http://www.techsupportforum.com video card support forum; XFX, eVGA, ATI, PNY, Asus, Diamond en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:45:10 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.techsupportforum.com/cwd/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.techsupportforum.com http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433717-device-manager-shows-2-cards.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:22 GMT Hi, I got an XP system fully patched and it keeps turning itself off and on again. My diagnostics show that it might be the graphics card drivers so I want to download the latest drivers to rule this out. I went to Device manager to check the card (and later used the Aida diagnostics tool). ... Hi,
I got an XP system fully patched and it keeps turning itself off and on again.
My diagnostics show that it might be the graphics card drivers so I want to download the latest drivers to rule this out.

I went to Device manager to check the card (and later used the Aida diagnostics tool).

They both show:

Radeon X600/X550 series
Radeon X600/x550 series secondary
(both 256mb)

I only have one graphics card so why does it show two and which drivers should I download X600 or X550?

Very confused

Thanks

David ]]> Video Card Support zzdave http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433717-device-manager-shows-2-cards.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433632-screen-blinking-once-while.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:02 GMT Its been 3 months rma'ed cards back and forth..yet I am unable to resolve the issue.
Trouble is I can't really find whats wrong.
All of a sudden for no reason (no matter what am I doing surfing,watching movies..or just idle) the screen blinks (like when installing the display drivers for the first time) for about a second or two and then comes back up.At times it may not even occur.

At first I thought the cable was at fault..I replaced the vga cable yet it resurfaced.
There is no such behavior from the onboard display..hence I thought the card was at fault
I rma'ed it twice.
Later I upgraded my card from xfx 9800 gt to xfx 4850 xxx edition.
Yet even after using two different chipsets the problem remains.

Now for the sake of troubleshooting what else could be faulty..here..

1)gpu is overheating...thats not the case ..it idles at 45c and goes upto 65 max

1) the monitor..but it works fine from onboard display..so can't really say that's the culprit

2) the psu...assuming the psu was faulty..it would have been much severe case coz there is no bsod,freezing,restarts which could suggest its at fault.

3) I have changed 3 gfx cards..so can't really say this third one is faulty.

Now the only doubt remains that

All this while I am using a pci 2.0 card on a 1.0 motherboard..but I have seen many using it flawlessly and that shouldn't really be a problem.

I am using an antec EA 430 whereas the recommended PSU is 450 but in reality my system is never using more than 315 watts ( as per antec's psu calculator with 30% capacitor ageing)The psu is 10 months old.

Other than the above said issue..everything works fine..so I can't really figure whats causing the screen to go blank for a few seconds and come back up ]]> Video Card Support realmatrix http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433632-screen-blinking-once-while.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433593-geforce-9500-gt.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:12:20 GMT Hi i have recently bought a geforce 9500 GT and i want to use its svideo conector does anybody know the pinout to get composite video from it ? Hi
i have recently bought a geforce 9500 GT and i want to use its svideo conector

does anybody know the pinout to get composite video from it ? ]]> Video Card Support farshad-tohidi http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433593-geforce-9500-gt.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433592-monitor-standby.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:08:55 GMT Hello, i am not sure if this topic belongs to this thread but still.... Well my problem is ,whenever i turn off pc on long time cca 2hrs+ and when i turn it on my monitor goes into standby mode.Strange thing is that im hearing pc is booting but monitor is on standby.To get it work again i need to... Hello, i am not sure if this topic belongs to this thread but still....
Well my problem is ,whenever i turn off pc on long time cca 2hrs+ and when i turn it on my monitor goes into standby mode.Strange thing is that im hearing pc is booting but monitor is on standby.To get it work again i need to turn on/off pc for like 2-3 times for monitor to goes out of standby so i can see...:4-dontkno
I know there are hundreds of threads with my problem just i never find and solution;i know my monitor isnt broken works fine on sis pc,i tried removing bios batery,replacing ram in other slot,newer drivers etc etc..

Well anyways here are my pc specif.
Amd Phenom Quad core 2,8ghz
2gb ram
Graphics Chipset ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series 512 mb
500gb of hdd
(power suply 230v)
os: win xp sp2

Thanks in advance :pray::grin: ]]> Video Card Support bind http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433592-monitor-standby.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433484-graphics-stutters-my-gpu-dying.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:00:31 GMT Hi guys.
I've got some serious issues with my games, think it's the GPU, which is a Geforce 8800 GTX with 768 mb ram.
It started in Batman: Arkham Asylum, but so far it has also occured in games such as Borderlands, Mass Effect, and Fifa 10.
The game runs fine for 20 seconds or so, then the framerate drops to 2-4 fps, for 15-20 seconds. Then the stuttering goes away and the game runs fine, for 20 secs, then it starts again. As you can imagine, this is very frustrating, and I'm running out of ideas. It makes no difference if I'm staring into a wall with absolutely no action on the screen, or there is some heavy fighting happening.
I tried reducing details, AA, resolution, turning PhysX on/off, and all the other obvious things. I tried upgrading drivers for sound and video, removing drivers and reinstalling them, all to no avail. Now I've run out of ideas...
The strange thing is that for some games there are no problems whatsoever... I run Aion, Arma 2, Tropico 3, Red Faction Renegade and Majesty 2 without any problems, but the other games are just impossible to play.
So, please help me, I'm completely lost, and my brand new games are just lying there on my table, gathering dust... ]]> Video Card Support Harly http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433484-graphics-stutters-my-gpu-dying.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433469-ati-avivo-usage.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:22:27 GMT So, I have noticed that many programs are now utilsing ATI's Avivo software. My question is this, can I use Avivo to encode video files onto a DVD using my GPU (Radeon HD 4890)?

