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July 23, 2014 8:32:26 AM

Hi I have a GA-p35-DS3R and its fitted with a gigabyte GV R575D5-1GD graphics card and all that happens is the computer seems to boot but nothing comes on screen.. Its an ssd drive so you cant hear anything.

Anyway I need a short term fix and pc world have two possibles at cheap price.

Nvidia GeForce GT610 2 gig 64 bit ddr3

or

EVGA GeForce GT 610 PCI-E Graphics Card - 1 GB

seems like they are the same card badged by different companies but one has higher clock speed the other has twice the memory . What is the most important??


I only use the pc for applications NOT games so which one is best and is either any better than the one I have...(which might be duff)

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July 23, 2014 8:38:42 AM

Anyway I need a short term fix --- what makes you think its just the card ?? did you pull the card and test it in another system or borrow a card from a friend that works well?

not to say its not but you could be throwing good money after bad
a b U Graphics card
July 23, 2014 8:50:50 AM

Ukracer said:
Hi I have a GA-p35-DS3R and its fitted with a gigabyte GV R575D5-1GD graphics card and all that happens is the computer seems to boot but nothing comes on screen.. Its an ssd drive so you cant hear anything.

Anyway I need a short term fix and pc world have two possibles at cheap price.

Nvidia GeForce GT610 2 gig 64 bit ddr3

or

EVGA GeForce GT 610 PCI-E Graphics Card - 1 GB

seems like they are the same card badged by different companies but one has higher clock speed the other has twice the memory . What is the most important??


I only use the pc for applications NOT games so which one is best and is either any better than the one I have...(which might be duff)


Regardless of the technical specs, the GT 610 isn't going to perform well enough to be used in most applications that actually demand GPU acceleration. The GT 610 is designed for exactly what you're using it for—a cheap place to plug in a monitor. For this purpose I'd just make sure it has the monitor outputs you need, and then just get whatever is cheapest. If your motherboard/processor provide onboard video, that would probably be sufficient instead.

I agree with the above that you may not have narrowed it down to the video card just yet. I'd first make sure to clean out any dust that may be on your components, double/triple-check connections, and possibly reset the BIOS.
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July 23, 2014 2:09:30 PM

I am actually away on holiday in my motorhome. i have tried 3 cables and two monitors. i cant see anything to be able to reset the bios. the computer seems to boot ok , in that, it does not keep looping and restarting.

The mobo does not have on board graphics.

if it does not turn out to be the card i can take it back for refund.

if it turns out to be the card it will need to be replaced. i usually use two monitors and a lot of open web browsing tabs etc so i really need to know what to look for to get some reasonable performance bearing in mind i run 64 bit win 7 with 8 meg memory so that will be the limiting factor innterms of speed no good over buying .
July 23, 2014 2:11:48 PM

What is the type of Applications rely on GPU acceleration?
a b U Graphics card
July 23, 2014 11:44:58 PM

If you ONLY use the computer for browsing then you don't need anything more than GT610 really - does not matter the memory size - that card can't really put 2GB VRAM to use anyway.

Get whichever card is cheapest - if there is a no fan version - just take that, no real need for fan and it may degrade and produce annoying noise in the future.

Do you play ANY games?
July 24, 2014 3:02:06 PM

NO I never play any games. I do use Vinyl cutting programs and corel 6 though.

BUT I just got back with new graphics card and its still the same so it looks like its mobo.

Cant see what else it can be but PC world does not have any 775 socket boards on sale. :( 
a b U Graphics card
July 24, 2014 3:13:51 PM

don't know -- power supply failing ?? but that board is old school stuff like it has a pci-e 1.0 slot not that it really matters if your old card was fine and just went out after years of service [??]

does not have any 775 socket boards on sale getting phased out but newegg got some ,but there pretty dated now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=E...
July 25, 2014 12:55:14 PM

after more testing unless it proves to be the power supply i will need a new mobo. finding one which is intel and has DDR memory slots is not going to be easy. so......whats a well priced mobo with 8 meg of ddr3 ram and a pciecpress x16 graphics slot..... midranged price wise
a b U Graphics card
July 25, 2014 1:08:15 PM

looks like you just need something for your traveling hobby projects not much more powerful then what you got right?? and you don't game so its more in line with household/light office use??
July 26, 2014 11:15:35 AM

Yeah I think I will look on ebay for a board that fits 2 x PCI express x16 graphics cards. Failing that I bin the mobo and sell the memory and bite the bullet getting a new mobo and DDR3 memory package.
a b U Graphics card
July 26, 2014 5:28:51 PM

why not go to newegg or pc parts picker and buy first quality??
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