I've updated the drivers for the video card and downloaded media player 11. Any help ?|||Upgrade your RAM if possible. www.crucial.com can do a free scan and give you upgrade options. Turn off un-needed background apps. Use VLC Media Player or GOM Player.|||u have disagreements there in ur puter.so go to my computer n go to software analisys n see what ur conflicts are|||Try mplayer:
http://www.mplayerhq.hu
It may not solve things but it takes less memory than other media players and when you run it from the command shell (not difficult) you will get useful messages which hopefully don't include errors.
I must say the size of the files I've been getting are larger than the size of equivalent files six months ago, and often it does take more memory to play avis or mkvs than it did then.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Video Cards. Please Help!?
I need to know how to choose a video card.
I've got the video card integrated with my Dell Dimension 3000 and quite frankly, its useless!
I've been looking at some more updated video cards, but then I don't know what kind of socket I need or have. I've checked the specs on my motherboard and it says I have a PCI-Express video card socket, so should I be looking for a PCIe Video Card?
And in terms of their memory jargon, my computer supports DDR2, and many of these cards are DDR3, does it matter when it's video cards?|||Your motherboard doesn't have a slot for a graphics card to be installed into, you are stuck with the integrated graphics you have... It is time for a new system...
As for graphics ram, you can use any graphics ram in a system you want to. The system ram is totally a separate category...
I've got the video card integrated with my Dell Dimension 3000 and quite frankly, its useless!
I've been looking at some more updated video cards, but then I don't know what kind of socket I need or have. I've checked the specs on my motherboard and it says I have a PCI-Express video card socket, so should I be looking for a PCIe Video Card?
And in terms of their memory jargon, my computer supports DDR2, and many of these cards are DDR3, does it matter when it's video cards?|||Your motherboard doesn't have a slot for a graphics card to be installed into, you are stuck with the integrated graphics you have... It is time for a new system...
As for graphics ram, you can use any graphics ram in a system you want to. The system ram is totally a separate category...
If i just downgraded my Vista to a fresh copy of xp, do i need to update my video card? if so, how?
i had windows vista, now im running on windows xp. my video
card that i have is ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
hope that helps. anyone give me a link to something specific i have to download?
i dont know what other information to provide.|||why would you need to upgrade your video card?
you should get the latest video card DRIVERS from ATI.|||What you need to do is to download the driver for your card. I'll grab a link in 1 sec... and update this
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_cataly…
One thing to let you know in advance. You have an integrated graphics set. Some games (like Unreal Tournament 3) will not work well, even with the drivers.
I wish you the best of luck!
card that i have is ATI RADEON XPRESS 1100
hope that helps. anyone give me a link to something specific i have to download?
i dont know what other information to provide.|||why would you need to upgrade your video card?
you should get the latest video card DRIVERS from ATI.|||What you need to do is to download the driver for your card. I'll grab a link in 1 sec... and update this
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_cataly…
One thing to let you know in advance. You have an integrated graphics set. Some games (like Unreal Tournament 3) will not work well, even with the drivers.
I wish you the best of luck!
Video Card dead or a Windows Issue?
I left my computer on before i left for school. When I came home i saw that my computer had restarted due to a windows update. After logging in i tried to watch a movie but the picture started lagging behind the sound. I did a virus sweep and found nothing, then when i tried to play a game i received an error message telling me that i did not have a compatible video card installed even though i could see it clearly in my case. In the device manager my video card is listed but with a little error sign beside it.
Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)
I have tried installing the latest Nvidia drivers and that did nothing. I was hoping that Microsoft would release another update to help fix this issue but it has been almost 2 weeks and nothing.
I just want to know if there is any way for me to fix this or is my video card just toast.
Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00 GHz
Vista-64 bit
p.s. i don't know a whole lot about motherboards and power supplies and such, so if any of that is needed please try to explain in simple ways.|||Sign-up on the Microslut forums, and ask your question there...the answers will (typically) be clearer and more applicable.
That being said, the 9 series video cards are NOT Dx10.1 (let alone fully Dx10) compliant. They don't have the *physical* architecture on the chip.
You will probably need to disable any Dx10.1 or Dx10 features you may have active (like the animated wallpaper or Aero interface).
Hopefully you'll be able to fix the issue soon...without having to pay massive tech bills!
Good Luck!|||Open device manager, and select your video card, right click on it and select properties, then on the top tab, select driver, then look down and select 'roll back driver'. That should help.
Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)
I have tried installing the latest Nvidia drivers and that did nothing. I was hoping that Microsoft would release another update to help fix this issue but it has been almost 2 weeks and nothing.
I just want to know if there is any way for me to fix this or is my video card just toast.
Nvidia GeForce 9800GTX
Intel Core 2 Duo 3.00 GHz
Vista-64 bit
p.s. i don't know a whole lot about motherboards and power supplies and such, so if any of that is needed please try to explain in simple ways.|||Sign-up on the Microslut forums, and ask your question there...the answers will (typically) be clearer and more applicable.
That being said, the 9 series video cards are NOT Dx10.1 (let alone fully Dx10) compliant. They don't have the *physical* architecture on the chip.
You will probably need to disable any Dx10.1 or Dx10 features you may have active (like the animated wallpaper or Aero interface).
Hopefully you'll be able to fix the issue soon...without having to pay massive tech bills!
Good Luck!|||Open device manager, and select your video card, right click on it and select properties, then on the top tab, select driver, then look down and select 'roll back driver'. That should help.
How do i update my video card?
NIVIDA verison 6.14.11.7597
Do not tell me something with notepad in it|||http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us pick option 2
Do not tell me something with notepad in it|||http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us pick option 2
Need help with video cards etc :(?
Hi guys.. I just downloaded a game and it's really laggy. ._.; My PC is pretty new, but I guess it has a crappy graphics card and stuff? I really need help with purchasing a decent/cheap card, maybe for less than $50. T_T; Doesn't matter if it's used. Also, can I add more GHz? I don't really know how these things work. x-x;
PS: When I play on the lowest settings, The lag reduces but it's still pretty laggy. ugh >.< The game is called 'Vindictus', and it's an online game.
The game's specs are as follows.
I don't feel the need to put the minimum requirements 'cause my PC pretty much passes it.. but it still freakin lags. >.<;
** Recommended: **
OS: Windows XP or higher
CPU: Duo Core or Higher ------ (What is this??)
RAM: 1 GB or Higher
HDD: Over 6 GB of Free Space
VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7xxx Series
Sound: 16 Bit Sound Card
Mine:
OS: Win-7
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor (2CPUs), ~2.7GHz ------ (What's the AMD Athlon for? >.<; Also, the minimum specs for the game is 2.4GHz)
Memory: 4096MB RAM
HDD: 392GB left after installation of the game.
There's also other stuff on the Display tab, i don't really know which one's helpful but here's some:
Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce430 (The minimum specs for the game is 5xxx Series).
Approx. Total Memory: 1848 MB
What do you think I should update? I've never really messed with my CPU before. My friend said it was pretty easy to install the hardware..? idk >.<; Anyways, Thank you in advance.. I've actually been meaning to buy a graphics card for a while now but I just don't know which one..|||Your CPU is fairly decent. No need to touch it, no upgrades needed.
As far as your graphics performance goes, it's currently very poor because you are using an integrated graphics chipset, which has very little processing power and has to rely on system RAM to use as VRAM.
So the best thing you can do for it is to add in a dedicated graphics card, unfortunately with a budget as low as $50 there aren't many good cards laying about that you can buy -- so you might have to try and win an auction from eBay for cheap.
Try a Radeon 4670 for example (auction ends in 17 hours)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-Technology-…
Though I would suggest buying new:
$62
Radeon 5550 (slightly more powerful, only costs a tad more, and it comes with full 2 year warranty. You don't get that with a 2nd hand card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Both cards require a 400watt power supply at the minimum.
PS: When I play on the lowest settings, The lag reduces but it's still pretty laggy. ugh >.< The game is called 'Vindictus', and it's an online game.
The game's specs are as follows.
I don't feel the need to put the minimum requirements 'cause my PC pretty much passes it.. but it still freakin lags. >.<;
** Recommended: **
OS: Windows XP or higher
CPU: Duo Core or Higher ------ (What is this??)
RAM: 1 GB or Higher
HDD: Over 6 GB of Free Space
VGA: Nvidia GeForce 7xxx Series
Sound: 16 Bit Sound Card
Mine:
OS: Win-7
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) II X2 215 Processor (2CPUs), ~2.7GHz ------ (What's the AMD Athlon for? >.<; Also, the minimum specs for the game is 2.4GHz)
Memory: 4096MB RAM
HDD: 392GB left after installation of the game.
There's also other stuff on the Display tab, i don't really know which one's helpful but here's some:
Name: NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce430 (The minimum specs for the game is 5xxx Series).
Approx. Total Memory: 1848 MB
What do you think I should update? I've never really messed with my CPU before. My friend said it was pretty easy to install the hardware..? idk >.<; Anyways, Thank you in advance.. I've actually been meaning to buy a graphics card for a while now but I just don't know which one..|||Your CPU is fairly decent. No need to touch it, no upgrades needed.
As far as your graphics performance goes, it's currently very poor because you are using an integrated graphics chipset, which has very little processing power and has to rely on system RAM to use as VRAM.
So the best thing you can do for it is to add in a dedicated graphics card, unfortunately with a budget as low as $50 there aren't many good cards laying about that you can buy -- so you might have to try and win an auction from eBay for cheap.
Try a Radeon 4670 for example (auction ends in 17 hours)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sapphire-Technology-…
Though I would suggest buying new:
$62
Radeon 5550 (slightly more powerful, only costs a tad more, and it comes with full 2 year warranty. You don't get that with a 2nd hand card)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Both cards require a 400watt power supply at the minimum.
What to do if my computer doesnt have video card driver?
i tried to see if i can update my video card but it said i dont have one
it happen because i restarted my computer and i think thats the problem
so how do i get a video card driver?|||Download one from internet. Simple as that. Google video card driver.
it happen because i restarted my computer and i think thats the problem
so how do i get a video card driver?|||Download one from internet. Simple as that. Google video card driver.
How do i update my video card drivers?
i have an acer aspire 5315 and when i play sims 2 it says my video card as stop worker, first do i need to update my video card, and second when can i update it, i looked on the acer site and foudn nothing but i dunno what im looking for, also when it says do this update i followed all the instructions and it didnt even have the update on the windows update, also there was one to do it manually and that didnt do it either, someone help me please :(|||Try going to the video card manufacturer for the newest drivers. Go to start---run----dxdiag to find out what card you have.|||u go to the Nvidia or ATI website and go to download drivers|||Go to Start/All Programs/Accesories/System Tools/ System Info. Find the manufacturer and type of video card in your computer. Write it down. Go to the manufacturer's website and find a link to download/ update drivers.
How to update my video card driver?
I have the NVIDIA GeForce 7300 LE (version 6.14.10.8268, which is probably really old), running on Windows XP. Where can I update this driver? I have looked on the NVIDIA website, but I can't find it. Maybe I'm just overlooking it. I have also tried googling it. This is really annoying me because when I try to play multiplayer games on my computer, it is really bad.
Thanks for the help in advance. :)|||Your video card is a Geforce 7 series. Upon going to their website, click "Download drivers" and then choose "Geforce 7 series" from the "product series" list (it doesn't matter if you specify that you have a 7300LE; the drivers are the same for each GF7 series card). Make sure to choose the XP 64-bit if you have a 64-bit OS.
I hope this helps!|||the performance of the 7300le is crap simply because it is a crap card and outdated now too. Updating the driver will do very little for the performance of any modern game.
That said the latest driver version is:
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp-266…
By the way that is straight from the nvidia website.|||http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-266.5…
Thanks for the help in advance. :)|||Your video card is a Geforce 7 series. Upon going to their website, click "Download drivers" and then choose "Geforce 7 series" from the "product series" list (it doesn't matter if you specify that you have a 7300LE; the drivers are the same for each GF7 series card). Make sure to choose the XP 64-bit if you have a 64-bit OS.
I hope this helps!|||the performance of the 7300le is crap simply because it is a crap card and outdated now too. Updating the driver will do very little for the performance of any modern game.
That said the latest driver version is:
http://www.nvidia.co.uk/object/winxp-266…
By the way that is straight from the nvidia website.|||http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp-266.5…
My Dell Latitude D620 needs to update its video card?
I would like to play Minecraft on it yet I need to update my video card driver. Any help on where I can update it so that I can play Minecraft yet not screw up my Laptop.|||the Dell website , first thing.
if that doesn't work , try windows update.
if this comes up much, try software which updates drivers.
driver updating software:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBlbdtES…|||That Laptop is a piece of Sh*t|||You can't change your graphics chips in a laptop they are soldered to the motherboard.
You can clean up your pc so it will run better.
Tune-Up and Clean-Up
First Ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Then Malwarebytes http://malwarebytes.org
<><><><><>
Run Error Checking
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Check box for Error Checking
Reboot
<><><><><>
Run Disk Cleanup
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Disk Cleanup button
After it Calculates how much space you can recover,
Click on the More Options Tab then
System Restore Cleanup Button (this can recover a lot of space)
Windows 7
Clean up System Files Button
More Options
Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies
<><><><><>
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Look at Programs you no longer use and uninstall them. ie Trialware and programs you installed but don't use anymore.
(Don’t if not sure - windows will say you have not used it in a while but it may be an important program)
<><><><><>
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Disk Defragment
_____
After you get all that done, do a Clean Boot so Minecraft will run better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dbrr6YB9…|||A little common sense should tell you the Dell website. An update isn't going to do you any good though. You don't have the graphics hardware to run it to begin with.
if that doesn't work , try windows update.
if this comes up much, try software which updates drivers.
driver updating software:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArBlbdtES…|||That Laptop is a piece of Sh*t|||You can't change your graphics chips in a laptop they are soldered to the motherboard.
You can clean up your pc so it will run better.
Tune-Up and Clean-Up
First Ccleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner
Then Malwarebytes http://malwarebytes.org
<><><><><>
Run Error Checking
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Check box for Error Checking
Reboot
<><><><><>
Run Disk Cleanup
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Disk Cleanup button
After it Calculates how much space you can recover,
Click on the More Options Tab then
System Restore Cleanup Button (this can recover a lot of space)
Windows 7
Clean up System Files Button
More Options
Clean up under System Restore and Shadow Copies
<><><><><>
Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Look at Programs you no longer use and uninstall them. ie Trialware and programs you installed but don't use anymore.
(Don’t if not sure - windows will say you have not used it in a while but it may be an important program)
<><><><><>
Right click on C: in (My) Computer
Properties
Tools
Disk Defragment
_____
After you get all that done, do a Clean Boot so Minecraft will run better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dbrr6YB9…|||A little common sense should tell you the Dell website. An update isn't going to do you any good though. You don't have the graphics hardware to run it to begin with.
