A card that fits into the motherboard to provide better graphics than can be delivered by the on-board graphics chip (if indeed there is one).
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What registry key or windows file determines which monitor are set as primary one in a multi monitor environment?
HDMI monitor is set as the default monitor, and another VGA monitor is used as the secondary monitor to mirror my desktop, the issue is: when the HDMI one is plugged out, xp system will set the VGA ...
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Disabling BIOS error without graphics card
I've recently inherited an old HP M7000, and decided to make a headless server out of it. My only problem is, that the included motherboard (Asus P5LP-LE) does not have an integrated graphics card, ...
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GPU Suddenly Slow and Cool
I was working on some very small overclocking (no voltage changes) to my GTX 560 TI Hawk. Everything was running fine, when quite suddenly the card became very cool (normal operating temperature is ...
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1answer
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How are pixels actually shown on display
I spend a lot of time looking at raw-video in YCbCr-format.
Started thinking about what is really shown on the display and how
the pixels end up there.
No display can handle YCbCr-data so I guess ...
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1answer
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550 Graphic Card desktop equivalent?
Game's and program's system requirements are always based on desktop versions and therefore laptop users are somewhat left behind since the laptop version (ATI Mobility branch, for e.g.) perform worse ...
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AsRock Z77 Extreme6, D7 no inputs error, no post
Up until recently my z77 had been working perfectly with 2 7950s. Suddenly the board began giving me the D7, no inputs found error at boot and would not post. I have tried continuously with other ...
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1answer
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PC turns on for second [closed]
I bought a pc with the following spec like 1 nd a half year back!
Processor : Intel Core i5 2500
MotherBoard : Intel DH67BL
RAM : G-Skill RipjawsX 4GB
HDD : 500GB Samsung
Graphics Card : EVGA ...
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2answers
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Is a positive, neutral or negative pressure airflow design preferred when using a single open cooled graphics card?
With a blower type graphics card, I don't think it matters very much whether you arrange the fans in your case to provide positive, neutral or negative pressure inside your case, since the blower ...
2
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1answer
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PSU cannot provide enough power
I've semi-recently built a new Linux rig for A/V editing and the occasional gaming. On some games I've experienced consistent reboots with high graphics settings that, I believe, are due to PSU ...
0
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1answer
25 views
Can you use quadro drivers on a Geforce card (500 or 600 series)?
I remember reading about these 4-5 years ago, but not sure if they are still doing it. Is this possible nowadays? Basically running a GTX like a Quadro? I don't know much about hardware, but some ...
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Can you recommend a laptop which definitely supports 2 external as well as the laptop monitor? [closed]
There are a few similar questions to this, but none which quite answer the question I'm asking.
Basically I'm trying to find a laptop which will support 2 external displays (both of which have DVI, ...
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Is my graphics card broken?
I tried to run my puppy linux, and the loading screens were okay, but the actual desktop was all blurry, and had the wrong colors. Mainly pink and neon green. After a few seconds it restarted. Same ...
0
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0answers
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How does a video card drive a display to an output device (e.g., monitor/TV)? [duplicate]
Explain not on the circuit level, but on the layman level.
We know, developers as some of us, that the card uses memory to keep track of video data. But how does that "video data" end up on a screen?
...
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1answer
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Does a micro-HDMI (type D) cable with an adapter work normally for computer-monitor connection?
I'm considering using a micro-HDMI (type D) to HDMI cable with an adapter on the micro-HDMI end to connect my computer to my monitor. I want to use micro-HDMI because I'm passing the cable through a ...
0
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0answers
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Flickering and 2D graphic errors in DX11 mode in fullscreen on AMD HD 5970
I have recently gotten an AMD Sapphire HD 5970 2GB video card. This seems to consist of two 1GB cards on the same chip (there is a crossfireX option but the card otherwise has only one PCI-E ...
1
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0answers
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DVI works on boot but doesn't work after boot
I have a dual monitor system with a Nvidia 9400GT (1 vga, 1 DVI) and today it show up an issue.
When I boot up the computer, everything is fine, the motherboard logo appears, the boot menu appears ...
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0answers
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Nvidia Quadro 600 DVI/DP Splitter
I have an Nvidia Quadro 600 card in my workstation and was curious if there was any way I could use three monitors with the card without using external graphics hardware (Matrox display2go et al.). ...
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1answer
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How do I connect two monitors and a 42" LED TV screen to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card?
