for example if i have a 256mb ddr3 pci-e nvidia 7600 gt and i had a power supply of 300 watts and the requirements said that it needed at least 400 watts of power would my video card perform slower? and if i got a more powerful power supply would i see a boost in performance?|||ur looking at it incorrectly .. having an inadequet power supply will cause unexplainable errors in ur system or can even damage components .. if u have a power supply that large enough then adding a bigger one will not help ur video .. however .. a good quality power supply will have more stable voltage and will make ur system more stable overall ..|||Yes. You probably will because your video card is probably getting really stressed out with that 300watt psu.
In fact, I highly suggest you buy a higher watt psu (power supply unit) so that your video card doesnt die on you.|||It is not going to work. if you have 300watt and need 400 you need 450 watt for all the other components to power.|||A better power supply and an extra fan or two in the case for better cooling will help you immensely.|||If you are running a power supply that is smaller than the one required for your video card your video card is probably running at less than 100% efficiency and you would take a performance hit. The rest of your system is also affected and it's not just your video card that is running sub-par. I suggest you put a bigger power supply in before you damage something. When you're playing an intense game and your machine starts to restart all by itself you will see why you should have put in the bigger PSU.|||well, with better power supply mean your pc performance will be better and more stable.|||Absolutely, I have a computer building guide in my forum that explains the importance of each component you select, and why.
http://www.hollandpcservice.com/forum/fo…|||technically it won't run slow. It will just make your system not to not be able to run stable. So if you use the 300W psu. Expect to have many crashes.|||It won't boost performance, but it will help it to run smoother by giving the video card the power it needs when it needs it.
Newer PC need at least 400w. Dual videocards (SLI) need at least 650w
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Video card performance question?
i was told that the Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 would struggle with games where there is "intensive" 3D. i this accurate? cuz i was told that it was a good vid card. please help i just bought this card now im not sure if it was a good buy. Please HELPPPP! thanks|||when ppl talk about intensive 3D with a 3870, 4870 or any high end card, they usualy refer to Crysis. so its fine, all cards struggle with crysis, except of course GTX 295 XD XD
but the 3870 is a good card u should have no problems playing games|||why not simply try installing ur new vid card n trying it for urself with the games u have got !!!
makes sense huh ???
:)|||I would have to agree that they probably mean Crysis with the Intense 3D.
There are other factors to consider here.
How powerful is your Processor?
How Much RAM do you have installed on your Motherboard?
What game(s) will you be playing? (try to match the recommended system specs against yours)
At what resolution do you play your game(s) at?
Do you absolutely have to play the game(s) with all the settings turned to "Maximum"?
The only real way to find out is to install the card, Install the drivers and run a game and see how it plays.
Good luck.
but the 3870 is a good card u should have no problems playing games|||why not simply try installing ur new vid card n trying it for urself with the games u have got !!!
makes sense huh ???
:)|||I would have to agree that they probably mean Crysis with the Intense 3D.
There are other factors to consider here.
How powerful is your Processor?
How Much RAM do you have installed on your Motherboard?
What game(s) will you be playing? (try to match the recommended system specs against yours)
At what resolution do you play your game(s) at?
Do you absolutely have to play the game(s) with all the settings turned to "Maximum"?
The only real way to find out is to install the card, Install the drivers and run a game and see how it plays.
Good luck.
Can software affect a video cards performance?
My video card died on me recently. It started happening when I updated DirectX and was playing Darksiders for PC. My computer was fine for over a week with the exception of system restore telling me to restore before I updated DirectX due to some sort of problem. After continuously retrying so that I may play my game, finally one day my computer froze and the system locked up whenever I tried to play any game or watch any video, the resolution was reset and there were artifacts everywhere. Was it just my card's time or did software somehow have something to do with it?|||If you are getting artifacts, then it is VERY unlikely that the software caused the issue.
You should try to reinstall your video card drivers just to be sure, but likely the card was on it's way out the door anyhow.|||It's possible the video card drivers had a bug that caused the artifacts and system lockup. If ever I suspect video card strangeness, I check for updated drivers first.
That said, video cards do get hot and that can kill them over time, especially as board-mounted fans die and heatsink paste dries out.
You should try to reinstall your video card drivers just to be sure, but likely the card was on it's way out the door anyhow.|||It's possible the video card drivers had a bug that caused the artifacts and system lockup. If ever I suspect video card strangeness, I check for updated drivers first.
That said, video cards do get hot and that can kill them over time, especially as board-mounted fans die and heatsink paste dries out.
Video Card Performance Dropped?
Hey there. I have a nVidia GeForce 9600 1024mb Video card. I used to be able to play Crysis on High with about 60 FPS. I used to have 100+ COD4 With settings maxed out.
One day I logged onto COD4, and it was running verryy slow and saw 4 FPS.. I was very confused. After expiermenting, I saw a sudden decrease in video performance. I now get like 30/40 FPS in CS 1.6.
I've tried about everything I can think of to try and fix. New drivers, took out of computer and looked, nothing physically wrong, and can't figure it out!
Is there anything you can think of I can possibly do to try and fix it. Such as certain programs that cleans the GPU, or anything..
Here's my setup incase you need it.
