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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Transatlantic ping faster than sending a pixel to the screen?
John Carmack tweeted,
I can send an IP packet to Europe faster than I can send a pixel to the screen. How f’d up is that?
And if this weren’t John Carmack, I’d file it under “the interwebs being ...
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How does the CPU and GPU interact in displaying computer graphics?
Here you can see a screenshot of a small C++ program called Triangle.exe with a rotating triangle based on the OpenGL API.
Admittedly a very basic example but I think it's applicable to other ...
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How is graphics RAM different from system RAM?
I know that a GPU and a CPU are fundamentally different things and why they both suck at doing the other's job. But what I don't get is why standard system RAM has always been a generation behind the ...
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Split monitor into virtual monitors
I'm searching for a solution to split one physical monitor into two( or more?) virtual monitors.
Let's say I've a monitor (monitor_a) with the resolution of 1920*1080.
Now I want this monitor_a to ...
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Broken mouse cursor on main monitor, Windows 7 64 Bit, ATI Radeon HD 7870
UPDATE: Please check out the new answer I've posted to this problem. It might be that a solution to this frustrating problem exists now. Scroll down to see it.
Quite a while ago my graphic card died ...
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How can I test my GPU memory/RAM?
I run MemTest86 a lot at work on customer's machines, and it's great for troubleshooting memory issues. My question is, how can I test that a GPU is starting to go?
I know of programs like 3DMark to ...
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How do I determine which graphics card I'm using?
I recently read this answer on Gaming.SE, which made me realize that I actually have no idea how to tell which graphics card I have in my PC. Where can I find this information?
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Must a CPU have a GPU if the motherboard provides a display port (when there isn't any separate video card)?
There is such a configuration: MSI A320M PRO-M2 V2 + AMD Ryzen 5 1400 BOX and there isn't any separate video card. When the PC is switched on, the monitor shows nothing. The MSI tech support said:
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What is the use for built-in graphic card on a "gaming" motherboard?
Many motherboards marketed as "gaming" has an integrated Intel graphic cards. Examples are the ASUS B150I PRO GAMING/WIFI/AURA and the Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 but these are just a couple of many. ...
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How can I detect the model of my graphics card?
I know of many ways to get a rough idea of my graphics card model. Here are two examples (instructions for Windows 7):
Method 1
1) Click start
2) Type dxdiag and press enter
3) Go to the Display ...
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What exactly is a laptop "display audio" driver?
I've downloaded an Intel HD Graphics driver for my Dell laptop and the installer's welcome screen says it will install the following components:
Intel Graphics Driver
Intel Display Audio Driver
What ...
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I have a laptop with an HDMI port and I want to use my old monitor which has VGA port. Do I need HDMI-to-VGA or VGA-to-HDMI adapter?
I have an old monitor that only has a VGA port.
I have a new Dell laptop that only has an HDMI port.
I want to use that old monitor with my new laptop.
Do I need a HDMI-to-VGA adapter or VGA-to-HDMI ...
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Why did my graphics card explode?
How did my graphics card "explode" like it did in the picture I have here? And if I was just plugging into my on-board graphics, why wouldn't the PC boot up like it normally would? It wouldn't come up ...
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How to Use 3 Monitors
Right now my setup has a nice big 24" flatscreen in the center with a 19" flatscreen to the left. But I have a big gaping hole on the right.
I have a 3rd monitor to put there, but I'm not sure how to ...
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Motherboard says PCIe 3.0, but chipset only supports PCIe 2.0. Who's right?
As part of integration testing for our product, we received a client machine with a Supermicro X10DRi motherboard in it, with 2 Xeon E5-2620 v4 CPUs and a Quadro P5000. That motherboard is using the ...
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Confirm correctly working of hardware acceleration in Chrome (Windows 7)?
I'm having troubles getting hardware acceleration support for Youtube.
Both Windows and flash player are enabled for hardware acceleration.
