Express Video Cards?

After talking to a best buy employee I found out about express video cards for laptops but I still dont have enough information to sink money into it. I have asked everywhere, my local best buy store, online everywhere. Can someone please give me any information on express video cards!
Any answers are greatly appreciated!

You will never find the componetry for laptops as readily available as componetry for desktops. Too many variables in style/design of laptop cases. There is no standard for them and they are Vendor specific. Also, this is the one niche left that Vendors still own so you will find very few Vendors out there who will even sell you anything for a laptop unless you have an arm or a leg to pay with. Most Vendors commission their componetry when they begin manufacturing a laptop and when that particular model is no longer their main line, they will no longer order the parts. Makes for a desert for replacement parts, etc. When you are buying a laptop, your best bet is to do good research before you buy and get one that will not go obsolete on you in a few months. You can find some parts here: Linkhttp://www.ascendtech.us/items.asp?Cc=LTPC&Bc=&cName=Laptop+Components&mainCC=LTPC) Linkhttp://www.portabledetails.com) Linkhttp://laptopcomponents.net/) And some good info here: Linkhttp://pcworld.about.com/od/components/Computer_Components.htm)

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PCI Express video cards

Does anyone know of any cheap PCI Express video cards.
I need a second video card for a G5 Powermac that's arriving soon but have not been able to find anything reasonably priced.

Where did u get this information?
I ask as before, if u tried to put a ATI 9200 in the
PCI slot, with an AGP card, your computer would
freeze, lose audio, or some other weird mess.
So basically, apple has said, hey ya! you can have
multiple cards now
You can't compare an AGP/PCI-X Mac with a PCIe Mac. The PCIe bus should handle multiple cards better.
Even on Linux I've run into issues with mixing AGP and PCI graphics cards. It's possible but it's not plug and play. With PCIe it's different.

Desktop is not defaulting to PCI Express video card

Installed a Nvidia GTX 560TI w/appropriate power supply AFTER disabling secure boot and enabling legacy support. The computer booted to the video card after the second try reboot, drivers successfully installed. Later after attempting to wake the computer from sleep it has defaulted back to the onboard video WITHOUT restarting. Now will not recognize PCI express card.

Hi,
What power supply are your using? The stardard HP 460 watt power supply is insufficient for the NVIDIA 560 TI as it requires two 6 pin PCI-E power connectors.
Go back into the BIOS and make sure that Legacy mode is enabled and Secure boot is disabled. Save the changes and power off. Now power up and see if the system recognizes the discrete video card.
BTW - the PC needs to completely power down and back up before the BIOS will rescan for hardware changes.
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Span to 2 monitors w/ExpressCard PCI-Express Video Card? Possible?Probable?

Hey guys. I had screen-real-estate envy a few months ago and talked myself into thinking I could live without a laptop and just drag my new 20" iMac around once every week or two when I do Keynote Teaching. The sucker's 25lbs and has sharp edges and a lot of cables, it's a huge hassle to set up and haul around.. it's no laptotp replacement, although I do adore the screen. This has brought me to my current plan to sell the iMac eventually and buy a MBP, which I'll want to span to a bigger LCD. But my real dream of the last 10 or so years is to have 3 monitors going at the same time. When I saw that the ExpressCard slot can interface with both USB2.0 AND the PCI-Express bus I started using my imagination on how I could have 3 monitors going without having to spring for a PowerMac.
So the question is, any discussion about an ExpressCard video card? Any in production? Anything theoretically wrong with this concept? Probability of it happening, time frame? Prognosticate away!

Yo! Don't post the same question twice, OK?
I posted a reply to the earlier occurrence of your
post. Check it out.
RRS
Yeah sorry if it's at odds with your forum sensibilities, but I felt that this question fit well in both the Display AND the Expansion forums - and since neither has been able to give me an answer (although the alternative you suggested isn't wholly a bad option) as to whether or not this is or will be possible, I'll keep the question alive in 2 places until it gets sorted out. If this is against forum policy or something let me know, otherwise...

