Monday, May 7, 2012

Will this gtx video card fit in this motherboard?

im trying to biuld a gaming pc , so i was wondering will this gtx card fit in this mobo?and will all of these components work 2gether nicely?

specs:

Mobo: Asus P7H55-M PRO http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



video card:GIGABYTE GV-N26SO-896I gtx260 super clock edition (25% faster than gtx260 ,5% faster than gtx275) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…



Ram: kingston 2x2GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX 1600mhz



Hard drive 1TB harddrive samsung



case :cooler master 690



psu: 650W cooler master|||Yes, the GTX 260 will fit on that motherboard, it goes in the dark blue PCI-e 2.0 x16 slot, where it says ASUS above it.



All components will work with the motherboard, the case is big enough & the PSU will power everything nicely.



The Core i7 860 will fit in the motherboard's 1156 socket, so thats all fine ☺

Why does the sound not work when installing my new video card???

I have a new Compaq Presario SR5050NX running Windows Vista and chincy integrated video and sound. I just upgraded the video to a ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT card. The installation went fine. The I get no problems at all with the graphics, but the strangest thing is that now I have no sound. I triple checked my speakers and the connection in the back of the computer. Nothing wrong there. But when I uninstalled the ATI card and went back to the inegrated card, the sound came back on. So it seems the integrated components are dependent on each other. Is there a way around this or am I now stuck dropping more $ for separate sound card??



Thanks.|||Yes... I had the same problem. It turns out that the ATI Radeon 2600 installation process installs the "ATI HD Audio Rear Output" as the default device for several of the audio settings.



Go into “Sounds and Audio devices” in the control panel and check the default audio setting. The problem is usually caused by its setting. Therefore, if default setting is “ATI HD Audio rear output”, please change its setting to onboard or external audio device that you want to use in your system.



When and if you need to use HDMI to output audio, you can change its setting to “ATI HD Audio rear output”.



Hope this helps...|||Go into device manager and check things out. This should tell if there are any conflicts. Sounds like you may have an IRQ conflict. If that is case you'll need to play around in your BIOS. I would call support either by the pc manufacturer or from the sound card.

Is NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E graphics / video card worth the extra $11.45 AUS +P&H?

I dont know much abut video cards :S



GeForce 8400GS 256MB PCIE Graphic Silent Dual View DVI

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/GeForce-8400GS-25…



NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS 512MB PCI-E graphics / video card

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/NVIDIA-GeForce-84…|||it is worth the extra money yes. and it is only a 8400 video card. you can still play some newer games with it but probably not on high or maybe even not on medium settings. but some you still can play. i have a 5200 geforce card at 256 in my old desktop and i can play cod4 on it. low settings though and not really good for single player just multiple player. same with my old laptop that had a 9700 radeon. same thing could not play on anything but low settings and only online. now i have a 512 9800m GT geforce card and plays any game right now.



also what ever your other specs are. most of the other reason i was able to play was i had fast computers with ram.|||one word.......YES|||yes it is and what are you using the video card for? if you want to play games it will but they have to be at least 3 years old|||Yes. Generally, this card costs about $60.|||Its not really a gaming card tbh but if its better than what you got and only 10 bucks extra then why not.|||It,s not the best card for todays games eg CRYSIS, COD5 VEGAS 2, why not go for the 9800 Nvidai, that will play above games and the price is coming down for it. If you are not a gamer that card 8400 will be o.k . for general computer use.

What is the best gaming video card under $475?

I'm building a gaming rig, and I'm currently putting together a list of components to use. This is the basic list right now, all the essential components. I am going to be running a 1000W PSU and a 1TB HDD. I am not putting them on the list, as they are in my old comp that I gave to my friend. I will buy some replacements for them and trade.



(Case) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

(Motherboard) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

(CPU) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…

(RAM) http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+Ve…



I'm having trouble deciding on a video card. I'm not looking for any advice on the other components, nor do I want answers with crap about them. I only want helpful answers from KNOWLEDGEABLE EXPERTS on this. Redirecting me to a review website does not qualify as expert. It qualifies as an idiot who used Google. I will be running graphics-intensive games, and I want to make sure that I can run them smoothly at max settings. My max to spend on the card is between $400 and $500.|||An nvidia GTX 580 is the best card out there right now and last time I checked it costed $480



If you want one a little cheaper with maxing out modern games just as good the nex step down would be a 570.



Those are the two best cards out there, both are within your price range.

Is of my video card failing?

I have 2 video cards to power 6 monitors. Matrox duel head & nVidia Quadro NVS 4 head card. Seems that after having 2 failing hard drives and installing a new IDE HD, I'm still getting freezes and auto re-boots. When playing video on the monitors powered by the nVidia I can't get a picture in full screen but can see an image in "normal view". On the Matrox powered monitors when I try to put a youtube video to full screen the mouse & image freeze but can still hear it. I'm wondering if maybe my 10 year old custom computer is starting to "fail" - Motherboard, CPU, or Video cards. Could be one or more components. I just don't know how to figure out what's causing the problems. The new hard drive fixed the major crashes I was having with the old, failed hard drive, but still getting freeze and re-boot issues.



