Graphics Cards related queries here.

[Skud]

Check this:-

Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart : Best Graphics Cards For The Money: December 2011

[Vladimir]

Hello,
I was playing Batman Arkham City with 1920 x 1080 physx : normal, 4xAA & other details maxed out. After playing for 1.5 hr smoothly; the game crashed with an error message of "ran out of video memory"....will you please tell me wht this is & why this message occurred? my system is :
i5 2400, intel dh67bl,
4GB ram,
ASUS gtx 560Ti 1 gb ddr5, Win xp sp3

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^^Crashes every 5 minutes?: Batman Arkham City Community

[A_ashish_A]

Guys after installing msi 560, my pc is not recognizing my benq hd moniter what should I do to fix it?

[cyxgoku]

Found SAPPHIRE HD 6850 1GB GDDR5 PCIE at flipkart worth 10700/-
Just want to know is flipkart selling at a higher price ?...
Any one knows whats the current price of this graphic card?

[Jripper]

6850 was around 8.5k a month ago. :O

[thetechfreak]

These are prices on another site

HD 6850 ― Lynx - The Audio , Electronics And Computer Online Shopping Store In India
Buy Sapphire | Sapphire HD 6850 1GB DDR5 PCI Express card | Buy PCI Express card | Buy Graphic card

The flipkart one is a bit higher

[Cilus]

Check the prices in theitwares.in. Over there Sapphire HD 6850 is available @ 9.3K and MSI Cyclone Oc HD 6850 is available @ 9.8K.

[smltngs]

Is there a software that displays cpu usage and gpu usage in-game, like FRAPS displays fps?

[Jaskanwar Singh]

Is there a software that displays cpu usage and gpu usage in-game, like FRAPS displays fps?

MSI Afterburner OSD. it can display gpu temp, fan speed, fan tachometer, gpu usage, core clock, memory clock, memory usage and fps. but not cpu usage.

[A_ashish_A]

Guys plz plz plz help urgent.
I am unable to install driver for msi560 The driver which came in CD with pack shows option to choose between driver and afterburner ....but when I click to install driver nothing happens. I even dnlded latest driver for window7 64bit and All verion (Asia region) from msi site but it fails on the very first step and gives a message "driver cannot be installed because its not compatible with present software". My pc is not even recognising my hd moniter n is running on default vga resolution. I m using windows7 64 bit. Connected using DVI cable. My mobo isAsus M4N68T-M LE VT. Plz guide how to install driver n fix display resolution and atleast use my 560 graphic card gour which I shelled out 11.5k

[clear_lot]

try this link
http://in.download.nvidia.com/Window...glish-whql.exe

[Gourav Kundu]

Okay My Budget for the card is Rs. 13,000 INR and main purpose is to work on software like MAYA 2012, 3DS MAx, etc and gaming at more than 40 fps( with high settings turned on, in games like Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Crysis 2 etc.). I, therefore request you to suggest (Nvidia only) a latest graphics card that can handle both works smoothly.Thanks.

[rahulmax]

Okay My Budget for the card is Rs. 13,000 INR and main purpose is to work on software like MAYA 2012, 3DS MAx, etc and gaming at more than 40 fps( with high settings turned on, in games like Assassins Creed Brotherhood, Crysis 2 etc.). I, therefore request you to suggest (Nvidia only) a latest graphics card that can handle both works smoothly.Thanks.

In your budget you will get a gtx 560 ti, i got a zotac 560 ti for 12900. It is a beast card for price. Zotac is a great company but if you can increase your budget to 14.5k you can get a msi gtx 560 ti twin froze OC , which is factory overclocked with two fans, i have heard it is also good.

Otherwise i am using a zotac gtx 560 ti , it is also an awesome card, i run gta 4 , crysis warhead on avg. of 60 fps on max!!

[Gourav Kundu]

@rahulmax
Thanks a lot for your advice but i have a doubt whether MSI GTX560ti twin frozr OC can handle the Softwares like Autodesk MAYA 2012 and 3DS Max for Modeliing and Rendering or not beside Gaming?

[thetechfreak]

@Gaurav
If your man priority is ONLY MAYA or 3ds get a workstation card/ but since you want gaming too. its sensible more to get 560 Ti.

