The first thing that you will want to do when adding a new video card to your computer is shut your computer down and make sure anything that you have connected is disconnected but leave the computer plugged into the surge protector. You will then want to remove the cover and put on the grounding [...]
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Adding a new video card to your computer
March 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Tips & Techniques, Video Cards
Tags: Computer Maintenance Tips·Computer Parts·Liking·Monitor Keyboard·Monitor Settings·New Computer·New Video·Rus·Screws·Surge Protector·video card·video card installation·Video Slot
Diagnose Video Card Problems
May 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · How To Diagnose, Video Cards
The computer video card is the device that takes output and interprets it; instructing the monitor on which of the tiny dots on the screen to light up to produce the right graphic image for you to see. In other words, the Video Card, also known as the graphic card, is the graphic powerhouse of [...]
Tags: Graphics Cards·PC troubleshooting·troubleshoot·video card
LCD screens and colour accuracy
March 13th, 2010 · No Comments · LCD Monitors, Video, Video Cards
If you are a graphics professional you need accurate, predictable color. If you use an LCD display, then no matter how carefully you calibrate your display, you could have trouble seeing your work consistently. The facts The pixels in LCD panels work by passing polarized light through filter layers. To light up a pixel, the [...]
Tags: clarity·colour·CRT·display·display quality·LCD monitor
NVIDIA Optimus automates graphics switching, promises the best of both worlds
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Video Cards
We’ve always thought switchable graphics made a lot of sense on laptops, and NVIDIA’s new Optimus tech looks like it’s going to bring it mainstream in a serious way — there’s no more manually toggling between the powerful discrete GPU and the power-saving integrated chip. More than just automatically switching off the discrete GPU when [...]
Tags: discrete graphics·Nvidia·Nvidia Optimus·switchable graphics·windows 7
NVIDIA SLI Technology Explained
February 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Video Cards
NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFire have been around for quite a while now, but it’s only lately that the industry has seen a significant breakthrough and advancement in the technology. If you don’t know what these 3D performance enhancing technologies do exactly, I’m sure you’ve at least heard of SLI and CrossFire before. In this [...]
Tags: 3d Performance·Ati Crossfire·Gaming Computer·Gpu·Graphics Cards·Graphics Performance·Motherboard·Nvidia·Nvidia Sli·Pci Express·Video Cards
What Is An External Video Card
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Introductions, Video Cards
One of the most recent inventions in video card technology is that of the external video card. These external Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) plug directly into one of your computer’s USB ports and can potentially increase your 3D graphics performance. External graphics cards are mainly targeted at those looking for high-end performance and those who [...]
Tags: display quality·external video card·Gpu·Graphics Cards·video card