How to to update my driver for the video card?
Window media will not play some DVDs with the message to update the driver for video card
I have updated drivers with dell to no effect I am running XP on a Dell|||go to ur video card's manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers.
for AMD/ATI:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa…
for nVIDIA:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.asp…
for Intel:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
or just go to Dell's website and download the latest drivers
hope I helped :)|||Updating the video card drivers is not so difficult, there is the driver detective software to help you download and install the driver automatically in an easy way. Check it if you like, good luck!
http://www.download-drivers.org/video-ca…|||Go to the manufacturer's website of the video card you have and download the latest driver there. Usually the vendor has the most recent drivers before DELL ever does.|||Go to the manufacturer's website.
If you find yourself needing to update drivers much: http://www.stuff4you.biz/updatedrivers.h…|||hi, here is a dell video driver updates page http://www.dell-drivers.org/dell-drivers… , maybe you can get help there. ;)
I have updated drivers with dell to no effect I am running XP on a Dell|||go to ur video card's manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers.
for AMD/ATI:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pa…
for nVIDIA:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.asp…
for Intel:
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/
or just go to Dell's website and download the latest drivers
hope I helped :)|||Updating the video card drivers is not so difficult, there is the driver detective software to help you download and install the driver automatically in an easy way. Check it if you like, good luck!
http://www.download-drivers.org/video-ca…|||Go to the manufacturer's website of the video card you have and download the latest driver there. Usually the vendor has the most recent drivers before DELL ever does.|||Go to the manufacturer's website.
If you find yourself needing to update drivers much: http://www.stuff4you.biz/updatedrivers.h…|||hi, here is a dell video driver updates page http://www.dell-drivers.org/dell-drivers… , maybe you can get help there. ;)
How to update a video card driver?
My video card is not updated and I can not play any pc games. It pisses me off. When I Try to download it, they tell me to pay, but i dont want to.
If you know a site or something, tell me please!|||If you can provide the chipset manufacturer, as well as the brand and model number of your video card, we can probably provide you a direct link to the driver download.|||The manufacturer of your video card usually offers the drivers free to download. If you have Vista, there's a neat feature where it can automatically find the latest driver.
Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Expand Display Adapters and Double Click your Video Card > Click Driver Tab > Click Update Driver, then select first option which should be "Search Automatically for updated Driver Software"
Good luck.|||You go to the official website, like ATI or Nvidia.
If you know a site or something, tell me please!|||If you can provide the chipset manufacturer, as well as the brand and model number of your video card, we can probably provide you a direct link to the driver download.|||The manufacturer of your video card usually offers the drivers free to download. If you have Vista, there's a neat feature where it can automatically find the latest driver.
Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager > Expand Display Adapters and Double Click your Video Card > Click Driver Tab > Click Update Driver, then select first option which should be "Search Automatically for updated Driver Software"
Good luck.|||You go to the official website, like ATI or Nvidia.
Can anybody please tell me how to update BIOS in a mercury PI945GCM board ?
i want to use a HD 5670 video card but I cant ......... i guess updating BIOS will solve the prob
so please tell me how .......... i cant update using my mobo's site , no option there ......
Please tell me what to do
THNX IN ADVANCE|||if your mobo site does not support BIOS updates then you most probably cant
945G chipset is old and obsolete now
why not go for a better mobo because the HD 5670 is a very latest graphics card and you need a Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz processor at least
so please tell me how .......... i cant update using my mobo's site , no option there ......
Please tell me what to do
THNX IN ADVANCE|||if your mobo site does not support BIOS updates then you most probably cant
945G chipset is old and obsolete now
why not go for a better mobo because the HD 5670 is a very latest graphics card and you need a Core 2 Duo E7500 2.93GHz processor at least
HELP!!Plez!! I need to install a new video card!!! I WANT TO PLAY GAMES?
I just got this video card for free with the software and I am terrified of trying to install it! Just can't seem to get the nerve to install video card or update my bios. So what I wanna know is can my computer handle this card? Even if it wasn't made just for my system, will it still work if I install it?
Dell OptiPlex GX1 450Mtbr+
Bios: Dell computer cor. A06 4-28-99
Win. XP Pro sp3
450 mhz Intel Pentium III
32 kilo bites primary memory cache
512 kilo bites secondary memory cache
Display: ATI Technology, Inc. 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x
Ram:
128 MB
256 MB
256 MB
Hard drive: WD-WD200BB-00BSA0 (20.02 GB)
I really really want a new video card and buying anything is out of the question right now. I know I just need to get a new computer but that to is not an option for me. so if it'll work...anything special I may need to about installing it.|||check your motherboard, does it have a slot for additional graphic card?if yes, try to plug your new card, make sure it is plugged correctly
Dell OptiPlex GX1 450Mtbr+
Bios: Dell computer cor. A06 4-28-99
Win. XP Pro sp3
450 mhz Intel Pentium III
32 kilo bites primary memory cache
512 kilo bites secondary memory cache
Display: ATI Technology, Inc. 3D Rage Pro AGP 2x
Ram:
128 MB
256 MB
256 MB
Hard drive: WD-WD200BB-00BSA0 (20.02 GB)
I really really want a new video card and buying anything is out of the question right now. I know I just need to get a new computer but that to is not an option for me. so if it'll work...anything special I may need to about installing it.|||check your motherboard, does it have a slot for additional graphic card?if yes, try to plug your new card, make sure it is plugged correctly
Video card making my computer crash after a surge.?
We had a power surge a while ago that burned out the power unit on my computer, I finnally got it replaced after like a month. Now, the computer crashes if I play a high-graphics game (which i was able to run perfectly fine before) and reboots itself, then tells me the crash happened bc of the video card. It is updated and changing the device settings caused the computer to automatically crash and restart over and over until I told it to convert back to 'last settings that worked'. What's odd is it only does it about 20 or 25% of the time. What's going on?|||Did you replace the video card after the surge? If not, it may me that it also was slightly damaged. Maybe you could try a new card.|||Check to make sure that your fan on the video card is running. I had one that I had to keep a fan blowing into the box until I replaced it in order to keep it running. If I forgot to turn the fan on it would lock up on me while surfing or playing a game. I have also heard that overheated RAM will cause this too.|||Did you get a powerful enough power supply? When you are pushing your graphics card it draws more power and could be crashing your system.|||I had a similar problem a few years back after my generator got a little excited and decided that 400V was better than 240V. (UK). I had two computers, both lost their power supplies, on one of them(the better one, of course) the chipset literally exploded, the hard drive lasted about another week. The other ran with a new PSU but was always unstable after that. When I looked at it, I realised that all the capacitors on the motherboard bulged out at the top instead of being flat. So all I can suggest is trying your graphics card in another computer to work out if it's the card or the motherboard. I suppose that you could replace the capacitors if they're like mine were if you were inclined to do so but maybe it's time to consider buying a new machine?
How do I update my video card to directx 9?
My Computers directx version is 9.0c. My video card (128mb, Sis 760) is 6.14.0010.3830 (English). Its main driver is sisgrv.dll. How can I update it to directx9? Because directx6 was released in like 1998 or 1999, This computer i got like 3 years ago, maybe less.|||DirectX support is built in silicon in the video card chipset. Not upgradeable.
You can get a kick-butt video card for next-to-nothing. Go for it.|||no your card wont accept it
you need to buy a video card - no way around this one...
You can get a kick-butt video card for next-to-nothing. Go for it.|||no your card wont accept it
you need to buy a video card - no way around this one...
When i play wow it says i need to update my video card??
my video card is intel(R) 828656 grahpics controller. idk what to do i just want to play the game on. i played it for 2 years straight and had no promblem. o and it also says make sure u have directx9.0c installed but i got that 2. so i dont kno what to do please help!|||I had the same problem with the online game "Dark Age of Camelot". It worked for a year and then when they added an expansion pack which "improved" the graphics engine so that it showed water and trees better, my graphics card could no longer handle it.
I had an ATI graphics card and I ended up switching to a card that uses the nVidia chipset, since that was recommended by the software company.
At least WoW tells you that your card is out of date and needs to be updated. So here is what you do:
1) Go to the Intel website and look for new drivers for your specific model of video card. Arrange to install them to replace the ones you have now. This will usually provide some improvements to the way the card does its job, and Blizzard may be fine with that new driver in place.
2) Check to see if you have "dxdiag" on your system. It should be there if you have the DirectX 9 software. Just go to the MSDOS shell prompt and type in "dxdiag" then press ENTER. It should pop up a window and show you all the details about the DirectX software that is installed. Look on the main page at the bottom and make sure it says "DirectX 9.0c"
3) If updating the driver and the DirectX software (if necessary) don't resolve the problem, then it may be time to purchase a replacement video card. If you have an on-board video card, you should be able to set it to disabled in the BIOS (when the system boots up) so that any new video card you buy can be inserted and becomes active. When buying a new card, you need to know the type you need. Older PCs may have AGP-style cards or PCI cards, while the new ones use PCI-X (called PCI Express).
Hope this helps.
Steve|||Try visiting your PC manufacturer's website and downloading the drivers for your video card. They may have become corrupted somehow.|||the games graphics get better and better, and your graphics card gets more and more outdated. you just need to get a new graphics card. they're not expensive
I had an ATI graphics card and I ended up switching to a card that uses the nVidia chipset, since that was recommended by the software company.
At least WoW tells you that your card is out of date and needs to be updated. So here is what you do:
1) Go to the Intel website and look for new drivers for your specific model of video card. Arrange to install them to replace the ones you have now. This will usually provide some improvements to the way the card does its job, and Blizzard may be fine with that new driver in place.
2) Check to see if you have "dxdiag" on your system. It should be there if you have the DirectX 9 software. Just go to the MSDOS shell prompt and type in "dxdiag" then press ENTER. It should pop up a window and show you all the details about the DirectX software that is installed. Look on the main page at the bottom and make sure it says "DirectX 9.0c"
3) If updating the driver and the DirectX software (if necessary) don't resolve the problem, then it may be time to purchase a replacement video card. If you have an on-board video card, you should be able to set it to disabled in the BIOS (when the system boots up) so that any new video card you buy can be inserted and becomes active. When buying a new card, you need to know the type you need. Older PCs may have AGP-style cards or PCI cards, while the new ones use PCI-X (called PCI Express).
Hope this helps.
Steve|||Try visiting your PC manufacturer's website and downloading the drivers for your video card. They may have become corrupted somehow.|||the games graphics get better and better, and your graphics card gets more and more outdated. you just need to get a new graphics card. they're not expensive
Can't figure out how to update drivers for motherboard to install a new AGP video card, please help?
I'm trying to install a Radeon video card to update from my ancient Nvidia one, and the first step is to update the AGP drivers for the motherboard. It said to go to control panel, system, device manager, and system devices. And here I'm supposed to find the chipset manufacturer's name so I can update the drivers? All I see that seems appropriate is "Intel 8w443BX Pentium II processor to AGP controller." Then it says to double click on the name and go to the Driver tab and then go to the Driver Details button. But the button is fogged out, it's lighter, you know, like when they make it so you can't click on it. So I don't know how I'm supposed to update the drivers... The video card I'm using currently is an AGP one, so do I really need to update anything? It says "Not only do you need display drivers for an AGP graphics card, you also need drivers for your motherboard, which enable AGP functionality for the motherboard chipset." And that makes me think it's fine how it is.|||Thank you for providing some really important information to help everyone give you the correct answer...
You are trying to go into the CONTROL PANEL etc to update a driver,
howerver, you must realize that if you get in to the correct section,
it will automatically ask you WHERE IS THE NEW DRIVER, expecting a CD, a floppy, a web address, etc. and you have indicated that you don't have these...
(DELL usually has a hidden partition on the harddrive, with all the
files needed to get your computer going, and all the "old" drivers..
Sometimes it is deliberately hidden from windows, so you can't immediately see it. These "original" drivers are likely out of date, by the time you purchased the unit! There "may" be the manual and other technical information in files, hidden as well. Check you
settings to see under folder options is there are HIDDEN READ ONLY and SYSTEM file checkmarks to hide the files...)
Your Chipset, as you have indicated, is from the INTEL chipsets,
and you can get an all-in-one chipset driver from the INTEL
website that finds the correct chips and upgrades them.
DELL, at thier website may have newer updates by putting in
your model number.
You might get the name of the "actual" motherboard manufacturer if you can navigate into the BIOS and remove the
" DELL" welcome screen at startup, to see the actual BIOS start screen. "DELL" usually uses some brand name manufacturer
to make the motherboards, and information "may" be available on
the original website, for that, or some very similar board.
( ex. Dell uses a real "INTEL" motherboard, origianally a P7AM-QV, and has intel modify it specifically for DELL, labelling it
the P7AM-Q33 , but they are essentially almost identical, so the
manual on the INTEL website will give you a great deal of info.)
Dell " may" have the manuals, the drivers, the updates, the BIOS
updates, and links to the INTEL chipset, all there for you... ( hopefully )
If this is not an INTEL motherboard, and just "uses" INTEL chips,
then you may find the motherboard by opening the case and shining a light on the white print to see if it has a model number and reveision number.
You can also use software to go in and read the BIOS and chips to see if this will give better information...
TRY the Dell First.
Then try the sofware ( listed in a similar answer below )
Then try looking at the motherboard...
Try the INTEL chipset update.
You will probably be ok, since DELL is a big corporation, and you should find all the info you need on the web...
Once you have updated the motherboard, then you install the video card. Then, you go to the Video card WEBSITE and update
the just- installed driver, sice they update VERY frequently !
Save all the updates to everything an a CD so that you do not have to find everything again !
HERE IS A SIMILAR QUESTION with some information that
might help.....
______________________________________…
______________________________________…
How exacly can i tell what company manufactured my motherboard?
I recently added a new hard drive (as a slave drive) for extra memory. but the video files i have on the new hard drive skip and is kinda choppy the first time you play the video. i was told to try to update the driver for my motherboard but i dont know who manufactured it.
This is a common problem...
(( ladyfirst, in her answer below gives a link to a 4 meg download,
free, that I tried, and like hundreds of similar applications,
may interrogate your BIOS, and analyze your system, and
may give you details simply by running the program... I would
suggest trying her method. I ran it on my computer, and it was
VERY good at comming up with " MOST" data, although, digging
up the specific REVISION NUMBER of the BIOS may be out,
still, you might be given the actual www.address of the manufacturer to search for more info....
