Questions tagged [graphics-card]
An expansion card inserted into a motherboard for rendering graphics with enhanced performance over integrated graphics solutions.
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Windows 7 - Duplicate two displays with a different refresh rate output
Thanks for taking the time to look at my question!
To start, my hardware, and what I am attempting to do:
I have a NVIDIA GTX 780 as my graphics card (and I love it!) stock speed and BIOS ...
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Recovering ubuntu from graphics card crash
I have a dual boot system (XP/Ubuntu) and have had a graphics card crash on me. I have installed a new graphics card (after the first one stopped responding) and I am able to boot into windows no ...
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Is it okay to run two different graphics card on the same pc?
I'm currently using a 4GiB Nvidia GTX 1050ti on Gigabyte B360M D3H motherboard. I want to add more graphics memory to the system. I would like to buy a 4GiB GTX 1650 graphics card and I'm concerned ...
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Rotating monitor from landscape to portrait in Win7? HP w2207h monitor
I have an HP w2207h monitor, which supposedly has the option to rotate the screen 90 degrees. I have rotated the monitor, but the screen stays the way it was. I have the most recent drivers for the ...
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Use both integrated and discrete graphics card with different screens?
Is it possible for an integrated graphics card to handle one screen and a dicrete one
to handle another? If so, how to configure it in Manjaro or Arch Linux?
My motivation is to fully use (achieve the ...
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Using integrated graphics in a dual monitor setup to improve FPS on the main monitor
I am planning on buying a second monitor and while browsing for one, I began to wonder about a hypothetical (or not) scenario.
Besides my somewhat aging Radeon R9 290 I also have an integrated ...
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What is switchable graphics?
I bought a new laptop with Switchable Graphics. Ok, I get the idea that one graphics card is for 'serious' use, while the other is low power. But, what exactly is this serious use I may encounter? And ...
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How do I permanently enable the external video card in Windows?
I have a Lenovo G50-80 laptop with an on-board Intel HG Graphics 5500 and an external 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R5 M330, running Windows 10 Pro.
Windows chooses its self when to use one GPU or another. ...
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Radeon 5500 with a Samsung monitor - not getting a full screen?
I am running a Windows 7 machine, with an ATI Radeon HD 5500, and a Samsung SyncMaster P2370MS Monitor. When I use a VGA cable, everything is working fine. But when I use HDMI, the picture is centered,...
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3 Monitors to a single pc
First of all which graphics cards support 3 monitors?
Is it possible to buy a graphics card which has 2 outputs and use the onboard (motherboard) graphics output for the third monitor?
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Laptop requires several restarts before the graphics card powers up
I have a PCSpecialist Octane III (Clevo P751DM2-G) which is about 18 months old now. Less than a week ago, with no identifiable cause the laptop started requiring several restarts for the screen to ...
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How to change between integrated and discrete graphics in Windows 7?
I have a Geforce GTS 450 and a motherboard integrated ATI Radeon 3000 IGP into the AMD 760G chipset. The integrated GPU has the default Windows 7 driver provided by Microsoft and is shown in Device ...
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Will M.2 NVMe or itegrated graphics slow discrete graphics cards
I'm about to build Linux machine for Deep Learning.
Relevant parts:
ASRock Z270 KILLER SLI/AC
Core i7 7700
2x GTX 1060
1TB M.2 Evo 850 NVMe SSD
Deep Learning involves running CUDA based algorithms ...
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Will my CPU bottleneck this GPU?
I've been meaning to upgrade my computer for quite a long time but money's a bit short and I can't do it all at once, I want to upgrade my GPU first because it's not up to par with most newer games ...
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Radeon 7700 - 2nd DVI port disabled
I have 2 monitors, both with VGA ports only (LG Flatron W2242S).
I want to use both of these monitors with my AMD Radeon 7700 graphics card. However, the second port refuses to work.
