Graphics Cards related queries here.

[topgear]

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Yeah, the AGP HD 4650, does seem a bit overpriced for my needs. But Gecube HD2400Pro fits the bill. So the site says, it can play Blu-ray, so does that mean, I would be able to enjoy vids upto 1080p??

Also, here are some excerpts from the website, and my apprehension for it:
1. On-board with 256MB DDR2. So is 256 MB sufficient?
2. DVI display port. So will I be able to connect VGA cable of my LCD monitor to card, or would I won't have to do so, and let that VGA be connected to onboard, like it is now.
3. Memory Bus : 64-bit. 64? Ehh.. But my OS is 32-bit!

Lastly is it safe to buy from this online at Lynxindia website. (Gecube Graphic Card Model - GC-RX24PGA2-D3 ― Lynx - The Audio , Electronics And Computer Online Store In India)

Sorry, if some of the doubts seem rudimentary. Its just that, investing on h/w always drags me to losses. And GFX, well, it's totally new territory for me.

don't worry to much - that gfx card will handle HD movies very well without any lag or whatsoever - when you start playing HD movies all the decoding tasks will be off loaded on the gpu as this gpu has HW decoding feature for HD movies ( hardware based H.264/VC-1 decoding ).

64bit memory bus may looks like tiny for modern generation games but rest assured that's enough for HD movies and old games

list of some features :

ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform
Dedicated unified video decoder (UVD) for H.264/AVC and VC-1 video formats
High definition (HD) playback of both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats
Hardware MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4/DivX video decode acceleration
Motion compensation and iDCT (inverse discrete cosine transform)
Avivo Video Post Processor
Color space conversion
Chroma subsampling format conversion
Horizontal and vertical scaling
Gamma correction
High Quality Video Post Processing
Advanced vector adaptive per-pixel de-interlacing
De-blocking and noise reduction filtering
Detail enhancement
Inverse telecine (2:2 and 3:2 pull-down correction)
Bad edit correction
Two independent display controllers
Drive two displays simultaneously with independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls and video overlays for each display
Full 30-bit display processing
Programmable piecewise linear gamma correction, color correction, and color space conversion
Spatial/temporal dithering provides 30-bit color quality on 24-bit and 18-bit displays
High quality pre- and post-scaling engines, with underscan support for all display outputs
Content-adaptive de-flicker filtering for interlaced displays
Fast, glitch-free mode switching
Hardware cursor
Two integrated DVI display outputs
Primary supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200 (single-link DVI) or 2560x1600 (dual-link DVI)1
Secondary supports 18-, 24-, and 30-bit digital displays at all resolutions up to 1920x1200 (single-link DVI only)1
Each includes a dual-link HDCP encoder with on-chip key storage for high resolution playback of protected content2
Two integrated 400 MHz 30-bit RAMDACs
Each supports analog displays connected by VGA at all resolutions up to 2048x15361
HDMI output support
Supports all display resolutions up to 1920x10801
Integrated HD audio controller with multi-channel (5.1) AC3 support, enabling a plug-and-play cable-less audio solution
Integrated AMD Xilleon™ HDTV encoder
Provides high quality analog TV output (component/S-video/composite)
Supports SDTV and HDTV resolutions
Underscan and overscan compensation
MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264/AVC encoding and transcoding
Seamless integration of pixel shaders with video in real time
VGA mode support on all display outputs

*www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/gr...-2400/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-2400-gpu-specs.aspx

 

[Vyom]

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^^ I can't say, I understand most of the features you quoted, but I think its more than what I need
Thanks for the clarifications!
So, is it safe to buy from this online at Lynxindia website. Gecube Graphic Card Model - GC-RX24PGA2-D3 ― Lynx - The Audio , Electronics And Computer Online Store In India ??

 

[topgear]

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yep - that card is more than enough for your needs !

Personally I have not bought anything from there though some of our members have purchased components from there anyway - so you should try asking around

 

[sparx]

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lynx website has many things which are not updated, prices and stock availabilty, so just call them or mail them and check if the product is available.

Lynx have some bad repution in customer service, try asking around members who have recently dealt with him

 

[clear_lot]

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does anyone know the price of

MSI gtx 570 twin frozr II

or
ASUS gtx 570 DIRECT CU II

i am from delhi. checked on SMC but they dont have the TFII version.

