Need graphics card advice pls

getting ready to buy quad and i now have 1.8 dual w/geoforce 6600 ddl running 2 30in displays - i see that i can order a 7800gt but i need 2 and dosent give me the option to get a 2nd - or should i just gohead and get the quadro fx - i am going to be doing alot of video editing and also using alot of motion and live type along with digital photography work using apeture or lightroom later - what is the best way to go about this

The 7800 is a better buy than the Quadro. The NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 graphics card occupies the 16-lane PCI Express slot and adjacent PCI Express slot. The PowerMac G5 only supports a maximum of one NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 or GeForce 7800 GT card per system. If you want a second video card Apple recommends the NVIDIA GeForce 6600.

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I purchased a new laptop from BB about 6 months ago, a Toshiba Satellite P875. I need a graphics card with at least 128mb of dedicated memory and think I only have a chip with 32mb of dedicated memory. I was wondering if anyone knows what would be good, keeping in mind that cost is an issue.
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http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements
That link lists all the expansion packs, and if they will, will not, or might work with various graphics cards(the list is fairly extensive).
My guess is that your CPU picked up the slack for your lacking GPU in the base game, but the later expansion packs seem to weed out all but the higher end cards.
Unfortunately, you don't have a gaming computer, so the best you can do is see just how far down you can turn the graphics settings/resolutino.
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I'm NOT an employee of Best Buy, or Geek Squad, though I did work as an Agent for a year 5 years ago. None of my posts are to be taken as the official stance that Best Buy will take on your situation. My advice is just that, advice.
Unfortunately, that's the bad luck of any electronic, there's going to be bad Apples... wait that's a horrible pun.

Need some graphics card advice for using 3D and Adobe

Below are the specs for the workstation I just bought. I'm planning on upgrading the graphics card to a GeForce GTX 570 (Fermi) 1280MB. The chassis is pretty small, and I'm concerned that it might get too hot. Does anyone have any advice as to whether this machine can handle this card, and whether or not I should by extra fans, or a water cooling system for the card? Thanks in advance!
Processor & Memory:
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 Processor (3.40GHz)
Intel® H67 Chipset
16GB DDR3 Memory (4 slots, 32GB MAX)
Drives:
2TB SATA II Hard Drive
12X Blu-ray Rewritable Drive: Read AND Write CDs/DVDs/Blu-Ray Discs
Front Panel 19-in-1 digital multimedia card reader
Graphics:
Integrated Intel® HD Graphics (dual monitor capable)
Communications:
10/100/1000 Mb/s Gigabit LAN
Audio:
Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
Keyboard & Mouse:
USB Keyboard
USB Mouse
Expandability (total bays/slots):
2 x 5.25" external (1 occupied)
1 x 3.5" external (1 occupied)
4 x 3.5" internal (1 occupied)
1 x PCI-Ex16
2 x PCIe x1
Ports:
1x DVI
1x HDMI
2 x USB 3.0 ports (rear)
6 x USB 2.0 ports (2 Front, 4 Rear)
3 x Audio Ports
1x S/PDIF out
1x RJ45
Operating System:
Genuine Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64-bit
Additional Software:
Microsoft® Office Starter (reduced functionality versions of Word and Excel; not the full version of Microsoft® Office 2010)
Symantec Norton Internet Security 2011 (60-day trial)
Additional Information:
Dimensions: (HxWxD): 13.9" x 7.1" x 16.9" (approx.)
Power supply: 350W
Lifetime, 24/7 toll-free phone support
1 Year Limited Parts & Labor Warranty
Email and fax support M-F from 9am-6pm EST

Here are the major failings of that "workstation":
1) The power supply is much too weak to handle an upgrade to a GTX 570. Heck, that PSU might not have been capable of actually handling even its claimed 350W - but more like 200W. As such, it's barely capable of handling even that "workstation"'s base configuration with integrated Intel HD 2000 graphics. You will definitely need a new power supply (at least 550W, but preferably 750W to 850W) right away before you can even upgrade the graphics card at all.
2) That PC has only one hard disk. Adobe requires a minimum of at least one additional hard disk (preferably two or more additional disks) in order to run Premiere Pro acceptably well.
3) Change out the H67 motherboard for a Z68 motherboard. H67 cannot overclock the "limited-overclockable" i7-2600 CPU at all. And even with a Z68 motherboard, the fastest that you can run that non-K i7-2600 would be 3.9GHz.
4) As you stated, that small case will not be enough. You will need a much bigger case to handle the load from Premiere Pro plus all of the hardware upgrades that I'm suggesting.
Also, keep in mind that the company only offers "lifetime" technical support if you don't tinker with the PC's innards at all - not even a minor hardware upgrade or only for a vendor-approved hardware upgrade such as RAM. Once you open that case for a non-vendor-approved hardware upgrade (e.g. an upgraded power supply, an upgraded GPU or upgraded cooling), you will no longer have technical support from that company that you're getting the PC from.
As currently equipped, that system will run about 25 to 30 times slower than a fast PC. Look at payal's 622-second result running 5.0.3 on the PPBM5 results list, with the same CPU, chipset and integrated graphics as your system: It is already more than 12 times slower (in terms of the Relative Performance Index) than a fast system - and that system is already running two disks. With only one disk for absolutely everything - the OS, media, projects, previews, cache and exports - it would be much slower than even that because SATA is only a half-duplex interface, not a full-duplex interface. As a half-duplex interface, SATA can only deliver data transfers in one direction at a time. However, video editing programs like PPro require simultaneous reads and writes. This means that the single disk must wait for data transfers in a given direction to be completed before any data starts transferring in the opposite direction.

