building an intel based computer but didn't get a video card.
Looking at video cards now, i prefer ATI then Nvidia, usually based on a past bad experience.
Now..... it appears that ALL ATI are now AMD?
Is that a bit weird? an AMD video card in an INTEL i5 Sandybridge build??????
I cannot be the only person that finds that a tad bit odd?|||It's not weird at all. AMD bought ATI and now call their graphics cards AMD Radeon.
I have a Radeon card in an Intel based system. There's no reason why you can't. There's absolutely no advantage to pairing Intel with NVIDIA or AMD with AMD Radeon.|||AMD bought off ATI quite a few years ago so rebranding isn't unexpected. However AMD graphics cards work perfectly well with Intel builds. Unlike AMD chipsets which usually only support AMD technologies and some NVidia ones, Intel chipsets will support both AMD's and NVidia's technology, both with Multi GPU configs and the GPU's themselves. NVidia is also a very competent manufacturer, they've made many improvements over the past generation. The old overheating and way too much noise and power problem with the GTX 480 has been corrected with the GTX 580 as have most other problems. Many NVidia technologies are also more mature than their AMD counterpart, the big one being NVidia 3D Vision which just blows HD3D out of the water in terms of usability, manageability, support in more software, and many others. So also it's hard to return to a manufacturer after having previous problems with them, I would still consider NVidia a worthy brand to consider.
In the end, if you think that an AMD/Intel build would not suit you then I should think that NVidia would be the right way to go. Remember, NVidia only supplies the GPU part of the graphics card. If you have problems with a certain card it may not be the GPU, it could be shipping problems or the actual card, which is manufactured by a third part like Gigabyte, EVGA or ASUS not a problem with the GPU itself, so you should not rule out NVidia because of a prior experience.|||AMD bought ATI and changed the name. Your GPU and your CPU are two different thinks. You can use AMD GPU with a intel CPU that's no problem at al.
No it isn't odd it is just the world we live in. Do not fear the computer where i'm typing on has a CPU from intel and a GPU from AMD aka ATI.|||Intel can not design GPU's. Beyond the integrated motherboard GPU they never showed any interest in competing with ATI, nVidia, Matrox and many others.
In fact Sandy Bridge is a graphics TURKEY!
Prior to the on-die CPU/GPU the GPU was designed around a chip set. The 2 major chipset players were ATI and nVidia.
Well since AMD bought ATI for the Fusion development and Intel developed Sandy Bridge the chipset is now a thing of the past.
nVidia now is now in second place for the high end graphics chip design and yes it is AMD.
AMD also has announced that they are no longer competing with Intel; yeah right and they may be moving down a path very similar to nVidia. An APU design house. nVidia is trying to score heavily with TegraII an ARM chip with GPU on-die. But who knows.
Real performance comes with x86 and only AMD builds highend graphics on-die with pretty damm good x86.
So if you want the best graphics that money can buy then it's AMD.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Can you upgrade a video card on a H.P dv4?
hi i have a H.P dv4 laptop and its he windows vista one to be exact its a dv4 1125nr and its good this is all its features
Processor 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
Memory 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz
Hard drive 250GB, 5,400rpm
Chipset Intel GM45
Graphics Intel GMA 4500MHD (integrated)
Operating System Windows Vista Premium 64-bit
Dimensions (width x height) 13.2x9.5 inches
Thickness 1.4 to 1.6 inches
Screen size (diagonal) 14.1 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter 5.3 / 6.1 pounds
Category Midsize
i was wondering if i can put a ATI or Radeon or AMD video card into it so i can be faster when im playing games.|||No. You cannot upgrade graphic/video card on laptops. Sorry.
Processor 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T5800
Memory 4,096MB DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz
Hard drive 250GB, 5,400rpm
Chipset Intel GM45
Graphics Intel GMA 4500MHD (integrated)
Operating System Windows Vista Premium 64-bit
Dimensions (width x height) 13.2x9.5 inches
Thickness 1.4 to 1.6 inches
Screen size (diagonal) 14.1 inches
System weight / Weight with AC adapter 5.3 / 6.1 pounds
Category Midsize
i was wondering if i can put a ATI or Radeon or AMD video card into it so i can be faster when im playing games.|||No. You cannot upgrade graphic/video card on laptops. Sorry.
Can I run 4 computer monitors on a pair of CrossFire'd AMD video cards?
