I'm not a huge PC gamer but I do like cutting down on cables and increased video quality you get with HDMI.|||Hi,
FYI, HDMI is the same as the normal monitor cable you would use for a PC, just without sound. You can buy DVI to HDMI converters that would do this for you if you want a cheap card (as HDMI is 1600pixels wide) which most graphics cards can do nowadays anyway.
I find this site is really cheap for computer parts: www.ebuyer.com
NOT related to ebay though.
Thanks|||www.frys.com
best computer store ever
Friday, May 4, 2012
Friday, April 27, 2012
HDMI connection from PC Video Card?
I'm planning on buying hp m9500t series with a video card with hdmi connection. If i connect it to the hdtv, will i get sound from it or do i need another connection for the sound? My purpose for this is i want a multimedia pc so i can watch movies and play games using my hdtv.|||Depending on the graphics card you have, there might be an input on the card itself for audio. That is the only way that you'll be able to get audio out of the HDMI cable. If there's not input, then you'll only transmit the video.|||Yes, a video card with HDMI outs will be able to transmit sound. Just make sure the graphics card comes with a SPDIF wire, which is the wire that connects your graphics card with you motherboard. It's usually a red and black intertwined wire. You will not need any other connections other than these, and of course, the HDMI wire.|||The HDMI connection will transfer both audio and video
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Video card for older Dell Dimension, Windows 7, MCE?
I'm looking to get an older Dell Dimension 4600 pc I have to be a media center for a televeision that is HDTV but the only inputs I have are component, s-video, coax, and rca's. No vga or hdmi. I have a video card that Windows 7 see's and is using, but it has only vga, and dvi out. I bought a vga to component cable, but it has done me no good. I have no idea why. It displays nothing when connected to the tv. Can anyone give me some idea what i should / could do to get the display to the tv. I'm not interested in spending $100 on a video card to put into a 5 year old pc. Thanks!!|||You should have this if you have DVI out on the PC. You may need the latest video drivers for you computer. Make sure you get the complete drivers set which includes all the options to configure the output to your TV. Set the TV as screen 2 so you can see both outputs in the videocard driver software on your PC monitor at the same time.. VGA to your PC monitor and DVI to your TV.
http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcabl…
http://www.tvcables.co.uk/cgi-bin/tvcabl…
For PC customization, two cheaper video cards (5770, 5750) or one better one (5850)?
Hello there.
I'm trying to build a very nice PC, and I'm in a bit of a conundrum.
Should I get a regular PC configuration, with one video card, the Radeon HD 5850 (which, supposedly, is better than even the nVidia GTX 465, even though the 465 is listed higher at videocardbenchmark.net), or get a Crossfire type of configuration, with two Radeon HD 5770s (that would cost a bit more) or with two 5750s (that would cost exactly as much as the 5850)? (Money is a bit of a factor, too.)
I understand that:
5850 - has core clock of 725 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 256-bit memory interface
5770 - has core clock of 850 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 128-bit memory interface
5750 - has core clock of 700 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 128-bit memory interface, but also 2-DVI, unlike the 5770.
It would be very nice to have 2 GB of video memory, and two GPUs working in tandem, but I'm still not sure whether it's an upgrade over just the one, better video card. Is it?
I also am not 100% sure what kind of motherboard I should get for the Crossfire option, if I decide to go with that. (But I know I wouldn't like to pay more than 150 dollars for just the mobo. And it has to be able of full HDMI, of course; otherwise what's the point, right?)
Oh, and having two GPUs... would that need some extra cooling in the computer case, too, in addition to what I would need for just one video card?
Could the expert(s) who are kind enough to reply also, please, support the argument with a little bit of extra proof or insight? Thank you very, very much.|||ok first yes a single card is quieter. and i suppose easier (plug 1 card in instead of two)
but in terms of performance i have no idea what this guy is talking about.
two 5770's can outperform a 5850. and is most cases a 5870 as well
take a look at these benchmarks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-…
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-…
as for the cooling yes crossfire runs a bit hotter than s single card. you can just buy a 8$ side fan for your case and that should keep them good enough. 5770's are made to run hot and are fine up to 90C.
also no the scaling for Ati Crossfire is not bad. it used to be bad with the older drivers but with the newer drivers its become very good.