Try these links with the software, and see if they all agree, :
EVEREST
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.h…
COMPUTER CENSUS
http://tucows.com/preview/502506
ASTRA32
http://tucows.com/preview/348128
MvPCinfo
http://tucows.com/preview/404367
(( there are dozens of these types of programs, and you can
use yahoo search or dogpile.com search to find a great many more... _)
Iff this fails, then you
can just open the case and, if lucky, can read the manufacturer's
name and model number somewhere on the board using a
bright light. You may even find the REVISION number. Sometimes the information is obscured by the AGP card or
a PCI card, but these are not difficult to momentarily remove....
otherwise, follow BELOW : ))
[[ Another tip.... if you are "UPDATING" your motherboard with
a BIOS FLASH, proceed very carefully. Make certain your floppy
is 100% CLEAN ( use a floppy cleaner disk with white fiber disk,
and alcohol bottle in the kit... sometimes available at the dollar store, but well worth it... test a few read/ writes, and a scandisk
on a newly written floppy ).
SAVE the old BIOS , even though you don't have to. AND, if
ANYTHING GOES WRONG DO NOT SHUT OFF THE POWER...!
If there is a disk read / write error, get another disk, on another
computer, and use the other disk ( which the computer would not know was a new one, and continue... ) You can even, CAREFULLY exchange the floppy macnine itself.... ANYTHING, but remove the
POWER... ! ! ! Read the instructions carefully, and print them out. And, again, it is vitally important to know the correct revision number, and make certain that it is valid for the BIOS revision
you are using to update....
It is also a good idea to have a battery backup UPS running
during the BIOS FLASH, so that a tiny power glitch would not
destroy your BIOS, --- if anything went wrong, your entire motherboard would be useless...
After upgrading the BIOS, then you can use the CHIPSET upgrade software that will update things, typically like AGP to
PCI bus drivers, PCI drivers, clock timing upgrades, and sound,
lan, modem, etc. drivers if any are onboard. ]]
IFF these methods fail, then:
1/ Rip apart your entire computer and read BOTH sides of the
motherboard and all the sticky labels, particularly on the
first side of the last card slot, and write down all the numbers and
names, and hope that there is something in ENGLISH, that
looks like a model name, and a revision number.
If you are lucky, the NAME is in bold white screen print on the
top, and the REVISION number is printed in a corner somewhere
or on a sticky label on or near the BIOS, with something like
rev. 1.02b
If you are experienced you can sometimes tell who probably made the board by the colours, the way the traces are made,
the configuration, the chips used etc, and some of the codes
written on the sticky labels...
Sometimes the label and model numbers are on the BACK,
which is a real pain, since you "HAVE " to remove the board
itself...
2/ you can try to stop the BIOS BOOT sequence at the start of
the BOOT procedure and read the information on the screen.
Sometimes it will STATE IN ENGLISH the model and make
and revision number as part of the BIOS routine,,,,, JOY
Sometimes it will just give you a long BIOS REVISION
code
like Ac00287-BC8djJ-0030300228-12kidj or something, and
you have to go to the BIOS manufacturers website and
look up the code on a list.... ( AMIBIOS, etc. )
I answered this question just a while ago, repeated here with
more details....
______________________________________…
When you first start your computer, how do you get the screen to stop so you can read what it says.?
I am not talking about getting to the bios.
Additional Details
6 days ago
The reason I am asking this is my computer cannot see my cdrom drive. One of the answers somewhere was to look when the computer starts and see if it lists the cd rom drive.
6 days ago
The pause break works. How do I get it to resume loading after I hit pause break?
( to resume, press ENTER )
4 answers
You've already answered this question.
robin_graves
1 week ago
Report Abuse
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
I put your question on my watch list.
The answer to hit the PAUSE / BREAK is 'sort of "
correct, once the first page is finished and the POST
starts, pause will usually work, but the VERY first
screen, with the BIOS revision number usually
blinks so fast that it is impossible to stop on
many computers. This BIOS revision number is
often a key to determining what revision, what
manufacturer, and what company the computer
is .... I have hundreds of computers, and there is
no "rule " to get the screen to stop.... Sometimes,
pause may work... but usually on 286's or 386's,
-- the new computers are too fast to control...
(( Since I have ... HUNDREDS .... of computers,
most come with no manual, and HUNDREDS of these
motherboards have NO MARKINGS whatsoever that
cross reference to any known motherboard by any known
manufacturer. In fact, countless mothrboards are
illegal clones, first commissioned by a large, known
corporation, and then "cloned" cheaply at the factory,
deliberately hidding all identifying markings. The only way
to track down what the board was originally, is to get the
printed BIOS version on the first screen, and go to
the BIOS manufacturer's website, and cross reference
the BIOS # with known listings. In many cases, the
sequence, even then, will list A046B1A-004124 as " other",
or, the cloning assembly line has put in a BIOS revision
number that is not listed at all... Since many of the hundreds
of motherbaords I bump into, are strange, and from around the
world, there are many instances where the Manufacturer,
the Board Name and the Revision number white printed
clearly on the board, mean nothing, with no web search, and
no technical website postings finding anything or anyone who has
heard of the company or the board... There is an exception to
every rule { all motherboards are clearly identified in white
printing }, and I get a great many of the unidentifiable boards,
simply BECAUSE, no one else knows what to do with them !
see my website, kidbots.com ))
I hope someone comes up with something I have never
seen before.... good luck.
robin
Asker's Rating:
Most informative answer.
______________________________________…
As you can see, finding a manufacturer is not a guaranteed process... the odds are, though, that you will find the information
easily - strange boards are getting rare...
FINALLY...
If updating the BIOS, the DRIVERS, and the software viewer
and CODECS does not work, then you have an issue, not with
the software, but with the hardware - is the harddrive a fast one
with large cache? is the cabelling the best configuration?, do you have an ATA drive needing an 80 wire cable, and have only installed a 40 wire? Is there another mechanical and BIOS
location that allows the hardddrive to function faster? Are there
settings in your Operating System that allocate more RAM to the
software viewer, so that it runs faster? Is there another Viewer program that is more efficiently coded that will speed up the
transfere reate, so that the videos run smoothly? etc. etc....
There may be other issues here that are not immediately apparent. On the new drive, go to the manufacturers website and
see how much cache ram is on the Drive board, and what
the RPM ( Pevolutions per minute ) speed is. 7,200 is normal
today, and higher end drives are 10,000 RPM. 5,000 is middle of
the road, and 3,000's are slow, etc. You can compare the same
read times and latency and RPM for the new drive and your old
one to see if there is a major performance drop.
I would also search around for better designed viewer software.
There are any out there, and you might be surprised with much
better performance.
______________________________________…
______________________________________…
Some of the information above is for CD's and other problems,
but the routine for finding out who made you motherboard,
is the same.... hopefully DELL will have everything laid out for you...
hope this helps
robin|||try the microsoft update site; there check the 'custom" update box... this will then scan your system and if there is something for your particular card, it will show up, download and install as per usual.|||You should have the drivers disk that came with your computer or motherboard. Make sure all the drivers are installed from that. You should have a disk that came with your video card that has the drivers on it also. Install those.
Are you sure that the video card you bought is securely installed?
Is it compatible with your Operating System?
Is it 4X or 8X. There is a difference. Is it backwards compatible?
You can also check the Computer Manufacturer's, motherboard, and video card manufacturers' websites for compatibility and drivers which should be better than the ones that came with your OS or computer.
Another thing you can do if you have drivers is to go to your Device Manager and uninstall your Display adapter. Then either hit Action and Scan for Hardware Changes, or shut down and reboot your computer.
Windows will find any new Plug and Play devices for you.
FYI: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Int…
Good luck.|||OK..you have a dell computer and you need to update the motherboard APG controller. This is part of the Intel NorthBridge Chipset of your motherboard, the 440BX chipset to be exact. Since you did not mention your Dell model of computer, I can't give you the specific Dell webpage. This is an old computer, but I did find the drivers for the chipset on the Intel website. Since you did not mention your OS, I put the top level link for your chipset here. Download the Chipset ID software first and run that to be sure you are getting the correct drivers. If this is the correct chipset then the last time the driver was updated was 5/6/2002.
You are trying to go into the CONTROL PANEL etc to update a driver,
howerver, you must realize that if you get in to the correct section,
it will automatically ask you WHERE IS THE NEW DRIVER, expecting a CD, a floppy, a web address, etc. and you have indicated that you don't have these...
(DELL usually has a hidden partition on the harddrive, with all the
files needed to get your computer going, and all the "old" drivers..
Sometimes it is deliberately hidden from windows, so you can't immediately see it. These "original" drivers are likely out of date, by the time you purchased the unit! There "may" be the manual and other technical information in files, hidden as well. Check you
settings to see under folder options is there are HIDDEN READ ONLY and SYSTEM file checkmarks to hide the files...)
Your Chipset, as you have indicated, is from the INTEL chipsets,
and you can get an all-in-one chipset driver from the INTEL
website that finds the correct chips and upgrades them.
DELL, at thier website may have newer updates by putting in
your model number.
You might get the name of the "actual" motherboard manufacturer if you can navigate into the BIOS and remove the
" DELL" welcome screen at startup, to see the actual BIOS start screen. "DELL" usually uses some brand name manufacturer
to make the motherboards, and information "may" be available on
the original website, for that, or some very similar board.
( ex. Dell uses a real "INTEL" motherboard, origianally a P7AM-QV, and has intel modify it specifically for DELL, labelling it
the P7AM-Q33 , but they are essentially almost identical, so the
manual on the INTEL website will give you a great deal of info.)
Dell " may" have the manuals, the drivers, the updates, the BIOS
updates, and links to the INTEL chipset, all there for you... ( hopefully )
If this is not an INTEL motherboard, and just "uses" INTEL chips,
then you may find the motherboard by opening the case and shining a light on the white print to see if it has a model number and reveision number.
You can also use software to go in and read the BIOS and chips to see if this will give better information...
TRY the Dell First.
Then try the sofware ( listed in a similar answer below )
Then try looking at the motherboard...
Try the INTEL chipset update.
You will probably be ok, since DELL is a big corporation, and you should find all the info you need on the web...
Once you have updated the motherboard, then you install the video card. Then, you go to the Video card WEBSITE and update
the just- installed driver, sice they update VERY frequently !
Save all the updates to everything an a CD so that you do not have to find everything again !
HERE IS A SIMILAR QUESTION with some information that
might help.....
______________________________________…
______________________________________…
How exacly can i tell what company manufactured my motherboard?
I recently added a new hard drive (as a slave drive) for extra memory. but the video files i have on the new hard drive skip and is kinda choppy the first time you play the video. i was told to try to update the driver for my motherboard but i dont know who manufactured it.
This is a common problem...
(( ladyfirst, in her answer below gives a link to a 4 meg download,
free, that I tried, and like hundreds of similar applications,
may interrogate your BIOS, and analyze your system, and
may give you details simply by running the program... I would
suggest trying her method. I ran it on my computer, and it was
VERY good at comming up with " MOST" data, although, digging
up the specific REVISION NUMBER of the BIOS may be out,
still, you might be given the actual www.address of the manufacturer to search for more info....
Try these links with the software, and see if they all agree, :
EVEREST
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.h…
COMPUTER CENSUS
http://tucows.com/preview/502506
ASTRA32
http://tucows.com/preview/348128
MvPCinfo
http://tucows.com/preview/404367
(( there are dozens of these types of programs, and you can
use yahoo search or dogpile.com search to find a great many more... _)
Iff this fails, then you
can just open the case and, if lucky, can read the manufacturer's
name and model number somewhere on the board using a
bright light. You may even find the REVISION number. Sometimes the information is obscured by the AGP card or
a PCI card, but these are not difficult to momentarily remove....
otherwise, follow BELOW : ))
[[ Another tip.... if you are "UPDATING" your motherboard with
a BIOS FLASH, proceed very carefully. Make certain your floppy
is 100% CLEAN ( use a floppy cleaner disk with white fiber disk,
and alcohol bottle in the kit... sometimes available at the dollar store, but well worth it... test a few read/ writes, and a scandisk
on a newly written floppy ).
SAVE the old BIOS , even though you don't have to. AND, if
ANYTHING GOES WRONG DO NOT SHUT OFF THE POWER...!
If there is a disk read / write error, get another disk, on another
computer, and use the other disk ( which the computer would not know was a new one, and continue... ) You can even, CAREFULLY exchange the floppy macnine itself.... ANYTHING, but remove the
POWER... ! ! ! Read the instructions carefully, and print them out. And, again, it is vitally important to know the correct revision number, and make certain that it is valid for the BIOS revision
you are using to update....
It is also a good idea to have a battery backup UPS running
during the BIOS FLASH, so that a tiny power glitch would not
destroy your BIOS, --- if anything went wrong, your entire motherboard would be useless...
After upgrading the BIOS, then you can use the CHIPSET upgrade software that will update things, typically like AGP to
PCI bus drivers, PCI drivers, clock timing upgrades, and sound,
lan, modem, etc. drivers if any are onboard. ]]
IFF these methods fail, then:
1/ Rip apart your entire computer and read BOTH sides of the
motherboard and all the sticky labels, particularly on the
first side of the last card slot, and write down all the numbers and
names, and hope that there is something in ENGLISH, that
looks like a model name, and a revision number.
If you are lucky, the NAME is in bold white screen print on the
top, and the REVISION number is printed in a corner somewhere
or on a sticky label on or near the BIOS, with something like
rev. 1.02b
If you are experienced you can sometimes tell who probably made the board by the colours, the way the traces are made,
the configuration, the chips used etc, and some of the codes
written on the sticky labels...
Sometimes the label and model numbers are on the BACK,
which is a real pain, since you "HAVE " to remove the board
itself...
2/ you can try to stop the BIOS BOOT sequence at the start of
the BOOT procedure and read the information on the screen.
Sometimes it will STATE IN ENGLISH the model and make
and revision number as part of the BIOS routine,,,,, JOY
Sometimes it will just give you a long BIOS REVISION
code
like Ac00287-BC8djJ-0030300228-12kidj or something, and
you have to go to the BIOS manufacturers website and
look up the code on a list.... ( AMIBIOS, etc. )
I answered this question just a while ago, repeated here with
more details....
______________________________________…
When you first start your computer, how do you get the screen to stop so you can read what it says.?
I am not talking about getting to the bios.
Additional Details
6 days ago
The reason I am asking this is my computer cannot see my cdrom drive. One of the answers somewhere was to look when the computer starts and see if it lists the cd rom drive.
6 days ago
The pause break works. How do I get it to resume loading after I hit pause break?
( to resume, press ENTER )
4 answers
You've already answered this question.
robin_graves
1 week ago
Report Abuse
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker
I put your question on my watch list.
The answer to hit the PAUSE / BREAK is 'sort of "
correct, once the first page is finished and the POST
starts, pause will usually work, but the VERY first
screen, with the BIOS revision number usually
blinks so fast that it is impossible to stop on
many computers. This BIOS revision number is
often a key to determining what revision, what
manufacturer, and what company the computer
is .... I have hundreds of computers, and there is
no "rule " to get the screen to stop.... Sometimes,
pause may work... but usually on 286's or 386's,
-- the new computers are too fast to control...
