I have recently purchased a new video card for my computer. The video card I purchased is an Nvidia 9600GT. The back has two DVI ports for multiple monitors, and the other side has the place I plug in the power wire. I plugged in the power wire into the back of my video card, and into my power supply. I have an adapter which changes my standard monitor port into a DVI port so that it may plug into the video card successfully. Even when I have everything plugged in correctly(The power wire to the power supply, the adapter plugged into the video card's #1 port, and the monitor cable plugged into the DVI port) I boot up my computer, and even though the video card powers up and everything it should do, the monitor does not turn on. However, if I just plug the monitor cable into the back of my computer where it's normally at, it tells me there is no VGA cable.
What do I do? Thanks ahead of time.|||using the port in the back of your computer(not your new video card) boot your computer up and look for what key to press to enter into bios. go into your bios settings and look for a vga or a pci express setting and make sure it is on, if not that may be your problem, just change it and save and exit. shut down and put your cable into your new video card and give it a try.
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2012年4月27日金曜日
New computer, video card running hot?
I recently got a new computer and everything works fine besides when I plug in a PCIe video card. I have tried multiple videocards and all of them run really hot just sitting at the desktop. One was running at 100 C! The power supply is a 500 watt and none of the video cards I tried require anywhere near that amount.
The motherboard has 2 PCIe slots and I have the problem on both slots. The onboard video works perfectly fine. The case has the side off and none of the other components report any heat issues. I don't think airflow is a problem. The video card fan is working on all the video cards I tried. The video cards also worked fine before this new computer. I used HW Monitor by CPUID to check the temperatures. I have made sure all drivers are updated and properly installed. The OS is fresh as I just formatted and installed windows 7 today.
I have searched around and have found no answer. Any Ideas?|||>It sounds like you are doing everything right. This makes it difficult to try and troubleshoot the problem.
If it is not airflow, you are having the problem with multiple cards and the case side is off, then there could be only two possibilities:
Either the motherboard is defective, basically, the PCIe slot is defective, or it could be a capacitor on the motherboard the is the actual cause...no way to tell without having the board plugged into an oscilloscope and you would have to have the electronic circuitry diagrams.
Second potential cause is probably more the power supply itself. It is possible that the power supply is defective and actually sending more voltage to the video card than what is required...or the second problem could be that your power supply is inadequate for the power requirement needs of the card(s) and is overworking itself trying to keep up. If it is being caused by this, you can expect the power supply to burn up and cease functioning.
In either case, I think you have a serious issue with one of the electronic components that is common to everything. Those two possibilities, one of them is probably the issue - either the defective motherboard or the underpowered power supply or a defective power supply that is producing more than the regulated 12 volts. You could buy a small multimeter and then test the voltage coming out of the 6 or 8 pin power connectors to see if you are getting mroe than 12 Volts. That might be away to eliminate an over-voltage situation, but it stil doesn't say how many volts are being supplied if your power supply is under rated and is working overtime. One thing might be to unplug the computer right after running it for a while and just place your hand near the power supply and see if it is hot itself. If so, I bet you that you have an underpowered supply and the cards are going to burn that underpowered supply out.
If none of that is the cause - it may just in fact be a bad motherboard with one or more capacitors on the PCIe bus that is malfunctioning.|||Try using this Sidebar Gadget to double check the temp reading. It is what I use to monitor my GPU. Check out the link below. I use #3 because I run both ATI and Nvidia cards. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-gpu-…|||Try this program:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Sys…
Look at the temp, if its still that high then id blame the cards since you have covered all of your bases with airflow. You sure the fan is spinning?|||Where did you get the 100C reading from? Sounds like a false reading to me. If the fan on the card is working then there's no way the card should be that hot at idle. Perhaps after a couple of hours of gaming at 100% GPU load it might reach 100C but not when it's doing nothing at all but displaying your desktop.
If its a Radeon card, load CCC and check the cards temps using that.
For an NVIDIA card, use nTune to check the temps of the card.
Modern cards are build to withstand extreme temperatures, even up to 110C but even so, that's too hot. That sort of heat is going to make the ambient temp in the case very high. Not good.
You could try what i do with my 6970. I use CCC to manually set the cards fan speed to about 50% when gaming. It's a little bit loud but who cares when there are cool explosions and shotgun blasts to listen to when gaming.
Manually setting the cards fan speed keeps the card at a decent temp all the time, instead of having it on auto. When my card is on auto fan control, the temp goes crazy, then the fan goes crazy to cool it down, then the fan slows a bit and the temp goes up again, then the fan goes crazy to bring the temp down. I don't like the constant fluctuation of temps like that and i find that manually setting the fan at 50% keeps the card nice and cool all the time.
then when i'm not gaming i just lower the fan speed to about 30% because the card doesn't get hot when not gaming and 30% is quieter than 50%|||I suspect you are getting false (greatly inaccurate) temperature readings. You should be close to 70C or so after gaming for several hours. Idle should be closer to 50 or 60C. If you are reading 100C, I would suspect that is a false reading.
BUT, something you need to understand (and not too many people do) is that the primary purpose of the case is to DIRECT airflow, for cooling purposes. The goal of proper system cooling is NOT to keep the air inside the case cooler (although that helps), but to ELIMINATE HOT SPOTS. In order to eliminate hot spots, a properly designed case needs to be closed.
If you have the side of the case off, that WILL cause your video card to run a little hotter. Although the interior of the case is "cooler"...there is also less airflow past the video card area.
Case open...cooler air, but disrupted airflow
Case closed...warmer air, but proper airflow = overall better cooling
I'm sure you've noticed that if you are outside on a breezy day, it can FEEL colder than it actually is, right? Same concept. Your computer will be better cooled if the case is CLOSED. Assuming your case is designed properly.
I'm sure your video card will be cooler once you close the case. Unfortunately, I believe you will still get false readings of temperature. I personally wouldn't worry about the high temp. reading on the video card (probably WRONG) unless you had other symptoms of over-heating. Like, if the video locks up shortly after starting a game or something like that.
