Laptop is giving up the ghost. Ram? HD? Videocard? Full explaination of symptoms inside, help me get it at least to a place where I can back it up. [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 10 answers

I bought a new motherboard and a new video card, and now my computer beeps and won't boot to Windows. Which one is to blame? [more inside]
posted on Jun 6, 2008 - 14 answers

Budget upgrade: Will my PC game performance improve more from upgrading my Athlon 2100 XP (1.7 Ghz) processor or my GeForce 6600GT (256mb) AGP video card? [more inside]
posted on May 8, 2008 - 26 answers

Weird laptop display problem: A second after starting it up, the screen gets very, very dark. [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 12 answers

Why might my computer be rejecting my new video card? [more inside]
posted on Mar 4, 2008 - 19 answers

I just got a relatively new PC secondhand. What should I upgrade first in order to most successfully play games? [more inside]
posted on Feb 9, 2008 - 18 answers

Potential upgrades to my aging desktop system- some advice from geeks would be greatly appreciated. [more inside]
posted on Jan 21, 2008 - 14 answers

All the screw holes on my video card are corroded. Is it worth my time to return it, or should I just clean it off? [more inside]
posted on Jan 18, 2008 - 10 answers

Up in ur antique pc's optimizin ur network. I, a previously porn-surfing net monkey whose "kit" was a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop (a retard's computer if there ever was one), have through recent endowments of hardware and employment opportunities, become the proud new owner of a fleet of slightly antiquated electronics that will need to be strung together and (probably) modified and moved if I'm not going to go insane tranferring massive volumes of data from one to another. This isn't so much a tech question as a planning one - what would you do with all this stuff? How can I get the best use out of it? [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2007 - 6 answers

Is it my cheap monitor, or my cheap video card? Or both? [more inside]
posted on Sep 11, 2007 - 6 answers

Neeerrrrrrrrdfilter: I want to play Bioshock. Help me find the most economical way to upgrade my video hardware so that it will run the game satisfactorily. [more inside]
posted on Aug 22, 2007 - 20 answers

Will one of the newer widescreen LCD monitors work with my 2 year old PC? [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2007 - 4 answers

Did I kill (injure, actually) my motherboard? My video card? Something else? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2007 - 11 answers

What is going on with my computer? Black flashes, weird picture artifacts, screen freezing. It's not the monitor (swapped that out already). Is it the video card? Weird pictures inside! [more inside]
posted on Jan 7, 2007 - 13 answers

20" LCD Monitor + GeForce Video Card = Grainy Images/Video. [more inside]
posted on Dec 9, 2006 - 9 answers

ComputerHardwareConundrumFilter. I built my PC about two years ago. Works great, mostly. But lately, when playing one particular game, my PC performs for only 16 or so minutes before shutting down completely. As you might expect, there's a lot ... [more inside]
posted on Dec 1, 2006 - 17 answers

VideoCardFilter: Is the VGA out on my video card dead? [more inside]
posted on Nov 1, 2006 - 5 answers

I just got a Mac Pro and I have questions about upgrading the hard drives, video card, and Bluetooth. [more inside]
posted on Sep 15, 2006 - 15 answers

Help me diagnose my recent computer woes--a tale of rhythmic lag pulses, involuntary reboots, and sporadic "No Signal" messages from the monitor. [more inside]
posted on Sep 4, 2006 - 8 answers

My laptop died today and I am in the market for a new computer. I am building my own system and am having trouble figuring out which video card to get. I want to spend between $100 and $200 for a PCI Express 16x card with DVI output. [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2006 - 5 answers

I've got an ATI All-in-Wonder X800 XT video card. Where can I find a good PVR program that will work with this card? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2006 - 6 answers

Is it possible to upgrade my laptop's video card?
posted on Mar 4, 2006 - 7 answers

Has anyone had success connecting a PC (DVI output) to a TV (HDMI input)? I, myself, have not tried it yet, but have a couple of questions before I do... [more inside]
posted on Jan 31, 2006 - 9 answers

For a friend who is also doing a PVR project with an old machine:

I have a home made PC with an XGI Volari V3 128 mgb and a Magnavox (27MT3305/17) and I am trying to connect them through S-Video. The TV shows nothing but rolling grayscale ghosts of my desktop. I cannot find any means of configuring the video card to s-video, so I assume this is automatic.