5770's cost around 150$.(newegg.com) so a pair would cost 300$ while yes thats a bit more than a 465 or a 5850 if they can outperform a 5870 then im sure they can outperform a 465 by miles.
also dont worry about weather the game will support crossfire or not. the only games that dont are REALLY old games (like 90's and early 2000's) which the requirements are so low that they dont even require dual 5770's
all modern games support crossfire and Sli.
as for the motherboard im sure you can easily find one under 150$ i got my Msi790xt-g45 for 90$ on newegg. full crossfire support. just look around on newegg for a board that supports your parts. good luck and have fun!|||okay start like this
nvidias GTX 460 is same/faster then a 5850
so a 465 is better
as for dual graphic cards
first of all ATI cards (crossfire) scale alot worse then nvidia cards (SLI) it does work ofc (i got dual 4890's in CrossfireX) but not even close to as good as nvidia graphic cards in SLI
5770 can mby be faster then a 5850 IF the game is very well made for SLI/crossfire, thats the problem ,it wont work on all games and ushally aint painless to get it to work either.
if you have 2 GPU's well extra cooling aint much to do, depends on what mobo you get, i got mine very close (just 3mm space :S) my cards run at 60-70C (top card) and 45-55C (lower card)
thu i do have a fan on the side of my case that helps :D donno how much thu
to make it easy
singel card is easier and probably more quiet
465 > 5850 (not arrow, its a mouth, always points to the bigger/better one)
5850 > 5770x2
anything > 5750
I'm trying to build a very nice PC, and I'm in a bit of a conundrum.
Should I get a regular PC configuration, with one video card, the Radeon HD 5850 (which, supposedly, is better than even the nVidia GTX 465, even though the 465 is listed higher at videocardbenchmark.net), or get a Crossfire type of configuration, with two Radeon HD 5770s (that would cost a bit more) or with two 5750s (that would cost exactly as much as the 5850)? (Money is a bit of a factor, too.)
I understand that:
5850 - has core clock of 725 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 256-bit memory interface
5770 - has core clock of 850 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 128-bit memory interface
5750 - has core clock of 700 MHz, 1 GB of memory, and 128-bit memory interface, but also 2-DVI, unlike the 5770.
It would be very nice to have 2 GB of video memory, and two GPUs working in tandem, but I'm still not sure whether it's an upgrade over just the one, better video card. Is it?
I also am not 100% sure what kind of motherboard I should get for the Crossfire option, if I decide to go with that. (But I know I wouldn't like to pay more than 150 dollars for just the mobo. And it has to be able of full HDMI, of course; otherwise what's the point, right?)
Oh, and having two GPUs... would that need some extra cooling in the computer case, too, in addition to what I would need for just one video card?
Could the expert(s) who are kind enough to reply also, please, support the argument with a little bit of extra proof or insight? Thank you very, very much.|||ok first yes a single card is quieter. and i suppose easier (plug 1 card in instead of two)
but in terms of performance i have no idea what this guy is talking about.
two 5770's can outperform a 5850. and is most cases a 5870 as well
take a look at these benchmarks.
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-…
http://www.tomshardware.com/charts/2010-…
as for the cooling yes crossfire runs a bit hotter than s single card. you can just buy a 8$ side fan for your case and that should keep them good enough. 5770's are made to run hot and are fine up to 90C.
also no the scaling for Ati Crossfire is not bad. it used to be bad with the older drivers but with the newer drivers its become very good.