Oh, and close the case. :)
The motherboard has 2 PCIe slots and I have the problem on both slots. The onboard video works perfectly fine. The case has the side off and none of the other components report any heat issues. I don't think airflow is a problem. The video card fan is working on all the video cards I tried. The video cards also worked fine before this new computer. I used HW Monitor by CPUID to check the temperatures. I have made sure all drivers are updated and properly installed. The OS is fresh as I just formatted and installed windows 7 today.
I have searched around and have found no answer. Any Ideas?|||>It sounds like you are doing everything right. This makes it difficult to try and troubleshoot the problem.
If it is not airflow, you are having the problem with multiple cards and the case side is off, then there could be only two possibilities:
Either the motherboard is defective, basically, the PCIe slot is defective, or it could be a capacitor on the motherboard the is the actual cause...no way to tell without having the board plugged into an oscilloscope and you would have to have the electronic circuitry diagrams.
Second potential cause is probably more the power supply itself. It is possible that the power supply is defective and actually sending more voltage to the video card than what is required...or the second problem could be that your power supply is inadequate for the power requirement needs of the card(s) and is overworking itself trying to keep up. If it is being caused by this, you can expect the power supply to burn up and cease functioning.
In either case, I think you have a serious issue with one of the electronic components that is common to everything. Those two possibilities, one of them is probably the issue - either the defective motherboard or the underpowered power supply or a defective power supply that is producing more than the regulated 12 volts. You could buy a small multimeter and then test the voltage coming out of the 6 or 8 pin power connectors to see if you are getting mroe than 12 Volts. That might be away to eliminate an over-voltage situation, but it stil doesn't say how many volts are being supplied if your power supply is under rated and is working overtime. One thing might be to unplug the computer right after running it for a while and just place your hand near the power supply and see if it is hot itself. If so, I bet you that you have an underpowered supply and the cards are going to burn that underpowered supply out.
If none of that is the cause - it may just in fact be a bad motherboard with one or more capacitors on the PCIe bus that is malfunctioning.|||Try using this Sidebar Gadget to double check the temp reading. It is what I use to monitor my GPU. Check out the link below. I use #3 because I run both ATI and Nvidia cards. Hope this helps. Good Luck.
http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-gpu-…|||Try this program:
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Sys…
Look at the temp, if its still that high then id blame the cards since you have covered all of your bases with airflow. You sure the fan is spinning?|||Where did you get the 100C reading from? Sounds like a false reading to me. If the fan on the card is working then there's no way the card should be that hot at idle. Perhaps after a couple of hours of gaming at 100% GPU load it might reach 100C but not when it's doing nothing at all but displaying your desktop.
If its a Radeon card, load CCC and check the cards temps using that.
For an NVIDIA card, use nTune to check the temps of the card.
Modern cards are build to withstand extreme temperatures, even up to 110C but even so, that's too hot. That sort of heat is going to make the ambient temp in the case very high. Not good.
You could try what i do with my 6970. I use CCC to manually set the cards fan speed to about 50% when gaming. It's a little bit loud but who cares when there are cool explosions and shotgun blasts to listen to when gaming.
Manually setting the cards fan speed keeps the card at a decent temp all the time, instead of having it on auto. When my card is on auto fan control, the temp goes crazy, then the fan goes crazy to cool it down, then the fan slows a bit and the temp goes up again, then the fan goes crazy to bring the temp down. I don't like the constant fluctuation of temps like that and i find that manually setting the fan at 50% keeps the card nice and cool all the time.
then when i'm not gaming i just lower the fan speed to about 30% because the card doesn't get hot when not gaming and 30% is quieter than 50%|||I suspect you are getting false (greatly inaccurate) temperature readings. You should be close to 70C or so after gaming for several hours. Idle should be closer to 50 or 60C. If you are reading 100C, I would suspect that is a false reading.
BUT, something you need to understand (and not too many people do) is that the primary purpose of the case is to DIRECT airflow, for cooling purposes. The goal of proper system cooling is NOT to keep the air inside the case cooler (although that helps), but to ELIMINATE HOT SPOTS. In order to eliminate hot spots, a properly designed case needs to be closed.
If you have the side of the case off, that WILL cause your video card to run a little hotter. Although the interior of the case is "cooler"...there is also less airflow past the video card area.
Case open...cooler air, but disrupted airflow
Case closed...warmer air, but proper airflow = overall better cooling
I'm sure you've noticed that if you are outside on a breezy day, it can FEEL colder than it actually is, right? Same concept. Your computer will be better cooled if the case is CLOSED. Assuming your case is designed properly.
I'm sure your video card will be cooler once you close the case. Unfortunately, I believe you will still get false readings of temperature. I personally wouldn't worry about the high temp. reading on the video card (probably WRONG) unless you had other symptoms of over-heating. Like, if the video locks up shortly after starting a game or something like that.
Oh, and close the case. :)
HELP! AMD 5970 2gb video card questions.?
I just purchased a Diamond amd 5970 video card during neweggs black friday sale for 300$. I have always been Nvidia, and since I have received this card it was been nothing but trouble. First off, I cannot get it to display 120hz in games, it displays 120hz on desktop, but not games. I checked all the settings and vsync is off and I am using a dual link dvi cable to a Viewsonic vx2268wm 22" lcd 120hz monitor, i also have checked the windows settings too. I have used multiple different drivers including the newest one. Any suggestions for this?
Secondly, whenever I play battlefield bad company 2 it displays very weird colors (purple,red,blue) and shutters pretty bad. The performance is not what I expected it seems very choppy and shuttery. Performance in a few other games is pretty good, but all games should run well.
Thirdly, under the ati control panel it says that the second adapter (the second gpu for the video card) is disabled. However this isnt as big of an issue because I believe it is working, but why does it say this?
So to sum it up - Is this card compitable with this mobo/monitor?
Can this card display 120hz on this monitor?
Does the card need to be rma'd, or is it just driver issues?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!
Now to finish it off I am using Windows XP Professional SP3.(will be getting windows 7 64 bit soon, maybe that will help?)