(( Since I have ... HUNDREDS .... of computers,
most come with no manual, and HUNDREDS of these
motherboards have NO MARKINGS whatsoever that
cross reference to any known motherboard by any known
manufacturer. In fact, countless mothrboards are
illegal clones, first commissioned by a large, known
corporation, and then "cloned" cheaply at the factory,
deliberately hidding all identifying markings. The only way
to track down what the board was originally, is to get the
printed BIOS version on the first screen, and go to
the BIOS manufacturer's website, and cross reference
the BIOS # with known listings. In many cases, the
sequence, even then, will list A046B1A-004124 as " other",
or, the cloning assembly line has put in a BIOS revision
number that is not listed at all... Since many of the hundreds
of motherbaords I bump into, are strange, and from around the
world, there are many instances where the Manufacturer,
the Board Name and the Revision number white printed
clearly on the board, mean nothing, with no web search, and
no technical website postings finding anything or anyone who has
heard of the company or the board... There is an exception to
every rule { all motherboards are clearly identified in white
printing }, and I get a great many of the unidentifiable boards,
simply BECAUSE, no one else knows what to do with them !
see my website, kidbots.com ))
I hope someone comes up with something I have never
seen before.... good luck.
robin
Asker's Rating:
Most informative answer.
______________________________________…
As you can see, finding a manufacturer is not a guaranteed process... the odds are, though, that you will find the information
easily - strange boards are getting rare...
FINALLY...
If updating the BIOS, the DRIVERS, and the software viewer
and CODECS does not work, then you have an issue, not with
the software, but with the hardware - is the harddrive a fast one
with large cache? is the cabelling the best configuration?, do you have an ATA drive needing an 80 wire cable, and have only installed a 40 wire? Is there another mechanical and BIOS
location that allows the hardddrive to function faster? Are there
settings in your Operating System that allocate more RAM to the
software viewer, so that it runs faster? Is there another Viewer program that is more efficiently coded that will speed up the
transfere reate, so that the videos run smoothly? etc. etc....
There may be other issues here that are not immediately apparent. On the new drive, go to the manufacturers website and
see how much cache ram is on the Drive board, and what
the RPM ( Pevolutions per minute ) speed is. 7,200 is normal
today, and higher end drives are 10,000 RPM. 5,000 is middle of
the road, and 3,000's are slow, etc. You can compare the same
read times and latency and RPM for the new drive and your old
one to see if there is a major performance drop.
I would also search around for better designed viewer software.
There are any out there, and you might be surprised with much
better performance.
______________________________________…
______________________________________…
Some of the information above is for CD's and other problems,
but the routine for finding out who made you motherboard,
is the same.... hopefully DELL will have everything laid out for you...
hope this helps
robin|||try the microsoft update site; there check the 'custom" update box... this will then scan your system and if there is something for your particular card, it will show up, download and install as per usual.|||You should have the drivers disk that came with your computer or motherboard. Make sure all the drivers are installed from that. You should have a disk that came with your video card that has the drivers on it also. Install those.
Are you sure that the video card you bought is securely installed?
Is it compatible with your Operating System?
Is it 4X or 8X. There is a difference. Is it backwards compatible?
You can also check the Computer Manufacturer's, motherboard, and video card manufacturers' websites for compatibility and drivers which should be better than the ones that came with your OS or computer.
Another thing you can do if you have drivers is to go to your Device Manager and uninstall your Display adapter. Then either hit Action and Scan for Hardware Changes, or shut down and reboot your computer.
Windows will find any new Plug and Play devices for you.
FYI: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Int…
Good luck.|||OK..you have a dell computer and you need to update the motherboard APG controller. This is part of the Intel NorthBridge Chipset of your motherboard, the 440BX chipset to be exact. Since you did not mention your Dell model of computer, I can't give you the specific Dell webpage. This is an old computer, but I did find the drivers for the chipset on the Intel website. Since you did not mention your OS, I put the top level link for your chipset here. Download the Chipset ID software first and run that to be sure you are getting the correct drivers. If this is the correct chipset then the last time the driver was updated was 5/6/2002.
What video card should i buy for my computer?
I just bought the sims 3 and my computer wont let me play it. a message pops up saying i need to update my video card, needs to have a shader model of at least 2.
1) what is a video card?
2) where is the best place to buy a video card at a reasonable price?
3) how do i know what video card suits my computer?
4) how would i then put the card in the computer?
Please help|||1. click here to see what video card looks like
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_fam…
2. i dont know where u r from. go to shopping mall or computer stores.
3. 2 types of video card. AGP and PCI-e. you need to buy it according to motherboard. details here. u need 10 minutes to find out. easy
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/click/d…
get 8 or 9 class video card. i suggest 9500gt or 9600gt or 9800gt.|||ATI are great graphics cards and and the newer ATI cards can run sims3
here's the link to the one i have and it plays sims3 great.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_abo…
1) what is a video card?
2) where is the best place to buy a video card at a reasonable price?
3) how do i know what video card suits my computer?
4) how would i then put the card in the computer?
Please help|||1. click here to see what video card looks like
http://www.nvidia.com/object/geforce_fam…
2. i dont know where u r from. go to shopping mall or computer stores.
3. 2 types of video card. AGP and PCI-e. you need to buy it according to motherboard. details here. u need 10 minutes to find out. easy
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/click/d…
get 8 or 9 class video card. i suggest 9500gt or 9600gt or 9800gt.|||ATI are great graphics cards and and the newer ATI cards can run sims3
here's the link to the one i have and it plays sims3 great.
http://game.amd.com/us-en/crossfirex_abo…
My video card was working fine, but then i updated to windows 7 and its not working anymore?
I'm not very 'up there' with all the computer details, but I got my dad to look at it too and he couldn't work it out. Just wondering if any one else has had this problem? I only found out about the problem, because When windows 7 got installed, everything else got wiped off my computer. Now I want to install Sims 3 back on to my computer, and it says the video card is not good enough? But it worked on windows XP?|||Hi there,
It sounds like you may not have updated your driver. Here are a few articles that should help:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
Cheers,
Kate
Windows Outreach Team
It sounds like you may not have updated your driver. Here are a few articles that should help:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windo…
Cheers,
Kate
Windows Outreach Team
How do you update integrated video cards?
I have Dell computer, and I have a few games on it like Halo CE but the games give me warnings that my computer is below the minimum spec. I know that dell has integrated video cards, says a good friend of mine, but I want to be able to run this game clearly. So my question is, how do i update this integrated video card? I need the help ASAP because i want to be able to run games on my comp.
My machine info is: 2400 MHz, 64M Intel 865G (0x2572) thats what it says when I try to run a game, and yes ive had this computer for a long time...|||There's a big difference between Updating and Upgrading.
You meant Upgrading.
If you want to upgrade the integrated video card then the simplest way is to buy a video adaptor card. Which one you need depends on your motherboard. Had you mentioned the model# of your computer then it would be easy to know which one you need.
You see there are different types of video adaptor cards. There's PCI, AGP, PCI Express etc... you need to know what type of slots your motherboard has before making a choice or it may not be compatible.
Once you have determined the type you need then to the store you go. Install the new video adaptor card. It's not true that the system will disable the integrated video card automatically. You need to disable the integrated video card within the BIOS settings or you may have Device conflicts between the 2 cards. What the system will do is automatically disable or remove the driver for the integrated video card when the new driver for the new video adaptor card is installed.
Tapping a certain Fkey while booting the system will get you in the Bios. Check with Dell to see which one it is for your System.|||you have to buy a new graphics card, if its a optiplex, Dells main model (should be on front) you will need a AGP card as thats the only slot it has, it will also not have room for a full size one so you will need whats called a small form factor one which is about half of the size.
Dan|||go to dell support site--put in your service tag or model. . u meant upgrade? buy a graphics card, install it and it will automatically disable the integrated one..
My machine info is: 2400 MHz, 64M Intel 865G (0x2572) thats what it says when I try to run a game, and yes ive had this computer for a long time...|||There's a big difference between Updating and Upgrading.
You meant Upgrading.
If you want to upgrade the integrated video card then the simplest way is to buy a video adaptor card. Which one you need depends on your motherboard. Had you mentioned the model# of your computer then it would be easy to know which one you need.
You see there are different types of video adaptor cards. There's PCI, AGP, PCI Express etc... you need to know what type of slots your motherboard has before making a choice or it may not be compatible.
Once you have determined the type you need then to the store you go. Install the new video adaptor card. It's not true that the system will disable the integrated video card automatically. You need to disable the integrated video card within the BIOS settings or you may have Device conflicts between the 2 cards. What the system will do is automatically disable or remove the driver for the integrated video card when the new driver for the new video adaptor card is installed.
Tapping a certain Fkey while booting the system will get you in the Bios. Check with Dell to see which one it is for your System.|||you have to buy a new graphics card, if its a optiplex, Dells main model (should be on front) you will need a AGP card as thats the only slot it has, it will also not have room for a full size one so you will need whats called a small form factor one which is about half of the size.
Dan|||go to dell support site--put in your service tag or model. . u meant upgrade? buy a graphics card, install it and it will automatically disable the integrated one..
Need help updating my video card but its not the on site?
Hi, my video card is called NVIDIA Quadro NVS (Microsoft Corporation). I'm trying to go to the website and update it but I cant seem to find it any help?|||We need the model of the laptop, but it sounds like its a Dell. You should be able to punch in the service tag on the bottom of the computer and download the drivers from support.dell.com|||go to this site http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.asp… and run the auto detect for graphics drivers and it will give you the one you need
HOW DO I UPDATE MY DRIVER FOR THIS VIDEO CARD?
I have not updated this driver for a very long time and i was wondering if there even is an update that i can get. And also where would the best place to go be for this driver update. here is all of the info for my computer.
Machine name: JIMI
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System : Dimension 4600C
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 510MB RAM
Page File: 354MB used, 892MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Card name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_015410…
Display Memory: 96.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4396 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/20/2005 08:52:38, 36990 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/20/2005 09:00:54, 1302332 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6632-11CF-B462-5E21A3C2CB35}|||Go to the manufacture website and look for drivers in the support section.|||Try also the Microsoft Updates site.
When getting Microsoft Updates, click the 'Custom' button, not the 'Express'.
This will give you driver & software updates specific to your unit (hence the necessity to allow the Active X); Express gives Windows operating system updates.|||I'm pretty sure that this is your update.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1044&lang=eng
If not just go to intel.com and go to
Work>Downloads>Graphics
Choose your video card, then it'll lead you straight to the download page.
Good luck with your updates~|||This is the most up-to-date from Dell: http://support.dell.com/support/download…|||You will find your Answer here http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?Pag… Just do the Update then reboot, Happy Gaming!
|||try this:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/de…
Machine name: JIMI
Operating System: Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.080814-1236)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Dell Computer Corporation
System : Dimension 4600C
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz (2 CPUs)
Memory: 510MB RAM
Page File: 354MB used, 892MB available
Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.5512 32bit Unicode
Card name: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
Chip type: Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
DAC type: Internal
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_015410…
Display Memory: 96.0 MB
Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Monitor Max Res: 1600,1200
Driver Name: ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.4396 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/20/2005 08:52:38, 36990 bytes
WHQL Logo'd: Yes
WHQL Date Stamp: n/a
VDD: n/a
Mini VDD: ialmnt5.sys
Mini VDD Date: 9/20/2005 09:00:54, 1302332 bytes
Device Identifier: {D7B78E66-6632-11CF-B462-5E21A3C2CB35}|||Go to the manufacture website and look for drivers in the support section.|||Try also the Microsoft Updates site.
When getting Microsoft Updates, click the 'Custom' button, not the 'Express'.
This will give you driver & software updates specific to your unit (hence the necessity to allow the Active X); Express gives Windows operating system updates.|||I'm pretty sure that this is your update.
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1044&lang=eng
If not just go to intel.com and go to
Work>Downloads>Graphics
Choose your video card, then it'll lead you straight to the download page.
Good luck with your updates~|||This is the most up-to-date from Dell: http://support.dell.com/support/download…|||You will find your Answer here http://www.viaarena.com/default.aspx?Pag… Just do the Update then reboot, Happy Gaming!
|||try this:
http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/de…
Video card troubles?
I plugged in a video card into the pci slot and everything worked fine, except everytime I did those periodic updates from microsoft and norton, it wouldn't work, the computer would boot, but the moniter would say no signal, I would change the slot the card was in, and reboot than it would work fine, however, the last time I did this, it didn't fix the problem, I never disabled the onboard video card (option not in bias and cannot locate the jumper) but now nither card will "awaken" a monitor so that I can at least see the computer boot, not the old card nor the new one. (I used the new one to S-Video to my TV) any help please? atleast get me able to see my pc again...|||When you go into the BIOS and tick the onboard video and change it to disable, it should ask you to hit F10. That will save the choice to the CMOS and you should have no issues. But if that doesn't do it and you need to use jumpers, go to the mother board maker's site or what ever company made the machine and get the pic (should be in a PDF file).|||The video card may not be plugged in properly or there may be a short somewhere. From http://fixit.in
Anyway to update Toshiba video card?
Okay I have a Toshiba laptop, and I'm starting to see flaws about it. It doesn't have a high enough video card to support games I have (Sims2) and It doesn't support my HD videos that I import from my Nikon d90. I've searched around the internet looking for ways to upgrade the card, but the only advice I've gotten is go buy a new computer. I CAN'T! I just got this computer a year ago and now I'm near hysterics because movie making is the main reason I even have a computer, so now that it can't even hold my videos, I'm upset. Is there ANY possible way to get this upgraded without having to buy a whole new computer?|||Aint no software gonna make a hardware problem go away! Your onboard video isnt gonna cut it. At best, you might try going to the pc mfgs site and downloading the latest driver
The company that makes your pc. Go to their website and click the support and or downloads and drivers link. Put your model number in and look for the latest video driver for your system. Download and run it|||all you can upgrade on a laptop is ram and hard drive
for gaming you need a desk top they can be upgraded every time new games come out|||if you are really good with insides of compuyter.... try to update the drivers... you might have to download mobility modder to get the new drivers though|||Can't do it on a laptop|||Yah there is a way, it is unfortunate you did not fully specify what kind of toshiba laptop you are using. Anyway this is what you will need to do, go to http://toshiba.com and then under consumer products click on laptop computers and go to http://explore.toshiba.com and then click on accesories tab and look for a video card that is good for your laptop. I have provided a link below which you can use to access the url i just tried to ask you to go to, once you reach this url click on accessories and look for the video card that is good for your laptop. Thanks
The company that makes your pc. Go to their website and click the support and or downloads and drivers link. Put your model number in and look for the latest video driver for your system. Download and run it|||all you can upgrade on a laptop is ram and hard drive
for gaming you need a desk top they can be upgraded every time new games come out|||if you are really good with insides of compuyter.... try to update the drivers... you might have to download mobility modder to get the new drivers though|||Can't do it on a laptop|||Yah there is a way, it is unfortunate you did not fully specify what kind of toshiba laptop you are using. Anyway this is what you will need to do, go to http://toshiba.com and then under consumer products click on laptop computers and go to http://explore.toshiba.com and then click on accesories tab and look for a video card that is good for your laptop. I have provided a link below which you can use to access the url i just tried to ask you to go to, once you reach this url click on accessories and look for the video card that is good for your laptop. Thanks
Help Me With My Video Card?