I have (2) Asus 27" monitors and (1) Hisence 42" LED TV screen.
Is it possible to have all three connected to an AMD Radeon HD 6700 video card on my computer as one whole desktop?
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1answer
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How can I get my Sapphire Radeon 7850 to output in “1080p”?
I have a Radeon 7850 connected to a Vizio 3D compatible TV. The TV has a function to parse and display SBS encoded content. On my old graphics card (a Radeon 5770) I just had to select the 1080p ...
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1answer
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Computer Randomly Powers Off
A few months ago my computer started randomly powering off, sometimes I would get a few hours, sometimes a few days. I first replaced the power supply (PC Power and Cooling Silencer Mk II) which ...
0
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1answer
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“Display driver stopped responding and has recovered” error in Windows 7
I've put a new (second hand) graphics card (nVidia GT8800) in my PC. I forgot to delete the old drivers first... (nVidia GT8600).
Now I get a warning every 5 minutes or so. "Display driver stopped ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to duplicate/mirror screen connected to different graphic cards?
My desktop has 2 HD 6450 graphic cards, each of them has one HDMI, one DVI and one VGA port. I connected 2 of my screens to the 2 HDMI ports on 2 cards, and I'd like to duplicate my 2 screens.
...
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0answers
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My idle GPU temperature used to be ~35 °C, lately it's been ~60 °C idle. Is there need for concern yet?
For ~95% of the time, I'm not using my computer for games or anything else graphically intensive, so my GPU rarely heats up to the recommended maximums of ~100 °C (212 °F) that it shouldn't exceed (as ...
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2answers
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Use two video cards at the same time
I have an on-board video card on my motherboard, I also have a separate video card and at the moment I use the latter. I'm going to buy second monitor, can I use one video card with each monitor? Or ...
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Best Graphics Card for 1st Custom PC Build With Budget of CAN$900 [closed]
I'm soon building my first custom PC with a budget of around CAN$900 (in Canada). I plan to use my computer for gaming, programming and photo and video editing. (The $900 doesn't include Windows 8, ...
0
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0answers
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Screens go blank and windows move around
I have a 2-monitor Windows7 PC. A few times a day, both screens go black for about a second. When they come back, I frequently find all my windows have been moved onto my primary monitor, maximised ...
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2answers
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My computer isn't running current opengl
For two years now my laptop's graphics card has not been correctly identifying its current OpenGL version. It says it is running OpenGL version 1.1. However, after re-installing the video card ...
0
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1answer
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Clarification about Lucid Virtu [closed]
Finally I've solved my problem. I have installed 3 monitors via DVI/HDMI with one dedicated Nvidia graphics card. I have now my iGPU of the i5-2500k in use for the third monitor. I use a Z68 (P8Z68-V) ...
0
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1answer
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Nvidia graphics card for 3rd monitor (no SLI)
I just received my 3rd monitor and found out that one dedicated Nvidia card supports two monitors max. As I'm not interested in using all of the three together for gaming purposes (SLI, Eyefinity ...
2
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2answers
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What effect does not uninstalling an old video card have on installing a new one?
Windows XP SP3 32-bit, AMD 3800+ 2x core 64bit CPU at 2GHz, PCIe graphics slot, SB Live!, 4GB RAM (with the usual 3GB cap thing going on; too busy/lazy to change it)
Last night my XFX Radeon HD 4770 ...
0
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0answers
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Force Nvidia driver to instal (NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT GPU)
I got my Sony VAIO VGN-AW31ZJ/B with Windows 8 and some old Nvidia drivers.
When i go to the download page of Nvidia, it says to me that only the manufacturer can provide me drivers (??!?!?). So I ...
0
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1answer
29 views
Running two graphics cards for multimonitor support
I would like to add an additional graphics card in to my 2nd PCI-E slot to give me two further VGA/DVI ports along side the two on my primary card. I am unsure if this secondary PCI-E slot is for SLI ...
0
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2answers
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Get my TV to work with 2 monitors
I'm using the Club Radeon HD 6950 2GB graphics card. It has 2 DVI ports as well as a single HDMI port. My 2 monitors are connected through the DVI ports and I put them on extended background so I can ...
0
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1answer
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No display when discrete graphics card inserted
I recently purchased a new desktop PC: HP p7-1423w, i5-3330, HD Graphics 2500 (integrated). The first thing I did was remove Windows 8 and install Linux. A few days later, I was ready to install a ...