RIG:
AMD Diamond 5970 2gb video card
Asus nvidia m3n72-d mobo
4gb ddr3 pc6400
amd phenom II x4 @3.4ghz
160gb hd
Viewsonic vx2268wm 22" 120hz lcd monitor
750w ultra psu|||O-k
1. get a 64 bit operating system I know you said you are going to but don't put it off... your operating system can't even use all 4 gigs of memory ... your using like 3.75 out of the 4 if I am remembering correctly been a long time since I used a 32 bit OS
2. Your motherboard is an SLI motherboard ... not an issue untill you try to run dual graphics cards and link them as your motherboard only supports SLI exclusive to Nvidia cards and will not support crossfire Exclusive to ATI .... again not a hug issue until you try to run more than one video card in your setup
3. Did you completely uninstall your last graphics card ? as in go into device manager and remove it from there ? there may be a drive conflict if you simply stepped on the old drivers with the new ones especially in XP
That should do the trick... also try re installing the game that was showing weird colors|||1. drivers would be missing or not properly installed.
2. If u increase VGA u must Increase RAM if needed or able to understand each other. (Mean codes)|||Well that's a long freaking card, have to agree with the first answer go to a windows 64 bit system, max on a 32 bit system for ram without errors is 3.5 gb of ram , also the Bf3 game will only run on windows vista and 7 os mainly 64 bit, kind of elimate windows xp from the newer gaming market and being a dual gpu card should run games smoothly, kind of noisy graphic card, also i notice something about your motherboard and processor, the motherboard is a am2+ and the processor is a am3 , upgrade the motherboard ,a good one is a gigabyte GA 890FXA-UD7 or a msi 890FXA -gd70
both are good motherboards but similar in specs the gigabyte is the better motherboard am3 socket
Secondly, whenever I play battlefield bad company 2 it displays very weird colors (purple,red,blue) and shutters pretty bad. The performance is not what I expected it seems very choppy and shuttery. Performance in a few other games is pretty good, but all games should run well.
Thirdly, under the ati control panel it says that the second adapter (the second gpu for the video card) is disabled. However this isnt as big of an issue because I believe it is working, but why does it say this?
So to sum it up - Is this card compitable with this mobo/monitor?
Can this card display 120hz on this monitor?
Does the card need to be rma'd, or is it just driver issues?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you!
Now to finish it off I am using Windows XP Professional SP3.(will be getting windows 7 64 bit soon, maybe that will help?)
RIG:
AMD Diamond 5970 2gb video card
Asus nvidia m3n72-d mobo
4gb ddr3 pc6400
amd phenom II x4 @3.4ghz
160gb hd
Viewsonic vx2268wm 22" 120hz lcd monitor
750w ultra psu|||O-k
1. get a 64 bit operating system I know you said you are going to but don't put it off... your operating system can't even use all 4 gigs of memory ... your using like 3.75 out of the 4 if I am remembering correctly been a long time since I used a 32 bit OS
2. Your motherboard is an SLI motherboard ... not an issue untill you try to run dual graphics cards and link them as your motherboard only supports SLI exclusive to Nvidia cards and will not support crossfire Exclusive to ATI .... again not a hug issue until you try to run more than one video card in your setup
3. Did you completely uninstall your last graphics card ? as in go into device manager and remove it from there ? there may be a drive conflict if you simply stepped on the old drivers with the new ones especially in XP
That should do the trick... also try re installing the game that was showing weird colors|||1. drivers would be missing or not properly installed.
2. If u increase VGA u must Increase RAM if needed or able to understand each other. (Mean codes)|||Well that's a long freaking card, have to agree with the first answer go to a windows 64 bit system, max on a 32 bit system for ram without errors is 3.5 gb of ram , also the Bf3 game will only run on windows vista and 7 os mainly 64 bit, kind of elimate windows xp from the newer gaming market and being a dual gpu card should run games smoothly, kind of noisy graphic card, also i notice something about your motherboard and processor, the motherboard is a am2+ and the processor is a am3 , upgrade the motherboard ,a good one is a gigabyte GA 890FXA-UD7 or a msi 890FXA -gd70
both are good motherboards but similar in specs the gigabyte is the better motherboard am3 socket
AGP video card to PCI video card...?
I have a Dell Dimension 8200 that I am upgrading. It had an AGP Nvidia 64MB Geforce 4 MX 420 card and I am upgrading to a PCI ATI Radeon X1300 256MB. I guess I screwed up and installed the new ATI card and drivers while the AGP card was still enabled/installed. The computer then thought I wanted to use both cards (for multiple monitors)...I never was able to get any signal from the new ATI card. So then I uninstalled the drivers for the AGP Nvidia card and restarted. I pressed F2 during startup and changed the video choice from AGP to AUTO (that was the only other option shown). Now when I start up, I can't get either card to do anything.
Is there any way to take out both cards and somehow do a hard reset to get things back to normal?
Someone please help...
THANKS!!|||Yes. Turn off computer and unplug it. Look next to battery. You should see 3 or four small pins with a jumper attached to them . Remove jumper . Turn on computer. It may beep but most likely not. Monitor will stay off. Turn off computer. Replace jumper and your AGP card. You may need to go into your device manager prior to all this and remove display adapters as well as any driver packs you have installed. You may have to google your motherboard to find location of your CMOS bios jumper(same tiny jumper different names).|||First of all only one of those cards can run. If you want two to run together they have to be the same model and capable of it. Most cards have two outputs on a single card for two monitors. Second of all the new card is not PCI, it's PCI-express. Big difference. Uninstall all video drivers in safe mode and plug in only the new one. Then install the new card drivers.
Is there any way to take out both cards and somehow do a hard reset to get things back to normal?
Someone please help...
