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Adding a new video card to your computer

March 1st, 2011 · No Comments · Tips & Techniques, Video Cards

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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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