The drivers for the graphics card are installed.
The ...
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Why do workstation graphics cards cost far more than equivalent consumer graphics cards?
An Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti costs $700, while a Quadro K6000 costs $4000—yet they use the same underlying GK110 core!
The same can be said for other workstation GPUs from both Nvidia and AMD.
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What exactly is VGA, and what is the difference between it and a video card?
Operating system development tutorials pinpoint reaching screen data by writing directly to VGA or EGA or Super VGA, but what I do not get is what is the real difference between writing to a fixed ...
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How can I enable onboard graphics AND dedicated card simultaneously?
My PC (Compaq Presario) has an onboard Intel 3100 which is pretty lame wbut would be useful for testing on, or a 3rd monitor. I've then got a nVidia PCIx card installed. I can't seem to find a way to ...
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Is it possible to connect an external GPU via Ethernet?
I have laptop which has working Ethernet port but I always use WiFi . I am wondering if it is possible to run and use a graphics card (with external power supply) connected to the Ethernet port (with ...
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What is the difference between rendering video on a high-end processor and a low-end processor?
I am doing video rendering these days and one thing I am totally confused about is if someone uses a cheap laptop for rendering videos.
Does video rendered on a high-end i7 laptop look better than ...
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Why do lots of games have Direct X 9 and 11 options, but NOT DX10?
I don't really know much about DirectX other than it is responsible of having better graphic options for games, for example, tessellation and Ambient Occlusion in DX11.
But my question is, why some ...
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PC with 32 screen matrix freaks
I've just finished building a new control room at work. It has 32 monitors and the plan was to have a single computer powering it. The old room had a few computers with odd screens keyboards/mice ...
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How does the CPU communicate with the GPU before drivers are loaded? [duplicate]
As I understand it, GPUs have their own instruction sets, whose instructions are generated by the graphics drivers. The GPU instructions are then sent to the GPU. So, how does graphics communication ...
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How to clear screen artifacts without rebooting Windows (multiple versions)?
These artifacts are random and can be created in multiple ways, although they occur rarely. The cause appears to be a failure by some part of Windows' code to erase a segment of the screen. The only ...
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GPU struggles only in the primary PCIe slot. Is this a motherboard issue?
When my GPU is in the primary PCIe slot, I sometimes get loads of garbled sound when I run the audio through the HDMI. The GPU also performs far worse on benchmarks. In the primary slot I get 30 ...
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What is the difference between a GPU and a graphics card in a pc?
What is the difference between both these things? Are they same? Is there a difference between their capabilities?
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Does a modern PC require a graphics card to run?
As I can remember, on old systems (Pentium II or III) it was not possible to boot and run the PC if the graphics card was missing (AGP cards were used in those days).
Many years from then, I'm ...
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How do I "safely" keep my NVidia card up to date?
Years and years ago, Nvidia made you figure out what driver you needed by hand. Later, they created a Java applet(?) that would figure it out for you. a few years ago, they created the geForce ...
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Converting DisplayPort and/or HDMI to DVI-D?
Newer Radeon video cards come with four ports standard:
DVI (x2)
HDMI
DisplayPort
If I want to run three 24" monitors, all of which are DVI only, from this video card -- is it possible to convert ...
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Why are graphics cards upside-down?
This is something that has always bugged me - when I install a card into a desktop (ie mini tower) case, the fan is always facing down. Surely, making the card so the components and fan is on the top ...
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ATI CrossFire instability and horizontal bands?
I recently added another ATI 5870 card to my system to experiment with ATI Crossfire (dual GPU) performance increases.
However, I've had a lot of intermittent stability problems, most seriously a set ...
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What's the difference between GPU Memory bandwidth and speed?
I was looking at Nvidia's series 10 graphics cards' specs and noticed they have memory speed and memory bandwidth specified. Memory speed is expressed in Gbps and memory bandwidth is expressed in GB/...