THANKS!!|||Yes. Turn off computer and unplug it. Look next to battery. You should see 3 or four small pins with a jumper attached to them . Remove jumper . Turn on computer. It may beep but most likely not. Monitor will stay off. Turn off computer. Replace jumper and your AGP card. You may need to go into your device manager prior to all this and remove display adapters as well as any driver packs you have installed. You may have to google your motherboard to find location of your CMOS bios jumper(same tiny jumper different names).|||First of all only one of those cards can run. If you want two to run together they have to be the same model and capable of it. Most cards have two outputs on a single card for two monitors. Second of all the new card is not PCI, it's PCI-express. Big difference. Uninstall all video drivers in safe mode and plug in only the new one. Then install the new card drivers.
Multiple Monitors...Multiple Graphics Cards?
Say I want my primary monitor to handle demanding graphical applications (ie video games) and I want two other monitors (3 total) connected at the same time. Disabling them whenever I want to play a game is too much of a hassle, so I want to be able to run them at all times regardless of what Im doing with the primary monitor.
The question is this: if I have an extremely powerful card that is connected to my primary monitor and a much smaller, much cheaper card to connect my 2 secondary monitors, will my primary graphics card be limited in any way by having a second card for my other monitors? In other words, will my graphical processing done by my primary card be slowed by having a second card with more monitors attached?
Logic would say that the primary card is completely independent from, and therefore unaffected by, what the second card is doing. I have a two card setup at the moment, but I have reason to believe that this logic is incorrect. My graphics processing doesnt seem to be on par with what I have been led to believe regarding my current primary card's capacity. I suppose I could use a 3DMark test to compare, but Id like to hear some thoughts on the matter.|||You realize there are cards that support up to 6 monitors. You don't need more than one video card.
Assuming you have a PCI-X slot, look at the ATI 5xxx series. You can even combine the monitors to play games.
The monitor connected to your primary video card will be driven by the primary video card. Unless you have a SLI setup, you will not be hampered because your 2nd card is slower. Your second card will take up bandwidth and CPU resources regardless if you have it enabled or not. If you pull out your second video card, you will probably get better overall performance and higher benchmark score.|||Well, your on the right path but graphic cards mirley render the graphics, for example if you have two graphic cards then they work together to render the video. so you can have one monitor and two video cards and itll increase your power.
The question is this: if I have an extremely powerful card that is connected to my primary monitor and a much smaller, much cheaper card to connect my 2 secondary monitors, will my primary graphics card be limited in any way by having a second card for my other monitors? In other words, will my graphical processing done by my primary card be slowed by having a second card with more monitors attached?
Logic would say that the primary card is completely independent from, and therefore unaffected by, what the second card is doing. I have a two card setup at the moment, but I have reason to believe that this logic is incorrect. My graphics processing doesnt seem to be on par with what I have been led to believe regarding my current primary card's capacity. I suppose I could use a 3DMark test to compare, but Id like to hear some thoughts on the matter.|||You realize there are cards that support up to 6 monitors. You don't need more than one video card.
Assuming you have a PCI-X slot, look at the ATI 5xxx series. You can even combine the monitors to play games.
The monitor connected to your primary video card will be driven by the primary video card. Unless you have a SLI setup, you will not be hampered because your 2nd card is slower. Your second card will take up bandwidth and CPU resources regardless if you have it enabled or not. If you pull out your second video card, you will probably get better overall performance and higher benchmark score.|||Well, your on the right path but graphic cards mirley render the graphics, for example if you have two graphic cards then they work together to render the video. so you can have one monitor and two video cards and itll increase your power.
DVI cable splitter, using multiple monitors?
I want to get a video card with 4 DVI ports on it (allowing me to use 4 monitors at the same time). If I wanted to add 2 more monitors, would I need another video card or could I use a DVI cable splitter (the kind that looks like a "Y") to allow for more monitor connections? When I try to think about it, I would guess that the split cable would have the same image showing up on both monitors; is that what would happen?|||The easiest way to drive 6 monitors would be to use an ATI Crossfire motherboard (such as an Intel X58, P45, X48, X38) and put two ATI HD5750 video cards on it.
Each ATI HD5750 can drive up to 3 monitors independently. http://www.amd.com/us/products/technolog…|||Yes, that's what would happen. You need to buy another video card or two, if you want to have separate images on each. If you don't need that and just want a copy to view on another monitor, then you can buy a DVI splitter/amp. I don't know where you can buy them, but I have worked with them.|||In a nutshell...yes, same image on both, you need another video card, I also suggest a 64 bit OS, Windows x86 doesn't like too much video memory, it has issues mapping the resources.
Each ATI HD5750 can drive up to 3 monitors independently. http://www.amd.com/us/products/technolog…|||Yes, that's what would happen. You need to buy another video card or two, if you want to have separate images on each. If you don't need that and just want a copy to view on another monitor, then you can buy a DVI splitter/amp. I don't know where you can buy them, but I have worked with them.|||In a nutshell...yes, same image on both, you need another video card, I also suggest a 64 bit OS, Windows x86 doesn't like too much video memory, it has issues mapping the resources.
How I put 2 monitors in 1 pc so i can use multiple programs simultaneusly with 2 monitors?
I have 1 pc with a video card and so it has 2 monitor sockets the integrated one and the one of the video card, i was wondering if i can conect 2 monitors and somehow usethem to work in the same windows instance, i've seen you can move the mouse pointer from one monitor trhough the other one and so you can have a wider view of windows.
How i do this???|||Probably not with what you have. Video cards tend to disable the onboard video, or need it to be disabled.
But dual head video cards are pretty cheap these days.|||If your card has 2 ports then try it.
You simply plug the new monitor in. (a reboot may be necessary)
In windows right click on the desktop, select properties and then the Settings tab. YouSHOULD see the new monitor. Click on it and make sure the that Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor is selected. Click OK and you should be working on two monitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi_monit…
How i do this???|||Probably not with what you have. Video cards tend to disable the onboard video, or need it to be disabled.
But dual head video cards are pretty cheap these days.|||If your card has 2 ports then try it.
You simply plug the new monitor in. (a reboot may be necessary)
In windows right click on the desktop, select properties and then the Settings tab. YouSHOULD see the new monitor. Click on it and make sure the that Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor is selected. Click OK and you should be working on two monitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi_monit…
Need help with this video card if you have the time?