Need 30" Display Graphics Card Advice

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You need a video card that will support the 30" display.
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So I've just ordered a new model MBP 15" Retina, upgrading the 2.0 ghz i7 quadcore to 2.3, and doubling the RAM to 16 gb. This includes the 256 gb flash HD, and the new default config Intel Iris Pro graphics card (no NVIDIA graphics card). FWIW, I'll be plugged into my thunderbolt display (already own) for video editing.
The new MBP is of course a hefty hit to my pocketbook. Yet, I'm still torn by the notion that for $250 (I get the educational discount) I could go ahead and add the NVIDIA 750 2 gb card, not to mention doubling my HD (mainly to future-proof it - I only use about 122 gb right now).
Is it worth it or is Iris Pro good enough for FCPX, and presumably some Motion 5, Compressor etc?
I haven't edited in years, but I have just returned from Nepal, where I shot several hours of HD footage that I'm going to be editing together with stills for a doc. I'm a writer-filmmaker, so if it comes out as I hope it will, this will be a professional sample and festival submission. I have no clue how much use of Motion or After Effects I'll need to use - in fact I have no clue how to use these, but presumably I'll figure it out. Some of the footage has issues, it was all shot run and gun, so it could be I'll use that stuff a lot.
Do I need the NVIDIA 750 card or can I rest easy with just Iris Pro?
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I have a 2TB backup drive and a 6TB RAID network storage. I load new video directly onto the backup drive to save hard drive space on the iMac, then copy it to the RAID for safekeeping. I can wipe it from the backup when I'm done with it, and still have two copies on the network RAID. I consider this to be the minimum for HD.
I ended up with about five hours of AVCHD footage that I had to sort through to pick out the little morsels I needed, along with some .MOV files from a DSLR. I'm not sure how much space it took up when I converted the AVCHD into .MOV files, but I started out with about 650GB available (after clearing it off) and now I have about 150 GB. That includes what FCPX generated as I edited. I don't want to go below that 150GB level, as the processing performance drops. I keep the .MOV files on the main hard drive because that's the quickest access. I keep a sharp eye on the capacity.
Fortunately I did well enough on this project that it got me a lot more work. Unfortunately, if I decide to pursue it more seriously I know I'll have to get a better system. I'm already looking at the new Mac Pro with at least 32 Gs of RAM, the biggest internal hard drive available, and a massive Thunderbolt RAID. With the deadlines I've run into, it's the only way I'll be able to get things done without staying up until 4 a.m. waiting for stuff to transfer (I got this iMac just before they started coming out with Thunderbolt, darn it). If I had to choose, I'd get more hard drive storage versus more RAM. In my experience, 16GB does OK, but then I haven't had to render anything longer than ten minutes in HD.
If you use Time Machine for back-up onto the 1TB external drive, you're probably going to have to get an additional drive. I would recommend one to two TB depending on how big your final files are. If you decide to RAID that second external drive-- highly recommended-- then you'd need to get double that. Get a Thunderbolt splitter so you can run both of them at the same time. If you need to convert the RAW files, keep those on the second drive.
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Need graphics card

hello i just recently bought a refurbished computer and i am hooking it up to my hd tv. my resolution on the computer doesnt go to 1920x1080. do i need to upgrade my graphics card and if so how do i know what to buy. please remember when answering i am a woman lol and i only know how to use the computer dont know anything about what goes on inside it. lol thank you

RealGeorgeW wrote:
If she wants to do HD on her TV, she's going to need a halfway decent graphics card. An onboard 256MB ATI chipset is going to struggle if she's wanting to do full 1080p video.
The question is whether she wants to do 1080p (requires a Blu-Ray drive) or just Hulu/Netflix/etc. Note that Adobe Flash is notoriously CPU-hungry and until recently didn't take advantage of modern graphics chipsets at all. (Now it sort-of does.)
That said - Even the integrated graphics that came with an Athlon 62 x2 should be able to drive 1920x1080. Heck, I watched 1080i ATSC recordings with a 2.0 GHz Athlon XP 2800+ and a GeForce FX5900. (Which had VERY little in terms of 2D acceleration capabilitys - MPEG-2 motion compensation was about it.)
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E31 Graphics Card Advice