Ok when i try playing minecraft it says i need to upgrade are update my video card but how do i videos work fine for and anything else but it needs updating i have a custom pc with windows xp pro edition sp 3 2009 dark edition rebirth with 1 and half gb ram 2.40ghz and cpu it says vga video controller but its in other devices when i update it cant find it help me please i wanna play games like minecraft i payed for it to and i don't wanna pay for anything else.|||Hey,, what kind of VGA u have ... Intel Or NVidia or ATM ... ?
just know the name and search about the drive like "download nvidia drive" or intel vga drive like this|||Wow. For one, you're using a pirated version of XP, which might come with all kinds of problems. For two, nothing you've told us indicates what model of computer you have or what kind of video card you're using. For three, watching videos has diddly to do with the video card.
If it says "VGA video controller" then the driver isn't even installed. Find out what video card you actually have, get the driver for it, and then try.
Semantics. Pirated copies of XP are often modified, some pretty extensively, with potentially unreliable third-party hacks, and not just the ones that disable WGA.|||Try downloading Direct X, or check if you have it installed by going to
Start > Run > Type dxdiag > make sure your version in Direct X 9c
And you cant have a pirated "version" of XP, its just normal XP but with a key you didnt pay for, so I wouldnt worry about that.
just know the name and search about the drive like "download nvidia drive" or intel vga drive like this|||Wow. For one, you're using a pirated version of XP, which might come with all kinds of problems. For two, nothing you've told us indicates what model of computer you have or what kind of video card you're using. For three, watching videos has diddly to do with the video card.
If it says "VGA video controller" then the driver isn't even installed. Find out what video card you actually have, get the driver for it, and then try.
Semantics. Pirated copies of XP are often modified, some pretty extensively, with potentially unreliable third-party hacks, and not just the ones that disable WGA.|||Try downloading Direct X, or check if you have it installed by going to
Start > Run > Type dxdiag > make sure your version in Direct X 9c
And you cant have a pirated "version" of XP, its just normal XP but with a key you didnt pay for, so I wouldnt worry about that.
Sum'n bout a video card. . . what does this mean?
Sims 3. . . halp! o:
i installed it into my laptop with all the latest updates and whatnot but when i press the 'play' button it keeps saying this:
Unable to start game
Device 0 cannot run this title.
Your video card does not appear to support at least Shader Model 2. Please upgrade your card.
d: it makes me sad that i'm not computer savvy like you fine people out there. any suggestions? thanks yous.|||Your graphics card is too old.|||*sigh* it means your graphics card well essentially....is very outdated and isnt a very good one if it cant run sims 3. Well if you have a desktop then you can replace the video card just take it into a computer shop or best buy geek squad and ask them and they'll even install it for you. then you should be fine. But in all honestly even laptops these days are VERY good. and if you can invest 600-700 dollars to get a new laptop go to best buy and have them help you pick one out. they'll explain what makes a good laptop. But yeah....i honestly think you should just invest in a new computer and use the one you have now as a family computer for web browsing and sending email and what not. and get a new personal device.|||What it's saying is, you need a better Graphics card.
The down-side is! You cant replace a graphic card on a Laptop.
i installed it into my laptop with all the latest updates and whatnot but when i press the 'play' button it keeps saying this:
Unable to start game
Device 0 cannot run this title.
Your video card does not appear to support at least Shader Model 2. Please upgrade your card.
d: it makes me sad that i'm not computer savvy like you fine people out there. any suggestions? thanks yous.|||Your graphics card is too old.|||*sigh* it means your graphics card well essentially....is very outdated and isnt a very good one if it cant run sims 3. Well if you have a desktop then you can replace the video card just take it into a computer shop or best buy geek squad and ask them and they'll even install it for you. then you should be fine. But in all honestly even laptops these days are VERY good. and if you can invest 600-700 dollars to get a new laptop go to best buy and have them help you pick one out. they'll explain what makes a good laptop. But yeah....i honestly think you should just invest in a new computer and use the one you have now as a family computer for web browsing and sending email and what not. and get a new personal device.|||What it's saying is, you need a better Graphics card.
The down-side is! You cant replace a graphic card on a Laptop.
I need a video card for After Effects and Premiere CS5?
I just purchased Adobe Cs5 Master collection, only issue i'm having is being able to install Premiere Cs5 and After Effects Cs5 when i went to install them the installer told me my video card did not have the right specs to run either program. I have an ATI Radeon HD 3650, I don't really care so much about updating my card id rather just GET A NEW ONE. Please suggest any video cards that you would recommend My Pc is an Inspiron 530 with windows vista, if this helps i have an intell core duo processor, 4 GB ram, and 32 bit operating system... thanks|||You can't install or run After Effects CS5 or Premiere Pro CS5 on your 32-bit system. The video card has nothing to do with it.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/836/cpsid_83637…|||Grab a GT 440.|||530
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/836/cpsid_83637…|||Grab a GT 440.|||530
How do I update my video card driver?
I have a Standard VGA Graphics adapter. How do I update/reinstall the drivers for it?
A link would be appreciated!|||If you are looking for the fastest and easiest way I would suggest an automatic driver update tool. It will scan your system and identify the exact model and devices and check which drivers are out of date. You can download a free driver scan at http://www.pcdriverupdate.com Just install and run the scan and it will give you a driver report. Shouldn't take but a couple minutes.
I hope that it helps.|||Since you haven't mentioned your OS and Which pc you are using, I can suggest direct upgrading using internet.
1.Right click on my computer
2.Click on properties (This procedure is for Win 7 , if you are using Xp find the "device manager button" as soon as you right click on my computer)
3.Find Device manager
4.Find your adapter under the name "display adapter"
5.right click on it and click on "update driver software"
Please correct me if im wrong.
Regards|||http://download.cnet.com/Standard-VGA-Gr…|||What OS?
A link would be appreciated!|||If you are looking for the fastest and easiest way I would suggest an automatic driver update tool. It will scan your system and identify the exact model and devices and check which drivers are out of date. You can download a free driver scan at http://www.pcdriverupdate.com Just install and run the scan and it will give you a driver report. Shouldn't take but a couple minutes.
I hope that it helps.|||Since you haven't mentioned your OS and Which pc you are using, I can suggest direct upgrading using internet.
1.Right click on my computer
2.Click on properties (This procedure is for Win 7 , if you are using Xp find the "device manager button" as soon as you right click on my computer)
3.Find Device manager
4.Find your adapter under the name "display adapter"
5.right click on it and click on "update driver software"
Please correct me if im wrong.
Regards|||http://download.cnet.com/Standard-VGA-Gr…|||What OS?
How do i get a new video card for my mac laptop?
I have bought sims 3 but my video card is not up to date with what is required for the game. Can i download the update? if not where can i buy a new video card? can i even buy a new video card? if so how can i install it or who will install it for me? O i have a macbook and the card is intel gma 950|||You can't do anything about it.
How can i fix my laptops video card?
when i attemt to play a dvd on my media player i get this:
Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.
i cant seem too find any updates that i've missed and other video like youtube and downloads work fine. can anyone tell me how to fix this?|||hey brown bear.. i have something called the VLC media player. works like a charm no matter what i view.
http://www.download.com/3000-13632_4-107…
give that a shot..
and also be really drunk when you install it|||take it to computer store they'll fix it for you|||I'm not so sure whether this is the DVD's regional protect system or because you don't have a suitable decoder program installed in your computer.
If you need to remove DVD's region protect system you need to install a program such as DVD region free at http://www.dvdidle.com/download.htm
Decoder program can be download for free at
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Li…
Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because there is a problem with digital copy protection between your DVD drive, decoder, and video card. Try installing an updated driver for your video card.
i cant seem too find any updates that i've missed and other video like youtube and downloads work fine. can anyone tell me how to fix this?|||hey brown bear.. i have something called the VLC media player. works like a charm no matter what i view.
http://www.download.com/3000-13632_4-107…
give that a shot..
and also be really drunk when you install it|||take it to computer store they'll fix it for you|||I'm not so sure whether this is the DVD's regional protect system or because you don't have a suitable decoder program installed in your computer.
If you need to remove DVD's region protect system you need to install a program such as DVD region free at http://www.dvdidle.com/download.htm
Decoder program can be download for free at
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Li…
How do I update my video card?
My friend is using windows xp and they have a video card named "voodoo 3" from 3dfx Interactive, Inc. How can she update it for free?|||voodoo 3 is very old graphic card and maybe NO Update for this . but check them :
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/…
http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3.htm|||Here is a page of drivers for it. Just click the Windows xp one and you should be good.
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/…|||.|||Google it
There's lists of things about updating|||go up to the web site and see if there are any new firmware updates for it
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/…
http://www.falconfly.de/voodoo3.htm|||Here is a page of drivers for it. Just click the Windows xp one and you should be good.
http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/3dfx/voodoo3/…|||.|||Google it
There's lists of things about updating|||go up to the web site and see if there are any new firmware updates for it
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Help with video driver and windows update please = (?
my comp had to be wiped recently because it had a virus, and now the video card driver and sound isnt working. ive been going crazy for weeks now trying to figure out how to get secondlife to run again. for some reason, the windows update isnt working. and i cant locate what the manufacture is for the video driver. can anyone help me please???|||another good software is Driver Robot, it scans your computer and finds the nessecary drivers
Can i update my video card?
im not sure exactly how to tell you what kind of motherboard i have but i will try what i know about it is its a ECS (elite group company i guess) it says Hybrid Crossfire just bellow the processor fan also i have 1 port available that's red at the end it says PCI-E GEN2 and what kind of video card i should get i currently have and ati display adapter (i think its Integrated not sure) but i want to be able to play gta iv|||Ignore some of them; as even if the motherboard can't support the higher end card, the card will usually dummy itself down to the system specs. So let's say you got get a PCIex16 card, and you only have a PCIex8 port, the card will run at the 8 not the 16. You should be alright getting a mid range PCIe card though. Also if you type
To start Microsoft System Information, use either of the following methods:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.
Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.
If you go to hardware, you should be able to see your main board, bios, video card the whole works.
PS: And yes some video cards require a higher wattage power supply so make sure you know your power supply wattage beforehand, most are around 300-400w, newer cards need 450-500w power supplies.|||Well i need information on your power supply, and case. you can't just give me a motherboard!!!|||You will have to search on the internet to see what your motherboard can support. Some can;t support the higher performance graphics cards|||Get one from a place that has a good return policy and then just go for it!
To start Microsoft System Information, use either of the following methods:
Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click System Information.
Click Start, click Run, type msinfo32.exe in the Open box, and then click OK.
If you go to hardware, you should be able to see your main board, bios, video card the whole works.
PS: And yes some video cards require a higher wattage power supply so make sure you know your power supply wattage beforehand, most are around 300-400w, newer cards need 450-500w power supplies.|||Well i need information on your power supply, and case. you can't just give me a motherboard!!!|||You will have to search on the internet to see what your motherboard can support. Some can;t support the higher performance graphics cards|||Get one from a place that has a good return policy and then just go for it!
Having a issue with my GeForce FX 5200 Video Card?
hi,
I reinstalled windows Xp on my computer awhile ago and i never any issues with video card before when playing games
now when i play certain games (which never displayed any issues before i restalled windows)
I get issues like some models of the characters in games not loading correctly (Never happened before)
heres a photo of what i'm talking about : http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/scarfacevideoissue.jpg/
this is from scarface the world is yours and you see the charcters skins dont appear, only the models for them appear
what is going on?
is Video memory issue? How do i fix it?
I tried updating drivers.. patches..etc)
Its says the video card is not supported but it worked before and this also happens with other games which the card is supported for
thanks in advance|||Games have updates all the time, so obviously your card is no longer supported. Replace the card to be able to play other games properly.
I reinstalled windows Xp on my computer awhile ago and i never any issues with video card before when playing games
now when i play certain games (which never displayed any issues before i restalled windows)
I get issues like some models of the characters in games not loading correctly (Never happened before)
heres a photo of what i'm talking about : http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/scarfacevideoissue.jpg/
this is from scarface the world is yours and you see the charcters skins dont appear, only the models for them appear
what is going on?
is Video memory issue? How do i fix it?
I tried updating drivers.. patches..etc)
Its says the video card is not supported but it worked before and this also happens with other games which the card is supported for
thanks in advance|||Games have updates all the time, so obviously your card is no longer supported. Replace the card to be able to play other games properly.
Hello everyone i need video card help?
i am normally very good with pc's but i always get confused with video cards i am building my own gaming pc i know that i need a good video card and psu and cpu along with the other stuff but i get confused on how they are ranked like how do you know a nvidia gtx 590 is better than a AMD 5850 i just get confused when they talk about video card specs
also if u wont to be extra help full can someone please leave a link to a good but the no more that £160 video card i can always update then my pc is built i have enough money he he lol :) :D
thanks again|||Well with the NVIDIA cards they usually start GTX then 3 numbers. The first number is the series (the higher means newest) the second is usually refers to the performance level (higher is better). For instance at gtx 470 is similar performance to a gtx 560 but the 560 is the newer card.
The AMD cards are similar but 4 numbers again the first is the series the second and third tend to dictate the performance level in that series. For instance the 6000 series are amongst the newest and the 6990 is the best in that series. HD6950 is an example of a modern mid to high end card and a GTX570 is NVIDIAs similar level card.
Most gamers will be looking at GTX 460 (sinlge or pair), GTX 560Ti, GTX 570, GTX 580 etc. And AMD HD 6870 (probably where you should start looking or one of the newer spec overclocked GTX460's (1Gb versions). I bought a HD 6950 which is really good and maybe find for £160 now.
One word of caution most AMD cards I have bought (HD****) are good but tend to be less "refined" than NVIDIA cards (GTX***) in that they tend to have more glitches, some are also quite loud and the newer cards run pretty hot to compensate. You do get more for your money with AMD and are great if set up well but I would opt for a 460 just to be safe and value.|||The card i have atm is AMD Radeon HD 6770, so far there's nothing that it can't handle and it goes for under £100 on amazon, i'm sure you can find it cheaper elsewhere though.