Does PCI Express Video Card compatible on a MSI KM4M Motherboard

Does a PCI Express NVDIA Video Card (8500GT 512MB/128Bit/DDR2) compatible on a MSI KM4M Series Motherboard (System Model: KM400-8235)?
Is it possible to setup the PCI Express NVDIA Video Card on the MSI Motherboard PCI Bus Slot?
Thanks for any response.

Quote from: saijin on 11-January-10, 10:44:44
Maybe this is a dumb question..
There's no way a PCI-e card will work on that board. AGP yes, PCI yes, PCI-e no.

PCI express video Card for Lr3?

Greetings,
I may recall reading that a "certain type" of video card will help speed up Lr3 performance...
If so - what type am I looking for and of course - what is a good money bargain??
Thank-you!

Can you be more specific about your processor and your system? If the AMD processor is one of the first generation dual cores (I gather they are still being sold in budget systems), then upgrading to a more modern processor will show you the most benefit and saving your pennies for a new system would be the best option.
Otherwise, add that gig of RAM and, if your computer motherboard can handle it, jump up to 8GB.
Add a graphics card if you don't have one because without one your system dedicates system RAM to graphics.
Add a second 7200RPM hard drive if your system power supply and cooling can handle it.

G5 w/ PCI-express, use of standard video cards

I was wondering now that Apple is using PCI-express, can you use standard off the shelf PCI-express video cards normally for use on Windows boxes?

Also this....
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?cid=3&id=1688

New Video Card options

I have a first generation MacPro with the ATI Radeon X1900 and I have been experiencing some issues. First, my computer has been making a lot of noise from a fan, and I have read in several places that this has often been the ATI video cards. Also, recently I have been experiencing some issues with rendering in my applications. I play World of Warcraft, and lately when it rains in the game, it starts looking fuzzy. It could be a problem with the software, but with the fan issue I am more inclined to just replace the card and hopefully fix both issues.
About two months ago the signal from my Mac to my monitor gave out entirely. When that happened, I called the Apple Store and they told me any PCI-Express video card would be compatible, so I picked up an Nvidea GeForce 8800 GT. It did not fix the problem and I brought it into the Apple Store and they determined it was the video controller on the motherboard that caused the issue. However, they were not able to get the Nvidea card to work with my computer, so I just went back to the ATI card after that.
So, after all that, my question is what Video cards are compatible with the first generation Mac Pro on OS X version 10.4.11, and are there extra steps I have to do to get the hardware to work? Are there drivers or software I need to download before swapping out the cards?
Thank you,
Tim

Your choices are:
X1900 for $399 if you stay with 10.4.11
Radeon 3870 requires 10.5.4 retail $215
8800GT requires 10.5.3 direct from Nvidia or Apple, two models, one for EFI64 (2008) and the one you want for 2006/7 EFI32 models.
http://store.nvidia.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Env=BASE&Lo cale=en_US&SiteID=nvidia&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=104059500

Best dual DVI video card for 2009 MP running Windows

Sorry if this question has been posted before, or if I'm in the wrong forum. I searched the Windows Compatibility forum and didn't find the answer.
I have a 2009 Mac Pro (8 core) running Windows Server 2008 64 bit. I would like to upgrade the stock GT120 video card. I don't play games on it, but I do need to drive a pair of 24" widescreen LCD monitors at 1920x1200 or higher and extend the desktop onto the second monitor.
I see that the 8800GT (Apple part MB137Z/A) is still available, although Apple is pushing the ATI 4870. Does anyone know which of these cards would work the best with Windows?
Thanks!

Thanks Hatter. I thought the video card had to have special EFI firmware in order for the Mac Pro to even recognize it as a video card (regardless of which OS's are installed).
Are you saying that if I'm only running Windows, I can use ANY PCI-Express video card? Sweeeeeet!
Now, for cards that ARE available in a specific Mac version (such as the GTX285 and ATI 4870), are they as well supported in Windows as they are in Mac OS (from a driver point of view)? I suppose other than the MAC-specific firmware, the graphics chipset for both versions of the card are the same, therefore the drivers should be the same.
Thanks for your help.

