included Intel HD Graphics which support OpenGL 3, while the ATI ...
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Inadequate Power Supply - Can I upgrade Video Card on Dell XPS 8300 to assist Video Editing?
I have a Dell XPS 8300 with i7-2600 and 16GB RAM. It has a Radeon 6450. It also has an amazing (as in, incredible) 125 Watt power supply. Somehow, it runs.
Recently, I wanted to work with video from ...
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Outputting to TV screen issue. Black bar around screen and crashes on graphic heavy processes
I am running Windows 7 SP1 on an AMD Phenom X4 with a Radeon 6770 1GB graphics card and 8GB RAM.
The computer runs fine until I try to output to my TV instead of computer monitor. I have a persistent ...
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Another 3 monitor eyefinity issue
I've been looking around the web, and I have yet to get a conclusive answer to this question.
I have purchased a Radeon HD 6970 and I want to run 3 monitors off of it. The monitors I am using take ...
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AMD 880G/SB850 How to use integrated GPU + discrete GPU for a 2nd monitor?
I have a AMD 880G/SB850 chipset on my motherboard. I also have a Radeon 6970 driving 2 DVI displays. I have a 3rd display that I want to drive with the integrated GPU on the motherboard.
Is this ...
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No 3D effects even with ATI Driver 11.11 installed on Linux (Debian)
I have a Mobility Radeon 5400 on my laptop. I installed the newest ATI Driver (11.11) on my Debian Testing distro. I downloaded it, started sh, everything was ok, and I got the message that I should ...
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PC won't recognize TV as an additional display
I'm working with an ATI Radeon HD2400, using a DVI-HDMI cable to connect my PC with my TV. After being connected for some time, my PC stopped recognising my TV with the error:
Another display not ...
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Why do Nvidia graphics cards have a faster memory clock, but lower FLOPS than AMD cards?
AMD claims that the 6870 has around a 1 GHz memory clock, Nvidia says that the 560 ti has around a 4 GHz memory clock, and AMD claims that the 6870 can reach 2 TFLOPS, while I've heard that the 560 ti ...
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DVI To HDTV image [closed]
Im working with a ATI Radeon HD2400, using an dvi-hdmi cable ..to connect my pc with my tv.. After sometime my pc, stopped recognising my tv. Saying : Another display not detected.. Im using win7 ... ...
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DVI portion of video card stopped working after re-installing XP
After a clean install of XP, the DVI side of my video card only works with a DVI to VGA adapter (VGA cable now has to be used on this monitor in question).
This monitor Worked fine before with a DVI ...
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Monitor won't display when using native resolution under HDMI
I've got an LG 19LS4R display, which has a native resolution of 1440x900. When I plug in my new Asus Radeon 6950 and set the resolution to 1440x900 I get no signal. If I switch to another resolution I ...
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Windows/Catalyst Control Center not seeing monitor connected to DisplayPort
My current PC runs in a CrossfireX configuration with 2x Radeon 6950s. I recently purchased three identical Dell U2312HM monitors for use in an Eyefinity configuration, along with a mini DisplayPort ...
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Installing Current and Legacy Catalyst Drivers at the Same Time
I have a Radeon HD 5450 PCI Express card and a Radeon 9250 PCI card.
The computer they're being installed in is running Windows XP SP3.
After installing the drivers for both cards, I get a BSOD with ...
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Overclocking GPU
I am running a AMD Radeon HD 3650 Graphics Card. My Graphics Card Software (Catalyst) came with overclocking software to overclock my GPU. I have a few questions though:
How bad for my GPU is ...
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Does Catalyst Control Center Manual Fan Control get disabled when GPU dangerously overheats?
I'd like to enable AMD Overdrive and Manual Fan Control in Catalyst Control Center and reduce fan speed to minimum (20%) but I'm afraid what happens if I start using the card heavily and forget to ...
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Is it possible to run four monitors using a dual head AGP card and a dual head PCI card?
This question isn't concerning the latest technology. It asks about hardware from around 2001-2003.
I have a dual head Radeon 9800 AGP card running two monitors. I have a dual head PCI Radeon 9200. ...
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Radeon HD 4650 fan continuously stopping and starting
I'm back at my family's house for the week for Thanksgiving, and my brother mentioned that there's a problem with their graphics card fan (which he's been solving by blowing an actual fan into the ...
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VGA output working, but no signal on DVI?
I have a Radeon 6570 graphics card with HDMI, VGA, and DVI outputs.
How do you configure it to use multiple displays? Just connecting the monitors to the VGA and DVI outputs is not working. The VGA ...
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What's this CS my kernel keeps rejecting?
I'm pretty sure this is being caused by my graphics card (ati r12xx or something) and its crappy Linux driver. I am not asking how to fix this problem. I am simply asking what does this "CS" mean?
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Windows 7 says HDMI audio is 2ch max
I recently purchased a Radeon HD 5450 for my HTPC. When I hook it up to my TV, Windows 7 reports that the audio device only supports 2 channels. Why is this?
I've read that this will happen if the ...
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Fixed aspect ratio with ATI Radeon HD 4350 on Windows 7 64-bit
I'm trying to get Windows to preserve the aspect ratio when playing games at low resolutions. I have an ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics card.
Here are my software specs:
This is the place in the ...
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ATI Radeon FPS drops
Problem
For some reason my Radeon HD 5700 seems to suffer from FPS drops.
600W power supply should be enough
The core temperature when the FPS dropped was ~53 C (127 F)
The GPU utilization is ...
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What are Radeon stream processors and SIMD engines?
Top GeForce video cards have 480 GUDA cores (60 multicores by 8 stream each). They are like general purpose CPUs, but with specialized instructions, registers and memory working modes, and are ...
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ATI Radeon EAH5450 + Dell E228WFP = “shadow” of lightened pixels when black is next to light blue
I just got a new video card (AMD ATI Radeon EAH5450) and new monitor (Dell E228WFP). Overall they work great except black pixels over a light-blue or gray background (e.g. text on a light background). ...
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Linux: Use NVIDIA and ATI cards in the same computer
I've got the following graphics cards installed in my computer:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 4770 [RV740]
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ...
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How to set up Nvidia 8800 GT with old Radeon 7000 (PCI) for triple monitors?
I have Windows 7 working perfectly well in a dual monitor setup, using the two outputs of my Nvidia 8800 GT.
I want to add a third monitor, and I've acquired an old cheap Sapphire Radeon 7000 PCI ...
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Windows 7 graphic distortion/blur/glitch
I'm having some really strange graphic issues within windows 7, and I am utterly stumped on what's causing them or how to fix them.
A few select applications have started to contain a rather annoying ...
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(II) RADEON(0): GPU accel disabled or not working, using shadowfb for KMS
Have a 5850 on squeeze and using the open source drivers installed with apt. DRM works but GLX defaults to sofware rendering.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:
X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X ...
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New HD 5770, won't post (sometimes)
I bought a Sapphire Radeon HD 5770 video card, but am having problems getting things running smoothly. I'm certain it's seated correctly and I do have the 6-pin power connector attached.
When I turn ...
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LG W2361V Monitor: Stuck in power save mode?
Using Windows 7. I have a new ATI Radeon HD 5830 video card and I was trying to get two monitors working when my LG LCD monitor wouldn't work as the second monitor (I also describe what I thought was ...
