What does a video card do?
although it isnt, i like to think of a video card as being like a bi-lingual translator. the better translator u have, the better you'll be able to understand the person on the other side. a 7950gx2 is a really fast graphics card and in performance it'll look something like this: 7950gx2: 150 fps (frames per second, the higher the #, the smoother the actions on the screen) 7300: 15 fps.... anything below 29.9fps is "not very smooth" to the human eye. also it is not the amount of onboard memory that matters, but the processor that they use on the board. a 512 mb cheap card will get killed by a 256 mb expensive card. for the 2 cards...there aren't any extra features. they are both gaming cards and are used for that purpose
Will buying a new video card reduce lag?
Hello, re writing my question cuz it didn't make sense on the first post. Anyways I have a few questions I would like to ask. 1.) I am currently playing Age of Conan. And I have been getting such lag, that my frame rate is 2-12 fps! The graphics on it compared to my friends is really crappy... I can't even see the water clearly and the environment. It looks like EQ 1! Can anybody tell me what's wrong? Do I need a new video card?? Cuz I can play most games w/o any graphic or lag problems but this... Such as WoW, EQ, GW, RAN, AoE, and plenty of other MMO, they all to work smoothly but AoC... 2.) And if I do get a new video card, can you tell me the benifits?? Like will it reduce lag?? And how does it work, like will my frame rate go up?? Thanks to those who can help! :) And here are is some info for my comp. *Video Card is: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series *RAM is: 2G *Disk Space is: 168.3GB *CPU Speed is: 3.20 GHz *and I use Compaq Presario Intel Celeron with Windows XP
Asus K55N Video Card Upgrade?
I looked at the specifications of your laptop. This laptop solely uses an AMD APU. These APU's (Accelerated Processing Units) are processors with integrated graphics cores. Your laptop does not have a dedicated graphics card, and thus, it cannot be replaced or upgraded. The only thing you can really do to your current laptop is upgrade to a faster APU, which isn't worth the upgrade, as the performance increase is really marginal. You are out of luck on this one, my friend.
Are the video card, RAM, and CPU completely different things?
Yes. They are all very different things with different functions. In a computer, you can think of a motherboard as like the spinal cord-it sends signals from all parts of the computer to each other so they can communicate and be used to the best of their abilities. A CPU (Central Processing Unit), is like the brain of the computer. It gets signals from all other parts of the computer and tells the parts of the computer what to do. RAM (Random-Access Memory) is like short term memory. Ram will only work while the computer is on because it needs electricity to flow through it to store memory, but it is extremely quick. It is many many times faster than Hard-drives or SSD’s (Solid-State Drives). Hard-drives/SSD’s are like long term memory. They hold memory for long periods of time, but are slower than RAM. GPU (Graphical-Processing Unit) and Video Card are two different names for the same thing. A GPU is like the muscles of the computer. It renders everything that is going on onscreen at any moment.Hope this was helpful!
What is the best video card to put in my HP Compaq 8100 Elite small form factor PC?
You got a Small Form Factor so you can only have low profile PCI-E X16 cards meaning you can't have the full length cards. In fact your computer has 2 Low Profile PCI-E X16 slots. There are plenty of Low-Profile PCI-E X16 cards but you should check out your PSU as well. Judging it's HP, straight away I know it has a weak PSU. http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709%20600007852&IsNodeId=1&name=PCI%20Express%20x16 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=28&sel=Detail;55_158_13067_13067,Detail;236_1239_3359_3359
Replacing video/graphics card on HP Slimline s3720f...?