5770's cost around 150$.(newegg.com) so a pair would cost 300$ while yes thats a bit more than a 465 or a 5850 if they can outperform a 5870 then im sure they can outperform a 465 by miles.
also dont worry about weather the game will support crossfire or not. the only games that dont are REALLY old games (like 90's and early 2000's) which the requirements are so low that they dont even require dual 5770's
all modern games support crossfire and Sli.
as for the motherboard im sure you can easily find one under 150$ i got my Msi790xt-g45 for 90$ on newegg. full crossfire support. just look around on newegg for a board that supports your parts. good luck and have fun!|||okay start like this
nvidias GTX 460 is same/faster then a 5850
so a 465 is better
as for dual graphic cards
first of all ATI cards (crossfire) scale alot worse then nvidia cards (SLI) it does work ofc (i got dual 4890's in CrossfireX) but not even close to as good as nvidia graphic cards in SLI
5770 can mby be faster then a 5850 IF the game is very well made for SLI/crossfire, thats the problem ,it wont work on all games and ushally aint painless to get it to work either.
if you have 2 GPU's well extra cooling aint much to do, depends on what mobo you get, i got mine very close (just 3mm space :S) my cards run at 60-70C (top card) and 45-55C (lower card)
thu i do have a fan on the side of my case that helps :D donno how much thu
to make it easy
singel card is easier and probably more quiet
465 > 5850 (not arrow, its a mouth, always points to the bigger/better one)
5850 > 5770x2
anything > 5750
How do I connect a WinXPro PC to my HDMI Panasonic TH50PX50U HDTV Plsma for the best pic? (No DVI conn)?
I have a new Panasonic TH50PX50U HDTV Plasma TV. The TV has several HDMI connections to use, but no DVI connection. I want to get a new computer to run video and music applications from the TV. I've got a great sound card so everything on the audio end is perfect. The video end isn't so good, I did a little test with my current computer and I had a very negative result.
The test consisted of an old Compaq 900MHZ 512RAM PIII computer and just running ITUNES and then just something over media player. I went out and purchased a Stealth S85 RADEON 9250 128MB PCI Video Card with a DVI connection and a DVI to HDMI conversion cord. The picture was REALLY bad, stretched, and blurry.Then I tried using the standard RCA ports and the picture was even worse.I'll buy the best processor out there right now so I'm not really worried about the engine for the PC but what is the best video card to use to connect to this HDMI based TV. Is anybody else doing this with an HDMI plasma TV? Ideas?|||Well, I have heard that it can be pretty difficult to connect a computer to a Television, especially a Big screen. I don't really thin you can. But what you can do, is get that "Rogers on Demand internet" which you don't even need a monitor, you can use it straight out of the box, with internet, wireless keyboard, mouse. You will have difficulty connecting your regular PC to your Television. Hope this helped, good luck.|||I think you're missing a piece of equipment, but don't quote me. You may need a TV Tuner card in the PC - even if you don't want to watch TV on the PC, it may act as your connection back to the plasma TV so you can "see" your computer screen there. Also there may a resolution issue. Have you checked Panasonic's website for any information regarding this or have you tried their tech support for an answer? I know it's totally do-able, I've seen it done before. There may be a card that goes into the actual plasma screen that makes it so you can plug your PC into it.
The test consisted of an old Compaq 900MHZ 512RAM PIII computer and just running ITUNES and then just something over media player. I went out and purchased a Stealth S85 RADEON 9250 128MB PCI Video Card with a DVI connection and a DVI to HDMI conversion cord. The picture was REALLY bad, stretched, and blurry.Then I tried using the standard RCA ports and the picture was even worse.I'll buy the best processor out there right now so I'm not really worried about the engine for the PC but what is the best video card to use to connect to this HDMI based TV. Is anybody else doing this with an HDMI plasma TV? Ideas?|||Well, I have heard that it can be pretty difficult to connect a computer to a Television, especially a Big screen. I don't really thin you can. But what you can do, is get that "Rogers on Demand internet" which you don't even need a monitor, you can use it straight out of the box, with internet, wireless keyboard, mouse. You will have difficulty connecting your regular PC to your Television. Hope this helped, good luck.|||I think you're missing a piece of equipment, but don't quote me. You may need a TV Tuner card in the PC - even if you don't want to watch TV on the PC, it may act as your connection back to the plasma TV so you can "see" your computer screen there. Also there may a resolution issue. Have you checked Panasonic's website for any information regarding this or have you tried their tech support for an answer? I know it's totally do-able, I've seen it done before. There may be a card that goes into the actual plasma screen that makes it so you can plug your PC into it.
Will 2 Video Card Help Improve Gaming for PC?
