Will a GTX 1060 Graphics card work with a Mini-ITX motherboard or will the motherboard limit performance?
Well the connections on the motherboard will be the same as regular ATX (albeit reduced in number) so it can be done – but it begs the question of why you would want to?Mini-ATX motherboards are miniaturised for a reason. They are for small form factor/space saving PC’s where people want something reasonably powerful to use but, also want it to be discreet – a media HTPC for example. Plonking a 1060 onto a mini-ATX defeats the object because you’ll still need a bigger case - and a much better PSU - to accommodate the GPU! The only way around this is to purchase a 1060 Mini which, whilst solving your problem, can often create more problems via heat generation being in such a confined space!My advice is; if you want gaming power (and I can’t imagine why you’d want a 1060 for simply browsing or watching media), go for a regular ATX and mini-tower or some other sleek case that fits your needs but, which accommodates full size ATX and components. The reason for this is twofold. Firstly, this gives you room to manoeuvre in the case whilst also offering more space for the all-important cooling. Secondly, your giving yourself scalability to upgrade down the line. With a small form factor PC, you’re immediately limiting yourself with what you can connect internally and sacrificing on connections externally.Weigh up the pro’s and con’s of what it’s going to be used for before you buy.
I have 2 GB graphics card memory and 16 GB of RAM. Why can't my PC still play games in ultra settings or can I get my on-board graphics card to use the full 16 GB?
Since you say your motherboard can support 16 gb of ram, I'd guess that you have a fairly good cpu and that you'd also have Intel integrated graphics along with your graphics card. If you have a 3rd or 4th gen cpu @ atleast 2.6 ghz, thats way more than enough for most games out there..Now what about your hard disk?If you have a standard hard disk, specifically the 5400 rpm type, you're gonna get shitty gaming performance because it has ridiculously slow read/write speeds. I sold my old dell xps (i7,7gb ram,4 gb graphics) for the very same reason.Best thing you could do (if this is your problem) is to get a SSD and install whatever games/programs for which you want better performance onto that, because SSDs have considerably higher read/write speeds as compared to a hard disk. You will notice a vast improvement.7200 rpm HDDs are acceptable.Also,make sure to keep your hard disk defragmented at regular intervals.(DO NOT DEFRAG SSDs.EVER.).Next, we check how fast your ram is. You obviously have ddr3 ram and acceptable gaming speeds for ddr3 is 1600 mhz and higher(upto 2000+ mhz). If your motherboard only supports much slower speeds, then this could be your problem. The only solution is to buy a motherboard that supports faster speeds and buy faster ram as well..Next, does your pc have overheating issues? Try to keep it as clean as possible from the inside, no dust-clogged vents,etc. Spick and span it should be. If possible buy a cooling unit. Remove the side panels of your chassis, they only trap hot air and heat everything up. Try getting your cpu cooling paste replaced or changed for a more heavy duty type paste. This works wonders..Try downloading the latest drivers for your gpu. Its possible you may have outdated drivers that are incompatible with the games you're trying to play..Do you have other resource hungry applications running in the background? Use task manager to kill unnecesary tasks and then play..I can't think of anything else, but if you still have problems you can send me your pc's configuration and I'll try to see what could the issue could be.
Can a 350w power supply handle a 9800 gt graphics card?
How much power is necessary for PC systems ? For your reference, following are details that illustrates approximately how much wattage you will need to run various common components in a PC system ( the components are on the left and the wattage required on the right): The Motherboard: 15-30 Midrange to high-end CPU: 40-100 RAM: about 7 per 128MB PCI add-in card: 5 High-End graphics board: 60-100 IDE/SATA hard drive: 10-30 Optical CD/DVD drive: 10-25 So let's calculate a system with a powerful motherboard, a (High-end) CPU, 4 Gigs of RAM, 3 PCI cards (including the 2 (high-end) graphic cards), 2 hard drives and 2 optical drives. That would be 30+100+224(128MB X 8 X 4 = 4Gigs @ 7 per 128MB)+15(3 X 5)+200(2 X 100)+60(2 X 30)+50(2 X 25) = 679 So compare your computer specs with the list and do your own math, you will then know what PSU you should get. NOTE: Leave yourself a bit of slack in your calculation for future hardware - Example: As calculated above, I would consider a PSU of at least 800 Watts and get up to 850 Watts if the price difference is slight. Hope this helps you
Is it possible to run two non-SLI graphics cards in one motherboard?