Okay, so I have an HP Slimline s3720f desktop PC. It came with nVidia GeForce 7100/nForce 630i. And I HATE this graphics card! Only around 100mb! Very disappointed because Grand Theft Auto IV is unplayable. I need to know if I can even replace this stupid thing. The back of the computer looks pretty crammed, as if everything is all one piece... Here's a picture: http://www.pacificgeek.com/largeimage.as... I'm not even sure if anything would fit in here... Know of anything compatible? Also, I know this is stupid, but... is it like plug and play? Or what do I have to do software wise? I don't wanna replace it and then not have it show anything on my monitor. Here are some video cards I have interest in: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B... http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_gef... http://www.nvidia.com/object/product_geforce_9600_gso_512_us.html http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/sys/1842495088.html Oh, and my monitor only supports VGA.
Why might a non-gamer want a higher end graphics card? I might add a monitor which will require a video card upgrade. I'm not a gamer, but I do a lot of coding. I'm running a crappy PSU. If I could run a cheaper card, that would save a chunk.
I don't game. I use an MSI GTX 970 4G Gaming card. I use my graphics card for GPU accelerated 3D rendering and I put it under 100% load for 2-3 hours at a time when I need to quickly run off a render job that fits within the parameters of the features I can use OpenCL based rendering for. I'm likely to buy another card or two when I have the budget to do so. I'm also exploring a CUDA based alternative that would do the exact same thing, but would allow for more features and higher speeds. I use gaming cards because my process is not optimized in any way for Quadro / FirePro workstation cards. In fact, the higher clock rate of gaming cards is an asset for my work flow. Based on the details of the question: should you specifically buy the sort of high end card I use? Of course not.Honestly, for your use case, I don't even know that I'd suggest going as high end as a GTX 760. I'd suggest a product in the middle of the two for a price point: The Asus GTX 750 ti Strix Edition. Why? I like the Strix edition of cooler for doing something that EVGA doesn't do in any of their cards: Semi-passive cooling. When the card isn't at load, the fans completely stop. Asus calls it 0db cooling, I call it awesome and silent (my MSI card has the same feature.) Only down side about doing dual monitors on the Asus card is that it only has one DVI output, the other connectors are HDMI and Display port which might force you to use a newer monitor than you currently have lying around. Or juggle adapters. As a last note: On my work box, I drive 2 24" monitors at 1080p using Intel onboard graphics. At the few company LAN gaming events we've had, it handles Team Fortress 2 and Half Life pretty well with no discrete GPU. If you're not doing anything intense, you really don't need much from a GPU.
Does gaming performance mainly depend on a graphics card or a processor? Can I play high-graphics games with an outdated processor and a better graphics card?
I have found for high framerate gaming a high clocked CPU is essential.If you wish to maintain 120/144+Hz you will need close to a 4GHz processor or you will experience frequent frame drops. At 4+ you should be able to have stable locked FPS.But this assumes the GPU can handle what-ever settings you decide to use.I have a GTX 1070 8GB and also a GTX 1050ti 4GB, running either in my gaming PC leads to a similar frame cap with games like Fortnite and Overwatch, right around 120/144Hz.Its just with the GTX 1070 I can select higher graphic settings.Sure the 1070 has much higher peaks, but I dont play that game, I lock at my monitors refresh and hate drops greater then 2–4 FPS.Also important is your RAM amount and to an extent its speed.You dont want the game swapping textures off the HDD, that will hit your frames hard.8GB minimum, but 16GB in 2018 I feel is the sweet spot.Lastly is cooling, although this is arguably the most important.Doesnt matter what CPU/GPU you running if they thermal throttled to 50% performance.With GPU boost 3.0 you want to keep the GPU below 55C at all times to achieve the highest locked boost speed.With the CPU it also throttles, my I7 4790 and I7 3770 both seem to throttle around 70C, so a custom fan curve now keeps these under 65C at all times.Now if you just want 60FPS, the CPU requirements reduce incredibly, even at 4K.You can get away with fairly old processors that are quad core or slightly less old dual cores even, as long as you have a decent single core speed.In the end though each game will vary unless you stick to E-Sports games that are less graphically intense. look at Res Evil, that game wants like 6GB VRAM+!!! for a smooth experience, crazy.