Hi my computer for some reason seems to be very slow when running certain games. Here are the spec on my PC
GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H nvidia geforce 9400 chipset micro ATX form factor 1xPCI-E(x16)/1xPCI-E(x1)/2xpci/4xddr2 w/integrated vga,sata2 raid,lan(gb),hdmi,1394,usb 2.0 & audio (cpu type:intel - socket 775)
CORE 2 DUO E8500 3.16G (1333Mhz)
KINGSTON 4GB DDR2 800
OS: Window Vista x64 SP1
For example the Chronicle of Riddick AODA
Recommended System Requirement:
1. Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vista Operating System
2. ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or better
3. Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz or AMD Athlon X2 +5200
4. 2 GB of available system memory
5. 11 GB of available of hard drive space
6. DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card
7. Keyboard, mouse or dual-analog gamepad
8. Multiplayer support using LAN with TCP/IP protocol or established internet connection (DSL or cable required)
9. Internet connection required for first-time authentication (connection not required after authentication)
It looks to me that my computer meets the requirement, but for some reason can't run it at high speed. I hope someone can help me figure out what's wrong. Also, my motherboard supports 2 video card. Would this help my gaming as well? Hope someone can help me out.
Thanks.|||May want to get a 9800GT. It's cheap and will destroy what you have now.|||8800GT is loike 100x better then a 9400 nviida.
you need to buy a 9600GT or a 8800GT or a GT200 version
or Ati 4800's series|||No it will make it worse|||upgrading it would help|||I'm afraid the 8800GT is a far better card than the 9400 you're using. The first number signifies the series, but the second number signifies the quality of the card within the series. In addition, the GeForce 9 series is, for the most part, simply a rebrand of the 8 series. There are few significant differences between the two. So the 8800GT is virtually identical in performance to the 9800GT. Your 9400 is several steps below the 8800GT called for in the recommended system requirements.
Your motherboard doesn't support SLI or CrossFire (only a single PCIEx16 slot), so that isn't an option. In any event, you must use similar cards for dual card solutions, so you wouldn't be able to match the performance of a single superior card like the 8800GT.
The best option for you is to upgrade to a better card. You need a 9800GT to handle this game, which means you'll need to spend around 75-100$ minimum. The best card currently available in that price range is the Radeon HD4850 (which is NOT simply a rebrand of the 3850, but is far better performance-wise!). You can find this card for as low as 95$ on newegg.com at the moment (although you just missed a sale that had the Sapphire HD4850 for 86$!).
Performance-wise, the HD4850 is a step above the 9800GT. So it should handle your games very well. Certainly much better than the 9400!|||Well, it says you have a video chipset, as opposed to an actual card.
I'm not sure, but you might be able to run with combined card/chipset (you only have 1 PCI-Ex16, which is what you'd want to use for graphics). Maybe you could run it with 2 GPUs in normal PCI, but that might end up being worse.
Normal PCI slots share memory and attention from your processor, while PCI-Express slots all run independently. The more PCI cards you have installed, the worse they'll perform.
Also, chipsets drain from your processor power and available ram, so I'd recommend getting a card. You can get a pretty good card for probably $85 that would work just fine.|||First, you are incorrect, you do not meet the recommended minimum system. You do not have an 8800GT or better graphics card -- in fact, you have no graphics card at all. (Or if you do, you didn't say so.)
You may be thinking the 9400 is "better" than the 8800GT because the number is higher -- not so. (And even if it was 'better' in some sense, having a chipset that's better than the recommended minimum graphics card won't help you. I have a car that's better than an 8800GT but it won't help me play Chronicles of Riddick. You need a graphics solution that's equal to superior in performance to an 8800GT graphics card. The 9400's graphics are vastly inferior.)
Also, your motherboard does not support two video cards. It only has one PCI-e x16 slot. So where would you put the second video card?
I would recommend getting and using one good video card.