Why does my new video card cause a memory dump during boot? [more inside]
posted on Dec 26, 2005 - 5 answers

I seek a video card with some combination of the following specs: dual dvi output; different resolutions and/or different orientations (i.e portrait and landscape) simultaneously on the two monitors; at least minimal Linux support; PCI-Express; inexpensive. [more inside]
posted on Nov 11, 2005 - 7 answers

Video crashes my computer after I bought a new video card. How do I fix it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 31, 2005 - 15 answers

Where can I find a VGA cooler for my ATI 9700 Pro All in Wonder? [more inside]
posted on Aug 17, 2005 - 2 answers

Have any of you gotten an ADD2 Card "video card" working with a real driver? I sure haven't. I've only been able to get it to display anything in DOS, the BIOS, the boot process, and Windows with the drivers removed. I need your help, as I've got 60+ brand new PCs with the suckers. [more inside]
posted on Aug 11, 2005 - 2 answers

I need to replace my video card. What should I get? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2005 - 11 answers

Sometimes my computer displays splotches of grey or white on something meant to be black. [more inside]
posted on Jun 15, 2005 - 4 answers

If you had about $200 to spend on a new video card for your pc, what would you get? Assume you have a P4 2.4 with an AGP slot and a gig of RAM, the game that you play the most is The Sims 2, and you don't want to have to buy a new video card for a good long while.
posted on Jun 10, 2005 - 11 answers

I am about to buy a new Macintosh. How can I most quickly understand the pros and cons of the video cards in various models? [more inside]
posted on Apr 18, 2005 - 12 answers

While in the middle of doing my taxes the other day, my monitor went to displaying a weird character over and over over the entire screen. The computer wouldn't respond at all, so I shut it off manually via the power switch on the back. Since then, whenever I've attempted to start it up, the fans come on, the hard drive clicks a couple times, as usual, and then nothing. The fans keep whirring but there's no beep, no usual startup process, and nothing ever gets displayed to the monitor. [more inside]
posted on Apr 16, 2005 - 3 answers

I have a 19" LCD monitor w/ a DVI-D port on order. What video card should I get? [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2005 - 4 answers

What was the hot video card a year or two ago? I'm looking for something cheap to go with a slightly old system I've acquired. [specs inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2005 - 19 answers

I recently purchased an ATI Radeon 9600 AGP graphics card to replace the old AGP card in a Dell Dimension 4100. The new card doesn't work. I know I need drivers for both the card and the Intel motherboard, and I'm having trouble finding the motherboard drivers. [MI]
posted on Jan 26, 2005 - 8 answers

YetAnotherQuestionAboutVideoCardsFilter: I am going to buy a new computer for browsing/photo editing/mp3 playing/excel editing/cd burning. I am _NOT_ going to be playing games on the machine. Does it matter what video card I get? I'm tempted to get an ATI Radeon 9200SE since it doesn't have a fan and I want a quiet PC.
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 10 answers

Can you upgrade your laptop's video card at all? I was curious as I have a 32mb NVidea card on it however I'd love to upgrade it. Is this possible or is there a way to enhance it's performance? (I'm 99.9% the answer is "NO" but I thought I'd ask)
posted on Dec 14, 2004 - 11 answers

Okay, so the fan on my 4-year-old video card (GeForce 2 64mb) is starting to struggle, which means pretty soon it's probably going to just stop. I've looked around, and they don't seem to make replacement fans for cards that old anymore, which means I'm looking at getting a new card. I'm planning on replacing this computer hopefully sometime next year, so I don't need to go balls-to-the-wall when buying a new card, so can someone recommend a card that would be as good or better (64-128 mb) for less than $100 or so?
posted on Nov 23, 2004 - 23 answers

What would the optimal video card be for a P3 700Mhz system running ArcView/GIS and AutoCAD?
Also, would you choose a different video card for those apps than you would for gaming, and why?
posted on Aug 10, 2004 - 8 answers

I've bought this home theater system, a tv with s-video, and I've got the video card in my pc with s-vid and this s-vid+audio cable. Question inside.
posted on Aug 5, 2004 - 9 answers

Best videocard for my buck? I picked up Doom 3 only to find my poor geforce 3 isn't cutting the mustard. Most web reviews are outdated or deal with pricey cards. What's the best card for my dollar? Extra points if its under 100 bucks and works with the older AGP slot.
posted on Aug 3, 2004 - 14 answers

Monitor color shift causes?
posted on Jun 24, 2004 - 4 answers

I just picked up a second monitor and am running in dual-monitor mode, but my video card also has a VIVO tv-out port which I connect to my TV. Are there video players like BSPlayer/vlc that will output to the TV, without having to swap it back in as a "secondary" monitor?
posted on May 19, 2004 - 1 answers

Computer hardware: As part of her Christmas present, I want to buy my wife a video card for her PC (she's a serious geek). What's a good one? [more]
posted on Dec 23, 2003 - 12 answers