I had this computer for some time and I'm guessing the video card doesn't work anymore.Every time I turn on the computer the screen is always completely black and nothing pops up. I have a
Compaq Presario SR1511NX Desktop PC, I tried it with multiple monitors but nothing ever shows up. What type of video card should I buy? And would it work in it?|||Can you get to the BIOS setup?
If not, how do you know the pc is ok?|||Looks like your integrated video is down for some reason. A cheapo AGP ATI RADEON 9250 will get ya back up and should only cost bout 20 from ebay.
Or any low power AGP 8X card.
Compaq Presario SR1511NX Desktop PC, I tried it with multiple monitors but nothing ever shows up. What type of video card should I buy? And would it work in it?|||Can you get to the BIOS setup?
If not, how do you know the pc is ok?|||Looks like your integrated video is down for some reason. A cheapo AGP ATI RADEON 9250 will get ya back up and should only cost bout 20 from ebay.
Or any low power AGP 8X card.
In regards to multiple monitors on a single graphics card?
I have a MSI N460GTX CYCLONE 1GD5/OC GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card and a ASUS VH236H Black 23" 2ms Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Speakers 300 cd/m2 20000 :1 (ASCR). I want to get another identicle monitor and was wondering if that would fry anything in my computer. I also have a CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply. Any answers on this would be greatly appriciated.|||ALL of nVidia's PCIExpress video cards like your GTX460 are designed to support two monitors.
Running more than 1 monitor has never caused a video card to fry.
Running more than 1 monitor has never caused a video card to fry.
2012年4月26日木曜日
Is the BFG GeForce GTS 250 OC Video Card good with the BFG GS-550 ATX Power Supply?
i have a ~~~VOSTRO 220 MINITOWER~~~ and i was wondering if the 250 video card and the 550 watt power supply will work on ~~MY PC~~
Specifications
Lifestyle: Performance
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce
GPU Series: NVIDIA GeForce 200
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Additional Features: PhysX by NVIDIA
Nvidia PureVideo HD Technology
Video Card Profile: Double
Video Memory: 512MB
Memory Type: GDDR3
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Stream Processors: 128
Core Clock: 750 MHz
Shader Clock: 1836 MHz
Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0
Interface Speed: x16
Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
Multiple Monitors Support: Yes
Max. Monitors Supported: 2
Multi-GPU Support: SLI
Overclocked: Yes
APIs: DirectX 10
Shader Model 4.0
NVIDIA CUDA
1080p Support: Yes
Video Output: DVI
Low Profile: No
Cooling Type: Fan
Weight & Dimensions for my pc
Height: 13.95" (354mm)
Width: 6.67" (169mm)
Depth: 16.8" (427mm)
Weight: 22.0lbs (9.53 kg)
will it fit and work on my pc? and is the power supply with the vid card good? EXPLAIN TO GET 10 POINTS|||I look at it this way.
1. That is going to be one big card, so it may not fit in the case. I don't know the size of the card, but I know that its as big as my 9600 and mine just fits into a mid sized tower.
2. Ok assume 1 HD and 1 DVD thats 30W, processor is 85 lets say (could be 125 or 140 too so watch this part) so thats 115W-170W, rams usually 35 for 2 stick ddr2 so that 145 to 205, and in everything else (its a long list) and you might be able to pull it off, I got about 480 watts and thats really rough, so it could be 50 watts higher without much trouble.|||only true way is to run it and test it yourself
writting things down means nothing unless its used
to see what it can do
Specifications
Lifestyle: Performance
Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce
GPU Series: NVIDIA GeForce 200
GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
Additional Features: PhysX by NVIDIA
Nvidia PureVideo HD Technology
Video Card Profile: Double
Video Memory: 512MB
Memory Type: GDDR3
Memory Interface: 256-bit
Stream Processors: 128
Core Clock: 750 MHz
Shader Clock: 1836 MHz
Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0
Interface Speed: x16
Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)
Multiple Monitors Support: Yes
Max. Monitors Supported: 2
Multi-GPU Support: SLI
Overclocked: Yes
APIs: DirectX 10
Shader Model 4.0
NVIDIA CUDA
1080p Support: Yes
Video Output: DVI
Low Profile: No
Cooling Type: Fan
Weight & Dimensions for my pc
Height: 13.95" (354mm)
Width: 6.67" (169mm)
Depth: 16.8" (427mm)
Weight: 22.0lbs (9.53 kg)
will it fit and work on my pc? and is the power supply with the vid card good? EXPLAIN TO GET 10 POINTS|||I look at it this way.
1. That is going to be one big card, so it may not fit in the case. I don't know the size of the card, but I know that its as big as my 9600 and mine just fits into a mid sized tower.
2. Ok assume 1 HD and 1 DVD thats 30W, processor is 85 lets say (could be 125 or 140 too so watch this part) so thats 115W-170W, rams usually 35 for 2 stick ddr2 so that 145 to 205, and in everything else (its a long list) and you might be able to pull it off, I got about 480 watts and thats really rough, so it could be 50 watts higher without much trouble.|||only true way is to run it and test it yourself
writting things down means nothing unless its used
to see what it can do
Is my video card upgradable?
IS there somewhere i can purchase a pretty good video card that supports VGA and multiple monitors that can be inserted into the express card slot or connected by USB or 4 pin firewire to be used in combination with the built in card in my laptop (Toshiba Satellite A215 S4747 if it matters) any other suggestions for giving my graphics a major boost would also appreciated|||Unfortunately not. This is one of the biggest pitfalls of a laptop, the lack of ability to upgrade them in almost any way without practically replacing it.
Multiple monitors for a laptop?
I am looking for an inexpensive way to attach multiple external monitors to my laptop. I have explored a number of products (Matrox DualHead2Go, Magma ExpressBox using pci video card, VTBook video card) but don't have enough experience to make a sound judgement. I want to be able to keep the laptop closed and use only external, same size monitors. Has anyone had experience with this that could make a suggestion?|||Looking at the DualHead2Go, it is only going to support up to 2x 1280 by 1024. Which is going to be limited if you want to get bigger or wide LCDs.