[d6bmg]

@rahulmax
Thanks a lot for your advice but i have a doubt whether MSI GTX560ti twin frozr OC can handle the Softwares like Autodesk MAYA 2012 and 3DS Max for Modeliing and Rendering or not beside Gaming?

easily!! don't worry about that. Even my old 8800GS can handle those software.

[ico]

@rahulmax
Thanks a lot for your advice but i have a doubt whether MSI GTX560ti twin frozr OC can handle the Softwares like Autodesk MAYA 2012 and 3DS Max for Modeliing and Rendering or not beside Gaming?

easily!! don't worry about that. Even my old 8800GS can handle those software.

Time for the ugly truth. lol.

Answer is NO.

NVIDIA drivers and OpenGL issues

[H]ard|Forum - View Single Post - Desktop versus Workstation GPU's? - Here you see this guy complaining about how his GTX 470 half as fast as 8800 GTX.

PS: Latest Maya has tried to address this issue. Viewport 2.0 in Maya 2012 has improved performance on "gaming" Fermi cards.

Get a workstation card. Or get AMD HD 6950 2GB - for gaming and modeling.

[Skud]

Mythbuster. Nice find.

[ico]

lol, I have posted this a couple of times already by now.

[Skud]

Memory Fail. Can't remember.

[yugendra]

Today i brought this MSI N520GT-MD2GD3/LP Graphic card for RS 4500 /- . Can any one tell me the exact present market price of this card . I think this graphic card costs less than the price i brought for ?

[Jaskanwar Singh]

^too much over priced. a Zotac is available for 2.6k -
ZOTAC GeForce GT 520 1GB G.One Signature Edition

for that price you can get a 5670 which is much much better.

[ico]

Today i brought this MSI N520GT-MD2GD3/LP Graphic card for RS 4500 /- . Can any one tell me the exact present market price of this card . I think this graphic card costs less than the price i brought for ?

Sorry to be rude. But for the price you paid, it is waste of money and can't even play games.

Graphic Card Suggestion ? - I hope you had read the suggestions which were given to you here.

[clear_lot]

^ i remember reading an article somewhere about nvidia quadro Vs geforce cards.

the tester flashed the BIOS of quadro cards on comparable geforce cards and installed the quadro drivers on his PC.
to his surprise, the geforce cards performed about 60-70% of the quadro card. which proves that nvidia cripple their geforce cards to force people to buy expensive quadro cards.
not a bad business strategy, i would say.

[Alok]

I had two options
nvidia 550 : 8k
and hd 6790 : 9k

i bought Sapphire Hd 6790.
Is it right choice?

[Skud]

Definitely.

[Extreme Gamer]

^ i remember reading an article somewhere about nvidia quadro Vs geforce cards.

the tester flashed the BIOS of quadro cards on comparable geforce cards and installed the quadro drivers on his PC.
to his surprise, the geforce cards performed about 60-70% of the quadro card. which proves that nvidia cripple their geforce cards to force people to buy expensive quadro cards.
not a bad business strategy, i would say.

Quadro cards have ECC memory. That helps.

[Dongay Rajasekhar Panda]

Dear All Members,

My board is P5QPL-AM - AsusTek
chipset Intel G41. Processor Intel Pentium 4.
having Expansion slot x PCIe x16 1 Support PCIe 1.1 Architecture.
Recently I have purchased ATI Radeon HD 5450 DDR3, 1GB which is having technical specification PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface

But I don't see any or slight improvement in graphic performance. is it because my motherboard is not designed to work with PCI e2.1?

Please suggest me what I should do to have my graphics card fully functional?

Thankyou all.

[ico]

Dear All Members,

My board is P5QPL-AM - AsusTek
chipset Intel G41. Processor Intel Pentium 4.
having Expansion slot x PCIe x16 1 Support PCIe 1.1 Architecture.
Recently I have purchased ATI Radeon HD 5450 DDR3, 1GB which is having technical specification PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface

But I don't see any or slight improvement in graphic performance. is it because my motherboard is not designed to work with PCI e2.1?

Please suggest me what I should do to have my graphics card fully functional?

Thankyou all.

Read this thread: Basic information regarding graphic cards for newbies


PCIe slot revisions is not a problem.

Have you tried playing a game? Which card did you have earlier? HD 5450 is a low-end card btw. Real performance starts from HD 5570. We don't recommend HD 5450 to anyone.

But if you were using on-board Intel graphics earlier, then it is a pretty decent improvement nevertheless. Try playing games like FIFA 12, Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 et cetera.