PCI Express Video Through ExpressCard

Greetings.
I am part of a project that requires laptops to drive 3-6 displays. We figured out that my personal 2.16Ghz Core 2 Duo MBP running 10.4 has no problem driving a PCI express video card housed in an external (powered) box that utilizes the ExpressCard slot. Using this setup and the right video card, I can drive 3 30" monitors, one from the built-in dual-link DVI port, and 2 from the external video card. Or, I can drive one 30" and then 4 24" monitors from the external card. The performance and stability on both scenarios is truly excellent.
This was supposed to be one of our better solutions. We then bought new MBPs and found that the new ones can't do this! They simply won't boot if the expresscard video is connected. The new MBPs are 2.4Ghz using ROM MBP41.00C1.B03 and SMC 1.27f1. They run 10.5, although I don't think that matters since the failure occurs before OS loading begins (I think).
The failure mode is that I hear the first tone when the unit is first powered, but then no activity past that. No monitor lights up (not even the built-in), no noises, no hd activity, nothing. Removing the expresscard allows the MBP to act normally after a reboot, so no permanent effects.
I'd appreciate any help in solving this. It hurts to have spent the $$$ banking on 1-year newer MBPs to have at least the minimum capabilities matching my personal MBP. (Then there's the matter of egg in the face after convincing coworkers to go down this path.)
If there's no apparent fix, would forcing the new MBPs to use the old ROM as used in my personal MBP work?
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Michael

Have you tried seating a different kind of PCIE card in the housing? How about with no card?
Joseph

Z68A-G45 (G3): BIOS screen unreadable on PCI express graphics card

I have a Z68A-G45 (G3) board with Intel Core i3-2320T processor. BIOS version is E7750IMS v11.2.
When entering the BIOS setup screen with DEL, everything is fine when the display is connected to the motherboard HDMI port.
When I plug in my MSI Nvidia 8500GT-based PCI express video card and connect the display to its HDMI (or DVI) port, the BIOS screen is corrupt and almost unreadable. I can see some characters and images -- the BIOS is there, I can see the temperature readout -- but navigation is very difficult. This problem occurred with BIOS version 11.0; I just flashed to 11.2 and the problem persists.
Here's what it looks like
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Steve

In case anybody's curious it turns out the issue was specific to the card. I tried a different PCIe card and the BIOS screen showed up fine.
So finally I ditched my old reliable nVidia card and used the Sandy Bridge integrated graphics instead. No problems so far.

Final cut express HD with pciE video card

hi all
we just got the mac
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but we got a problem
when we got to load the program we get an error
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Can a pcie express X 3.0 video card be used on a pcie express x 16 2.0 motherboard?

I am upgrading my PSU and GPU and want to know if a pcie 3.0 video card will work on my pcie 2.0 motherboard.
the motherboard is a MS-7613 IONA-GL8E (MSI)

The pcie 3.0 specification is backwardly compatible to pcie 2.0. The problem you may run into is that of compatibility with the vBIOS of the video card. Major video card makers have forums that are usually quite helpful with that kind of knowlege.
Check at the candidate PCIe x16 manufacturer's support forum or website to see if they offer a vBIOS file to make it legacy PC compatible. You need one with a hybrid vBIOS, because your PC is not UEFI vBIOS compatible.
It is always best if you identify an HP product by its product name or product number rather than the subsystems that it contains. That lets us find information on the BIOS, which is what I needed.
Try doing a Google search with your PC's product name and upgrading video card as the keywords to sift through the information freely available on the internet.
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MSI NEW P.E. Series Video Card - GTX670 Power Edition 2GD5/OC with Twin Frozr 4