GIGABYTE GA-E7AUM-DS2H nvidia geforce 9400 chipset micro ATX form factor 1xPCI-E(x16)/1xPCI-E(x1)/2xpci/4xddr2 w/integrated vga,sata2 raid,lan(gb),hdmi,1394,usb 2.0 & audio (cpu type:intel - socket 775)
CORE 2 DUO E8500 3.16G (1333Mhz)
KINGSTON 4GB DDR2 800
OS: Window Vista x64 SP1
For example the Chronicle of Riddick AODA
Recommended System Requirement:
1. Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Vista Operating System
2. ATI Radeon HD 3850 or NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or better
3. Intel Core2 Duo 1.8GHz or AMD Athlon X2 +5200
4. 2 GB of available system memory
5. 11 GB of available of hard drive space
6. DirectX 9.0c compatible Sound Card
7. Keyboard, mouse or dual-analog gamepad
8. Multiplayer support using LAN with TCP/IP protocol or established internet connection (DSL or cable required)
9. Internet connection required for first-time authentication (connection not required after authentication)
It looks to me that my computer meets the requirement, but for some reason can't run it at high speed. I hope someone can help me figure out what's wrong. Also, my motherboard supports 2 video card. Would this help my gaming as well? Hope someone can help me out.
Thanks.|||May want to get a 9800GT. It's cheap and will destroy what you have now.|||8800GT is loike 100x better then a 9400 nviida.
you need to buy a 9600GT or a 8800GT or a GT200 version
or Ati 4800's series|||No it will make it worse|||upgrading it would help|||I'm afraid the 8800GT is a far better card than the 9400 you're using. The first number signifies the series, but the second number signifies the quality of the card within the series. In addition, the GeForce 9 series is, for the most part, simply a rebrand of the 8 series. There are few significant differences between the two. So the 8800GT is virtually identical in performance to the 9800GT. Your 9400 is several steps below the 8800GT called for in the recommended system requirements.
Your motherboard doesn't support SLI or CrossFire (only a single PCIEx16 slot), so that isn't an option. In any event, you must use similar cards for dual card solutions, so you wouldn't be able to match the performance of a single superior card like the 8800GT.
The best option for you is to upgrade to a better card. You need a 9800GT to handle this game, which means you'll need to spend around 75-100$ minimum. The best card currently available in that price range is the Radeon HD4850 (which is NOT simply a rebrand of the 3850, but is far better performance-wise!). You can find this card for as low as 95$ on newegg.com at the moment (although you just missed a sale that had the Sapphire HD4850 for 86$!).
Performance-wise, the HD4850 is a step above the 9800GT. So it should handle your games very well. Certainly much better than the 9400!|||Well, it says you have a video chipset, as opposed to an actual card.
I'm not sure, but you might be able to run with combined card/chipset (you only have 1 PCI-Ex16, which is what you'd want to use for graphics). Maybe you could run it with 2 GPUs in normal PCI, but that might end up being worse.
Normal PCI slots share memory and attention from your processor, while PCI-Express slots all run independently. The more PCI cards you have installed, the worse they'll perform.
Also, chipsets drain from your processor power and available ram, so I'd recommend getting a card. You can get a pretty good card for probably $85 that would work just fine.|||First, you are incorrect, you do not meet the recommended minimum system. You do not have an 8800GT or better graphics card -- in fact, you have no graphics card at all. (Or if you do, you didn't say so.)
You may be thinking the 9400 is "better" than the 8800GT because the number is higher -- not so. (And even if it was 'better' in some sense, having a chipset that's better than the recommended minimum graphics card won't help you. I have a car that's better than an 8800GT but it won't help me play Chronicles of Riddick. You need a graphics solution that's equal to superior in performance to an 8800GT graphics card. The 9400's graphics are vastly inferior.)
Also, your motherboard does not support two video cards. It only has one PCI-e x16 slot. So where would you put the second video card?
I would recommend getting and using one good video card.
Installed graphics card and using HDMI cable for video but now have little audio?
i have a nvidia geforce 9800 gt graphics card i installed with two dvi ports but i am using a converter for my monitor so now i use a HDMI cable to connect it to my monitor. i have a audio jack cable male to male that goes from my monitor to my PC so i can get sound threw the monitor but now that i have the card in i get very little sound even if my sound is at max.
any ideas?|||Try using the build in sound on your computer and not on you graphics card maybe?
any ideas?|||Try using the build in sound on your computer and not on you graphics card maybe?
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