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Yes. Many video card's will be recognized by Windows XP, and will run corectly without installing drivers. To have optimum performance, always download the latest drive from the manufacturers website. If you don't have the drivers on a CD or on your machine, this works also. I always use the latest driver from the manufacturer.
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∙ 13y agoI am no expert, but as computers can use graphics cards without drivers, I gather that said drivers increase the performance of the graphics cards. If you had your computer preassembled you can probably assume that the driver is already installed, but I don't see why you shouldn't try reinstalling it to see if it boosts performance. This is backed up by other information I've read online.
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∙ 14y agoA lot of today`s motherboards come with a video graphics chip so you really don`t need a video card in those cases...however..for the ones that do not, a video card typically would be useful, if say, you wanted to see what you are doing on the computer...as opposed to imagining what you are doing.
Most people currently install a vido card for improved graphics handling during Video Games, watching videos, editing videos, as the installed card would generally give you a better image than an oem chip.
Also, installing a graphics card would generally improve the amount of video memory (a lot of the video cards currently available have their own memory chips) thereby allowing your computer to allocate less memory to graphics handling, and more memory to running your programs.
I deally, you would want to install a video card just to make your computer run faster.
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∙ 9y agoWithout one, you won't have anything on the screen. Back then, the video/graphics cards were integrated into the system board/motherboard. Later on, manufacturers added support for dedicated graphics, and then with the introduction of the Core i3, i5, and i7 series (Intel) and their AMD equivalents, the integrated graphics moved out of the motherboard and straight into the CPU.
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Does Intel 82945g chipset has pixelshader 1.1 or above games using pixelshaders are not running is it due to wrong drivers 've the latest version of Intel's site and i don't want to use 3D analyze?
If you have a dedicated type of video card, then it is not a chipset problem. It's a video card feature to have pixel sharer support. Check support website for information and detailed information about your video card and for fresh drivers. Also free software SiSoft Sandra can give you a lot of usuful information about your hardware including shader support.
Name one system resource that a video card most likely will not need?
DMA channel
What type of expansion card can have a retention mechansim at the bottom of the card to help stabalize it in the slot?
AGP Video card AGP retention mechanism = AGP Video expansion card
Is The video subsystem is made up of the video card and speakers?
It is made up of the video card and monitor.
Are gaming computers good for video editing?
ya gaming computers are good for video editing but u also need 3d accelerator card.
How come minecraft wont work for me This Keeps on Popping up Bad video card drivers and it starts saying other stuff too Why does this happen?
You need to update your video card drivers. Typing "[Video card name] drivers" in Google usually gives you links to driver downloads.
How can you fix bad video card drivers on minecraft?
Try searching the video card manufacturer's website for updated drivers.
Can video card drivers be downloaded?
Video card drivers can be downloaded online. There are many options available and many can be downloaded for free.
How do i get 256 colors back on my PC. I formatted my PC and when i reinstalled windows 2000 my PC must have dumped my 256 colors and now i only have 16 colors. How do i get 256 colors back?
You haven't reloaded the video card drivers after installing Windows 2000. If your video card drivers weren't included with Windows 2000, you need to load them from the drivers CD that came with your PC or with the video card, if you bought it seperately. Which video card you have installed is something that YOU need to figure out. Once you get the correct drivers loaded, you should then be able to change your colors to 256 or higher.
Why the need to download drivers in games like c9?
games need updated drivers for the video cards and sound cards so you can have the best experience playing the games. some times you have to buy a newer video card and/or sound card to get the best experience playing the games.
What is the need to update the drivers?
Is there a specific piece of hardware you need an update for? All the drivers for your computer will be on the support page of the manufacturers website for free. Or on the website of the the individual piece of hardware be it the motherboard, sound card, video card etc.
Where can you download drivers for a Cirrus Logic CL-GD54M30 video card?
vga drivers is download
Installed game x men-3 but it gives error of could not initialize direct 3d?
Update your video card drivers and make sure that your video card supports Direct 3D if not then you're going to need to update the card itself.
Why does your screen flicker when you run video games?
It could be due to a bad graphic card or drivers. You need the right type of video card (graphics card). It can also happen if you have too little physical RAM or too little virtual RAM.
When installing a new video card there are three phases What are they?
Configuring the BIOS for the video card being installed Physically installing the video card Installing drivers for the video card Remove old video card from your computer (if you use on-board skip this step) Attach the new video card to your computer. Start Computer using on-board video and install drivers. Attach monitor to new card, if it still doesn't work disable on-board video in your bios. If everything is installed properly and computer has significant power graphics card should work properly.
You have ATI accelerated graphics driver and you are not sure which nvidia driver you need for ubuntu can anyone help?
If you have an ATI video card, you do not need an NVIDIA driver. Ubuntu includes a "Restricted Drivers Manager" that will automatically download and install any proprietary drivers it detects your card needs.
What are the newest video card drivers available?
There are many video card drivers available today. You can choose from the diamond multimedia driver, lifeview driver, Biostar driver, Asus driver and many more.