OK... I know that if you crossfire a couple AMD vid cards, you DEFINIETLY can use the power of both cards to make, in a sense, one super video card. I know that much is true about CrossFire'd cards. What I don't know is that if you CrossFire 2 cards, can you hook up 4 monitors to them and have one gigantic extended desktop? I can't seem to find any documentation anywhere on this, all though I've heard through the grape vine that this is possible.
Can someone help me out with some links to show #1, if you can have a 4 monitor display set up using CrossFire, and #2, how you configure that with in the Catalyst software....?
Thanks.|||Yes.you can run 4 computer monitors on a pair of CrossFire'd AMD video cards.i agree the 8800 likes the juice, and the 4830 outperforms, if you start a argument you better have some good evidence backing you. now can we stop this whole thread about stupid stuff and just enjoy a new card on the market.It's you guys who are acting like some stupids and assholes and at least in the case of btrunr I know he will regret those comments in the future when he calms down.
I know for sure btrunr knows, because I have said that to him in more than one post (if he didn't forget about it), that I bought this 8800gt for 203 euros when at that time 8800GT's were selling for 250 minimum and other 8800 GT OC cards with similar clocks were near 300. That was 1,5 weeks after it was released so you will remember those prices if you make memory. The HD3870 was selling for 225 the cheapest and 240 the most expensive.
Now we get back to power consumption (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...D… and we can see that the card consumes 15 watts more. 15 not 100. I think there is a difference, but you know, they didn't teach me a lot of maths in the fanboy academy... (sarcasm if you didn't catch it). So if 100w difference would suppose 100 euros per year in electricity in my case, guess what? 15w suposes 15 euros and the 8800GT is significantly faster than the HD3870 so end of story.|||I think that you can easily extend the desktop over 4 computer monitors,
if you have 4 video cards, or 2 video cards with two outputs.
For example, under windows, in the control panel of the video settings,
you can first let each card identify its monitor(s) and then you can
drag around the monitors shapes to organize them spatially as you like them.
What it is more doubtful, is if you could use it in games, where the 3D acceleration
is active. In that case I fear that the crossfire cannot work correctly across different
monitors managed by different video cards.|||To tell you the truth, I have never thought about it, but I believe the answer is no. When you run SLI or Crossfire usually you only have access to one card's outputs. For example, you can only use 2 out of 4 cards for video output in 4-way SLI.
I would assume the same for Crossfire. =/
Sorry.|||http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/prod…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzGtxlaPQ…|||I have 2 3870's in crossfire.
I haven't tried 4 monitors but I did have 2 hooked up at one time a while back. Don't remember the configuration on them but I'm thinking that I had one monitor hooked to each card.
I opened CCC and looked at the display manager it is shows blocks for monitors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. I can't say for sure how this works but I would assume that it would stretch the desktop across all 4.
I do know that crossfire had to be disabled for both monitors to work when I had that set up. Not sure why but it was a popup I got on CCC when setting up both monitors.|||No you can't, and here is why.
Crossfire'd GPU's split the work of one screen (Or two) in blocks. Imagine a checkers board. All the white boxes are controlled by GPU1 while all the black are controlled by GPU2. Even with two monitors the operation is the same. (Just picture two checkers boards side by side). In order to hook up more then 2 monitors, you will need special hardware and software to handle the operation. How ever having crossfire'd GPU's will help your computer pump out enough power to cover the multiple monitors.
Your hardware options are as follow:
Multiple GPU's. If you have Two non-crossfire'd GPU's that both have two Out port then you can do this. Or you can purchase one PCI card that was created for a large amount of monitors (Over 3 up to 8)
Can someone help me out with some links to show #1, if you can have a 4 monitor display set up using CrossFire, and #2, how you configure that with in the Catalyst software....?
Thanks.|||Yes.you can run 4 computer monitors on a pair of CrossFire'd AMD video cards.i agree the 8800 likes the juice, and the 4830 outperforms, if you start a argument you better have some good evidence backing you. now can we stop this whole thread about stupid stuff and just enjoy a new card on the market.It's you guys who are acting like some stupids and assholes and at least in the case of btrunr I know he will regret those comments in the future when he calms down.
I know for sure btrunr knows, because I have said that to him in more than one post (if he didn't forget about it), that I bought this 8800gt for 203 euros when at that time 8800GT's were selling for 250 minimum and other 8800 GT OC cards with similar clocks were near 300. That was 1,5 weeks after it was released so you will remember those prices if you make memory. The HD3870 was selling for 225 the cheapest and 240 the most expensive.