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Are the Radeon R5 230 and HD 6450 the same video card? [closed]
My godson received a new desktop computer at Christmas and asked me to take a look at the specs.
When he bought it, he specifically asked for a graphics card that is able to render some of the ...
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Is there a way to change the interpolation when upscaling a lower resolution on Windows with an Nvidia GPU?
Let's say I put my desktop (1920x1080 native) resolution to something custom like 480x270, which is exactly 4 times smaller than my 1080p native resolution, which SHOULD look really sharp with nearest ...
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HP ENVY 17-1050ea Notebook PC screen flickering when I connect charger to my notebook
I am looking for solution of my problem. I own HP ENVY 17-1050ea Notebook PC, it works perfectly fine but the only issue I am facing is SCREEN FLICKERING. I only happens when I connect my charger to ...
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Is it possible to install a discrete mobility card on a laptop without a graphics card already?
To be specific:
Can I:
Install a discrete graphics card on a laptop that does not come with a discrete graphics card?
Teach windows 8 to use the discrete card over the integrated graphics?
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Is HDCP working for ATI/AMD cards on windows 8?
I have an AMD 6950 and am running windows 8 RTM.
I've tried the Catalyst 12.8 drivers and the 12.9 beta drivers.
With either drive HDCP seems to be non operational.
I've got two dell monitors, one ...
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What does (x16, x4) mean next to 2x PCIe2 x16?
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The motherboard which I am planning on getting is the Asrock P67 PRO3 SE.
Is it possible to get a motherboard which can do true x16 in both ports?
ORIGINAL QUESTION:
I am about to buy 2 ...
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Multi GPU for 3rd monitor - linux mint - geforce 750ti
I recently got a 2nd graphics card to add a 3rd monitor but have had problems getting the 3rd to display. The nvidia x server configurations recognizes the 3rd monitor and the 2nd graphics card. When ...
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Nvidia GeForce Graphics Card Blue Screen of Death crash
For the last couple of months, I get sudden crashes while watching a video.
It usually happens when I am skipping parts in a video - then my PC gets stuck, and after few seconds I get this popup ...
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How to enable WebGL on Chrome on XP?
My GPU is a NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS. According to NVIDIA,
OpenGL® 2.1 Optimizations and Support:
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
If I understand it ...
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Screen turns black for a few secs while watching full screen video
After I have changed my video card to MSI N770 TF 2GD5/OC, nVidia GeForce, GTX770 is started to blink (turn black for a few seconds) while watching full screen video (with MPC-HC).
The blackouts ...
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How can I detect my graphics card with no driver installed? [duplicate]
I have no idea what graphics card hardware do I have, and have no driver installed. How can I detect what graphics card do I have to install the right driver?
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Video Card needs additional mounting support
We are creating a fairly decent system with crossfire.
The issue we are having is apparently the video cards are physically to heavy to be supported purely by the motherboard and case mounts.
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Integrated graphics card being used over NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M in Toshiba laptop?
On my Toshiba laptop with a discrete GeForce GT 540M graphics card, as well an integrated Intel HD 3000, it seems like the discrete graphics card is never used. Games run like the Intel HD 3000 is ...
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How to connect one HDMI and one VGA monitor to a laptop?
I have a Lenovo P400 with Windows 8 Operating System laptop and the graphics card is an Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000. Currently, I have a 20" LCD external monitor connected to the laptop through a VGA ...
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Why did clearing my Windows 10 memory cache make my game run better?
I recently purchased a new graphics card, and was hoping to see increased performance out of my games. While I did see a huge performance increase, I am still plagued with graphics hitching (...
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16x PCI express capable card running on a 8x slot. Will there be any noticeable performance difference?
Unfortunately, the x16 PCI express slot from my motherboard got damaged. I decided to stick the card in the 8x slot instead so I could use my computer while I gather the money to upgrade my system.
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Mini DisplayPort to DVI Dual-Link Adapter. Will it add some kind of latency?