Look at the options available with a full dock from the laptop manufacturer.
Many laptop chipsets can support multiple monitors A full dock may have dual head outputs that would allow you to control two monitors using the laptop's video chipset. Also you can attach a decent keyboard and mouse without having to keep plugging and unplugging them.
Call your laptop manufacturer and ask if the dock has dual outputs, if it does then ask if your laptop will support both.|||Get a docking station if it's that important to you!
Look at the options available with a full dock from the laptop manufacturer.
Many laptop chipsets can support multiple monitors A full dock may have dual head outputs that would allow you to control two monitors using the laptop's video chipset. Also you can attach a decent keyboard and mouse without having to keep plugging and unplugging them.
Call your laptop manufacturer and ask if the dock has dual outputs, if it does then ask if your laptop will support both.|||Get a docking station if it's that important to you!
Using multiple monitors- questions about video cards and how I should set it up...?
I have HP Pavilion a4327c pre-bundled PC that I got from Costco. I bought it for use with school and work projects and I am wanting to add 2 more monitors (to total 3) so that I can expand my desktop and have a lot more windows open at once. I do not use my computer for gaming so I don't need anything very powerful, but I don't know what I can add that wont cause issues booting and will be compatible.
I already inquired with HP and the genius I spoke to told me to splitter the line and have 3 clones--- not quite what I need, and a rather useless suggestion. :/ He didn't even use the opportunity to try to sell me something, so I don't think he understood quite what my needs were but I didn't want to stay on the phone.
Can I just put an additional graphics card with 2 heads in my computer and use those and the 1 already included to run 3 monitors? If so do I need to get a specific brand/type/model/specs to prevent booting issues?
If not, what can I do? I am willing to completely replace the graphics card, but if I do, is there anything specific I need to look for if the one I'm replacing is an integrated graphics card?
Specs on my computer:
Microprocessor: AMD Athlon II x2 240 processor
4 GB RAM
current graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Harddrive: Hitachi HDS721032CLA SCSI Disk Device 300 GB
Thanks!|||If you want to drive three monitors independently (be able to show different things on each monitor), you need a video card that can support three monitors.
Currently, the only consumer-grade (i.e. non-workstation) video cards that can drive three monitors independently are versions of the ATI Radeon HD5000-series that are equipped with DisplayPort, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
That card I linked to supports triple monitors. It is equipped with 2 DVI and 1 DisplayPort jack. You need to connect two DVI monitors to the DVI jacks and one DisplayPort-equipped monitor to the DisplayPort jack. It is a PCIExpress 16x video card that should drop right into the PCIExpress 16x slot on your HP's 6150SE motherboard.
Just keep in mind that to use the HD5000-series to drive three monitors, THE THIRD MONITOR MUST HAVE A DISPLAYPORT JACK. Dell carries a full line of DisplayPort-equipped monitors, such as the 3008WFP, the U2410, the P2010H, and the U2211H.
YOU DO NOT NEED MULTIPLE VIDEO CARDS TO DRIVE THREE MONITORS. Just one DisplayPort-equipped ATI HD5000 series card can do the job.
EDITED TO ADD: Considering that an active DP-to-DVI dongle is not exactly cheap, it's more economical to just buy a third monitor that is DisplayPort-equipped.|||the integrated graphics card will be disabled when you add a pci express graphics card automatically and there is no way you can enable it. I used to work for hp, i know how these work.
your best bet for 3 monitors is to use 2 video cards or get a usb graphic interface adapter, these do exist. i assume that computer has just a single pci express x16 slot so depending on whether it has any other pci express slots or if it just has pci, you would need to plan accordingly for the 2nd video card. there are pci espress x1 video cards and they will fit in a x8 or x4 slot as well. newegg has a few of these.
edit- your integrated one will stay there, it cannot be removed, thats why its called integrated graphics, its built right into the motherboard. It will simply not function if you add a graphics card. you can do as has been suggested with the 3 head card, or you can go with 2 cards, a pci express card in your x16 slot and an old pci card in the pci slot. windows won't have trouble with either configuration. everything should play nice with each other. and actually, with 2 cards, you can potentially have 4 monitors if you so desired.|||You are right, you simply need to purchase a graphics card which has two connectors; two DVI connectors, one DVI and one VGA, one DVI and one HDMI, et cetera. I have no idea what makes you believe that you could experience issues with booting, as that is never the case if you install the latest drivers for your graphics card. Make sure to purchase a graphics card which is based on the same brand as the graphics card which you already have, that will work the most easy. For example, if you currently have a nVidia based graphics card, purchase another graphics card which is also nVidia based. The same goes for ATI. If you currently have an Intel graphics chipset, that is fine to combine with either nVidia or ATI.|||aviatingamateur is right except for one thing. You DO NOT need a DisplaPort monitor. You can get an active DP2DVI adapter if you'd like to use 3 DVI monitors. Dell makes one.
http://1298q.tk
Make sure to uninstall your nvidia drivers before installing the card.
EDIT: also, Fordry is right about the integrated graphics being disabled. And you can get a cheaper card, too, if you're ok with using 1 D-Sub output. HD 5450:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
EDIT: $100 for the dongle is equal to the difference in price for the monitors I've seen with DP...and those have may worse quality than the monitor you might connect the dongle to...
I already inquired with HP and the genius I spoke to told me to splitter the line and have 3 clones--- not quite what I need, and a rather useless suggestion. :/ He didn't even use the opportunity to try to sell me something, so I don't think he understood quite what my needs were but I didn't want to stay on the phone.
Can I just put an additional graphics card with 2 heads in my computer and use those and the 1 already included to run 3 monitors? If so do I need to get a specific brand/type/model/specs to prevent booting issues?
If not, what can I do? I am willing to completely replace the graphics card, but if I do, is there anything specific I need to look for if the one I'm replacing is an integrated graphics card?