Now we get back to power consumption (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/S...D… and we can see that the card consumes 15 watts more. 15 not 100. I think there is a difference, but you know, they didn't teach me a lot of maths in the fanboy academy... (sarcasm if you didn't catch it). So if 100w difference would suppose 100 euros per year in electricity in my case, guess what? 15w suposes 15 euros and the 8800GT is significantly faster than the HD3870 so end of story.|||I think that you can easily extend the desktop over 4 computer monitors,
if you have 4 video cards, or 2 video cards with two outputs.
For example, under windows, in the control panel of the video settings,
you can first let each card identify its monitor(s) and then you can
drag around the monitors shapes to organize them spatially as you like them.
What it is more doubtful, is if you could use it in games, where the 3D acceleration
is active. In that case I fear that the crossfire cannot work correctly across different
monitors managed by different video cards.|||To tell you the truth, I have never thought about it, but I believe the answer is no. When you run SLI or Crossfire usually you only have access to one card's outputs. For example, you can only use 2 out of 4 cards for video output in 4-way SLI.
I would assume the same for Crossfire. =/
Sorry.|||http://sites.amd.com/us/underground/prod…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzGtxlaPQ…|||I have 2 3870's in crossfire.
I haven't tried 4 monitors but I did have 2 hooked up at one time a while back. Don't remember the configuration on them but I'm thinking that I had one monitor hooked to each card.
I opened CCC and looked at the display manager it is shows blocks for monitors numbered 1, 2, 3, 4. I can't say for sure how this works but I would assume that it would stretch the desktop across all 4.
I do know that crossfire had to be disabled for both monitors to work when I had that set up. Not sure why but it was a popup I got on CCC when setting up both monitors.|||No you can't, and here is why.
Crossfire'd GPU's split the work of one screen (Or two) in blocks. Imagine a checkers board. All the white boxes are controlled by GPU1 while all the black are controlled by GPU2. Even with two monitors the operation is the same. (Just picture two checkers boards side by side). In order to hook up more then 2 monitors, you will need special hardware and software to handle the operation. How ever having crossfire'd GPU's will help your computer pump out enough power to cover the multiple monitors.
Your hardware options are as follow:
Multiple GPU's. If you have Two non-crossfire'd GPU's that both have two Out port then you can do this. Or you can purchase one PCI card that was created for a large amount of monitors (Over 3 up to 8)
How do i install my video card driver?
hello! i got a amd video card but when i try to install i don't know what my video card stuff is all i know is that its a amd video card i uninstalld amd a Little while ago but i didn't know it was my video card can anyone help me please|||download the AMD Driver Autodetect utility http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wi…|||The Better way you can get help is to go to youtube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu…|||usb?
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_qu…|||usb?
What does it mean if a video card is discrete?
I am looking for Laptops and the HP Envy has a 1 GB Discrete AMD Video Card. Is it Good?|||Discrete cards are always a good thing: it means better gaming and media, and is the sign of a premium laptop. Yes, the HP envy is a very nice laptop, I've been wanting one myself for awhile :)|||Discrete video card is a card that is not part of the Motherboard its a add on.
How do I correctly install/uninstall AMD video card drivers?
So I have this radeon 6850 and its great and all (its my first ATI/AMD card) but it constantly crashes or freezes or the screen just goes black and sometimes comes back but other times I have to restart the desktop. The most common thing to happen is it to say "Display driver stopped responding and has recovered". "Display driver AMD driver stopped responding and has successfully recovered."
It has to do with the video cards drivers. What I want to know is how do I correctly install and uninstall AMD drivers and where do I download the newest ones, links would be greatly appreciated.
I am running Windows 7 64 Bit and the card is a Powercolor Radeon 6850.
Thanks in advance.|||"What I want to know is how do I correctly install and uninstall AMD drivers" - right click on "computer" and select properties, then click on device manager. click on display adapters, double click on your video card, click on driver tab and click on uninstall. Then reboot the computer.
But, before doing the above, download the latest drivers from AMD here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa… aand save the driver for installation after removing your older driver(s).|||you can try the Driver Navigator，it is such a software which automatically detect and download the drivers you need for your computer. immediately detects your system’s hardware, locates out-of-date or missing drivers and replaces them with the latest versions. here is the free trial version for you: http://www.discount-coupon-codes.net/uti…
hope it helps.|||One of the biggest problems with AMD is that when you uninstall the driver and CCC it tends to leave remanant files and registry entries that dont get overwritten when you install new driver and CCC resulting in you having the same issue you had previously but with the newer driver.