Glad to be back in the forum and I was been busy for awhile. By this time lots of PC hardware already came out especially from Nvidia. Just like today my share would be MSI's N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC video card.
First of all lets talk about the GTX670 GPU chip. This GPU is the younger sibling of GTX680 which uses the same 28nm GK104 chip but with one disabled shader cluster/core.The reference or standard GPU clock is 915Mhz with a turbo boost of 980 and as for the memory is concerned, it has a 256bit memory bus connected to a 2GB GDDR5 memory with speed of 6008Mhz. Just like with any Kepler based architecture, the card would also have all the goodies like "Adaptive V-Sync", "AA TXAA (Temporal Super Sampling)", supports "DX11.1" and improved 3D Vision Surround.
Moving on, let's check out now what MSI did with their GTX670 SKU based video card. The card is under a new Series named "Power Edition" (series comparison table below) and it comes factory overclocked from GPU clock of 915MHz to 1020MHz and Turbo boost of 980Mhz to 1080Mhz. It also comes with the 4th version of Twin Frozr Thermal Cooling design with a theme color of Black and Blue which matches the color of MSI's midrange to high-end motherboards as well. The dual 8cm PWM fan based cooler are equipped with Propeller Fan Blades which draws air better and now has the so called "Dust Removal Technology", basically as you startup your PC the fan will rotate counter clockwise for 30 seconds clearing the dust from the cooling heatsink. Adding a finishing touch, MSI equipped the video card with their Military Class III components ensuring the best performance, efficiency, higher overclocks and durability.
Additional Box Shots of the N670GTX PE OC
MSI Series Comparison Table
New Power Edition Series which is a notch higher than the basic Twin Frozr Series.
Below are some other basic specs of the card which not been mentioned above.
•CUDA Cores: 1344 Units
•Output: DisplayPort / HDMI / DL-DVI-I / DL-DVI-D
•Total Draw Power: 200W
•Card Dimension: 267x117x38mm
•DirectX: DX 11.1
•OpenGL: 4.2
•PCI Express: 3.0
•SLI: 3-Way Capable
•3D Vision Surround: 3 Output per Single Card
•Pure Video HD: Y
•HDCP: Y
•Minimum Power Requirement: 550W with 38A for the +12V Rail
Actual shot of the Rear Ports
The card is powered up by additional 2x 6Pin power connectors.
Five 8mm thick heatpipes design
In the future, there might be a GTX670 4GB GDDR5 version as you can see the empty spaces between the GPU memory chips
Bundled Accessories included in the package
•1x DVI to VGA Dongle
•2x 4 Pins Molex to 6 Pins VGA Power
•DVD Driver/Utility Disc
•Manual and Quick Guide
Test Sytem and Configuration
Processor: Intel i7 3770K @ Stock Speed / 4.8GHz / 4.849GHz
Cooler: Thermaltake Advanced Frio
Memory: 2x4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133Mhz
SSD: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 90GB
Motherboard: Z77A-GD80
Videocard: N670GTX Power Edition 2GB OC
PSU: Antec TPQ 1200
Softwares: Windows 7 64bit Ultimate, MSI Afterburner 2.2.2, Nvidia Forceware 304.48, GPU-Z 0.6.2, CPU-Z 1.60.1.x64, Futurmark Benchmark Softwares, HwBot Heaven DX11
Okey let the benchies begin 1st set of benchies @ stock settings
3dMark06 - 28799
Vantage - P31817
3dMark11 - P9530
Heaven DX11 - 1956.985
2nd Set - Processor @ 4.8GHz while the video card is still running at stock speed
3dMark06 - 35852 From the previous score of 28K it jumped to 35K. This is becuase 3dMark06, relies heavily on the clock frequency of the processor.
Vantage - P34377
3dMark11 - P9861
Heaven DX11 - 1986.539
3rd Set - i7 3770K @ 4.849GHz and the video card GPU clock @ 1070mhz with turbo boost at 1148Mhz and memory clock speed @ 1717MHz (6868Mhz effective rate)
3dmark06 - 36402
Vantage - P36194
3dMark11 - P10263
Heaven DX11 - 2140.223
That's it. I will share another hardware soon

@Bernhard
The card is not with me already :( it was just left for few days. Don't worry next time I will make some tests using Virtu MVP.
@Update
Afterburner 2.2.3 is already out and with this new version. You can overclock the PE better