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Warning "You are currently using the RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter"
I have received warning popup box "You are currently using the RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter. We no longer support this adapter ..." after I installed new graphic card.
I tried to open link ...
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What is the technical reason for modern graphics cards only supporting four monitors?
In January 2022, consumer-grade graphics cards support only four monitors each in the higher tiers. What is the technical limitation that dictates only four?
DisplayPort 1.4a MST can support 32.4 Gbit/...
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Multiple monitors broken with Windows 10 upgrade
I have a HP ENVY 17-3200 (switchable graphics: Intel HD 4000 + AMD Radeon HD 7800M) with a triple monitor setup:
Laptop's builtin LVDS 1080p display
DisplayPort WQXGA display
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How can I use a DVI splitter cable on 1 DVI port?
I have a GTX 275 video card with 2 DVI ports. I already run 2 monitors, but I've seen cables that plug into one DVI port and split into 2 more connectors.
Is there some special trick to getting this ...
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What exactly is VRAM used for?
My laptop has a nice GPU with dedicated video RAM. But I've noticed while playing Minecraft that the computer doesn't seem to be using it for anything. Only about 100 MB get used at all according to ...
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How to identify what slot type a particular PC card is? [closed]
Is there a good place to go to identify what kind of slot my spare video card uses?
A site that shows pictures of the various slot types so I can identify this one?
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Does a USB Monitor require VGA Card?
Does a portable USB monitor require a VGA Card?
For example this monitor:
http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e1649fwu
http://us.aoc.com/monitor_displays/e2251fwu
If I buy a PC without any GPU ...
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Are different brands of the 'same' graphics card better than other brands of that same graphics card? [closed]
I've been doing a lot of browsing of different computer parts recently, and I noticed that many different brands make the 'same' graphics card (e.g. radeon 280), and sell them at different prices.
Is ...
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How do I prepare Windows 7 for a graphics card update?
I'm about to upgrade my graphics card from a Radeon HD 3650 to a Radeon HD 6770.
Prior experience of upgrading graphics cards under all other versions of Windows (but not 7) has been the following:
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What causes videos to start off black or glitchy on an AMD Radeon HD 6700?
I recently updated my video card drivers to the latest version (AMD Radeon HD 6700 series) and found that upon doing so, all the "GIF"s on Imgur (which have now switched to "GIFV" which is an MP4 ...
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Finding hardware information on linux without lspci
I have an ARM device running ArchLinux. The device doesn't appear to have any PCI bus, even though it has USB.
[root@alarm ~]# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
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NVIDIA X server settings is displaying empty window
I have problems with running NVIDIA X server settings to adjust GPU fan speeds. When launching the utility it only opens an empty window like this:
Below is additional info from nvidia-smi utility ...
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How can I determine and set my primary graphics card?
I have a Lenovo W520 laptop with two graphics cards:
I think Windows 7 (64 bit) is using my Intel graphics card ₃ which I think is integrated — because I have a low graphics rating in the ...
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Connecting a 2560x1440 display to a laptop?
Having read Jeff Atwood's blog post on Korean 27" IPS LCDs, I've been wondering to what extent these are useful in a notebook + large display situation.
I own a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E320 with 2nd gen....
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Can I have two different GPU in my motherboard
I would like to know if i can install second GPU card in my motherboard msi 970
here are the specs
https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/970-GAMING/Specification
it has two slots for GPU and i have ...
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In video card specs, does “maximum resolution” mean the resolution for EACH monitor?
In video card specs on Nvidia or AMD’s web sites they often list maximum display resolution.
If a card has two DVI ports or two DisplayPorts, and has a maximum resolution of 2560×1600, does that mean ...
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Where can one find quickly what is the maximum resolution that a graphics card supports?
I'm in the process of replacing two home laptops that have gotten weary with age, with rather simple/cheap desktop computers. Both laptops were unique that they were used in combination with external ...
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