I recently bought a 144hz / 1ms latency monitor with only a dvi connector for 144hz. My gaming laptop (hp omen 17-w201ns with gtx 1070) only have Mini Display Port connection.
I have read that you ...
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Does this video card support sound?
Probably a rookie question but here goes...I am looking to buy a new video card for a few year old PC which will be used as a media centre. The card I am looking at is this one http://www.ebuyer.com/...
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Is it possible to offload graphics processing onto another computer on the network
I mostly play video games on my laptop as I can use it anywhere in the house but it doesn't have a graphics card in.
What I'm wondering is would I be able to offload the graphics processing from my ...
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Intermittent massive graphics slowdown (25fps->1fps)
I'm seeing the following frustrating behaviour with my home PC (running Windows XP Home; dual 2GHz CPU, 2 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS graphics card).
I'll be doing some fullscreen application - ...
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Will Nvidia and Catalyst drivers conflict with each other?
I currently have a Sapphire R9-280x in my computer and was thinking about putting my EVGA Gtx 670 back in to see if it would work better (long story). I want to know if the Nvidia and Catalyst drivers ...
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Why are my video colors getting messed up?
Since around October last year I've been having an on going issue with my HTPC where the color on video will randomly get messed up when watching full screen videos. The display ends up getting heavy ...
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Dual Monitor (IGP with GPU) in Linux
I've been googling although I couldn't find an answer to this question:
How in the world can I enable both my IGP and GPU in order to have a dual monitor setup?
I've got an Intel IGP (00:02.0 ...
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How to permanently fix misaligned screen affecting multiple monitors?
I have 4 LCD monitors connected to a single PC with 2 graphic cards. And they all are setup in extended display mode, so it is basically a 1 big screen.
But recently I am having a problem with the ...
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Programs to demo a high-end video card?
I'm the proud owner of an nVidia GTX 260, but I'm not a gamer. I bought the card to play around with CUDA programming, but I find myself tempted to see what kinds of great things a powerful graphics ...
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Odd CPU Throttling Issue
Just got a Thinkpad P15s (Laptop), and I'm experiencing a very odd issuing with the CPU throttling under heavy load and low temperatures. This can last anywhere from 1 minute-10 minute, where ...
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Windows 7 Crashes using nVidia Driver, works fine in Safe Mode or without video driver
Until this morning, and for over a year, my computer worked fine. I have an nVidia GTX 465 card running Windows 7 SP-1. Today, after running about thirty seconds, the screen freezes and I have to ...
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Recorded videos colours are really bright. But only on some software
Ever since I got a new computer and a new monitor my colours are really bright when recording my screen. Since I'm a designer it makes me look like I've designed some weird designs and the clients ...
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Monitors turn off for a second, Windows does the device disconnect and connect sound
I have two different monitors, one's a Samsung and the other's an LG. I recently movedand had my computer mailed over. Since setting it up here, randomly both monitors will turn black and come back ...
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Fedora 18 severe overheating HP Envy 4 1002tx in Gnome shell
I recently installed Fedora 18 x86_64bit version in dual boot mode on my HP Envy 4 1002tx machine and whenever I log into the Gnome shell I am facing very sever overheating of my laptop base and the ...
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Will a USB-C PCIe card take advantage of the installed graphics card for video out?
The proposed setup in the following is most probably not best practice, but will it work?
Background/motivation
We have recently upgraded all the laptops in our household, both work machines and ...
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How many 2560x1600 resolution monitors can Eyefinity support?
How many 2560x1600 resolution monitor can Eyefinity support? AMD states it can support up to 6 monitors but they don't state the resolution.
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DirectX 11 compatible videocards [closed]
My current Geforce 8800 is starting to show some weird behavior at times and I'm tempted to buy a new card. But what's the roadmap of ATI and NVidia? When are they planning to launch new videocards ...
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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 ...
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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
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