I recently helped a friend gut a PC and put a bunch of new parts in it. I consider myself no slouch to these things as I've been tinkering with computers for almost 20 years, and majored in Computer Science to boot!
However, I could not for the life of me get both of these video cards to work, non-SLI, such that my friend could run two monitors off one card, and use the third as a dedicated physix card while also giving output to a 3rd monitor (a tv). 750w power supply.
Help!
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posted by irishcoffee
on Apr 30, 2013 -
6 answers
A buddy of mine has been having some utterly bizarre issues with his upgraded build: Gaming consistently causes his video card to crash. This problem is not present in any other use case—other GPU-intensive tasks such as BTC mining does not trigger instability. Isolating and stress-testing individual components fails to identify the culprit. Card itself continues to run fine in the old motherboard/CPU setup. Rolling back drivers, undervolting, etc. makes no difference. Help?
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posted by pinsomniac
on Apr 23, 2013 -
6 answers
Upgraded my video card from a Radeon HD 5770 to a GeForce GTX 660, now the blue colors are off (in some programs) and giving a purple tint...
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posted by querty
on Jan 28, 2013 -
5 answers
I'm buying one of the new iMacs. I'm torn between paying for an upgrade to the CPU or an upgrade to the video card. Help me decide!
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posted by Effigy2000
on Dec 20, 2012 -
7 answers
I have an older Gateway PC acting as my media center/file server. I have it hooked up to a 42" 720p Samsung Plasma TV via VGA from the on-board connection on the PC. As such, the resolution is not very good: 1024x768 and the picture doesn't really fit on the screen. Can you recommend a cheap video card (under $50) that will let me connect via HDMI and show things at a decent resolution without stretching or cropping the picture? No gaming, just playing video files.
posted by nitsuj
on Aug 24, 2012 -
37 answers
What is the best gaming-appropriate desktop video card available right now for under $200?
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posted by killdevil
on Jul 13, 2012 -
4 answers
Using f.lux with an
ATI video card and the latest AMD Catalyst drivers, how can I get the mouse cursor to change colors with the rest of the screen?
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posted by querty
on Jan 16, 2012 -
3 answers
I've just purchased Star Wars:The Old Republic, and my four-your old HP Pavilion is having a hard time keeping up. The game is playable if I drop the resolution to 800x600 and move all the video settings to "low". Obviously, I'd like a better play experience. However...
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posted by DWRoelands
on Dec 31, 2011 -
15 answers
If I upgrade the video card in my Mac Pro to allow me to upgrade Final Cut Pro X, can I be confident that I will be able to continue using the software with this computer for the foreseeable future?
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posted by Grangousier
on Sep 24, 2011 -
6 answers
Help me figure out what kind of video card (and audio card) to get for this HP Pavlloin a1123c that I've inherited.
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posted by Ephilation
on Mar 27, 2011 -
6 answers
I am having problems with a new video card. I'm wondering if it's the card, the system board or some other part of the whole system. I would like to figure this out in time to send the card back to Newegg.
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posted by vilcxjo_BLANKA
on Mar 17, 2011 -
5 answers
I accidentally pulled on the video card on my computer, and now it will only boot in safe mode. What is going on?
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posted by k8lin
on Oct 4, 2010 -
10 answers
Advice on choosing between the two 27-inch iMac options at the online apple store.
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posted by cahlers
on Jul 30, 2010 -
22 answers
Computer froze completely during a game, all subsequent downloads of various installer files were corrupt. BSODs galore. Now, when I turn on my computer, no video input is detected whatsoever. Next step?
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posted by TimeTravelSpeed
on Jul 13, 2009 -
19 answers
New to gaming. Please help me with upgrading my system (PC) with gaming in mind. Also looking for game recommendations.
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posted by murtagh
on Jun 20, 2009 -
25 answers
I've inherited an older PC from work and would like to turn it into a media center / game-playing box, but I'm not sure if it's up to snuff.
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posted by rokusan
on Jun 16, 2009 -
10 answers
I have a 3 1/2 year old Dell Inspiron 9300 laptop. It's a 1.86Mhz Pentium Centrino with a 17" screen and on-board video. I'm still pretty happy with it overall. However, I was wondering if it is possible to add a discrete video card to it?
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posted by atm
on May 1, 2009 -
5 answers
Recommend a video card that can push dual monitors on OSX86 (Hackintosh) and Linux. Lots more info about my setup inside.
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posted by fishfucker
on Mar 25, 2009 -
9 answers
My livingroom media computer onboard video can only reach 1024x768, and the mobo has ONLY has PCI slots. So I need a PCI video card. It will be used mainly for playing / streaming video to a 1920x1200 HDTV, and perhaps occasionally for stuff like Nintendo64 emulation.
What specs will be the most important to ensure no choppiness or other problems when playing videos full screen? Is DirectX 10 or above important? Keeping in mind this must be PCI, am I doomed to choppy videos no matter how fast the card processor or how much memory it has?
posted by brenton
on Jan 22, 2009 -
33 answers
I need a suggestion for a video card to create a dual-monitor setup for my assistant. I'm not as concerned with getting too little power in a card as I am paying for much more than I need.
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posted by 4ster
on Dec 31, 2008 -
13 answers
HP laptop video card issues filter: Video problem with my HP dv6000 (dv6810us) - artifacts appear then increase while watching Hulu, after 30-45 minutes the computer freezes then restarts. Pausing the video then letting the computer sleep for a couple minutes resolves the issue for another 20 minutes of video watching, then it repeats ... bad integrated video? Bad VRAM? Evil monkey?
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posted by unclezeb
on Dec 29, 2008 -
12 answers
Dell Vostro 1400. Screen has died. I need it to not be dead, all details inside.
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posted by wile e
on Oct 23, 2008 -
13 answers
What is currently the fastest AGP video card out? I am on the fence about spending money on upgrading my computer, If i can find an upgrade to my videocard eVGA 6800 GT and more ram then I will most likely be good for now(playing warhammer online).
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posted by Mesach
on Sep 29, 2008 -
8 answers
Looking for recommendations for a basic videocard that can be used with two 22" displays.
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posted by aerotive
on Sep 19, 2008 -
5 answers
We can't boot into Windows XP, except in VGA mode, without the screen going black after the Windows XP "loading bar screen"; we can still hear everything, though. This is on an Intel iMac running Boot Camp, and the Mac side (Leopard) works fine, which leads me to believe this isn't a problem with hardware.
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posted by mdonley
on Aug 21, 2008 -
6 answers
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.
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posted by Iteki
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?
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posted by Who_Am_I
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?
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posted by Annon E Moose
on May 8, 2008 -
26 answers
Weird laptop display problem: A second after starting it up, the screen gets very, very dark.
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posted by sotalia
on Apr 10, 2008 -
12 answers
I just got a relatively new PC secondhand. What should I upgrade first in order to most successfully play games?
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posted by joshrholloway
on Feb 9, 2008 -
18 answers
Potential upgrades to my aging desktop system- some advice from geeks would be greatly appreciated.
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posted by baphomet
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?
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posted by tracert
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?
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posted by saysthis
on Sep 27, 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.
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posted by killdevil
on Aug 22, 2007 -
20 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!
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posted by radiosig
on Jan 7, 2007 -
13 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 ...
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posted by grabbingsand
on Dec 1, 2006 -
17 answers