0
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0answers
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Nvidia GT 440 exceeds max temperature
I have an NVIDIA Geforce GT 440 installed on my system. A problem suddenly exists a few weeks ago whenever I play games such as C.O.D blackops , A. Creed 3 or even NBA 2k13 suddenly shutsdown my ...
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1answer
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Disable second monitor
I have dual-monitors, both on a single GPU. At times I don't use the second one, particularly in GPU-intensive gaming - is it possible to disable the monitor so that the GPU doesn't have to render ...
0
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0answers
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VMWare Player 9 ,3d hardware acceleration on windows guest and host doesn't work
My Host Machine is a Windows 8 machine, and i have a Windows XP SP2 machine, with 3D Aceleration enabled , VMWare Tools installed,
My Host machine has Nvidia Graphics with the lastest graphics all ...
0
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0answers
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aticonfig Dual Monitors CentOS 6.4 Radeon 3650
I just loaded centOS on my laptop (Lenovo W500) which has a Radeon HD 3650 graphics card onboard. I cannot get my second monitor to work at all. Upon boot, since my /home directory is encrypted it ...
2
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1answer
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How to decide what graphics card is better? [closed]
I am looking to buy a new graphics card, but I am not sure what to be looking for, what is more important? CUDA Cores, Clock Speed, Memory, etc.
Here are some examples
Core Clock ...
0
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1answer
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How to Check the AMD Card Installed on my System (Switchable Graphics)
I have a Dell Laptop and it has the Switchable Graphics Technology in it. I know what it is all about but if I want to check the specs for the AMD card, from where can I check it.
If I check it in ...
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0answers
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My computers startup got slow after changing the PCIe which my graphic card was installed
I recently found that that i had my graphic card installed on the wrong PCIe. Instead of using the 16x one (for Express 3.0) i was using the 8x one. So i just unplugged my graphic card from the 8x and ...
0
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2answers
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Did I fry my motherboard or my power supply?
I just installed a second video card (GeForce 7900 series) alongside my older GeForce 6700 Series. After the computer was powered on for about a day, I came back to find the unit dead, with the power ...
1
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0answers
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Can't access GPU after doing a suspend
Every time I suspend my laptop, I am unable to do optirun/primusrun because it can't activate the gpu.
[ 8597.514526] [DEBUG]Reading file: /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
[ 8597.515142] ...
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2answers
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How can I isolate HDMI sounds to a TV while game sounds to system speaker in Win7?
I have a desktop PC which I use to play games on AND watch films.
Its a Win 7 OS... with an ASUS EAH6450 hd gfx card with HDMI, DVI outputs.
Is there a way for me to be able to play a game on the ...
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1answer
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Allocating more RAM to Integrated Intel HD Graphics
I am concerned about power consumption on my Asus laptop.
I have allocated 512MB (maximum allowed) of RAM to the graphics card, and I wanted to know if the more you allocate the more power it ...
1
vote
1answer
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With Nvidia Optimus, which graphics adapter's control panel settings apply?
I just found out that I have both "Intel Graphics and Media Control Panel" and "NVidia Control Panel". How do these controls work together? I have an i7 with on-board graphics and a NVidia 650m. I ...
0
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0answers
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IPS237L low quality at Super Saving Energy
I've recently bought an LG IPS237L. It has the option Super Saving Energy. When I turn that option on sometimes after the PC boots the quality of the picture is really low. The colors are wrong and it ...
0
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1answer
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Cannot extend desktop to third monitor
My Notebook status:
Model: HP Pavilion 7 6b21em
CPU: Intel i7 2.3 Ghz QuadCore
RAM: 8GB DDR5 (2x4 GB)
GPU: 1x Intel Integrated, 1x ATI AMD Radeon 6670M HD 2GB
OS: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate ...
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0answers
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Benchmark tool that brings GPU to maximum in order to diagnose defective PSU
I am currently trying to diagnose the following problem with my computer: Without warning or pattern the computer shuts down automatically, then restarts automatically and BIOS displays the following ...
0
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1answer
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3 monitors - 2 via external graphics card DVI, and 1 via onboard DVI/VGA port
I have been running on two monitors for some time now, but have now acquired a third monitor. Windows detects the third monitor as a generic monitor (as opposed to Samsung xyz ...), but does not seem ...
