graphics card life lol. i got 2 computers and i am putting in a geforce 5200 FX to my old one my brother uses it sometimes so yea this is my last upgrade for that computer is geforce 5200FX lasts long time?? or 5500?. i got 2 computers and i am putting...

want to make sure it can provide enough power to your video card. Thx for the reply, the power supply says Max power - 300W I know the black side goes into the graphics card but for the life of me i cant find anywhere to plug in the white part. at 300W...

card. This is done to adjust performance settings according to the users interaction with the system by consuming less power at off-peak thus prolonging the VGA service life. As discovered by previous users of this thread, With some ATI ® cards overclocking...

The bad thing about this is that Dell has completely changed and replaced them with cheap quality OEM graphics cards (nvidia GeForce GT 220, GTS 240 and GTX260 1792MB. The GTX 260 on nvidia's website is 896MB. The Nvidia GeForce 1792MB graphics card is being...

that board the asus nforce1 board with onboard graphics is even better. as for sound i sold him my old sound blaster live! 5.1 sound card. Life is irrelivent and irrational. My Rig LoL...the sound onboard the nForce based ASUS board is prolyl just...

just like Vista :p)! I should also mention that I have some sort of bias towards ATI cards.. I've only purchased one graphics card my entire life, and she's a Radeon 9200.. never had a problem with her! Also my friend who has tons of computer experience...

is always a better graphics card, but in order to run a better graphics card you will need a much better PSU as well. The PSU you need will be determined by the Graphics card you want, which will in turn be determined by the resolution of your monitor that...

date. What the hell is "color representation" anyway, other than how you see colors on your monitor? It's not like one camp's card turns reds paler or darker... it's going to render the same color as the other card. If the colors appear off it's because...

and the ASUS mobo that I mentioned has soundcard from VIA instead of realtec. Will this be a problem? Also, what should I go for, 790GX or FX? 2) I will be buying the first ATI graphics card of my life. Which brand should I go for and why? Also, out of Sparkle,...

bought a new dell inspiron, and it came with a 128mb 830gs graphics card. I currently have a 512mb 7900GT KO graphics card. The 7900GTKO will smoke the 8300gs in all ways, correct? So I'm okay just taking the darn thing out and selling it? Thanks. :). So...