The method I'm about to describe removes everything from your computer(Hopefully)
Control panel/add remove programs/ATI install manager(double click)/select uninstall manager/custom/select everything for uninstall except chipset drivers(these are for your motherboard,RAID etc)then uninstall.
After uninstall go to Program files and delete all files pertaining to ATI,reboot and let windows load generic driver then it will probably ask for reboot again.after reboot use this program http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and clean your registry of AMD/ATI entries.You can even go as far as using this program as well http://www.guru3d.com/category/driverswe… just make sure to read instructions carefully.
Your computer should now be completely clear of all files pertaining to AMD/ATI.Now its just a matter of installing the new driver and CCC which is available here http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa…
I take no responsibilty for this,its a pretty hardcore way of clearing driver and control software from your system.
It has to do with the video cards drivers. What I want to know is how do I correctly install and uninstall AMD drivers and where do I download the newest ones, links would be greatly appreciated.
I am running Windows 7 64 Bit and the card is a Powercolor Radeon 6850.
Thanks in advance.|||"What I want to know is how do I correctly install and uninstall AMD drivers" - right click on "computer" and select properties, then click on device manager. click on display adapters, double click on your video card, click on driver tab and click on uninstall. Then reboot the computer.
But, before doing the above, download the latest drivers from AMD here: http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa… aand save the driver for installation after removing your older driver(s).|||you can try the Driver Navigator，it is such a software which automatically detect and download the drivers you need for your computer. immediately detects your system’s hardware, locates out-of-date or missing drivers and replaces them with the latest versions. here is the free trial version for you: http://www.discount-coupon-codes.net/uti…
hope it helps.|||One of the biggest problems with AMD is that when you uninstall the driver and CCC it tends to leave remanant files and registry entries that dont get overwritten when you install new driver and CCC resulting in you having the same issue you had previously but with the newer driver.
The method I'm about to describe removes everything from your computer(Hopefully)
Control panel/add remove programs/ATI install manager(double click)/select uninstall manager/custom/select everything for uninstall except chipset drivers(these are for your motherboard,RAID etc)then uninstall.
After uninstall go to Program files and delete all files pertaining to ATI,reboot and let windows load generic driver then it will probably ask for reboot again.after reboot use this program http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and clean your registry of AMD/ATI entries.You can even go as far as using this program as well http://www.guru3d.com/category/driverswe… just make sure to read instructions carefully.
Your computer should now be completely clear of all files pertaining to AMD/ATI.Now its just a matter of installing the new driver and CCC which is available here http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa…
I take no responsibilty for this,its a pretty hardcore way of clearing driver and control software from your system.
Intel or Amd- video card?
new video card should i get intel or amd|||neither of these are very good.. you need an nvidia card or ati as stated below. you can play games on the cards you have listed very well|||AMD or ATI, Nvidia if you feel like splurging some money but they really equal the first two.
But do not go Intel, every one that I've seen is terrible and I don't think they even make dedicated cards.
I had a 2009, laptop with good specs and an intel card. It could barely run Knights of the Old Republic 1. They are hands down just terrible.|||Avoid Intel graphics. Bad performance, bad compatibility, bad OpenGL... 'nuff said.
For low-end, AMD is a better buy than Nvidia. At the high-end, it's pretty neck and neck.
Also, ATI = AMD.|||GPU buyers guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgR7pZlPI…|||AMD
to you geniouses. AMD = ATI|||Intel and Graphics aren't a good combination. AMD all the way.|||Why not Nvidia or ATI? They are pretty good.Will let you play high end games too
But do not go Intel, every one that I've seen is terrible and I don't think they even make dedicated cards.
I had a 2009, laptop with good specs and an intel card. It could barely run Knights of the Old Republic 1. They are hands down just terrible.|||Avoid Intel graphics. Bad performance, bad compatibility, bad OpenGL... 'nuff said.
For low-end, AMD is a better buy than Nvidia. At the high-end, it's pretty neck and neck.
Also, ATI = AMD.|||GPU buyers guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgR7pZlPI…|||AMD
to you geniouses. AMD = ATI|||Intel and Graphics aren't a good combination. AMD all the way.|||Why not Nvidia or ATI? They are pretty good.Will let you play high end games too
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