Hello:
I have been shopping around for a few months for a replacement for my Thinkpad T60p.
I was convinced I would by a w520 but then I started considering desktops.
I’m semi-retired and don’t really need a laptop as much as I did when working full time.
Besides, my T60p works just fine for work related stuff and travel. I also have an x200t.
I have found 2 pre-configured E31s at a reseller that are the same except for the graphics card.
Model 2555-47U has a Quadro 600 card and Model 2555-48U has a Quadro 2000 card. Both have the Xeon E3-1230V2 CPU.
The price difference is $300.
My usage will be for ripping CDs, A to D conversion (LPs to digital), raw photo processing (Canon’s free software; no Adobe), and maybe some video editing—files from a Canon DSLR.
Will the Q2000 benefit me in any way over the Q600 for these tasks?
Don’t mind spending the extra $300 if it gains me something.
I also looked at an M92p tower (Model 2992-A5U) with the i7-3770 CPU and Radeon 7450 graphics card.
It is about the same price as the E31 w/Q600, but has the HD4000 integrated graphics along with the Radeon 7450.
Would this be a better choice?
I have the perception that the E31 is "better" than the M92p because it is a certified workstation.
One bonus of the M92p is the 3-year on-site warranty, but that’s not as important as the CPU/graphics to me.
If it matters, I connect to an NEC LCD2190UXi (1600 x 1200) monitor and plan to purchase an NEC P241W (1900 x 1200). I use SpectraView calibration software.
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Fan probalby got off balance. Some times after they heat up the expand and distort a little and it sounds like the cause.
Your probalby on the right track to replace it. I dont' think you can replace the fan. the one I suggested below should be pretty kick butt.
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Graphics Card Advice

Hi Guys,
I'm looking to upgrade from my trusy G5 to a new MacPro.
I'm a retoucher and 3d illustrator and use Photoshop and Cinema 4d as my main apps.
I've looked at through the forum and I'll apologise if this has already been discussed! I've seen this thread;
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=625222&tstart=75
I'm not too clear on the technical jargon and wondered if someone could suggest the best card for my needs. Cost is not an issue, and to be honest, I do sometimes like the occassional game on my mac!
Thanks in advance,
TonyG
Dual 2 GHz PowerPC G5, 2.5 GB Ram. Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Given the cost of the ATi X1900 XT I would recommend this graphics card to most people whether they truly need it or not. It's good performer at a reasonable price and will suit all but the most demanding needs. While the Nvidia 4500 FX is slightly better I feel that the difference is not great enough to justify the substantially higher price.
For you specifically, Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop CS2 performance is not affected by which graphics card you choose. Even if you choose not to upgrade and stay with the Nvidia 7300 GT. This is not to say that this will remain the same with CS3 as it is unknown if Adobe will start to utilize the GPU for additional calculation performance such as Apple has with their CoreVideo and CoreImage libraries.

GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card advice wanted 2008 Mac Pro. Eight core desktop.