I have used Nvidia's "Badaboom" software to convert files to burn onto DVD's and found it to be amazingly faster than just utilising the CPU and I am hoping this to be the case with my ATI card too.

I currently have an I5 running at 4.1Ghz but every program I have tried so far never take the usage over 20%.

Any software that is optimsed for quad core CPU's is also very usefull, aslong as it is capable of burning AVI files.

Thanks in advance ]]> Video Card Support snedie http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433469-ati-avivo-usage.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433468-wintv-hvr1300-problem.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:16:41 GMT Don't know if I'm at the right place.
I just bought a wintv hvr1300 TV card and the problem is that I can't get any sound out of it. The only thing that give sound is the build in radio but for some reason I only get sound in one speaker.
I got a VIA P4MA PRo board. I don't know if it's a driver issue...
I only have wintv6 and not the newer release wintv7 since I don't have a required original cd. I don't have a sound output on the card . I tested both TV cable and RCA without success and I googled alot, still no progress.
Any help would be appreciated. ]]> Video Card Support Mr.Scaleo http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433468-wintv-hvr1300-problem.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433467-videocard-underperforming.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:15:45 GMT My specs: Windows XP SP3 2.9 ghz Duo-Core2 2gb RAM 1gb ATI Radeon 4870 Latest ATI drivers 575Watt PSU (a cheapo $30 one) Problem: My specs:

Windows XP SP3
2.9 ghz Duo-Core2
2gb RAM
1gb ATI Radeon 4870
Latest ATI drivers
575Watt PSU (a cheapo $30 one)

Problem:

I am heavily underperforming while playing games such as Dead Space or even HL2. In HL2, I can run max settings and only get 30 FPS at best. In Dead Space, I get 20 FPS. And yes, V-Sync is turned off in both games.

The strange thing is, I get the exact same FPS regardless of what settings I use (whether it be max settings or lowest settings). And I know it isn't my CPU or RAM, because when I had my old videocard (GeForce 8600GTS), I had BETTER performance than the 4870.

The videocard runs 70c on idle and 80c under load (a little less with fans at 100%), and I'm not sure why its so hot, I have the case open and adequate fanning.

Though, I suspect my problem is my PSU. Ever since I installed the 4870, occasionally when I turn on my computer, the display won't turn on and it'll give me continuous short beeps until I turn it off. But sometimes, it'll boot up like normal and run perfectly fine. I'm not sure what the cause of this is, but I'm thinking somehow my PSU isn't delivering enough power to my whole computer on some boots.

So what do you guys think? New PSU or what? ]]> Video Card Support DBorg1 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433467-videocard-underperforming.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433458-solved-no-signal-monitor-led-light-faded.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:26:46 GMT I'm running a Nvidia GeForce 9800 GX2.

It just recently stopped sending a signal to my monitor after I had just removed, and replaced my power supply. On the back of it are two LED lights that show me me their status (supports dual monitor). The primary display port LED normally shines blue, but now the LED doesn't shine at all (normally it would shine red if something wasn't connect properly). The LEDs that show if the plug-ins are connected correctly are shining green (meaning they are). The LED above the one that is faded is green (but I've never been able to use that one before).

I'm not getting any kind of signal anymore, and I can't find my manual to tell me what a faded LED means (or if it means that the LED is simply busted). Does anyone have any ideas?

Things tried so far:
Reseating the card.
Resetting the CMOS. ]]> Video Card Support Charp http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433458-solved-no-signal-monitor-led-light-faded.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433456-graphics-card-screaming-help.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:24:48 GMT I just got an EVGAe GeForce 8800 GTX from a friend and they don't know whether or not it works and neither do I. Mainly because when I put it in my computer and turn it on it immediately makes a high pitched screaming noise. I am afraid of permanent damage so I don't leave it on long enough to see if it will turn my monitor on. Please if any one knows why it is doing this could you please tell me. I am an advanced level computer user so if you could help em FIX it I would love you! :heartlove ]]> Video Card Support jameschilds33 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433456-graphics-card-screaming-help.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433427-video-card-not-getting-power.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:39:05 GMT I recently tried to start playing 'dragon age' game with high settings on my pc. My pc started to shut down unexpectedly more and more frequent as I kept trying to play the game. Eventually it would shut down just with me while browsing the internet getting worse and worse. It would also shut down with no beeps or boot up warnings. I updated my driver and still nothing fixed.