Be sure your PSU can handle the graphics card though, the better the card, the more power you need.|||As a general rule, look at the number of processor cores - for AMD and Nvidia - the more, the better, but also take into account memory - larger for higher resolutions and multi screen gaming - and the number of gpu's. For example, the gtx 590 is 2 gtx 580s in one card, and the 6990 is also a dual gpu card. As far as choosing between AMD and Nvidia go, if you plan to use your pc for pure gaming, get an AMD card. However if you plan to use your pc for other things, such as photoshop, video editing etc. then an Nvidia card is definitely the way to go.
A final piece of advice, you get what you pay for. If you skimp, you will be dissapointed.
Hope I helped clear this up for you XD
*EDIT*
Also have a look at this website if you want to compare performance: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
also if u wont to be extra help full can someone please leave a link to a good but the no more that £160 video card i can always update then my pc is built i have enough money he he lol :) :D
thanks again|||Well with the NVIDIA cards they usually start GTX then 3 numbers. The first number is the series (the higher means newest) the second is usually refers to the performance level (higher is better). For instance at gtx 470 is similar performance to a gtx 560 but the 560 is the newer card.
The AMD cards are similar but 4 numbers again the first is the series the second and third tend to dictate the performance level in that series. For instance the 6000 series are amongst the newest and the 6990 is the best in that series. HD6950 is an example of a modern mid to high end card and a GTX570 is NVIDIAs similar level card.
Most gamers will be looking at GTX 460 (sinlge or pair), GTX 560Ti, GTX 570, GTX 580 etc. And AMD HD 6870 (probably where you should start looking or one of the newer spec overclocked GTX460's (1Gb versions). I bought a HD 6950 which is really good and maybe find for £160 now.
One word of caution most AMD cards I have bought (HD****) are good but tend to be less "refined" than NVIDIA cards (GTX***) in that they tend to have more glitches, some are also quite loud and the newer cards run pretty hot to compensate. You do get more for your money with AMD and are great if set up well but I would opt for a 460 just to be safe and value.|||The card i have atm is AMD Radeon HD 6770, so far there's nothing that it can't handle and it goes for under £100 on amazon, i'm sure you can find it cheaper elsewhere though.
Be sure your PSU can handle the graphics card though, the better the card, the more power you need.|||As a general rule, look at the number of processor cores - for AMD and Nvidia - the more, the better, but also take into account memory - larger for higher resolutions and multi screen gaming - and the number of gpu's. For example, the gtx 590 is 2 gtx 580s in one card, and the 6990 is also a dual gpu card. As far as choosing between AMD and Nvidia go, if you plan to use your pc for pure gaming, get an AMD card. However if you plan to use your pc for other things, such as photoshop, video editing etc. then an Nvidia card is definitely the way to go.
A final piece of advice, you get what you pay for. If you skimp, you will be dissapointed.
Hope I helped clear this up for you XD
*EDIT*
Also have a look at this website if you want to compare performance: http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/
How can i reload my video card driver without software?
i dont know where my software is, and i do not have an internet connection on that computer. how can i update my driver without either of these?|||get the Video Card model or mother model and just go to internet cafe and download the driver corresponding site and copy to Pen Drive and instal it|||Your going to need either a disk with the driver or internet connection.
The best thing to do would be to figure out the video card you are using and find another computer that has access to the internet. Download the driver there and then transfer it to your computer.
The best thing to do would be to figure out the video card you are using and find another computer that has access to the internet. Download the driver there and then transfer it to your computer.
Is there a difference beetween a (grafic) card and a (video) card or are they the same?
im trying to install a pc game and im getting a message that i need to update grafic card OR video card (whats) the problem? thanks in advance.ps if i need to update drivers where do i go on pc to check it???|||"graphic" is spelled with a PH, not an F.
Anyway, they're the same thing (synonyms). It's likely your video card isn't designed for gaming and cannot handle the game. If you have a desktop, you'll need to upgrade your video card. If you have a laptop, you'll have to buy an entirely new computer.|||There one and the same...in your instance your trying to play Intense "graphics" games so you need a "video card" that will handle those Intense "graphics"!
Anyway, they're the same thing (synonyms). It's likely your video card isn't designed for gaming and cannot handle the game. If you have a desktop, you'll need to upgrade your video card. If you have a laptop, you'll have to buy an entirely new computer.|||There one and the same...in your instance your trying to play Intense "graphics" games so you need a "video card" that will handle those Intense "graphics"!
I need to update my video card driver for minecraft?
i keep getting the error message
" Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 12/16/10 9:58 PM
Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.2.6
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoose… Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.chooseP…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWi…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Di…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceF…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Sourc…
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT b26fe5c4 ----------"
im running on the windows xp operating systems and i need help please any help is useful|||this windows site should be able to help http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/#tab0 good luck...
" Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 12/16/10 9:58 PM
Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.2.6
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoose… Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.chooseP…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWi…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Di…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceF…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Sourc…
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT b26fe5c4 ----------"
im running on the windows xp operating systems and i need help please any help is useful|||this windows site should be able to help http://support.microsoft.com/fixit/#tab0 good luck...
Hi im having problems with my video card i cant find one?
how do i go about geting a new one or to update it but i cant find it to update it|||If you don't have a video card installed in one of your PCI slots, chances are it's onboard. In which case you just need to buy one, maybe download the driver for it, and install it in your PC. Follow this guide: http://www.directron.com/howtovideo.html
Why wont my media PLAYER play DVD,,,SAYS VIDEO CARD NEEDS UPDATED?
WHAT THAT MEAN?|||It is more likely your video card is old. Older video card can't play DVD on computer. If this is the case, then you have to get a newer video card.|||I had the same problem with my printer, needing an updated printer driver. I contacted the manufacturer, they emailed me with a link to uninstall the remaining files for the printer. Also, a link to install the updated driver. I followed the instructions, but the printer did not install. Needless to say, I had to go out and purchased a new printer. You may be more fortunate than I, so I would contact the manufacturer. You can also go to Windows Update and they can possibly find the driver for you.|||Just like it says the video card that you have will not play DVD's and needs to be updated with one that will play DVD's. Go to Best Buy or Fry's
Minecraft Video Card help?
I'm trying to play it, but it's saying my video card or graphics or whatever is outdated. How can i update it to play it?|||You will need to buy a video card and upgrade your computer.
Although, if it's *Minecraft* telling you that your system is not up to specs, you may be better off just buying a new computer, since yours is pretty out of date.
Although, if it's *Minecraft* telling you that your system is not up to specs, you may be better off just buying a new computer, since yours is pretty out of date.
I have a gateway gt5628, I want to update video card, compatible?
My video card is 256 mb DDR2... I want to upgrade to a Geforce 220 ssc 1024mb GDDR3 pci-e 2.0 x 16.........my pc has 3 gb DDR2 dual memory and 400 watts. Will someone please tell me if this video card will work on my computer, do i need also to install 1 or 2 more gigs of ram? THNX......Also video card burned/broke, will new install have any issues since i can not uninstall old video card?|||*** Update ***
That card is fine, and being GDDR3 is a bonus. Your motherboard memory type (DDR2) only limits the system RAM you can install, it doesn't apply to video card memory, since video cards have their own memory controller that handles the onboard memory... GDDR, GDDR3 and GDDR5 cards are all compatible with your motherboard.
That's a nice price after rebate. I wouldn't spend $85 up front for a GT220 when a GT240 is $79 out the door and $59 after rebate on Newegg (a 512mb GT240 still flies past a 1gb GT220) but Mwave has a good deal there.
Don't worry about uninstalling the old card via device manager- the OS recognizes that it's gone automatically. However, you can still go into control panel and remove the old Nvidia graphics driver software- which I recommend doing before you install the new card drivers.
Good luck!
****
OK... that card is compatible with your computer. Here are the specs on your GT5628:
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/101473…
However, in order to install any new video card, you'll must physically remove the old one which burned/broke. There is only one PCI-Express x16 slot on the motherboard, and that's where your new card must go.
Assuming you're able to extract the old card and the PCI-E x16 slot is intact, you can get a nicer card than the GT220 for just a few dollars more. In particular, the Radeon 4670 and GeForce GT240 are better-performing options for about $10 more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Here's the performance difference:
http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-r…
While your motherboard could accept an old-style PCI card, even the best PCI card is far slower than a PCI-Express GT220. If for some reason the PCI-Express slot is ruined and you were forced to use a PCI card, here's the only one worth buying:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Actually if what's left of the old burned-out card cannot be removed to make the x16 slot usable, you might consider heading to Ebay for a replacement motherboard.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie…
You have 3gb of RAM, which is plenty. Besides, with any 32-bit version of Windows you'd get almost no benefit from upgrading to 4gb- only about 3.25gb would be usable.
That card is fine, and being GDDR3 is a bonus. Your motherboard memory type (DDR2) only limits the system RAM you can install, it doesn't apply to video card memory, since video cards have their own memory controller that handles the onboard memory... GDDR, GDDR3 and GDDR5 cards are all compatible with your motherboard.
That's a nice price after rebate. I wouldn't spend $85 up front for a GT220 when a GT240 is $79 out the door and $59 after rebate on Newegg (a 512mb GT240 still flies past a 1gb GT220) but Mwave has a good deal there.
Don't worry about uninstalling the old card via device manager- the OS recognizes that it's gone automatically. However, you can still go into control panel and remove the old Nvidia graphics driver software- which I recommend doing before you install the new card drivers.
Good luck!
****
OK... that card is compatible with your computer. Here are the specs on your GT5628:
http://support.gateway.com/s/PC/R/101473…
However, in order to install any new video card, you'll must physically remove the old one which burned/broke. There is only one PCI-Express x16 slot on the motherboard, and that's where your new card must go.
Assuming you're able to extract the old card and the PCI-E x16 slot is intact, you can get a nicer card than the GT220 for just a few dollars more. In particular, the Radeon 4670 and GeForce GT240 are better-performing options for about $10 more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Here's the performance difference:
http://www.techspot.com/review/240-ati-r…
While your motherboard could accept an old-style PCI card, even the best PCI card is far slower than a PCI-Express GT220. If for some reason the PCI-Express slot is ruined and you were forced to use a PCI card, here's the only one worth buying:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Actually if what's left of the old burned-out card cannot be removed to make the x16 slot usable, you might consider heading to Ebay for a replacement motherboard.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie…
You have 3gb of RAM, which is plenty. Besides, with any 32-bit version of Windows you'd get almost no benefit from upgrading to 4gb- only about 3.25gb would be usable.
How do I update drivers to my video card on my laptop? I don't even know how to find what card I have.?
sometimes updating from device manager will not work. Instead you can either:
1. perform a search for your laptop's serial # or model # (found at the bottom of your laptop) and the results should return at least one page with the components of your laptop.
2. go to the support section of the manufacturer's site and search for your laptop either by model, serial # etc.|||go to the support section from your manufacturer's website.|||1-Right click in my computer icon
2-choose properties
3-choose haredwaer
4-choosee dives manger
5-choos display adapters
6-reed what is the Nam of Ur card
7-search on the net for the update
8-download it
9-then install it
10-now it's update
11-beyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy|||You could do what ( TAREQ ) told you. you can right click on the display driver then click update and follow.|||in the control panel you can choice update you driver then it will go to internet to find the new driver which is for you video card.
1. perform a search for your laptop's serial # or model # (found at the bottom of your laptop) and the results should return at least one page with the components of your laptop.
2. go to the support section of the manufacturer's site and search for your laptop either by model, serial # etc.|||go to the support section from your manufacturer's website.|||1-Right click in my computer icon
2-choose properties
3-choose haredwaer
4-choosee dives manger
5-choos display adapters
6-reed what is the Nam of Ur card
7-search on the net for the update
8-download it
9-then install it
10-now it's update
11-beyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy|||You could do what ( TAREQ ) told you. you can right click on the display driver then click update and follow.|||in the control panel you can choice update you driver then it will go to internet to find the new driver which is for you video card.
I think there's something wrong with my laptop video card.?
i have a samsung r780 laptop and i want to upload the sims 3 but it doesnt work. i'm assuming it's my video card because even when i go to play solitaire it comes up with "Hardware acceleration is either disabled or not supported by your video card driver, which could slow game performance. Make sure you have the latest video card driver installed and that hardware acceleration is turned on." So i checked my hardware acceleration and it's on full. So i don't know if i need a new video card or if i need to update it. I don't want to buy updating software just for that. Hope use can help :)|||Did u try to update the driver. You should be able to do it free at the manufacturers website.|||There are different models of the samsung r780 ,there is one that has a nvidia gt 330m graphic card, if it's the one that a answerer had mention as well, still should be able to play sims 3 because your laptop is above the sims 3 minimum requirement , agree might just need a update from amd .com or samsung .com|||First of all, lots of low end laptops don't even have a graphics (video) card, they have integrated (or onboard) graphics.
Second, you cannot change or upgrade a graphics (video) card on 99% of all laptops.
Here are the specs for Samsung R780 laptop:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/lapto…
You have the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 1GB graphics card, a very low end card, with a score of 312:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.ph…
Not much gaming you can do on that...
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobilit…
Scroll down to the bottom of this web page for your gaming settings for various games.
Second, you cannot change or upgrade a graphics (video) card on 99% of all laptops.
Here are the specs for Samsung R780 laptop:
http://www.samsung.com/us/computer/lapto…
You have the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 1GB graphics card, a very low end card, with a score of 312:
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.ph…
Not much gaming you can do on that...
http://www.notebookcheck.net/ATI-Mobilit…
Scroll down to the bottom of this web page for your gaming settings for various games.
Update my video card?
I have windows XP but its saying I need to update the video card to play sims 3. I was wondering if there is anyway I can do this for free. Driver detective and Driver boost doesnt work. I have a Radeon 9200 SE AGP (0x5964)|||On the other hand you shall install 3d analyzer to act as a virtual graphics card to play games.. get it here
http://www.mobilecastle.biz/mobiles/pc-z…
http://www.computingunleashed.com/how-to…|||Syatem requirements:
ATI Radeon™ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870
4850, 4870
Updating, in this case, means a new graphics card and PCIe motherboard.
http://www.mobilecastle.biz/mobiles/pc-z…
http://www.computingunleashed.com/how-to…|||Syatem requirements:
ATI Radeon™ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870
4850, 4870
Updating, in this case, means a new graphics card and PCIe motherboard.
