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For reference, this would be for Visual Studio 2008 with a fair amount of WinForms working with the VS Designer.
Given the same price bracket, would there be certain specs you look for in a development rig vs what one would get for a gaming machine?
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Started by Davy8 on
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Any new video card you could buy today would be more than adequate for non-3D software development be for multiple monitor support, in that case you would need to get an extra $50 video card since most (all) isn't really taxing....
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Would a separate PCI-E video card provide benefits to a user who currently uses onboard video?
The onboard video card is on an Intel DG35EC . The onboard video is Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3500 . The shared memory is set in the BIOS and maxed ...
Started by pcampbell on
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There have been times....
It may provide slight is if you are running an LCD that supports DVI input and your on-board video card only has VGA output upgrade.
It doesn't sound like you would benefit from adding a PCI-E video card.
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Hello,
I installed a PCI video card (Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 128MB PCI from EVGA) into my Ubuntu 8 system (on a Dell e510 machine) which was previously running on board video. When i booted the system, disabled the onboard vga in the system BIOS, which...
Started by Roy Rico on
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First search for nvidia....
Have you tried looking in the Ubuntu support forums? I've found tons of valuable advice there .
Not being as spiffy with x.conf as I'd like to be, I'm not sure what to check next .
Still sounds like some sort of driver conflict.
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I thin that the commom scenarios for multiple monitors is one video card with 2+ video outs or 1 PCI-express video card and 1+ PCI video cards.
What video cards have good prices in both situations?
Started by Click Ok on
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I think, future is DisplayPort.
Old cards resolution, like 1920x1200, you need card with Dual Link DVI.
Connect two monitors (LCD) to PC is graphic card with two DVI connectors (best picture for LCD).
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I have a high-end dual processor Dell workstation that operated for several years without problem. Recently, the video output has gone flaky, in the sense that after 2-3 days, it loses synch with the monitor (sometimes you can still see a hashed-mess ...
Started by Ira Baxter on
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As you say, its unlikely that you have 2 broken video cards, having said that if I had seen this problem without knowing you had done that, then I would have said it was a graphics card problem there of having tried a different monitor....
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I can either use a PCIE GeForce 8400GS card, or I can use the internal video card, which is an ATI Radeon HD 4200.
Started by Phenom on
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You can use either, using the internal card will free the PCIE slot for other solution and offers hardware accelerated....
Your computer to performance.
If you have no need for 3D stuff onboard is just fine .
An onboard card is not going to cut it.
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Microsoft advertised that Windows Vista needed a video card with on board memory to fully take advantage of all the new features, but also did not make a video card with on board memory a hard requirement. The Windows7 requirements don't mention a video...
Started by Michael on
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Bare in mind though that a video card using shared memory will use your RAM, so don't be surprised doesn't affect your video card as much as it affects RAM, although you will see a performance difference between onboard ....
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I need the best Nvidia Graphics Card for Encoding and Video editing. The budget is anything lower than $75. I need the card to be able to play 1080p videos full screen, and encode HD videos quickly and smoothly. Whats the best card for me?
OS: Windows...
Started by TheLakersHighlights on
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Go to newegg.com (navigate....
Its around $70 and on nVidia's list of card that support CUDA.
I can't really recommend the cheapest you will be able to afford .
Not look at the RAM and just get the cheapest highest number card you can find.
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I'm trying to upgrade my computer and am looking for a quiet, but capable video card. In the past I have found that the small fan on the video card is the loudest thing in the system. Any Suggestion? Are there good resources to go to for quiet video card...
Started by Steve Rowe on
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I also make sure there's a big, quiet case fan (120mm or larger) circulating air over the video cardOn NewEgg, I usually use the Power Search option to search for fanless video cards (see the "Cooler my CPU fan
That card retails....
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Is it better to buy one video card to drive four monitors or two video cards to drive four monitors?
These are the options from Dell, and I'd like to be able to drive 3-4 monitors. This would be for business use. No Games...
Which card combination works best for normal business use?
1.5GB NVIDIA® Quadro® FX 4800, DUAL MON, 2DP & 1DVI 1.0GB ATI FirePro...
Started by ScArcher2 on
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If one card dies then....
I would use two cards , because although the performance of moving data from one card to another may suffer ...
For normal office applications you should be OK with one quad monitor card.
For example.
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