GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a processor specifically designed to perform fast memory manipulation, with instructions specifically tailored to handle computer graphics processing and rendering. A GPU can be present in a video card, on a motherboard or even in a specially designed CPU.
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Lenovo T520 overheating when playing Counter-Strike: Source. What can I do about it?
GPU seems to heat to over 93C when playing Counter-Strike: Source (at 1600x900 resolution). After a while Thinkpad shuts down on its own. Should I lower my graphics settings? I tried that, but it ...
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Toshiba Satellite L755 - CPU and GPU overheating
I'm at a little bit of a loss and wanted to try asking a question here :)
I own a satellite L755, the model which includes Blu ray player,Nvidia 525m,6GB Ram and a few more bells and whistles.
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virtual machine with dedicated GPU - is it possible? Private GPU Cloud
This is also referred to as cloud GPU.
I want to build a VM host (VMware or windows - or other?) that will have 8 GPU's on it, and the VM clients will be able to use the GPU's as needed.
It can ...
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How to increase the resolution of a laptop screen more than it supports
I have a laptop, which has a screen resolution of 1366x768, as most laptops have. Is there any way to increase it? The laptop is an HP Pavilion dv6, with Intel HD 3000 graphics and Radeon HD 6490M ...
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PCIE 6/8pin clarification
I was getting a new GPU.
The GPU requires 2 6pin PCIE connectors.
However my PSU manuel (Seasonic S12II 620) says that the PSU has one 6pin and one 6/8pin.
Could I have some clarification on what ...
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Monitor AMD/ATI GPU memory usage under linux
Is there a way to monitor the GPU memory usage of ATI graphic cards under linux?
I found several solutions for nVidia graphic cards, but nothing for ATI graphic cards.
It might be possible with ...
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Boot up troubles, power related - system always stable once booted
I've got a system that's been causing me a lot of trouble over the last few months. Below is a somewhat lengthy saga of my experience with it but it should hopefully provide some thorough problem ...
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Is there a way to see GPU System Memory broken down process-by-process?
I am trying to figure out which app in my system is responsible for the memory spikes (note that the spikes are seen on GPU tab).
Here's a question that spawned this one.
EDIT To show System ...
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Nvidia control panel alternative
There was a software which allows the user to edit per-executable nvidia settings and allows user to unlocks old applications to use the nvidia graphics instead of intel cpu. Can you give me names of ...
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Red dots on LCD screen
My laptop is about 2.5 years old. Now I am starting to see red dots on certain shades of colour (mainly dark colours, blues and blacks), and it is not limited to certain pixels, because when you move ...
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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 computer makers add motherboard support to facilitate GPGPU? A small bit of GDDR5 RAM? [closed]
I'm not knowledgable as to how the CPU sends instructions that can be handled by a GPU to the discreet GPU card or integrated GPU & support chips.
Is there a buss? Is it sufficiently fast?
Could ...
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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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Are there any motherboards out there that will let me install 5-6 GPU cards? [closed]
Specifically, I'm looking for GPU cards that take up 2 slots, so spacing is an issue.
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What is causing sudden freezing during running real-time program?
So I run a high intensive (CPU/GPU) real-time program. During normal execution suddenly everything freezes for 1-4 seconds. I opened "Process Explorer" in the background to help gain insight and maybe ...
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Does video player use less resource when I minimize the window?
I'm using Media Player Classic to play video.
I usually minimize the player window to the Notification area.
I think it will use less cpu/gpu resource, so it will use less power.
Am I right? Thanks.
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Why is GPU used for mining bitcoins? [closed]
Something that I have not really grasped is the idea of bitcoins. Especially since everybody can mine for it using a powerful GPU. I wonder why is GPU used for this purpose? Is the work done by GPU ...
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Can one add a Nvidia GPU to a Dell Precision T3500 to use?
Can one install a Nvidia GPU such as Tesla™ C2075 to a Dell Precision T3500 to use?
Thanks for any helpful answers!
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Lag spikes at full CPU usage, lagy mouse, maybe video card
My PC specs:
Motherboard Name - Gigabyte GA-945PL-S3
CPU Type - DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E4300, 1800 MHz (9 x 200)
OS - Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate
OS Kernel Type - 32-bit
OS Version - 6.1.7601
I ...
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Where does the Nvidia GT 555M sit in the world of GPUs? [closed]
Hey there I am looking at buying a laptop that has an nVidia Geforce GT 555M GPU in it.
I am kinda of stoked about it because it seems really nice, but how nice is it compared to something like a GTX ...
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Compatibility of Chipset and GPU
I am wondering if the compatibility of Chipset and GPU affects the performance of graphic card. If so, how can I know how much compatible they are?
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2 GPUs or Single GPU? [closed]
I am just curious to know how multiple GPU's works inside a single workstation. While i am searching for a good GPU for my Workstation i came across few posts where people are saying, they have 3 ...
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GPU testing tool?
I'm looking for a tool that perform different operations on a graphic card in order to check for any problem or glitch.
I had a nasty freeze / crash problem with some games recently. At best I have a ...
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Mixing AMD and NVIDIA graphics cards on one system [closed]
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Multiple video cards on Windows 7
I have a bit of a problem with graphics cards that I'd appreciate advice on.
On the one hand, I need an ATI graphics card, because a ...
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Turning off/on monitor reduces non-maximized window sizes?
I believe this is a very strange problem, but i just switched back to PC from Mac after nearly 20 years so I'm certainly no expert with Windows 7 yet.
My new computer has a Gigabyte HD 6970 GPU ...