Actually, you can, but it's useful only for a specific reason — if you have more than one monitor. You can use one graphics card to run one monitor, and the second to run the other monitor. Even this is useful only if you do two GPU-intensive tasks at the same time, like play a game on one monitor and do 3D rendering on the other, or something similar.So, if you have two monitors, and a system capable of running two graphics cards, and the specific use case scenario mentioned above, then you can use two cards without running them in SLI. You'll also need a powerful CPU with at least 6 cores, if not more, to handle both the workloads at the same time.You can do it even if you don't have that kind of usage, but then it's pretty much a waste of money, because there's no way to add the power of one GPU to the other without using SLI. And running two monitors with two powerful GPUs, but using only one to its full potential, is a waste of money in my opinion.Hope this helps. Cheers!
If you have 2 graphics cards and 1 computer, how can you use them at the same time?
As long as you have two slots to take the cards, you can install two video cards. If you want to do SLI/Crossfire, then they’ll need to be a matching pair (at least the same model, not necessarily the same manufacturer) and have the connectors to do this. (Cheap cards don’t.)If you have two slots but cards that don’t do SLI/Crossfire, then you can still run both. They’ll just have to drive separate monitors, and the maximum framerate won’t increase. You’ll just be able to drive 3D graphics to both displays at once, which frankly is rarely necessary. This can be a good, cheap way to drive a Wall O’Displays as I do, though. I highly recommend that they be of similar generations to minimize driver issues, but it is possible to get two rather dissimilar cards to operate at the same time (I had a 9500GT and GT610 at the same time, but driver updates always broke things and I’d have to pull the 9500GT for the update and then put it back in).If you only have one PCIe x16 slot, but do have other slots, then the options become much more limited. There are PCI and PCIe x1 video cards, but they’re going to be quite poor by comparison due to the limited bandwidth between CPU and video card. Forget SLI/Crossfire.If you have no available slots at all, you’re stuck with USB dongles. Again, forget any sort of SLI or Crossfire, but you can still drive more monitors than your video card currently supports. However, it may well be better to replace your video card with one that handles more than two monitors simultaneously, and upgrade the speed at the same time, because these suck for 3D and in some cases even for video.
What graphics card should I buy?
You don't have a graphics card, you have what Nvidia calls a "motherboard GPU," in other words, you do not have a CARD but, rather, a CHIP on the motherboard. It makes a difference. First of all, you need to have an empty slot to install a card. (You cannot just replace a card that is already there.) You need to know what kind of an empty slot you have, AGP, PCI, or PCIE. The web site below says you have a PCIe slot, I think. A video CARD is more power-hungry than an integrated graphics chip. You need to know whether or not your power supply has the extra reserve power that is required for the card that you select. Many mass-marketed computers have just the minimum amount of power needed to run, so that they can keep costs low. The web site below does not say the wattage of your power supply. You'll need to find that out. I'm sorry to rain on your parade, but you need to know these things before you buy!
Graphics card compatible?
I have a HP pavilion p6-2327c PC and I wanted to get an ASUS Radeon HD7770 graphics card for it but I don't know if it is compatible with the computer. It has a Jasmine motherboard and on the website with its specifications it says: Video Integrated Graphics *Integrated video is not available if a graphics card is installed. Supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently DVI and VGA ports (Can be used at the same time) The integrated graphics differ by processor And some say there are PCI express 2.0x16 graphics cards and some say there are bigger PCI express 3.0x16 graphics cards. Can this computer have a PCI express 3.0x16 graphics card fit into it? It may be a stupid question but I'm new to all of this. I've had some people tell me that graphics card may be too big but I'm not sure. I just want to know if the card will work with my PC. Here is the link to the graphics card I want to buy: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121642 Here is the link to the motherboard specs: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03343058 And here is the link to the computer specs: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03517213&prodSeriesId=5295969 Many thanks in advance!!
Help with getting new power supply, graphics card and ram?
So right now I have : *250w PSU *Intel(R) G41 Express Chipset *3GB of ram. The parts I am looking to get are: *LOGISYS Computer PS480D2 480W ATX12V Power Supply *GIGABYTE GV-N630-1GI GeForce GT 630 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card *Team Elite 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Desktop Memory Model TED38192M1333C9DC Sorry for the long names, I just copied them from Newegg. I plan on ordering the parts from there. Will these parts make my computer faster in terms of being able to play higher quality videos? Right now my motherboard is the Foxconn 2A8C. I'm still a total beginner with computers so sorry if there's not enough information given to answer.