Remember, this is a fresh install of XP pro on a brand new drive. All updates completed. Drivers updated to the best of my knowledge. What kind of software issue could it be? If it is that. Or is the video card (s) starting to fail?



Also, can one bad V Card cause the other to have issues and freeze the system? Thanks.



E|||Yeah, it is a tough one. Any component that might be failing in the system could cause unwanted problems.



If it were me, I would start from the top - download memtestx86 and make sure the RAM is all good for starters.



A mainboard of that age could have failing components. Check to see if you have any bulging capacitors. The following image (in the link) is a good example of what to look for;



http://www.thenakedpc.com/dan/Bulging_Ca…



If you see any like the ones on the left of the image, it is time for a new mainboard.



If you are keen enough, you could check inside the power supply for the same type of thing (be careful though).



CPU's are fairly solid, tthe normally either go or they don't, so I'd probably rule that one out.



Good luck :)

New computer, video card running hot?

I recently got a new computer and everything works fine besides when I plug in a PCIe video card. I have tried multiple videocards and all of them run really hot just sitting at the desktop. One was running at 100 C! The power supply is a 500 watt and none of the video cards I tried require anywhere near that amount.



The motherboard has 2 PCIe slots and I have the problem on both slots. The onboard video works perfectly fine. The case has the side off and none of the other components report any heat issues. I don't think airflow is a problem. The video card fan is working on all the video cards I tried. The video cards also worked fine before this new computer. I used HW Monitor by CPUID to check the temperatures. I have made sure all drivers are updated and properly installed. The OS is fresh as I just formatted and installed windows 7 today.



I have searched around and have found no answer. Any Ideas?|||>It sounds like you are doing everything right. This makes it difficult to try and troubleshoot the problem.



If it is not airflow, you are having the problem with multiple cards and the case side is off, then there could be only two possibilities:



Either the motherboard is defective, basically, the PCIe slot is defective, or it could be a capacitor on the motherboard the is the actual cause...no way to tell without having the board plugged into an oscilloscope and you would have to have the electronic circuitry diagrams.



Second potential cause is probably more the power supply itself. It is possible that the power supply is defective and actually sending more voltage to the video card than what is required...or the second problem could be that your power supply is inadequate for the power requirement needs of the card(s) and is overworking itself trying to keep up. If it is being caused by this, you can expect the power supply to burn up and cease functioning.



In either case, I think you have a serious issue with one of the electronic components that is common to everything. Those two possibilities, one of them is probably the issue - either the defective motherboard or the underpowered power supply or a defective power supply that is producing more than the regulated 12 volts. You could buy a small multimeter and then test the voltage coming out of the 6 or 8 pin power connectors to see if you are getting mroe than 12 Volts. That might be away to eliminate an over-voltage situation, but it stil doesn't say how many volts are being supplied if your power supply is under rated and is working overtime. One thing might be to unplug the computer right after running it for a while and just place your hand near the power supply and see if it is hot itself. If so, I bet you that you have an underpowered supply and the cards are going to burn that underpowered supply out.



If none of that is the cause - it may just in fact be a bad motherboard with one or more capacitors on the PCIe bus that is malfunctioning.|||Try using this Sidebar Gadget to double check the temp reading. It is what I use to monitor my GPU. Check out the link below. I use #3 because I run both ATI and Nvidia cards. Hope this helps. Good Luck.



http://windows7themes.net/windows-7-gpu-…|||Try this program:

http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/Sys…

Look at the temp, if its still that high then id blame the cards since you have covered all of your bases with airflow. You sure the fan is spinning?|||Where did you get the 100C reading from? Sounds like a false reading to me. If the fan on the card is working then there's no way the card should be that hot at idle. Perhaps after a couple of hours of gaming at 100% GPU load it might reach 100C but not when it's doing nothing at all but displaying your desktop.



If its a Radeon card, load CCC and check the cards temps using that.

For an NVIDIA card, use nTune to check the temps of the card.



Modern cards are build to withstand extreme temperatures, even up to 110C but even so, that's too hot. That sort of heat is going to make the ambient temp in the case very high. Not good.



You could try what i do with my 6970. I use CCC to manually set the cards fan speed to about 50% when gaming. It's a little bit loud but who cares when there are cool explosions and shotgun blasts to listen to when gaming.

Manually setting the cards fan speed keeps the card at a decent temp all the time, instead of having it on auto. When my card is on auto fan control, the temp goes crazy, then the fan goes crazy to cool it down, then the fan slows a bit and the temp goes up again, then the fan goes crazy to bring the temp down. I don't like the constant fluctuation of temps like that and i find that manually setting the fan at 50% keeps the card nice and cool all the time.



then when i'm not gaming i just lower the fan speed to about 30% because the card doesn't get hot when not gaming and 30% is quieter than 50%|||I suspect you are getting false (greatly inaccurate) temperature readings. You should be close to 70C or so after gaming for several hours. Idle should be closer to 50 or 60C. If you are reading 100C, I would suspect that is a false reading.