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Switch off optimus in dell inspiron n5110 in linux
I have a dell n5110 laptop which comes with a nvidia optimus GPU.While there is no problem in windows 7,the real problem is with linux. The GPU is always on though not detected by linux and sucking a ...
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How/where can I compare different vendor boards of a particular GPU?
I'm looking at getting a new graphics card. Whilst I've settled on the GTX 580, I have no idea which vendor (board) I should go for.
This is something that has always bugged me - it's relatively easy ...
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Can an ultrabook with an integrated gpu run minecraft? [closed]
Hi I am thinking of getting an ultrabook for travelling and what not. The only thing "heavy" i'd like to do is play some MC how well can an ultrabook handle it? What kind of frame rate?
This is the ...
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How do I switch graphics?
I have just installed "AMD Catalyst 12.3 RC"
How do I switch to Intel graphics (e.g. disable ATI graphics)?
The weird thing is that the laptop fan is very quiet, which means one of two things: ...
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What does bandwidth of a device mean?
I am presently learning CUDA and I keep coming across phrases like
"GPUs have dedicated memory which has 5–10X the bandwidth of CPU memory"
See here for reference on the second slide
Now what ...
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3 monitor setup with GT 240
Hi I have an ASUS P6T SE motherboard with an NVIDIA GeForce GT 240 graphics card (512MB) already installed. I would like to connect 3 monitors to my PC but apparently the card only supports two ...
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Laptop's Intel GPU - Screen is scrambled (sometimes), what to do?
I have a Lenovo T500, and my applications are scrambled sometimes (with the Intel GPU). Is there a way to fix this, or the GPU is dying?
Tried downloading a new MHD4500 driver from the Intel ...
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Finding Processes that Use GPU
I use my GPU mostly for scientific computing. I've noticed that the usage/temperature recently is still high, even when the science is suspended. I strongly suspect something is using my GPU (other ...
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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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CUDA/GPU Range of programming constructs available? [closed]
Is there a limit to the extent of operations you can do on a GPU?
For example, can you create dictionaries/hashmaps, like you would in Java or C#? What about receiving packets from a socket? Could ...
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What's the maximum safe temperature for a HD Radeon 6870?
I'm running a passively cooled HD Radeon 6870 in my PC. While using 3D Acceleration, the temperature climbs up to 95 degrees Celsius according to SpeedFan. It seems a bit hot, but on the other hand ...
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GPU overheat due to thermal paste
Today I changed thermal pad on my GPU to Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste. After that I checked the temperature in SpeedFan. At first it showed ~90, then 0, then 230 Celsius. After seeing 230 I switched ...
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PSU power cable length, and will my graphics card fit in my case? [closed]
I've decided to build a computer, this will be the first computer that I've built but I've done lots of research and have a list of parts which I will be ordering. I asked for someone to check my ...
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Motherboard requires “Processor” which supports Intel HD Graphics Technology
I am interested in the following motherboard (Intel Hunter Cove DH55HC H55), which seems to have a DVI, HDMI, and VGA port on the motherboard but it requires a "Processor" with Intel HD Graphics ...
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Firefox high GPU usage
These graphs show the GPU usage patterns of the Flash Player plugin for Firefox and Chrome, respectively. The test involved playing a 30-second HD Facebook video.
As the graphs show, Firefox uses ...
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Is it possible to use a server to play games?
I am curious on whether I could slap a high end video card into a server and use it as a high end gaming machine.
The server is an HP DL360 G5 with x2 Intel Quad Core Xeon processors, 16 GB of RAM ...
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Minimum ATI/AMD Radeon software insall for GPU rendering of HD content
I will try to include as much relevant information as possible, so please forgive the data dump.
Premise:
I am looking to enable GPU support/rendering of HD content on my AMD HD 4650 AGP video card ...
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GPU running underclocked / under normal speed?
I have tried to overclock my card. Seemingly it worked, and the GPU-z shows the OC speed (see GPU3.png). However, current readings are REALLY far from the normal speed of the GPU. That's what I can't ...
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HDMI version on Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H / Intel H55?
I am looking for information regarding the HDMI standard for the Gigabyte GA-H55-UD3H motherboard. All the sites simply say that the motherboard has an HDMI interface but they do not show its version. ...
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GPU driver errors after Motherboard swap [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How to update Dell Vostro 3700 (Nvidia GeForce GT330M) display driver?
TL;DR at bottom
Today a technician replaced the heatsink and montherboard in my Dell Vostro 3700 ...
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Can't install CUDA drivers for GeForce GT555M
I've just bought a new Asus n55 laptop. It has 2 graphics cards from Intel and NVIDIA. But when I try to install CUDA's developer driver for my GPU I get this error:
"This graphics driver could ...
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Can I use four monitors with a dual-link dual-DVI card?
I plan to get this card, a Gigabyte GTS 450.
Apparently it has two DVI ports which support dual-link. Does that mean I can plug in two DVI monitors per port, i.e. four monitors creating one big ...
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GPU - Graphics Card with 2 DVI Outputs or 1 DVI Output and use a splitter
As the title says, I'm looking for a new computer and am trying to compare graphics cards. I see some of them have 2 DVI outputs on the card and I was wondering if there way any advantage of using ...
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Does having Windows Aero enabled negatively impact gaming performance?
I like having Aero enabled when I have to work. Sometimes I like to play games though.
What's the performance hit on games? Is there a performance hit at all from using Aero?
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Is there something like the unix command “top” for CUDA?
More generally, how can you check the current status of your GPU? (current number of threads running, memory state, and so on).
(I'm using linux, so Windows-only solutions, while interesting, won't ...
