Graphics Cards

An integrated graphic processor as oposed to a discrete graphic processor. Graphic processor is the same as a video card.

Integrated video cards:

Integrated video cards are built-in to the system motherboard and use the system's processor (CPU) and memory to create graphics. They're fine for applications such as word processing and email and for the Internet, but not great for gaming or other graphic-intensive applications.

While integrated video cards can process some complex graphics such as 3D images, they have to share the CPU and memory with other programs. If the CPU and memory are overloaded or busy processing other information, it can really slow down the graphics.

Discrete video cards:

Discrete video cards turn up the performance compared to integrated video cards. They are separate, or discrete, from the motherboard and have their own processor, a specialized graphics processing unit, or GPU. They don't have to share the CPU with other programs.

Discrete video cards include memory of their own, measured in megabytes (MB). Graphics memory is used by the GPU to accelerate the graphics on your monitor and make gaming, movies and other entertainment intensely realistic. In general, the more memory the graphics card has the better.

the graphica card you need depends on many factors such as what games you want to play, at how high a resolution, at what settings, and what can your computer support. all these need to be answered before a judgment can be made

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When the cost of the upgrade outweighs the benefit of the upgrade.

A Universal Pro slot can hold either 3.3-V or 1.5-V cards. There fore it has no notches to prevent either card from fitting.

Info gathered from

CompTIA A+ Guide To Managing & Maintaining Your PC, 6th Edition

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Yes it will but the video card will run at PCI express 1.0 speed.

A graphics card in reference to computing, is a hardware component in computers used to generate the images you see on a monitor or screen.

Currently the best single cards available are the AMD 6990m and Nvidia GTX 580m.

These are available only from Clevo / Sager and other rebranded Clevo systems and Alienwares. However, high end business workstations have equivalent Firepro and Quadro cards which are just as powerful, this includes the HP 8760w, Dell Precision m6600, and Lenovo w720.

The gtx 570m, which is very similar to the 580m but with a 192 bit memory bus (3/4 bandwidth of the 580m) can be found on MSI barebone laptops.

NO, 5200FX only support Pixel and Vertex Shader 2.0 (first GPU to feature it by the way)

Not an easy one. In the first case the dell 5150 certainly has a PCI x16 slot. Thus, the actual physical connection to the motherboard is fine and possible. The dell 5150's shipped with an ati x600 card in, if memory serves me. The issue with the machine is the power supply. As I remember the 5150 has a 305w power supply in. Depending on what is inside this is more than fine. If you have added extra memory or hard disks these natrually will take up further power. The next issue is that the dell 305w power supply does not have an additional graphics card power supply cable. Many new power supply units have dedicated power cables so that the graphics card uses no or little power from the motherboard and is powered on its own 'rail' independenly. As I understand it all 8800 require this.

This is not to say you can't have a go and take some of the spare connectors, but to do so you will need to add cables and swap ends, or at least buy a 'x end cable to a y end cable'. This stuff is well documented around the net.

The reason I know about this is I own the same machine and found myslef in the same predicament a few months ago. I settled on a 8600gt, the last nvidia card that did not require additional power supply. The version I am using is the Fatality Geforce 8600gt profressional job that is a factory overclocked version - core from 540mhz to 620mhz. This has given me nio hastle on thel dell stock 305w power supply, despite requring a 350w one. Something in this region works well for 85% of things. It is worth noting that the 8600gts does require additiona power support.

If you are good at such things, replace the power unit and by all means add the 8800. If you are unsure I might suggest settling on a 8600gt (rather cheaper too) and cutting the performance losses against cost.

Sorry to be so long winded

RDE

BUY THE 8800GT. As RDE was saying, the power supply is a bit feeble, but the 8800GT comes with an external power supply lead. You then just have to buy an extension which plugs into the powersupply. It's awesome. Now I play Call of Duty: World at War maxed out.

I recommend that you also buy some more RAM. 2GB should be enough.

Taymiester

An integrated video card is "integrated" into the motherboard. That means the motherboard has a video card built in.

A "discrete" video card means that you have a separate video card, one that typically plugs in to one of the expansion slots.

Go to Toshiba's website. (google it).

Look for the tabs at the top that say 'Support' and navigate to ' Downloads' to see if they still support your computer. You may need to go to archive support for older machines.

Tosh are generally quite good and provide good support for their computers.

I run a 9600 GT with Solidworks 2008, 2009, and 2010beta. It is a little slow with very complex assemblies, however, it still works very proficiently. It is also a little slow when utilizing photoworks; again, it still gets the job done.

Yes, most if not all laptop come along with a graphics card on them. Most of the time they are embedded into the motherboard and cannot be removed. But you can buy gaming laptop such as the Alien Ware laptop lines who all come with graphic cards separate from the motherboard.

The driver for the Intel GMA X3100 graphics adapter with Dynamic Video Memory Technology 4.0 can be downloaded directly from Intel. They allow the operating system to properly interact with the adapter and control the amount of memory available.

graphics cards are support memories for graphical instructions which may slow down the computer speed by keeping too much pending work for the RAM. So, the graphics card handles the tough job of graphics stationary storing until the processor is free to process them.

And intel graphics card is a graphics card which supports or works only with intel processors .

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CRT stands for Cathode Ray Tube.

In laymans terms a CRT monitor is the old-style glass tube monitor we all used for years and years before flatpanel monitors became cheap & popular.

There is no difference. You will have to clarify your terminology if you are differentiating between hardware and software.

If you don't power off the system and unplug it you will probably cause a short and destroy the hardware.

If you don't uninstall drivers, usually there won't be any problem, but the driver might still run in the background without purpose or conflict with other drivers.

Yes, the ATI x1300 has support for pixel shader 3.0 and under.

If you have a mac, click the apple icon and press about this mac, and then click more info. If you have a pc, look on the box it came in. Improved answer Most laptop computers dont have plug-in graphics cards. They are usually on-board "cards" with processors made by the usual companies. Most have SiS chipsets which make them anything but good for things like games. If you are running windows you can find out more about your particular machines graphics chip by selecting the start menu. Open the Control Panel from the list, select "system", then "device manager". You will be presented with a list of all your computers hardware devices in categories. Select "Display adaptors" from the list. Under the heading "display adaptors" you will see a list of all the cards and / or chips your machine is currently using. Select "properties" and you will be given a box containing more information on the card / chip. It is not recommended to alter any of the settings in any of what is described here unless you know what youre doing or are taking specific instruction (Eg from a manual, etc). Bearing this in mind, always click the cancel button to exit the information boxes.

It really shouldn't matter, of course depending on your price range you may want to go with a cheaper card.

-One thing to remember is to check the specifications on the card before you buy, most graphics cards today use PCI-E 2.0 or greater, so make sure your computer has a PCI-E bus.

Most computers have a build in graphics chip, You will not need a graphics card to just watch a movie.

If you want to watch a movie in High Def, or you want a better quality then you can get with a built in chip; You can get a graphics card that is suitable for the model of computer that you have.

provides an interface between a computer and a display monitor