Graphics Cards

The Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) was one of the first standards for video cards so that manufacturers could create increasingly powerful video cards that would be used in a variety of computer systems. VGA also represents the 680x480 resolution that was standard on VGA-compatible monitors.

Probably the nVidia GTX 295, that's hitting around £400.

This might raise the stakes: At evga's site the blackfriday is $1699.99.

how about a ge-force card for as little as £11,031.99

For ATI GPUs, it's called CrossFireX. For NVIDIA GPUs, it's called SLI.

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I assume you're asking "how do I know what kind of motherboard I have" and not the usually much easier "which part in the computer is the motherboard" (it's almost certainly the biggest circuit board in there).

The only sure one I know of is to look for the manufacturer's name and model number silkscreened onto the board somewhere.

Alternatively, if it's hooked up and working, the power-on self-test may tell you, though sometimes these are a little more vague than might be hoped (for example, while it's likely to tell you the manufacturer and possibly the model, it may or may not specify the particular revision).

it's depends on what kind of software you are using, such as photoshop, if you selected a layer, it show nothing around the edge, but if you selected a specify object, it shows a moving dotted line around the graphic. For AI ( Adobe illustrator ) it shows a blue line with some small square on each corner and on the middle of each line.

Pixel shader 3.0 (and other variants) are hard-coded into the video card and its drivers. If you have a very fast processor and a good amount of ram, you may be able to get around the pixel shader requirement by downloading "3DAnalyze" or "Swiftshader 2.0" to emulate pixel shader.

More likely, the best option is for you to simply replace your video card with one which has native support for pixel shader.

Video cards with pixel shader 3.0 are very common these days, it is not an expensive upgrade & will improve performance on other programs as well.

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Any AGP graphics card (such as an NVIDIA GeForce 7600GS or an ATI Radeon HD 4760) will work. Depending on the power requirements of the card, you may need to upgrade your power supply.

DirectX 10.1 supports all DirectX 10.0 card, including the GMA X3100. However, DX 10.1 introduces new features that are not supported in the GMA X3100. Even NVIDIA hasn't released a card that uses 10.1 features yet.

Yes. It is pretty high, not unheard of, but still high.

While at the terminal...

Restart the system

Press Ctrl-D after "Dell Embedded Remote Access Controller" is displayed

Press "E" to enable/disable RAC

Press "R" to reset the Interface

Press "Y" to save

One AGP card is the ATI HD 3850

* HIS Hightech H385Q512ANP Radeon HD 3850 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 AGP 4X/8X HDCP Ready IceQ 3 Turbo Video Card - Retail IceQ 3 Turbo Tech overclock at 720MHz * http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161226

There are hundreds if not thousands of reviews of different types of graphics cards available online, viewing several of these is a good way to find out the basics and information on what graphics cards are most often recommended for specific purposes. A local computer technician or knowledgeable salesperson would also be able to provide information on graphics cards and answer any specific questions.

It depends on the specific model. Dell contracts several different manufacturers for their laptops and each has different habits of removable or not.

- AFAIK most of the XPS series have graphics cards soldered to the motherboard, but there are a few different motherboard revisions, so you can upgrade the motherboard E. G. m1530 has geforce 8400m or 8600m versions. m1730 has removable card and can be upgraded to 9800m GT or GTX SLI but only a Dell m1730 card. M1710 is actually the same as a Dell m90 or something and uses a few removable cards.

the studio XPS 1640 has motherboards with ATI 3670, 4670 and 5730.

-Dell Alienware m15x, m17x and m18x use MXM 3.0 B graphics just like most Clevo/Sager and MSI gaming systems. You can find and change out high end cards like AMD 6990m and Nvidia 580m in all of these.

- Dell Precision m6500 and m6600 also use MXM 3.0 B cards, come with professional Quadro and Firepro cards but can be changed for others. The m4600 uses smaller type MXM 3.0 A.

Anything released earlier than these laptops cannot use different graphics cards or can only use cards made for the specific model.

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First off, make sure that your connection is nice and tight, also make sure that your display cable is connected to your monitor on the correct input. If you are using a laptop or if you have a computer that has images on your function keys (ie: F1, F2...) find the function key that has a square bordered by two lines. Hold that key for a few seconds, if nothing happens, hold down the Fn key and the function key for a few seconds. Also, on the back of your computer, if you have video outputs layed out horizontally and away from the usb ports, use those.

Assuming you are talking about a desktop PC, there are 3 that i know of. PCI, AGP, and Integrated. PCI and AGP are different ways of attaching specific retail cards. Integrated cards are attached to your motherboard and are difficult to remove. not all PC's can support all 3 card types.

A video card driver is a piece of software that tells your computer how to send images to your video card, so it can display them on your monitor. With more modern operating systems that can operate a video card without installing a driver, they are used to control more advanced features of the card like hardware acceleration and TV output.

Go to control panel. go to add/remove hardware.

Delete the old graphics card completely.

turn off the computer.

place ur new card inside in the right spots and make sure everything is connected.

get the installation CD if u have one.

start the computer, depending on what happens go to the control panel and add the new hardware, get the firmware off the internet or use the installion CD that comes with the graphics card when u buy it.

install then restart ur computer. EASY

yes if you have a celeron CPU you can upgrade to highter rated celeron's but to a max of 667mhz bus speeds. as for c2d CPU's again providing you keep with the 667mhz bus range the sky is the limit ! mine was a t2700 which i upgraded to a t7600 ! i have also upgraded my memory from 1gig 800mhz to 4gig 800mhz bios sees new CPU and memory correctly and set them correctly

Press down with a screw driver on all corners of the socketed chip on the card. This problem occurs because of thermal changes and is called chip creep.

In fact there are a huge variety of PCI Express video cards. If you plan on looking at some or even buying them, go to tigerdirect.com, click on PC Parts at the top, scroll down and click on PCI Express for video cards. I'm am most sure that this will be very helpful.

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actually 1 gb ram is too low...nowadays minimum requirements always demand 2gb ram....graphics card 512 mb is not bad but also it depends what graphic card one is using so atleast you must always have a 2gb or 4 gb graphics card

and ya you can play games like hitman blood money, and other old stuff...i doubt about COD modern warfare

Starcraft 1. Probably some stuff made more than 10 years ago. I think I've run Jedi Knight dark forces II, and maybe Morrowind. Not to mention minesweeper, duh.

For FPS check out Cube 1, or maybe some older versions of Sauerbraten (cube 2) will work, lots of people play that online.

Look for some sites that review good freeware games, but not arcade style, unless you want that. "indie" games are usually good.

Hey X4500 is allright ! I played Far Cry 2 , NFS undercover and Kane n Lange they all worked on medium graphics wheras Fifa09 was working not very well ! So buy it if u plan to buy a 3d card in future !!!