BUT, something you need to understand (and not too many people do) is that the primary purpose of the case is to DIRECT airflow, for cooling purposes. The goal of proper system cooling is NOT to keep the air inside the case cooler (although that helps), but to ELIMINATE HOT SPOTS. In order to eliminate hot spots, a properly designed case needs to be closed.

If you have the side of the case off, that WILL cause your video card to run a little hotter. Although the interior of the case is "cooler"...there is also less airflow past the video card area.



Case open...cooler air, but disrupted airflow

Case closed...warmer air, but proper airflow = overall better cooling



I'm sure you've noticed that if you are outside on a breezy day, it can FEEL colder than it actually is, right? Same concept. Your computer will be better cooled if the case is CLOSED. Assuming your case is designed properly.



I'm sure your video card will be cooler once you close the case. Unfortunately, I believe you will still get false readings of temperature. I personally wouldn't worry about the high temp. reading on the video card (probably WRONG) unless you had other symptoms of over-heating. Like, if the video locks up shortly after starting a game or something like that.



Oh, and close the case. :)

Does this video card work with this motherboard?

EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Video Card - 896MB GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link) Dual DVI, HDTV, Dual VGA Support



Lifestyle: Enthusiast





Chipset: NVIDIA GeForce





GPU Series: NVIDIA GeForce 200





GPU/VPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260





RAMDAC: Dual 400 MHz





Fill Rate per Second: 36.9 Billion pixels





Additional Features: HDTV Ready

PCI Express 2.0

HDCP Enabled (Dual-Link)





Maximum Resolution: 2560 x 1600 (Digital)





Video Memory: 896MB





Memory Type: GDDR3





Memory Interface: 448-bit





Stream Processors: 192





Core Clock: 576 MHz





Memory Clock: 1998 MHz





Shader Clock: 1242 MHz





Memory Bandwidth: 111.9GB/sec.





Interface Type: PCI Express 2.0





Interface Speed: x16





Connector(s): Dual DVI (Dual Link)

HDTV/S-Video

VGA (w/DVI to VGA Adapter)





Multiple Monitors Support: Yes





Multi-GPU Support: 3-Way SLI





Overclocked: No





APIs: DirectX 10

OpenGL 2.1

NVIDIA CUDA





1080p Support: Yes





Video Output: DVI

S-Video





Low Profile: No





Cooling Type: Fan, Heatsink





WebID: 10117887

Mfr. Part Number: FQ621AA#A2L

Base Features

Processor Type Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200

Processor Speed 2.33GHz

RAM 4GB PC2-6400 DDR2 SDRAM

Hard Drive Speed/Capacity 640GB 7200RPM SATA

Optical Drives SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GS

Pre-loaded Operating System Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit w/ SP1

Graphics

Dedicated Video Memory Yes

Shared Video Memory 2303MB Total Available Graphics Memory

TV Tuner No

Video Memory 512MB Dedicated Video

Display

HDCP Compliant Not Applicable

Native Screen Resolution Not Applicable

Screen Size/Type Not Applicable

Audio

Audio Output 8 Speaker Configurable

Digital Input No

Digital Output No

Integrated Microphone No

Line Out Yes

Line-In input Yes

Microphone Input Yes

Sound Card High Definition Audio

Speaker Wattage Not Applicable

Speakers No

Networking

Ethernet Port Intergrated 10/100/1000Mbps

Integrated Bluetooth No

Integrated WiFi No

Inputs/Outputs

Card Reader Front Panel 15-in-1 Memory Card Reader

Component Output No

Composite Output No

DVI Output No

E-SATA No

FireWire (IEEE 1394) 1 Front, 1 Back

HDMI Yes

Keyboard HP Multimedia Keyboard

Modem No

Mouse HP Optical Mouse

Remote No

S-Video Output No

USB 2.0 2 Front, 4 Back

VGA Output Yes

Webcam No

Computing Features

Available AGP Slots Not Applicable

Available Hard Drive Bays 2 Internal 3.5", 1 External 3.5"

Available Memory Slots 4 DIMM (240-pin, DDR2) (Occupied)

Available Optical Bays 2 External 5.25" (One Available)

Available PCI Slots 1 PCI (One available)

Available PCI-E Slots 2 PCI Express x1, 1 PCI Express x16

Power Supply Not Provided By Manufacturer

Processor Cache 4MB L2 Cache

Removable Storage No

System Bus 1333MHz Front Side Bus

Software

Loaded Software 1 Microsoft Works 9

Loaded Software 2 Adobe Reader 8

Loaded Software 3 Cyberlink DVD Suite Deluxe

Loaded Software 4

Operating System Language Bilingual

Product Features

Tower Depth 41.35 cm

Tower Height 38.71 cm

Tower Width 17.50 cm

Warranty Labour 1 Year Limited

Warranty Parts 1 Year Limited

Tower Weight 9.98 kg|||1) dude... WAY too much info. ppl are going to see all that and just pass by. you are better off just putting links to the products instead of copy and pasting all of that



2) yes it will work in that case. you will have to remove the 9500GS that it comes with (not a big deal)