Specs on my computer:
Microprocessor: AMD Athlon II x2 240 processor
4 GB RAM
current graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Harddrive: Hitachi HDS721032CLA SCSI Disk Device 300 GB
Thanks!|||If you want to drive three monitors independently (be able to show different things on each monitor), you need a video card that can support three monitors.
Currently, the only consumer-grade (i.e. non-workstation) video cards that can drive three monitors independently are versions of the ATI Radeon HD5000-series that are equipped with DisplayPort, like this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
That card I linked to supports triple monitors. It is equipped with 2 DVI and 1 DisplayPort jack. You need to connect two DVI monitors to the DVI jacks and one DisplayPort-equipped monitor to the DisplayPort jack. It is a PCIExpress 16x video card that should drop right into the PCIExpress 16x slot on your HP's 6150SE motherboard.
Just keep in mind that to use the HD5000-series to drive three monitors, THE THIRD MONITOR MUST HAVE A DISPLAYPORT JACK. Dell carries a full line of DisplayPort-equipped monitors, such as the 3008WFP, the U2410, the P2010H, and the U2211H.
YOU DO NOT NEED MULTIPLE VIDEO CARDS TO DRIVE THREE MONITORS. Just one DisplayPort-equipped ATI HD5000 series card can do the job.
EDITED TO ADD: Considering that an active DP-to-DVI dongle is not exactly cheap, it's more economical to just buy a third monitor that is DisplayPort-equipped.|||the integrated graphics card will be disabled when you add a pci express graphics card automatically and there is no way you can enable it. I used to work for hp, i know how these work.
your best bet for 3 monitors is to use 2 video cards or get a usb graphic interface adapter, these do exist. i assume that computer has just a single pci express x16 slot so depending on whether it has any other pci express slots or if it just has pci, you would need to plan accordingly for the 2nd video card. there are pci espress x1 video cards and they will fit in a x8 or x4 slot as well. newegg has a few of these.
edit- your integrated one will stay there, it cannot be removed, thats why its called integrated graphics, its built right into the motherboard. It will simply not function if you add a graphics card. you can do as has been suggested with the 3 head card, or you can go with 2 cards, a pci express card in your x16 slot and an old pci card in the pci slot. windows won't have trouble with either configuration. everything should play nice with each other. and actually, with 2 cards, you can potentially have 4 monitors if you so desired.|||You are right, you simply need to purchase a graphics card which has two connectors; two DVI connectors, one DVI and one VGA, one DVI and one HDMI, et cetera. I have no idea what makes you believe that you could experience issues with booting, as that is never the case if you install the latest drivers for your graphics card. Make sure to purchase a graphics card which is based on the same brand as the graphics card which you already have, that will work the most easy. For example, if you currently have a nVidia based graphics card, purchase another graphics card which is also nVidia based. The same goes for ATI. If you currently have an Intel graphics chipset, that is fine to combine with either nVidia or ATI.|||aviatingamateur is right except for one thing. You DO NOT need a DisplaPort monitor. You can get an active DP2DVI adapter if you'd like to use 3 DVI monitors. Dell makes one.
http://1298q.tk
Make sure to uninstall your nvidia drivers before installing the card.
EDIT: also, Fordry is right about the integrated graphics being disabled. And you can get a cheaper card, too, if you're ok with using 1 D-Sub output. HD 5450:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
EDIT: $100 for the dongle is equal to the difference in price for the monitors I've seen with DP...and those have may worse quality than the monitor you might connect the dongle to...
Do I need a video card or can I use a dual monitor splitter? ?
My church has a projector that is ran from a laptop for our power point system. We recently purchased another monitor so we can work off of one and have the other to show on the projector. Our laptop is new and does give me the option to identify multiple screens, I was wondering if I can just get a splitter instead of a video card to be able to use the dual monitor. Thanks for all the help you may offer!|||No, unfortunately you cannot simply use a splitter because it will show the same image on both screens|||If both projectors support the same resolutions, and you want both to show the same thing, you can just use an active VGA splitter.
You may not like a passive VGA Y splitter.
The various dual screen modes in your laptop, pertain to its built in screen and one externally connected.
You may not like a passive VGA Y splitter.
The various dual screen modes in your laptop, pertain to its built in screen and one externally connected.
How can you tell whether a video card supports dual monitors?
I have a computer with integrated graphics. I want to have a dual monitor setup, and I'm looking at purchasing the following video card (Sapphire Radeon HD 4670) and plugging both monitors into it:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-4670HDM#
This card is like many other cards that I've researched. This particular card has 3 output ports on the back: VGA, HDMI, and DVI. They can be seen in the product photos.
Is it possible to hook two monitors into this one card? Because it has 3 ports, is it possible to hook up 3 monitors to it?
My computer is such that if you add a separate graphics card, it disables the built-in integrated graphics. My first attempt to create a 2 monitor setup was to salvage an old graphics card and plug the 1st monitor into the integrated graphics port on the motherboard and plug the 2nd into the graphics card. Unfortunately, only the 2nd monitor worked, while the 1st was inactive.
I noticed lots of video cards on the market today have multiple output ports in the back. If a card, whether it's the one I'm considering above or any other one, has multiple output ports, does that mean that you can attach 2 or more monitors to it?|||it should support dual monitor but i bet its only through dvi and hdmi and not vga . i doubt it can handle three monitors though. its hard for me to give a good answer bc most cards have dual dvi outputs and they always support dual monitors
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=AT-4670HDM#
This card is like many other cards that I've researched. This particular card has 3 output ports on the back: VGA, HDMI, and DVI. They can be seen in the product photos.
Is it possible to hook two monitors into this one card? Because it has 3 ports, is it possible to hook up 3 monitors to it?
My computer is such that if you add a separate graphics card, it disables the built-in integrated graphics. My first attempt to create a 2 monitor setup was to salvage an old graphics card and plug the 1st monitor into the integrated graphics port on the motherboard and plug the 2nd into the graphics card. Unfortunately, only the 2nd monitor worked, while the 1st was inactive.