The next day I thought I would give the tower a dust to see if that would help.
After that, I tried to start up the pc and now its worse. I get power to the everything except the video card. The hard drive doesn't sound like booting the OS. I also discover that the fan on the video card is not spinning.

My first assumption is the video card and/or PSU is fried. I tried replacing the graphics card with a brand new one. And I get the same thing when I try to boot up(everything seems powered except the graphics card), so it seems its not a video card problem.

I pray its not a driver or motherboard issue. I'm about to try replacing the PSU today and hoping that was the only problem.

My specs:
os: XP64
PSU:800watt
GPU: Nvidia 9800gtx and Nvidia 285gtx

I'm a little scared to problem solve this on my own and figure out those arent the issues. Any thoughts on what this could be? Thanks in advance... :pray: ]]> Video Card Support averagedoe http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433427-video-card-not-getting-power.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433394-9600gt-1gb-sonic.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:45:10 GMT Hi my first post. I have a q-tec psu 550w dual fan 24p. The 12v rails are: +12v1 peak 16a, +12v2 peak 16a, -12v peak 1.0a, can i use this psu with the 9600? Hi my first post. I have a q-tec psu 550w dual fan 24p. The 12v rails are: +12v1 peak 16a, +12v2 peak 16a, -12v peak 1.0a, can i use this psu with the 9600? ]]> Video Card Support dsh76 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433394-9600gt-1gb-sonic.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433384-sony-pcv-rs430g-ati-radeon-9200-dual-display.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:15:42 GMT I have a Sony PCV-RS430G. Come with a radeon 9200 video card and am running XP SP3. I have installed the latest ATI driver. I am trying to set up dual monitor with extended screen. Both LCDs are attached to the card. one VGA, on DVI. Both screens come on but show the same screen, unless a... I have a Sony PCV-RS430G. Come with a radeon 9200 video card and am running XP SP3. I have installed the latest ATI driver.

I am trying to set up dual monitor with extended screen. Both LCDs are attached to the card. one VGA, on DVI. Both screens come on but show the same screen, unless a video is running or the Sony TV app is on, then one LCD is the XP screen and the other is full screen video. Under the display properties setting it is a single screen. It does not how as 2 monitors and therefore cannot extend.

I installed Hydravision from ATI but that didn't work and caused problems.

Anyone have an idea what to try next? ]]> Video Card Support JohnW60527 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433384-sony-pcv-rs430g-ati-radeon-9200-dual-display.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433345-radeon-9800-pro-problems-sims-3-a.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:11 GMT (I'm new and I don't know where exactly to post this... Move if this is in the wrong place, please.)

I have a Radeon 9800 Pro video card.

I know my computer is above the minimum requirements for Sims 3. It worked before I replaced my monitor, and after that I started having problems. When I try to play the Sims 3 now, I get an error message reading:
"device 0 cannot run this title. No supported video graphics card detected."

After a ton of fiddling with drivers for the card, I finally looked up a requirements scan for Sims 3 [http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10302/ ]. It says:
"Sorry, The Sims 3 will not run on your computer.
* The Game-o-Meter detects that your video card has 64 MB onboard video memory. You need to upgrade to a video card with at least 128 MB onboard video memory."
Something also said that the card doesn't support Pixel Shader 2.0 either.

I know that my video card is 128 MBs. I even downloaded Everest to check.
Buying a new card is not an option because it worked perfectly with my current one.

I need some advice, solutions?
Thanks in advance. ]]> Video Card Support die.yourhair http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433345-radeon-9800-pro-problems-sims-3-a.html http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433310-help-me-my-grapich-card-lagging.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:42:01 GMT Im just buying a ATI radeon hd 2400 pro 256mb ddr2 1gb hyper memory. im lagging when playing games. Many things i have do like update catalyst. But it doest work. I dont know what should I do. Help Me Guys please..! System:-Microsoft Windows XP Profressional (5.1,Build 2600) version... Im just buying a ATI radeon hd 2400 pro 256mb ddr2 1gb hyper memory. im lagging when playing games. Many things i have do like update catalyst. But it doest work. I dont know what should I do. Help Me Guys please..!
System:-Microsoft Windows XP Profressional (5.1,Build 2600)
version 2002
service pack 3
System Manufacturer: Foxconn
System model: 662M03
BIOS: Phoenix-AwardBIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU E2140 @ 1.60 GHz(2 CPUs)
Memory: 1024MB RAM
DirectX version: DirectX 10.0(4.10.0000.5512)
Computer:Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU
E2140 @ 1.60GHz
1.60GHz, 1.00 GB of RAM
Physical Adress Extension
eSc ]]> Video Card Support cronaldo9 http://www.techsupportforum.com/hardware-support/video-card-support/433310-help-me-my-grapich-card-lagging.html