I just bought a 7600 GS. Upgraded from an ATI 6550. Mostly to get the Shader 3.0 support. New games seem to require that lately. Anyways, so far I have 3 Games that freeze up after about 10 min. WOW, Gothic 3, POTBS beta. In all three cases, I can still hear the music and mouse pointer still moves,...

Hi, I'm in the market for a new PC (mostly intended for gaming purposes), and I've narrowed down my choice for the video-card down to two options, both from Gigabyte (although with the NVidia reference designs around, the brand doesn't matter too much I suppose?): - 8800GTS 320MB or

I just ordered a new Nvidia video card for my P4. Could someone tell me how much power I should get for this computer? P4 2.8 ghz 1.5 gigs DDR Nvidia 7600 GT AGP 2 7200 rpm hard drives 2 Optical drives (one CD burner, one DVD burner) I just need a power supply to safely power these devices,...

Hi all. My girlfriend's ATI card just crapped out on her, and I'm trying to narrow down a good replacement for it. She had an X1800 pro 256MB PCI-e that she was happy with, and wants something that is equal or greater to that. She's a recreational gamer, into Rainbow Six Vegas and GRAW 2 and...

Just read that my Radeon 9600 supports Shader Model 2.0 how can i test this and do i need to switch the facility on in my video settings. dave

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http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=43782 great discussion going on about the PlayStation4, Sony's future console which has been in development since 2005. good discussion about what PS4 will use: the next generation of CELL processors and future Nvidia GPUs.

Hi! I have a Gainward Golden Sample GeForce 6800GT graphic cards where one of teh fans is dead. Now I get frequent system crashes due to the graphic card overheating. Can someone please suggest a good replacement cooling solution for this card that is quiet but still can handle the heat it...

Can i use 8800gts card for gaming on Athlon 64 3000+, 2gb ram? Or i need to upgrade Cpu first? Thx!

I bought a Viewsonic 22" wide lcd monitor. My current video card (GeForce 5200)was able to display at the max resolution using the VGA connection, but can't using the DVI connection. I am not a hard-core gamer, just would like a card that will work with what I've got. Mobo is an Intel D865PERL, AGP...

I am starting to build a new pc, with one or two 8800 ultras, as these are directx 10 cards. Will i only be able to get directx 10 effects under Windows Vista. Thx LA

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I've got one of the last Sony desktops that are really almost dead quiet and am currently running an XFX 7600gs w/256 just for regular desk top use. No gaming. Does anyone know of a faster card without a fan ? TIA.

Have a Medion Geforce 3 Ti200 graphical adapter (64MB). Want to know if it supports resolution at 1680*1050 ? thanks, efeeen

I have a Geforce 7300 GS and am trying to use the S-video out facility. I have connected to TV and all seems fine until I play something with RealPlayer or Windows Media Player and then the actual video output from the application is just black on the TV screen - but OK on the monitor. Any...

Hi have Geforce 5700le I have my 50" lcd screen hooked up as a monitor. Hooked up using S-video cable I see everything on the tv monitor that is on the computer screen HOWEVER, when i want to watch a video from my computer drive, and it plays on windows media 11, I dont see anything from the...

Hi, I checked my Battlefield 2 Full installation folder: The folder pb contains a new punkbuster version signed 24 august 2007. It also installs a driver which could be considered a rootkit as well. This new punkbuster is probably the cause of very bad sound stutter and possibly lag spikes !

Hi, I have been using the nvidia geforce2 for quite some time to watch video on my tv using the tv out signal via a wireless sender. When I choose the clone mode, I can watch the video on the tv but on the monitor the video was blank but I could still access all the functions of the pc and it...

I don't like Bioshock or Airborne anyway. Though I just played Airborne on two gtx 7900 on all low settings and was playable. (Me done with WW2, and Bioshock I might still play full... but it aint that great ;)) MOH Airborne Intro screen/menu still laggy and buggy ? line near airplane. BF2...

Hi group members, I would like to connect our PC with the NVIDIA GE Force 7300 LE card to our Philips HDTV. I have just recently bought a USB Wand TV Stick which works fine so we could "tape" programs on the PC and watch them on the TV if this connection would work. The Philips TV manual explains...