NVIDIA Issues; hitting the video card hangs the machine

Hello everybody, this could easily be placed under the Kernel and Hardware forum, but this one suits my experience level better. I tried
searching for some similar issues to what I am having, but wasn't able to come up with anything. (Perhaps I was an unknown keyword off in my searches. )
Additionally, thanks in advance for any help! I'm pretty much out of ideas short of replacing some hardware.
My problem is that whenever my desktop displays anything that is graphically intensive, it freezes. I first experienced this while I had Slackware 13.1 installed when trying to run Minecraft. I had been running it successfully for a month or two when it hung while I was playing. I switched over to Arch in the hopes that it would be easier for me to troubleshoot the problem. This was a few months ago, and I've not been able to figure it out.
I'm running with an i7 930 CPU, GTX 480 video card, and six gigs of RAM. My xorg.conf is below:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 270.41.06 ([email protected]) Mon Apr 18 15:14:00 PDT 2011
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 28.0 - 33.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 72.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
I dug through my logs and the only strange thing I found was in kernel.log:
Jul 3 13:56:43 localhost kernel: [ 101.297777] NVRM: GPU at 0000:03:00.0 has fallen off the bus.
For what it's worth, here is my Xorg.0.conf (but the only error is related to my keyboard, which actually works fine):
[ 28.765]
X.Org X Server 1.10.2
Release Date: 2011-05-28
[ 28.766] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 28.766] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.38-ARCH x86_64
[ 28.766] Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.39-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 27 21:26:22 CEST 2011 x86_64
[ 28.766] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/53882ab2-b171-4117-a8a2-6ec984ace8e2 ro
[ 28.767] Build Date: 30 May 2011 08:18:15AM
[ 28.767]
[ 28.767] Current version of pixman: 0.22.0
[ 28.767] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 28.768] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 28.770] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jul 3 14:20:49 2011
[ 28.800] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 28.801] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 28.817] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 28.817] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 28.817] (**) | |-->Device "Device0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 28.817] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 28.817] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 28.817] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.837] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[ 28.837] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.857] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 28.857] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.857] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[ 28.857] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 28.857] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 28.858] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[ 28.858] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/
[ 28.858] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 28.858] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 28.858] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 28.858] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 28.858] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d3440
[ 28.858] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 28.858] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 28.858] X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[ 28.858] X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[ 28.858] X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
[ 28.859] (--) PCI:*(0:3:0:0) 10de:06c0:10de:075f rev 163, Mem @ 0xdc000000/33554432, 0xc8000000/134217728, 0xd4000000/67108864, I/O @ 0x0000df00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 28.859] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 28.859] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 28.878] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 28.889] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 28.889] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 28.889] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 28.889] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 28.889] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 28.889] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 28.889] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 28.890] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 28.890] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 28.890] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 28.890] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 28.890] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 28.890] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 28.890] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 29.187] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 29.195] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.195] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.195] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 14:34:43 PDT 2011
[ 29.195] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 29.195] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 29.195] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 29.196] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.196] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 29.196] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 29.196] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.196] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 29.196] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 29.196] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 29.207] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.207] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.207] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.207] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 29.207] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 29.207] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 29.207] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.207] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 29.207] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 29.207] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 29.207] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 29.208] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 29.240] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[ 29.241] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.241] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 29.246] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 275.09.07 Wed Jun 8 14:18:12 PDT 2011
[ 29.246] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 29.246] (--) using VT number 7
[ 29.255] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 29.255] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 29.255] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 29.262] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.262] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.262] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 29.262] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 29.262] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 29.262] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 29.270] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 29.270] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 29.270] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 29.270] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 29.270] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 29.270] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 29.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 29.272] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 29.272] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 30.069] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Display (AOC 2436 (CRT-1)) does not support NVIDIA 3D Vision
[ 30.069] (II) NVIDIA(GPU-0): stereo.
[ 30.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GTX 480 (GF100) at PCI:3:0:0 (GPU-0)
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 1572864 kBytes
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 70.00.21.00.02
[ 30.070] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce GTX 480 at PCI:3:0:0
[ 30.070] (--) NVIDIA(0): AOC 2436 (CRT-1)
[ 30.071] (--) NVIDIA(0): AOC 2436 (CRT-1): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-1