I need step by step dummy instructions on how to find the model of my video card.?
i have a desktop dell computer running windows xp media edition. i am having trouble with a new video game and the game site said that my video card is not up to date with the new game and i need the model to go update it. i have looked this up on google and most ppl just give very general instructions on how to figure it out. i need click by click instructions like i was an old person who didnt know how to use a computer. thanks|||right click on your desktop
click on Properties
click the Settings tab
click the Advanced button
click the Adapter tab
the type of video card you have is under Adapter Type|||http://svc.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/
Select any game
it will want to install plug ins this will not give you virus
when the screen comes up saying if you can run it look down
look at the under the video card category blue writing it will tell you
click on Properties
click the Settings tab
click the Advanced button
click the Adapter tab
the type of video card you have is under Adapter Type|||http://svc.systemrequirementslab.com/CYRI/
Select any game
it will want to install plug ins this will not give you virus
when the screen comes up saying if you can run it look down
look at the under the video card category blue writing it will tell you
A couple of questions about laptops video card?
A good friend of mine recently gave me his old (of about two years) notebook computer, and I've been working on updating it. From what i've found online the only thing that I can't upgrade is the video card, right? Other than that, how would I go about finding out what video card is actually in this computer? If I did everything right, I'm sure that the driver for the one I have isn't working right, as in Device Manager the "Video Controller (VGA Compatible)" is in 'other drivers' and there is that lovely ?! next to it :P Any help on what I need to do next would be great, as I have no idea what I'm doing, and may be way off base lol ;_;|||for the most part older laptops have on board video so they are not upgradeable in that regard. your best bet so far as drivers and finding out what video card you have would be to contact the laptop's manufacturer with the laptops model number. they should be able to tell you what video chip set your laptop has and once you know that you can search for that chip set's driver either on the manufacturer's website or the many search engines on the web|||no u cannot upgrade video cards in laptops. to find out wat video card is in it look up the make and model number on the companies site and it should tell u and have a driver 4 it.|||right click your desk top and click properties and go to display settings. that should tell you what kind of video card you have. More than likely its a intel 950 integrated generic video card. They are junk but they work. Go to the manufactures website of the computer and look for the driver there.
How do you update your video card on intel.com (I have windows xp)?
I just brought the sims 3, but I can't play because it says I need to update my video card. Please help me!|||its a piece of physical hardware. not software|||right click my computer>choose properties>device manager>display adapters>right click on your card>update driver|||im haveing the same problum =[ please tell me if u figer it out
Video Card Problem?
I'm trying to get the latest updated driver for my 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X Video Card, but I can't seem to find the update. When I go onto the home website, it's not listed.
I'm also using Windows 2000/|||It's because its an extremely old card. Officially they won't have any more drivers for that card.. the only way is through third-party but i wouldn't recommend it.
I'm also using Windows 2000/|||It's because its an extremely old card. Officially they won't have any more drivers for that card.. the only way is through third-party but i wouldn't recommend it.
Old? Video Card?
I Have Found A Video Card.
Its called Nvidia Riva model 64 pro
Does this card still Has update?
its from my cousin.|||i dont think so.as it is old,it might malfunction well.so why dont u try to get a new one|||try this link:|||Try one of these at DriverGuide.|||well they dont support this video card anymore with newer driver but this is the last drive for that video card
http://www.soft32.com/download_174414.ht…|||Yes|||That card is really old it's probably worse than the cheapest ones in the store. Just buy a new one.
Its called Nvidia Riva model 64 pro
Does this card still Has update?
its from my cousin.|||i dont think so.as it is old,it might malfunction well.so why dont u try to get a new one|||try this link:|||Try one of these at DriverGuide.|||well they dont support this video card anymore with newer driver but this is the last drive for that video card
http://www.soft32.com/download_174414.ht…|||Yes|||That card is really old it's probably worse than the cheapest ones in the store. Just buy a new one.
How to update my video card?
well i went to windows update and updated everything but they didn't ask for the video card...
actually it needs to be updated ... can u tell me how to do it step by step?|||Please Provide Additional Details
Click on the start button and then Run. In the dialogue box type dxdiag and press Enter. The Display Tab will list the Video Card. (i.e. nVIDIA/Intel)
Copy the name of the graphics card name & post it back.
---------------------------------------…
Download the nVIDIA Drivers, and any additional software, directly from your nVIDIA's website.
Visit the official nVIDIA website:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx…
This link will automatically scan & download your graphics card and then install, the latest device drivers for your NVIDIA products.
Hope This Helps!
---------------------------------------…
Update Your graphics card software first. See if it resolves the issues.
For AERO Troubleshooting:
First Try This, Here is a Mr. FixIt:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/aero_e…
Note: The FixIT is for Vista but it works for me Windows 7 Ultimate.
If not, solves the issue: Then, Try This:
Force Enable Aero:
1.Open Registry Editor (RegEdit).
2.Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
If the DWM registry key is not found, right click on Windows and then select New -> Key to create new branch and name it as DWM.
3.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit value) named UseMachineCheck, and set its value to 0.
4.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named Blur, and set its value to 0.
5.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named Animations, and set its value to 0.
6.Restart the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager in Services in Control Panel (type Services.msc in Start Search), or run the following commands in a command prompt with administrator privileges:
net stop uxsms
net start uxsms
7.Attempt to enable and apply Windows Aero in Windows 7. Restart the computer if required.
Hope This Solves The Aero Not Working Issue.|||Well you need at least 8 megatytes of dedicated graphics memory to even think about running windows in colour mode. I have a 16 megatyte PCI express RAM just in case ;P But you wont need THAT much power LOL
Glad to help,
Greg|||1. Go to manufacturer website
2. Download driver
3. Install driver
actually it needs to be updated ... can u tell me how to do it step by step?|||Please Provide Additional Details
Click on the start button and then Run. In the dialogue box type dxdiag and press Enter. The Display Tab will list the Video Card. (i.e. nVIDIA/Intel)
Copy the name of the graphics card name & post it back.
---------------------------------------…
Download the nVIDIA Drivers, and any additional software, directly from your nVIDIA's website.
Visit the official nVIDIA website:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Scan.aspx…
This link will automatically scan & download your graphics card and then install, the latest device drivers for your NVIDIA products.
Hope This Helps!
---------------------------------------…
Update Your graphics card software first. See if it resolves the issues.
For AERO Troubleshooting:
First Try This, Here is a Mr. FixIt:
http://support.microsoft.com/mats/aero_e…
Note: The FixIT is for Vista but it works for me Windows 7 Ultimate.
If not, solves the issue: Then, Try This:
Force Enable Aero:
1.Open Registry Editor (RegEdit).
2.Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software
\Microsoft\Windows\DWM
If the DWM registry key is not found, right click on Windows and then select New -> Key to create new branch and name it as DWM.
3.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit value) named UseMachineCheck, and set its value to 0.
4.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named Blur, and set its value to 0.
5.In the right details pane, create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named Animations, and set its value to 0.
6.Restart the Desktop Window Manager Session Manager in Services in Control Panel (type Services.msc in Start Search), or run the following commands in a command prompt with administrator privileges:
net stop uxsms
net start uxsms
7.Attempt to enable and apply Windows Aero in Windows 7. Restart the computer if required.
Hope This Solves The Aero Not Working Issue.|||Well you need at least 8 megatytes of dedicated graphics memory to even think about running windows in colour mode. I have a 16 megatyte PCI express RAM just in case ;P But you wont need THAT much power LOL
Glad to help,
Greg|||1. Go to manufacturer website
2. Download driver
3. Install driver
Can i use this external usb video card for my laptop?
I need to update my video card to play the sims 3.
My current graphics card is this: Mobel intel (R) 915 GMS/GMS, 910 GML Express Chipset Family
Heres the one i want to update it with:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d…|||hmm it might work but most likely your chip is integrated with your motherboard meaning you can't switch out, of course you can try calling up the company or contacting them and asking if it will work that's the best choice Please post and let me know your results as I have the same problem with some games.|||Yes
My current graphics card is this: Mobel intel (R) 915 GMS/GMS, 910 GML Express Chipset Family
Heres the one i want to update it with:
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.d…|||hmm it might work but most likely your chip is integrated with your motherboard meaning you can't switch out, of course you can try calling up the company or contacting them and asking if it will work that's the best choice Please post and let me know your results as I have the same problem with some games.|||Yes
What controls and lets you play higher youtube video quality?
I used to be able to watch in 1080p and 720p youtube videos but now if i try setting it to that level, the video has a big exclamation mark in the centre and the video wont run. is that a video card issue? do i just need to update my video card drive?|||try updating flash first possibly? also what browser are you running? it is not a video card issue, though. does the video say anything but the "!"? could you upload a screenshot?
[Tech Question: Processors/Video cards]?
I'm using a Dell Windows XP professional Sp2 and i'm planning to upgrade a few hardware but I'm not too fluent with the compatibility aspect.
So as it stands, my computer specs are:
Windows XP Professional SP2
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz (Question regarding processors see 1)
1.00 GB RAM (Planning to upgrade it to 2 Gig RAM)
ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (Planning to upgrade)
1. What matters in the end when buying the processors? I've looked at quite a few processors and I'm not sure whether to buy a single or duo core because for example, say you wanted to buy the processor that.. process information more quickly. Do you want the brand with "duo core 2.4Ghz, 2.6GHz etc..? Or do you want to buy a processor with the highest "X GHz". My current processor runs at 3.00Ghz. The "Duo Core runs at 2.4Ghz, but because its duo core (w/e that means) does it run faster than my 3.0Ghz? Mathematically, 3 > 2.4 so my guess is that my processor is faster.
2. I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card since my old one is pretty outdated. Ok all I know about a graphic card is that the more new it is, the better my graphics display will be. The real question is when I purchase my graphics card, will I need to buy any other hardware for compatibility's sake? (Say a new fan, power supply, RAM?) Also, what does it mean for a graphics card or external hard drive to have a "cache".
3. On a graphic card box, it often displays a number. 256MB DDR. can you tell me what this means? I know DDR is a type of RAM and MB is a unit of RAM but is the graphic card's "RAM" related to the computer's RAM? Is that something I need to worry about when updating my GC?
4. Say I wanted to play a game but it requires an updated GC. If I ran the game on my computer, with an old graphics card, will there be damages to my computer? Will the game work?
5. What is overclocking and should I worry about it given my current processor status?|||Id just get a new gaming pc since dell's and hp's are very hard to upgrade
So as it stands, my computer specs are:
Windows XP Professional SP2
Intel Pentium 4 CPU 3.00GHz (Question regarding processors see 1)
1.00 GB RAM (Planning to upgrade it to 2 Gig RAM)
ATI Radeon X300/X550/X1050 Series (Planning to upgrade)
1. What matters in the end when buying the processors? I've looked at quite a few processors and I'm not sure whether to buy a single or duo core because for example, say you wanted to buy the processor that.. process information more quickly. Do you want the brand with "duo core 2.4Ghz, 2.6GHz etc..? Or do you want to buy a processor with the highest "X GHz". My current processor runs at 3.00Ghz. The "Duo Core runs at 2.4Ghz, but because its duo core (w/e that means) does it run faster than my 3.0Ghz? Mathematically, 3 > 2.4 so my guess is that my processor is faster.
2. I'm planning to upgrade my graphics card since my old one is pretty outdated. Ok all I know about a graphic card is that the more new it is, the better my graphics display will be. The real question is when I purchase my graphics card, will I need to buy any other hardware for compatibility's sake? (Say a new fan, power supply, RAM?) Also, what does it mean for a graphics card or external hard drive to have a "cache".
3. On a graphic card box, it often displays a number. 256MB DDR. can you tell me what this means? I know DDR is a type of RAM and MB is a unit of RAM but is the graphic card's "RAM" related to the computer's RAM? Is that something I need to worry about when updating my GC?
4. Say I wanted to play a game but it requires an updated GC. If I ran the game on my computer, with an old graphics card, will there be damages to my computer? Will the game work?
5. What is overclocking and should I worry about it given my current processor status?|||Id just get a new gaming pc since dell's and hp's are very hard to upgrade
Is there a site on the internet were i can update a video card?
i have a compaq presario computer and i need to update the video card driver for it|||well depends on what kind of card...
first i would go to http://h18000.www1.hp.com/cpq_support.ht…
and start there. if that doesnt work try these...
nvidia.com - for nvidia card
ati.com - for ati card
intel.com - for intel card
first i would go to http://h18000.www1.hp.com/cpq_support.ht…
and start there. if that doesnt work try these...
nvidia.com - for nvidia card
ati.com - for ati card
intel.com - for intel card
So my video card is not supported by The Sims 3. Now what?
I'm buying a new computer and planning on buying The Sims 3. In personalizing it on Dell, I noticed that the video cards they give as options are not supported by The Sims 3 software. Can I update it to make it work? I don't speak computer, so use normal language please. Thanks for the help!|||yes but make sure u also have the space for the sims3 because it takes a whole 1 BG of the memory on your computer so if you only have like 2 GB then your compter wont work as fast and you wont be able to store alot of pictures or word documents on it|||Yes, you can. Just make sure that your power supply can handle it and that the dimensions of the case are large enough.|||Yes, you can upgrade the video card.|||Buy a computer that's very good for gaming like TOSHIBA and it has ATI Card and 3GB RAM! hehe this is my computer I'm saying about =D|||of course you can|||u can olny change vid cards in desktops computers not latops--- most are fixed to the motherboard in laptops
How can I install two video cards?
I have an AGP NVIDIA GeForce3 Ti 200 and a MATROX G450 Dual Head DVI PCI card. They were both in and working and then (months later) my monitor freaked out and I broke the install trying to update it. I know it works, I used them for months. How can I reinstall them? I always get one or the other, but never both.|||Go to their respective web sites and download the driver software.
When i update my Video Card resolution changes, is this bad?
I updated my Video Card last time, i rebooted my computer and started fine. But my resolution changed is this bad? Because i don't have the answer so i reversed it. Is this bad or something?|||No, It is not bad and Yes you can change your resolution.
How can i find out which VGA update to use?
I have a E-System 1212 laptop using Vista 32 bit system. My 3D screensavers and some games are telling me that I require 'a newer video card or one that is compatable with Direct 3D' I had no trouble with them until recently. Does anyone know which update I should use or how I can find this out? Any help would be appreciated.|||VGA is OLD! I think you're talking about something else.
Do you have a max of 256 colors?
Is your screen 640 x 480?
If you answered no to either of these questions, then you need to figure out what you're talking about. VGA first came into use in 1987. There's no way in this world that you need anything to do with VGA, especially if you're running Vista. However, if you're trying to play an old DOS game, I can tell you right now that Windows XP and later use a form of MS-DOS that is incompatible with most of the old games. 64 bit systems are just about completely incompatible.
Sorry. Email me when you get it figured out and I'll do my best to help.
See if these get you anywhere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vga
http://www.reevoo.com/p/ei-systems-1212-…
- MrProgramX|||Hi,
Sorry, but that means you need a newer laptop or a desktop as your laptop graphics do not support direct 3D.
Laptop graphics are on chips and soldered directly to the motherboard and as such are not upgradable.