Intel(R) Core (TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPU's), ~2.2GHz
2046 MB Ram
DirectX 10
320GB Hard Drive
nVidia GeForce 9600 1024mb memory
S-series GA-P35-DS3L/S3L Motherboard
HELP!
|||Ok i checked your link and i got a few suggestions.
Try checking the refresh rate of your monitor under advanced where you set your screen resolution. If the refresh rate is set to anything lower than 60 then that could cause a performance drop. Set it as high as possible with your chosen resolution
Defrag but i have a feeling you tried that. To access Vista Disk Defragmenter, click on the Vista Start Button, hover over All Programs, hover on Accessories, hover over System Tools, and click on Disk “Defragmenter”.|||Hi. Your system has really good specs so I would suspect either an anti-virus conflict or a registry corruption issue. Try http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php for malware and http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_clea… registry cleaner. Both free.|||HOW THE HELL DID YOU MANAGE 60 FPS ON CRYIS AND ON HIGH WITH A 9600!
One day I logged onto COD4, and it was running verryy slow and saw 4 FPS.. I was very confused. After expiermenting, I saw a sudden decrease in video performance. I now get like 30/40 FPS in CS 1.6.
I've tried about everything I can think of to try and fix. New drivers, took out of computer and looked, nothing physically wrong, and can't figure it out!
Is there anything you can think of I can possibly do to try and fix it. Such as certain programs that cleans the GPU, or anything..
Here's my setup incase you need it.
Intel(R) Core (TM)2 Duo CPU E4500 @ 2.20GHz (2 CPU's), ~2.2GHz
2046 MB Ram
DirectX 10
320GB Hard Drive
nVidia GeForce 9600 1024mb memory
S-series GA-P35-DS3L/S3L Motherboard
HELP!
|||Ok i checked your link and i got a few suggestions.
Try checking the refresh rate of your monitor under advanced where you set your screen resolution. If the refresh rate is set to anything lower than 60 then that could cause a performance drop. Set it as high as possible with your chosen resolution
Defrag but i have a feeling you tried that. To access Vista Disk Defragmenter, click on the Vista Start Button, hover over All Programs, hover on Accessories, hover over System Tools, and click on Disk “Defragmenter”.|||Hi. Your system has really good specs so I would suspect either an anti-virus conflict or a registry corruption issue. Try http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php for malware and http://www.eusing.com/free_registry_clea… registry cleaner. Both free.|||HOW THE HELL DID YOU MANAGE 60 FPS ON CRYIS AND ON HIGH WITH A 9600!
Low video card performance?
I've got a new Inspiron 1520 notebook with an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT card. When I run the PCPitstop utility to check performance, I get a red flag telling me that video performance is unusually low at 38.78 MP/s which is only 24% of similar systems, it said similar systems typically have 156 MP/s rates. Any idea what is going on with my new system?|||Run dxdiag. Check driver details. If date is old, update your graphics driver.
Also try changing power scheme in power options to Desktop. Processor might be downclocking at current setting, thus slowing overall performance.
Also try changing power scheme in power options to Desktop. Processor might be downclocking at current setting, thus slowing overall performance.
Free Ways to improve video card performance?
is there anyway i can improve my video/graphics card performance without spending money on it???|||you can try clocking it , i dont know how to do that but that can increase performance ... so i will leave that to someone who knows how to do it
you can also keep the drivers upto date
just ask someone on here or goto bleepingcomputers and someone will tell u how to do it|||create a wordpad document that says ram faster and copy it to you main desktop screen then you wont recognize it is faster until u like play a game
you can also keep the drivers upto date
just ask someone on here or goto bleepingcomputers and someone will tell u how to do it|||create a wordpad document that says ram faster and copy it to you main desktop screen then you wont recognize it is faster until u like play a game
Is there such a thing as an external video card that can boost my laptops intergrated video cards performance?
dude, it's a dell!
May I have a link?|||There are external video adapters which connect to external monitors and provide greatly improved performance for laptops, like the ATI XGP and Vidock2:|||No, there's literally nothing you can do. That link is for an external video card that is NOT designed to render 3D gaming, it's just to allow extra displays for presentations. I used to sell them when I worked at TigerDirect. If you have a laptop, your'e screwed. This is why real games game on desktops and use cheap laptops for school and work where graphics power doesn't matter.|||If you have Vista, customize under Adjust Visual Effects. Uncheck enable transparent glass, and anything that says fade or animate.
Chick, kindly mention your operating system when asking questions.
How'd you know that I'm a dude?|||Here is a link you can check out. I am not sure if this is what your looking for though:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vido…
May I have a link?|||There are external video adapters which connect to external monitors and provide greatly improved performance for laptops, like the ATI XGP and Vidock2:|||No, there's literally nothing you can do. That link is for an external video card that is NOT designed to render 3D gaming, it's just to allow extra displays for presentations. I used to sell them when I worked at TigerDirect. If you have a laptop, your'e screwed. This is why real games game on desktops and use cheap laptops for school and work where graphics power doesn't matter.|||If you have Vista, customize under Adjust Visual Effects. Uncheck enable transparent glass, and anything that says fade or animate.
Chick, kindly mention your operating system when asking questions.
How'd you know that I'm a dude?|||Here is a link you can check out. I am not sure if this is what your looking for though:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vido…
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