I noticed lots of video cards on the market today have multiple output ports in the back. If a card, whether it's the one I'm considering above or any other one, has multiple output ports, does that mean that you can attach 2 or more monitors to it?|||it should support dual monitor but i bet its only through dvi and hdmi and not vga . i doubt it can handle three monitors though. its hard for me to give a good answer bc most cards have dual dvi outputs and they always support dual monitors
What graphics card would be the best for setting up multiple monitors? (4+)?
I've been looking at video cards for a workstation my uncle needs built so that he can trade stocks/other shazz across multiple monitors (4+). I've found a couple but have been inconclusive in deciding which was best for trading/having multiple monitors. What specs should I be looking at and is anyone here a trader with multiple monitors?|||The nVidia Quadro NV440 supports up to 4 monitors, capable of driving each one independently. It is available as a PCIExpress 16x card. That's the one I'd use.|||Ati Technologies HD4870 and two KMV units translates into eight TVs or monitors.
I want to use multiple monitors with my PC?
I wanted to use my LG flatscreen to watch movies on and a P.O.S CRT monitor for when someone is doing something else. Firstly, I don't want to extend my desktop to the TV, I simply would like the exact same thing, just on my desktop. I've seen things that extend the screen across multiple monitors. Secondly, on my computer, I have a VGA input, and the other seems to be some kind of output? Like, where I would plug a cable into it looks like the end of the cable I use coming from my monitor. So, does this mean my video card does not support this? And if it does, what kind of cables would I need?|||Since your computer only has a VGA output, if you want to use your LG flatscreen TV with your computer, your TV will need to have a VGA jack for it to work.
So check your LG flatscreen TV and see if it also has a VGA jack. If it does, all you need is a VGA Y-splitter since you only want to clone your monitor display.
If your LG flatscreen TV does not have a VGA jack, then you will need a signal converter box of some kind. Let me warn you right now, those VGA-to-svideo or component adapter cables will NOT work. Don't even think of buying those. (They are intended for video cards with specially-built VGA ports that can send out a TV signal, and will NOT work with just any VGA port.)
So check your LG flatscreen TV and see if it also has a VGA jack. If it does, all you need is a VGA Y-splitter since you only want to clone your monitor display.
If your LG flatscreen TV does not have a VGA jack, then you will need a signal converter box of some kind. Let me warn you right now, those VGA-to-svideo or component adapter cables will NOT work. Don't even think of buying those. (They are intended for video cards with specially-built VGA ports that can send out a TV signal, and will NOT work with just any VGA port.)
Running Multiple monitors (x3)?
I couldnt find much info about running multiple monitors online. I would like to run 3 monitors and run games on them. My problem is that im not sure if i would go with 3 of the same monitors (same size) or maybe one middle 22inch and two 19inch on each site. Whats better? Also i want to know what resolution should i look for in the monitor. Right now I have one 22inch acer res 1680 by 1050. I'm guessing that it would be best to have the same pixel height with all 3 monitors.
The video card I'm running right now is the Nvidia 9600GT. I know I'm going to maybe need something better. Should I buy another 9600GT and run them in SLI or should i get two 9800GTXs. I would go for 2 GTXs but they are out of my price range right now.
Thanks for any feedback.|||If you want three monitors then you are going to need three video outputs. Most graphics cards can handle two, so you will need a second video card.
I do not believe that you want to run in SLI mode. That allows the two GPUs to work together to produce a better single monitor image. But having the same video card is a good idea as different cards will need different drivers which may not play nicely together.
Finally I would check to see if the games you want to play actually support multiple monitors. It would be a drag to spend the $$$ on new video cards and new monitors just to discover that they go black when you start your game up.
The video card I'm running right now is the Nvidia 9600GT. I know I'm going to maybe need something better. Should I buy another 9600GT and run them in SLI or should i get two 9800GTXs. I would go for 2 GTXs but they are out of my price range right now.
Thanks for any feedback.|||If you want three monitors then you are going to need three video outputs. Most graphics cards can handle two, so you will need a second video card.
I do not believe that you want to run in SLI mode. That allows the two GPUs to work together to produce a better single monitor image. But having the same video card is a good idea as different cards will need different drivers which may not play nicely together.
Finally I would check to see if the games you want to play actually support multiple monitors. It would be a drag to spend the $$$ on new video cards and new monitors just to discover that they go black when you start your game up.
Multiple monitors?
how can i use multiple monitors at once on my computer. my computer only has one video card and one port for the monitor to plug into. ill just be using 2-3 monitors.does this work for projectors too? how would i do that?|||If you Graphics Card has only one output port then you have to get a new card. Most cards today have 2 digital outputs (2 DVIs, A DVI and a D-SUB or 2 D-SUB) and a TV-OUT meaning 3 differnet "monitors". If your motherboard supports 2 graphic card you can have 6 monitors working simultaneously.
If you don't know the difference between d-sub and dvi, check theselinks:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…|||Check out these similar posts:
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|||u r wrong.|||If you have a single output interface, then you cannot display dual monitors. You need to upgrade your video card to something that has a dual monitor interface to allow to use two monitors at once... without it, it is not possible unless you want the same picture on the screens (which you dont).
If you don't know the difference between d-sub and dvi, check theselinks:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co…|||Check out these similar posts:
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|||u r wrong.|||If you have a single output interface, then you cannot display dual monitors. You need to upgrade your video card to something that has a dual monitor interface to allow to use two monitors at once... without it, it is not possible unless you want the same picture on the screens (which you dont).
Running windows vista with multiple monitors?
Alright so i have a laptop with a good 17" screen, but i want to put two more monitors all having the capacity to display different windows. Is there anyway to do this without buying a video card. Also lets say i need to buy something else besides a video cardto do this operation, is there another way for it to work... plz help and thank you in advance!!!|||Not going to happen with a laptop. At best, you could have 1 external monitor + the laptop's LCD screen, but no laptop that I know of allows two external monitors. But who knows, one might exist somewhere.|||Find what outputs your laptop has and get a 1-to-2 splitter.
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