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0): No modes were requested; the default mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0): will be used as the requested mode.
[ 30.109] (==) NVIDIA(0):
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
[ 30.109] (II) NVIDIA(0): "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.110] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1920 x 1080
[ 30.134] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (93, 94); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[ 30.134] (--) NVIDIA(0): option
[ 30.134] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 30.134] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[ 30.134] (II) NVIDIA: access.
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI: failed to connect to the ACPI event daemon; the daemon
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): may not be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): configuration option may not be set correctly. When the
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): ACPI event daemon is available, the NVIDIA X driver will
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): try to use it to receive ACPI event notifications. For
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
[ 30.144] (II) NVIDIA(0): Config Options in the README.
[ 30.147] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[ 30.208] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[ 30.270] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 30.271] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[ 30.271] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[ 30.271] (II) Loading extension XINERAMA
[ 30.271] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[ 30.271] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 30.271] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 30.272] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 30.272] compiled for 1.10.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 30.272] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
[ 30.272] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[ 30.272] (==) RandR enabled
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 30.272] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 30.273] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[ 30.487] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[ 30.487] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.487] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[ 30.499] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.506] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 30.506] compiled for 1.10.0, module version = 2.6.0
[ 30.506] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[ 30.506] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 12.2
[ 30.506] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 30.506] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.506] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 30.506] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[ 30.530] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 30.530] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.530] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1/event1"
[ 30.530] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.530] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.561] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event0)
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.561] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[ 30.561] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[ 30.561] (**) Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[ 30.583] (--) Power Button: Found keys
[ 30.583] (II) Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.583] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0/event0"
[ 30.583] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.583] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.590] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (/dev/input/event4)
[ 30.590] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.590] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard'
[ 30.591] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.591] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 30.591] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[ 30.623] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found keys
[ 30.623] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.623] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.0/input/input4/event4"
[ 30.623] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.623] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.624] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard (/dev/input/event5)
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[ 30.624] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard'
[ 30.624] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: always reports core events
[ 30.624] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event5"
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found 1 mouse buttons
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found relative axes
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found absolute axes
[ 30.650] (--) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Found keys
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as mouse
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 30.650] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.1/usb6/6-1/6-1:1.1/input/input5/event5"
[ 30.650] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD)
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[ 30.650] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[ 30.650] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
[ 30.650] (II) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: initialized for absolute axes.
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 30.650] (**) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 30.651] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel (/dev/input/event6)
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[ 30.651] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel'
[ 30.651] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: always reports core events
[ 30.651] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found 9 mouse buttons
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found scroll wheel(s)
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found relative axes
[ 30.676] (--) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Found x and y relative axes
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Configuring as mouse
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: Adding scrollwheel support
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[ 30.676] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1a.2/usb7/7-2/7-2:1.0/input/input6/event6"
[ 30.676] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel" (type: MOUSE)
[ 30.676] (II) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: initialized for relative axes.
[ 30.676] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration profile 0
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[ 30.677] (**) Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[ 30.677] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Microsoft Microsoft Optical Mouse with Tilt Wheel (/dev/input/mouse0)
[ 30.677] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 30.677] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event3)
[ 30.677] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
[ 30.680] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event2)
[ 30.680] (II) No input driver/identifier specified (ignoring)
The more I investigate, the more I feel like this could be a hardware problem. I checked the CPU temp first, but it only reaches ~32 degrees celsius when the system hangs, so I doubt that's the cause. I've checked the cables (power and otherwise) between everything in my box, and it's all solid. I've also taken the sides off, thinking it my be an air flow issue, but that didn't solve it either.
On the software side of things, I've got nvidia, nvidia-utils, and lib32-nvidia-utils installed and they aren't popping any errors that I can see. When I run glxinfor or glxgears, nothing happens, the terminal just prompts me for input (which is actually an improvement, in Slackware, they hung the machine).
Again, any help on this issue is greatly appreciated, I'm at my wit's end about it.

I had a similar problem that turned out to be the graphics card working itself loose. So, if you haven't already, try taking it out, cleaning the contacts and plugging it back in. Worth a try and worked for me
Also, Xorg 1.10.2 & the nvidia proprietary driver don't seem to be in conflict for me so I think williewillus is mistaken.

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