 

[gtcdon]

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hi...im in need of buying a graphics card for getting a bluray drive working on my pc...

my system config is as follows:
motherboard: asus p5kpl-am in series
processor : intel dual core e5300 @ 2.6ghz
ram : 2gb ddr2
hdd : seagate 500gb
monitor : samsung syncmaster 933 18.5" TFT

i've shortlisted ati saphire hd5450 1gb ddr2 (3.5k) from hardware price check thread...
is it good enough for hd playback and some video editing ?? is there any other good graphics card in 3.5k price range? also i'm gonna need to upgrade my psu because my current one is a non branded one....and i've shortlisted gigabyte 80plus active pfc 460w and corsair vx450w depending on availability in local market....please tell me which will suit the graphics card..

 

[Jaskanwar Singh]

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^^a sapphire HD5570 GDDR3 can be had for 3.5k~. 5450 not worth.

but do you game? if yes then get a Sapphire HD5670 512MB @ 4.5k and Corsair CX400W @ 2.5k

 

[gtcdon]

Re: Graphics Cards related "general" queries here.

^^a sapphire HD5570 GDDR3 can be had for 3.5k~. 5450 not worth.

but do you game? if yes then get a Sapphire HD5670 512MB @ 4.5k and Corsair CX400W @ 2.5k

thanx man...i'm not into gaming so saphire HD5570 gddr3 would make a deal for me..

 

[thetechfreak]

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^^a sapphire HD5570 GDDR3 can be had for 3.5k

Exactly....a DX11 at such a good price is literally a steal....It give good performance in high resolution and medium settings....get a new proccy and motherboard

motherboard: asus p5kpl-am in series
processor : intel dual core e5300 @ 2.6ghz

AMD quad cores are quite a bargain

 

[vickybat]

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^^ Actually dx11 shaders are not the usp in these low end cards. They will hardly run a game with dex11 shaders enabled.

My 5750 comes down its knees with dx11 on in metro and lost planet 2. So what can be expected from the 5570 which is way way less in performance.

 

[thetechfreak]

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My 5750 comes down its knees with dx11 on in metro and lost planet 2. So what can be expected from the 5570 which is way way less in performance.

They are priced at 3k so they may not be able to meet high expectations.

Metro 2033 is a game which people around the world use as a benchmark so it's expected to bring a few cards to it's knees.

 

[Vishw]

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Hey guys, I just installed my new MSI N460GTX Cyclone IGD5/OC.. but when I boot up.. display [U2311H] remains blank.. but it seems like pc is booting properly. When I tried SB iGPU.. display is OK.

Why is it remaining blank when I connect it to Cyclone? Card seems to be installed properly. Any ideas?

 

[asingh]

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Is there any option in the BIOS to disable the IGP. Reseat teh GPU once.

 

[Vishw]

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There is something called "Initiate Graphic Adopter" where I've to choose which controller to use as primary boot device.. iGPU, PEG or PCI..

 

[tkin]

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There is something called "Initiate Graphic Adopter" where I've to choose which controller to use as primary boot device.. iGPU, PEG or PCI..

PEG stands for PCI express graphics, choose that.

 

[Vishw]

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It worked!

 

[tkin]

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It worked!

Good to know.

 

[clear_lot]

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a quick question:
what will be the power requirement for the following config:


intel c2d e7300 2.66 (OC to 3.33 without voltage increase)
2x2 gb ddr2 ram
2x 500gb hdd
1x dvd-rw
1x gtx580 (will definitely OC)

 

[thetechfreak]

Re: Graphics Cards related "general" queries here.

a quick question:
what will be the power requirement for the following config:


intel c2d e7300 2.66 (OC to 3.33 without voltage increase)
2x2 gb ddr2 ram
2x 500gb hdd
1x dvd-rw
1x gtx580 (will definitely OC)

Done. Using *extreme.outervision.com

500w PSU is enough as you wanna OC GPU. got result of 447 w

 

[tkin]

Re: Graphics Cards related "general" queries here.

a quick question:
what will be the power requirement for the following config:


intel c2d e7300 2.66 (OC to 3.33 without voltage increase)
2x2 gb ddr2 ram
2x 500gb hdd
1x dvd-rw
1x gtx580 (will definitely OC)

GTX580 with E7300
How fast can you say Bottleneck?

In resolutions above 1440x900 your CPU will hold the card back like anything, even at 3.33GHz, heck my slower 5850 is already being bottlenecked by E8400 @ 3.8 Ghz, get a good CPU first as the 580 will pretty much remain useless(console ports are very much CPU oriented, try GTA4/Crysis 2 on your system).

Anyway for a 580 with a supposed future CPU upgrade you need to have 600w+ PSU, get Corsair TX650 or any 600W+ seasonic units.