Optiplex 745 Graphics Card?????
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natter58
February 22, 2013 6:06:41 PM
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.
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Thanks
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
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natter58
February 22, 2013 6:29:36 PM
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natter58
February 22, 2013 6:29:47 PM
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=N82E168...
And here's a link to the GT610
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
As long as you stick to Video watching and no gaming. You should be okay with these cards.
Here's a link to the HD5450
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
And here's a link to the GT610
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
As long as you stick to Video watching and no gaming. You should be okay with these cards.
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natter58
February 22, 2013 8:00:10 PM
natter58
February 28, 2013 8:45:53 PM
natter58
March 1, 2013 4:45:34 AM
natter58
March 1, 2013 6:28:11 PM
Kisianik said:
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
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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
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
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natter58
March 2, 2013 12:34:39 AM
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
Download and install CPU-Z (see below). Tell use exactly what CPU you have.
http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
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natter58
March 2, 2013 1:00:50 AM
natter58
March 2, 2013 3:00:14 AM
natter58
March 2, 2013 4:50:25 PM
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.
Wish you luck.
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natter58
March 6, 2013 11:27:30 PM
natter58
March 6, 2013 11:41:20 PM
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?
Would you consider processor upgrade?
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natter58 said:
If i play a 1 Gb (720p) movie/TV Show it will play fine , But a larger video will glitch out and is unwatchable.This is, unfortunately, caused by an underpowered CPU. Essentially, it is bottlenecking the GPU because it can't send data to it fast enough. Either upgrade your CPU or play lower resolution videos.
Ensuring your video players are using hardware acceleration will help as well (VLC, Flash, etc).
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Last ditch attempt
You can increase your Windows performance a bit, it will make everything looks different, but it is worth trying prior to even considering any drastic upgrades.
Go to start and right click Computer tab, click Properties. You can get there alternatively by opening Control Panel and choose System icon. Once there, go to the Advanced system settings on the left, under Advanced, go to Performance click settings, under first tab Visual effects select Adjust for best performance, apply and check your videos now.
If this is not going to solve your problem, well as it was advised above and by me previously only CPU upgrade can really help.
Report back please.
You can increase your Windows performance a bit, it will make everything looks different, but it is worth trying prior to even considering any drastic upgrades.
Go to start and right click Computer tab, click Properties. You can get there alternatively by opening Control Panel and choose System icon. Once there, go to the Advanced system settings on the left, under Advanced, go to Performance click settings, under first tab Visual effects select Adjust for best performance, apply and check your videos now.
If this is not going to solve your problem, well as it was advised above and by me previously only CPU upgrade can really help.
Report back please.
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Kisianik said:
Last ditch attemptYou can increase your Windows performance a bit, it will make everything looks different, but it is worth trying prior to even considering any drastic upgrades.
Go to start and right click Computer tab, click Properties. You can get there alternatively by opening Control Panel and choose System icon. Once there, go to the Advanced system settings on the left, under Advanced, go to Performance click settings, under first tab Visual effects select Adjust for best performance, apply and check your videos now.
If this is not going to solve your problem, well as it was advised above and by me previously only CPU upgrade can really help.
Report back please.
This will help, albeit marginally, but ever little bit matters. Good recommendation!
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natter58
March 18, 2013 9:18:13 PM
COLGeek said:
natter58 said:
If i play a 1 Gb (720p) movie/TV Show it will play fine , But a larger video will glitch out and is unwatchable.This is, unfortunately, caused by an underpowered CPU. Essentially, it is bottlenecking the GPU because it can't send data to it fast enough. Either upgrade your CPU or play lower resolution videos.
Ensuring your video players are using hardware acceleration will help as well (VLC, Flash, etc).
If i were to upgrade my cpu, what would you suggest?
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I cannot open your old picture about the form factor, it is simply gone, so fro processor upgrade please choose again your form factor from below, this picture will stay.
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The strongest processor supported by 745 is Q6600, make sure that you have the latest BIOS, prior upgrading
Dell OptiPlex System BIOS, 2.6.4
This is Max Payne 3 on Optiplex 745 with Q6600 and GT8800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlE3_mYfAbI
And this just another confirmation http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/view/18788
In any case cooling upgrade will be required.
P.S. I actually just found confirmation of even Q6700 working http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1448459, but Q6600 is much cheaper.

The strongest processor supported by 745 is Q6600, make sure that you have the latest BIOS, prior upgrading
Dell OptiPlex System BIOS, 2.6.4
This is Max Payne 3 on Optiplex 745 with Q6600 and GT8800 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlE3_mYfAbI
And this just another confirmation http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/view/18788
In any case cooling upgrade will be required.
P.S. I actually just found confirmation of even Q6700 working http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1448459, but Q6600 is much cheaper.
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