Optiplex 745 Graphics Card?????

[natter58]

HI, i have a dell optiplex 745 that i am trying to use to watch my movies but i get glitchy adio and video.

http://www.almashhed.com/imgcache/4011.imgcache.jpg

I have the tower second the right and i want a good graphics card to watch hi-res movies and not have any problems.
I can give you more information on my specific tower, just let me know what you need to know.

????????

Thanks

 

[COLGeek]

What is your budget?

 

[natter58]

I don't really have a budget. It isn't for playing video games. I have it set up to my tv to play movies on. what is a good graphics card that isn't too pricey but will work good?

Extra info-
Windows 7 32-bit
3 Gb Ram
Intel Pentium 4 inside

 

[natter58]

I don't really have a budget. It isn't for playing video games. I have it set up to my tv to play movies on. what is a good graphics card that isn't too pricey but will work good?

Extra info-
Windows 7 32-bit
3 Gb Ram
Intel Pentium 4 inside

 

[haider95]

Geforce GT610 should cater your needs. But there are cheaper options such as the HD5450
Here's a link to the HD5450

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150600

And here's a link to the GT610

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130864

As long as you stick to Video watching and no gaming. You should be okay with these cards.

 

[natter58]

The GT610 work as it is 64-bit?

 

[haider95]

Its a graphics card. Although more bits are nice but thats only for gaming. You're only watching videos. You'll be able to run HD videos fine with any of those cards. But if you're thinking about gaming then forget it. Those cards are only meant for HTPC PC's (Media PC) and not for gaming

 

[natter58]

So i ordered the Geforce GT610 and put it in the computer but the computer wont recognize it. It will display picture through the hdmi port but it is not in the list of DISPLAY ADAPTERS. Under that it says there is only the STANDARD VGA GRAPHICS ADAPTER. help????????

 

[COLGeek]

Now you need to load the drivers for the GT610.

 

[natter58]

Installed drivers from geforce website and tested a movie. Movie is still glitching but not very much. Audio is way behind???

 

[Kisianik]

Which video chip your Dell has, I mean embeded? Is it NVIDIA or ATI? If ATI - you have to uninstall ATI drivers first, next get driver sweeper from Guru3d, there is short explanations on how to use it.

 

[natter58]

Which video chip your Dell has, I mean embeded? Is it NVIDIA or ATI? If ATI - you have to uninstall ATI drivers first, next get driver sweeper from Guru3d, there is short explanations on how to use it.

When i go to device manager and look under -display adapter- It show the NVIDIA Geforce GT 610. It that correct or what should i try?

Thanks

 

[COLGeek]

You are good regarding installing the GT610. It also sounds like your drivers are properly configured as well.

The issue really is that you have a slow overall system. What video player are you using?

 

[Kisianik]

It has Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000 originally.
Which processor you have?
Per manual this is the possible options
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo 1066MHz FSB Socket T with Dual Core technology XD, EM64T, 2MB and up to 4MB L2 cache, EIST and VT (E6000 series)
Intel® Pentium® D 800MHz FSB Socket T with Dual Core technology XD, EM64T, 2x2MB L2 cache, EIST, and VT on 950/960 (900 series)
Intel® Pentium® D 800MHz FSB Socket T with Dual Core technology XD, EM64T, 2x1MB L2 cache (800 series)
Intel® Pentium® 4 800MHz FSB Socket T with HT, XD, EM64T, and 1MB L2 cache (500 series)
Intel® Celeron® D 533 MHz FSB Socket T with XD and EM64T (300 series)

Also memory, how much you have, it can have as little as 1 GB
Modules Types Supported - 512-MB, 1-GB, or 2-GB (800MHz not available in 2GB DIMM)
Maximum memory - 8 GB (2GB per channel)
Bandwidth - 533MHz: Up to 8.5 GB/s in dual channel mode
667MHz: 10.7 GB/s with dual channel
800MHz: 12.8 GB/s with dual channel

Please let us know all your specs

 

[natter58]

It has the Intel Pentium 4 Inside
3.5 Gb Ram It only says it can use 3Gb DDR2
If i put 4 2Gb ram cardss in would it help. Would it use all 8Gb??

 

[COLGeek]

No, a 32-bit OS can't use more than 3.25GB of memory. Upgrading to a 64-bit OS would allow you to use more memory.

Download and install CPU-Z (see below). Tell use exactly what CPU you have.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html

 

[natter58]

Intel
NH82801HB
F6453407
SL9MN


Hope this helps you

 

[COLGeek]

Did you run cpu-z? The info you provided is for the chip set not the CPU.

 

[natter58]

PROCESSOR
Name: Intel Pentium 4 641
Code Name: Cedar Mill
Package: Socket 775 LGA
Technology: 65nm
Core VID: 1.324V
Specification: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 3.20GHz

 

[COLGeek]

Go into your BIOS and make sure Hyper-Threading is enabled. That will increase the number of threads your CPU can handle.

 

[natter58]

Hyper-Threading is enabled. I'm going to install a 64-bit OS and add ram and see if it helps my issue. If there is anything you can think of too help. I'd appreciate it.
Thanks

 

[Kisianik]

If you have 64 bit ready - good idea, otherwise just do clean reinstall with hard drive format - there could be some kind of corruption. We also forgot about checking you player, unless you are using VLC, you also need set of codecs. Since you need this PC for videos only, would recommend to do one step at the time and check videos, otherwise you might overspend for old PC.

Wish you luck.

 

[natter58]

Installed a fresh image of windows 7 64-bit OS and added ram. I am using windows media player and have k-lite and the windows media player codec installed. Hyper-Threading is enable.

The movie plays but is grainy. Audio is delayed and is way behind the video. Still.

 

[natter58]

If i play a 1 Gb (720p) movie/TV Show it will play fine , But a larger video will glitch out and is unwatchable.

 

[Kisianik]

Get VLC player and try it, this is not going to take long, but VLC is using internal codecs and different way of using them. I have Pentium 4 3.4 with HT almost like yours plus old GT 8800 and at times I have hiccups with larger HD movies as well - so this could be a processor unfortunately.

Would you consider processor upgrade?