Arnak
Do you have a max of 256 colors?
Is your screen 640 x 480?
If you answered no to either of these questions, then you need to figure out what you're talking about. VGA first came into use in 1987. There's no way in this world that you need anything to do with VGA, especially if you're running Vista. However, if you're trying to play an old DOS game, I can tell you right now that Windows XP and later use a form of MS-DOS that is incompatible with most of the old games. 64 bit systems are just about completely incompatible.
Sorry. Email me when you get it figured out and I'll do my best to help.
See if these get you anywhere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vga
http://www.reevoo.com/p/ei-systems-1212-…
- MrProgramX|||Hi,
Sorry, but that means you need a newer laptop or a desktop as your laptop graphics do not support direct 3D.
Laptop graphics are on chips and soldered directly to the motherboard and as such are not upgradable.
Arnak
What Video Card Driver do I need?
I have an HP Pavilion dv2700 Notebook PC, WinVista with 4.00Gb and a 64-bit Operating System. The problem is that I have to update the Video Card Driver but I dont know whats the best for me....
I read something about ATI Mobility Radeon drivers but I still dont know which one!!
9500, 9600, 9700, X300, X600, X800, X1300 ... ????????????
Can someone help me Please!!!!!!|||The above is incorrect.
If you have a dv2700 with Vista 64-bit and the Intel 965 integrated video, this is the driver you need...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw…
______________________________________…
BTW - It says on the Sims 3 system requirements page that you will have decreased performance on any integrated video chipset (which yours is). To get the best game play and video quality it is always best to play on desktops with a gaming video card. Obviously you don't want to just throw out your laptop and incure the expense of a desktop just for one game so your best bet is to update your video drivers to the latest and greatest and run the game with lower detail settings to reduce lag.
http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq|||If you don't know the device, try going to HP's site and letting it scan your machine to determine what hardware you have.
http://www.hp.com/#Support
Click start detection to let it scan your system, once it is done you'll see a list of drivers for your laptop.
You can also download and run this tool to get some more detail about the graphics in your laptop: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
No install necessary for GPU-Z, just unpack and run.|||this is the one you need for that system
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw…|||Are you trying to play a game? Or are you reinstalling drivers? Because if you're trying to update it to play a game, you're likely out of luck because that would be a hardware issue. Otherwise, you can just go to the HP website and download the Vista 64-bit drivers from there.
I read something about ATI Mobility Radeon drivers but I still dont know which one!!
9500, 9600, 9700, X300, X600, X800, X1300 ... ????????????
Can someone help me Please!!!!!!|||The above is incorrect.
If you have a dv2700 with Vista 64-bit and the Intel 965 integrated video, this is the driver you need...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw…
______________________________________…
BTW - It says on the Sims 3 system requirements page that you will have decreased performance on any integrated video chipset (which yours is). To get the best game play and video quality it is always best to play on desktops with a gaming video card. Obviously you don't want to just throw out your laptop and incure the expense of a desktop just for one game so your best bet is to update your video drivers to the latest and greatest and run the game with lower detail settings to reduce lag.
http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq|||If you don't know the device, try going to HP's site and letting it scan your machine to determine what hardware you have.
http://www.hp.com/#Support
Click start detection to let it scan your system, once it is done you'll see a list of drivers for your laptop.
You can also download and run this tool to get some more detail about the graphics in your laptop: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/
No install necessary for GPU-Z, just unpack and run.|||this is the one you need for that system
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softw…|||Are you trying to play a game? Or are you reinstalling drivers? Because if you're trying to update it to play a game, you're likely out of luck because that would be a hardware issue. Otherwise, you can just go to the HP website and download the Vista 64-bit drivers from there.
Photoshop cs5 is not detecting my video card?
my system information in adob photoshop is:
Adobe Photoshop Version: 12.0 (12.0x20100407 [20100407.r.1103 2010/04/07:14:00:00 cutoff; r branch]) x32
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Version: 6.0 Service Pack 1
System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:8, Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3
Physical processor count: 2
Processor speed: 1900 MHz
Built-in memory: 2941 MB
Free memory: 1310 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1639 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 132K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Basic
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: False.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: False.
OpenGL Crash File: Not Detected.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds:= top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 800, right: 1280
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Driver Version: 8.01.01.882
Driver Date: 20100211074222.000000-000
Video Card Driver: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.cap,atitmmxx.dll
Video Mode: 1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Video Card Memory: 128 MB
i am trying to use 3D features but it is saying " your video card is not good we will use software randring thing" (i dont remember exact error but erros means this) i update my video driver and i installed OPENGL. and when i go to Edit>Prefrences>performance in photoshops menu the GPU section is gray and under the "video card detected" is nothing. so it looks like photoshop is not detecting my video card. any help?|||http://prodesigntools.com/forums/thread/…|||The link for best answer doesn't address this question correctly. The link refers to a problem with ATI driver 11.3 being problematic.
The correct answer to this question is the X1200 only has 128MB VRAM and the min. requirement for Ps CS5 is 256MB VRAM. (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404898.html)
|||The ATI X1200 is about as low-end as you can get for video. Since it's a laptop, you can't upgrade it either. Just use the software rendering, slow as it may be, because that's all you're going to get with that laptop.|||Your video card doesn't support rendering acceleration. There's nothing you can do except upgrade it or live with software rendering.
Adobe Photoshop Version: 12.0 (12.0x20100407 [20100407.r.1103 2010/04/07:14:00:00 cutoff; r branch]) x32
Operating System: Windows Vista 32-bit
Version: 6.0 Service Pack 1
System architecture: AMD CPU Family:15, Model:8, Stepping:2 with MMX, SSE Integer, SSE FP, SSE2, SSE3
Physical processor count: 2
Processor speed: 1900 MHz
Built-in memory: 2941 MB
Free memory: 1310 MB
Memory available to Photoshop: 1639 MB
Memory used by Photoshop: 60 %
Image tile size: 132K
Image cache levels: 4
OpenGL Drawing: Enabled.
OpenGL Drawing Mode: Basic
OpenGL Allow Normal Mode: False.
OpenGL Allow Advanced Mode: False.
OpenGL Crash File: Not Detected.
OpenGL Allow Old GPUs: Not Detected.
Video Card Vendor: ATI Technologies Inc.
Video Card Renderer: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Display: 1
Display Bounds:= top: 0, left: 0, bottom: 800, right: 1280
Video Card Number: 1
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Driver Version: 8.01.01.882
Driver Date: 20100211074222.000000-000
Video Card Driver: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.cap,atitmmxx.dll
Video Mode: 1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
Video Card Caption: ATI Radeon X1200 Series
Video Card Memory: 128 MB
i am trying to use 3D features but it is saying " your video card is not good we will use software randring thing" (i dont remember exact error but erros means this) i update my video driver and i installed OPENGL. and when i go to Edit>Prefrences>performance in photoshops menu the GPU section is gray and under the "video card detected" is nothing. so it looks like photoshop is not detecting my video card. any help?|||http://prodesigntools.com/forums/thread/…|||The link for best answer doesn't address this question correctly. The link refers to a problem with ATI driver 11.3 being problematic.
The correct answer to this question is the X1200 only has 128MB VRAM and the min. requirement for Ps CS5 is 256MB VRAM. (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/404/kb404898.html)
Report Abuse
|||The ATI X1200 is about as low-end as you can get for video. Since it's a laptop, you can't upgrade it either. Just use the software rendering, slow as it may be, because that's all you're going to get with that laptop.|||Your video card doesn't support rendering acceleration. There's nothing you can do except upgrade it or live with software rendering.
I need to find video card driver updates. What is a good site?
I'm trying to load a game, Star Wars Lego II for my kids and I'm getting error messages. It won't load, and I can't uninstall what is loaded.|||First, go to your device manager and check the hardware: Right-click my computer, select Properties, then the Hardware tab. On this window, there will be a button for Device Manager, select it and all of the installed hardware and devices will show. Make sure there is no component that has a warning or question mark on it. Find your video card in the list and right-click on it. Select Update Drivers and if you have the installation cd you may use that to browse for new drivers, or you can let the system connect to the internet to find the best driver. If your system cannot find a more recent driver than the one you already have installed, and the game is still not working, you may want to check the minimum requirments for video and RAM for this game and make sure your system is compatible. If there are no compatiblity-known issues, contact the video card manufacturer, but only if you are sure that the game is not corrupted in anyway and that it is a hardware problem.|||Depends on what brand your video card is.
nVidia.com or ATI.com|||to get driver's for ur game card go to vendor who made ur game card there u will find updates...if u have tried several times and failed u will have to go into computer and un in satll everything u just in stalled u get to many files of the same program it backs up on u and won't load nothing ...is crossfiling ...it is like u doing to many tasks at one time ...hold up one thime at a time computer the same way....un install everything lego and go get updated files and then try loading again then if it does not work contact me and we will see reason why it does not want to
nVidia.com or ATI.com|||to get driver's for ur game card go to vendor who made ur game card there u will find updates...if u have tried several times and failed u will have to go into computer and un in satll everything u just in stalled u get to many files of the same program it backs up on u and won't load nothing ...is crossfiling ...it is like u doing to many tasks at one time ...hold up one thime at a time computer the same way....un install everything lego and go get updated files and then try loading again then if it does not work contact me and we will see reason why it does not want to
I Need A New Video Card, Any Suggestions?
I would like to update my video card to play Battlefield 3. Currently I have an ATI Radeon HD 4200 that came with the computer. I have 8 gigs of ram and an AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 830 Processor. I don't know much about buying computer components, so any advice would be gladly appreciated.|||Assuming your desktop has a PCIe x16 slot available...the 6850 would be a good deal at about $150. You would have to have a PSU with minimum wattage of 450W and a 6 pin connector. I recommend using the 20% rule...that is what ever the minimum wattage of the video card...ADD 20% in your case 450W + 20% = 540W or 550W like this...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
I like this video card, but you can chose your own brand...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Newegg has about the best prices and fast delivery, plus excellent reputation and service...check out their 6850's here...http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…|||Well anything would be a huge upgrade from where you are now! By the way, what's the resolution of your screen/monitor?
In general for Battlefield 3 you'll want a Radeon HD 6850/GTX 460 or higher.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
And in order to run cards like that, you'll need to upgrade your computer's power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fast…|||http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
Newegg is cheap and has everything you could ever want with computers.
And graphics card that's between 100-200$ is a good bet! :D
Also... The more memory it has the better. and the faster it runs the better. Usually you want at least 1GB|||The ATI 6870 is the best buy, but if you want anything above medium, then look for the dual Nvidia cards that costs liek $500+
I like this video card, but you can chose your own brand...http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
Newegg has about the best prices and fast delivery, plus excellent reputation and service...check out their 6850's here...http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…|||Well anything would be a huge upgrade from where you are now! By the way, what's the resolution of your screen/monitor?
In general for Battlefield 3 you'll want a Radeon HD 6850/GTX 460 or higher.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
And in order to run cards like that, you'll need to upgrade your computer's power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as…
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/fast…|||http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis…
Newegg is cheap and has everything you could ever want with computers.
And graphics card that's between 100-200$ is a good bet! :D
Also... The more memory it has the better. and the faster it runs the better. Usually you want at least 1GB|||The ATI 6870 is the best buy, but if you want anything above medium, then look for the dual Nvidia cards that costs liek $500+
I need to update my video card driver for minecraft?
i keep getting the error message
" Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 12/16/10 9:58 PM
Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.2.6
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoose… Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.chooseP…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWi…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Di…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceF…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Sourc…
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT b26fe5c4 ----------"
and i went to go to my device manager and proceeded to try and update it but my computer says the device is fully up to date and im running on the windows 7 operating systems and i need help please any help is useful besides telling me i need to update cause ive tried and it doesnt work
so thanks|||You dont list the graphics card that you are running, but it is quite possible if you are using onboard graphics that is does not meet the minimum specs that are required to play the game. Had you listed the graphics card, I could have posted a direct link to the drivers.|||Your graphics or display adapter is quite outdated for Windows 7. The drivers being used for old cards are actually Vista drivers and AMD does not claim full support in Windows 7.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wi…
If you are not inclined to upgrade your graphics card or display adapter, it may be best to run your PC on Win XP or Vista.
" Bad video card drivers!
-----------------------
Minecraft was unable to start because it failed to find an accelerated OpenGL mode.
This can usually be fixed by updating the video card drivers.
--- BEGIN ERROR REPORT 7fe0271 --------
Generated 12/16/10 9:58 PM
Minecraft: Minecraft Alpha v1.2.6
OS: Windows 7 (x86) version 6.1
Java: 1.6.0_21, Sun Microsystems Inc.
VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode, sharing), Sun Microsystems Inc.
LWJGL: 2.4.2
[failed to get system properties (java.lang.NullPointerException)]
org.lwjgl.LWJGLException: Pixel format not accelerated
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.nChoose… Method)
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsPeerInfo.chooseP…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.WindowsDisplay.createWi…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.createWindow(Di…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at org.lwjgl.opengl.Display.create(Display.…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.a(SourceF…
at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.run(Sourc…
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
--- END ERROR REPORT b26fe5c4 ----------"
and i went to go to my device manager and proceeded to try and update it but my computer says the device is fully up to date and im running on the windows 7 operating systems and i need help please any help is useful besides telling me i need to update cause ive tried and it doesnt work
so thanks|||You dont list the graphics card that you are running, but it is quite possible if you are using onboard graphics that is does not meet the minimum specs that are required to play the game. Had you listed the graphics card, I could have posted a direct link to the drivers.|||Your graphics or display adapter is quite outdated for Windows 7. The drivers being used for old cards are actually Vista drivers and AMD does not claim full support in Windows 7.
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/wi…
If you are not inclined to upgrade your graphics card or display adapter, it may be best to run your PC on Win XP or Vista.
Do I need a new monitor or a new video card?
I got Steam installed and tried to play Left 4 Dead 2 but the graphics seemed horrible and with lag. I don't know what is the problem, is it the monitor or video card?
Also if I get an updated video card would I need a new monitor?|||What graphics card and monitor do you have?
I assume it is your graphics card, no an upgrade of graphics card does not require a new monitor|||Its your video card, unless you have one of those early 2000 massive monitors. But that would have far less influence on your gaming than your graphics card, because it is in charge of the graphics, so you could probably use a video card upgrade. Ill post a link to where you can find a new video card, in the sources.
Also if I get an updated video card would I need a new monitor?|||What graphics card and monitor do you have?
I assume it is your graphics card, no an upgrade of graphics card does not require a new monitor|||Its your video card, unless you have one of those early 2000 massive monitors. But that would have far less influence on your gaming than your graphics card, because it is in charge of the graphics, so you could probably use a video card upgrade. Ill post a link to where you can find a new video card, in the sources.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)