I have read some threads yet it is not clear to me if it is a good move to upgrade an Mac Pro eight core 3.1- 2008 to use GeForce GTX 680 Mac Edition Graphics Card. I ask as my GeForce 8800 GT 2008 card has given up the ghost, and it has done sterling service R.I.P.. The machine is in the repair shop for a service itself, and this problem. So I thought an upgrade, as I am at it. Daunting choice out there. Um, learning curve and all that!
I mainly do 2D graphics, Canvas, Adobe stuff, yet a little amount of video, which may grow some. No games on this work horse!
So here I am fishing for experienced advice were my own is not, from anyone who has done this. Has it held up, do you get a boot screen, does it run two monsters easily via DVI.
If you have one or something good fitted please share the skinny!
For me it is turning into the year of the video card. My laptop looks like it got the disease first!
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#1: AMD 7950 Mac Edition, or not. $425
#2: GTX 680 Mac $625
#3: MacVidCards - various but worth a look
http://www.ebay.com/sch/macvidcards/m.html
#4: GTX 285, no idea how 'safe' as often read someone (not Macvidcards) flashed PC card and sold as "Mac" and they are old, and may not be supported in Mavericks (and that would apply to a 8800 too).
Information purposes only:
http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-Geforce-Gtx285-Graphics-Pci-express/dp/B00G9TQMOE/
Check out Barefeats, again, for ideas if you want 'near best.'
A new gpu is $5000 cheaper than an overhaul and new MP.
A 2008 though will never perform as well as later models. Ideal is 2010 or later.
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I spent 2 weeks (18 hr/day) making a video using Cyberlink Power Director. Upon producing it so I could download to a DVD I received message that I needed to update the graphics card in my new L55-A5290?! I connected with Intel and was directed to remove the Intel graphics drive from the computer and was given a download to install a new and improved Intel graphics drive. This laptop would not accept it - "was not compatible". So now I need to install one from Toshiba.... ASAP. I need this video tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is this downoad. Nowhere on the list of drivers do I see one for GRAPHICS. I NEED HELP NOW!
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L55-A5290
Is it possible you mean this model?
Satellite L55t-A5290
If so, have you upgraded to Windows 8.1? If so, did you follow these instructions?
How to Update from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1
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I am considering buying the G505s. The one with an AMD A10-5750M processor and 8Gb RAM. This one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lenovo-G505s-15-6-inch-Laptop-Black/dp/B00LLE6IAU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=141...
I don't really want a gaming laptop but I want one to use as a general laptop but for casual gaming. I don't expect to be running new games on high graphics setting, but it would be nice if I would be able to play some newish games like Battlefield 4, Simcity, the Sims 4 and GTA IV/GTA V. I have looked online and found that this model is normally quite capable of running some of these games. However, I have a concern about the graphics card: Radeon R5 M230. For some of these games, such as Battlefield 4, youtube videos only seem to show it being played on the same model G505s but with a AMD Radeon HD 8750M graphic card. I've even seen it played on some youtube videos on the same model but the AMD A8 version, which has AMD Dual Graphics : AMD Radeon 8550g + 8570m.
I thought that the version I am considering buying had a better processor and grahics card and is more expensive, so am I correct that I won't be able to play Battlefield 4 and some other games?

When I said that, it was more of an expression.
My G770 can probably run new games but it's not enjoyable, Metro Last Light was running at about ~20 FPS on Minimum settings. Call of Duty Ghosts was ~30 FPS, but it used to drop frames on every few minutes. With the "latest" driver from 2013 I probably wouldn't be able to start the game if I hadn't used 3rd party AMD drivers which served me okay. But I also ran all those games at the native resolution, which in my case is 1600x900. Note that I run a Samsung 840 EVO SSD and I have 8GB RAM.
My point is that a mid range laptop is not meant for gaming, while it can run games there is no guarantee that it will be able to do that in say 2 years. And when I say run, I mean you actually playing. Any PC can run a game, but there's a difference between being able to run it and being able to play it.
I don't know if you're getting the laptop because of the price or you need portability. If it's not the latter, I seriously suggest you to look into a desktop PC. For 650 USD you can build a pretty decent rig, with a monitor and all peripherals. In my honest opinion, I should have done that.
All of this is strictly for AAA games, that are graphics intensive. Simulations, MMOs, RPGs, Indie, Valve games, are all very playable on my computer, even Sims 4, I can run that at medium without issues.
I hope I cleared any confusion. If you have any other questions feel free to ask or PM me.

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i have a pb 3400 bought new. Runs fine but no screen. battery shot. Has to be plugged in.
No screen now. Been told I need a grapics card. Need it because my Agfa Studio scan, 11 x 14
in mint condition will not work on OSX and Agfa will not upgrade. also does not have USB connection.
So......anyone have a battery and a graphics card for a PB 3400 ?
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The PB 3400 does not have a separate gfx card like a desktop computer does. The video hardware is soldered to the logic board. New gfx hardware means a new logic board.
When i checked the source I've used for PowerBook bateries, they no longer list one for the 3400. Google is your friend for that.
I used an 1998-vintage AGFA DUOScan under OSX (Panther) by getting VueScan:
http://hamrick.com/
It worked an order of magnitude better than the AGFA software that came with the scanner that only worked with OS9 and older. It's payware but, believe me, it was worth every penny.
Your problem will be in connecting a SCSI scanner to a newr Mac. I used an Adaptec PCI SCSI card in a PowerMac G4 MDD, but those cards are getting hard to find.

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Was hoping to get some advice re: RAM & a graphics card upgrade for my macpro.
I have been using Premiere pro CS 5.5 & FCP 7.0.3 on my macpro for a little while with no issues
(along with the other apps in the suites: AE, PS, compressor, DVDSP, etc).
For the CUDA acceleration the Adobe site recommends that I ugrade to one of these cards:
GeForce GTX 285 for Mac
Quadro FX 4800 for Mac
Quadro 4000 for Mac
I also just received a copy of Avid Media Composer 5.5 & have been waiting to install it based on Avid approving stability for OS 10.6.8 + not sure how the matrox card is working for them yet either.
Would anyone recommend one of these above cards specifically for use with all 3 applications?
Was also looking at putting in 24 GB of RAM as well. Assume I can always use more, but how much?
Is there anybody running a similar setup as this on OS 10.6.8?
I know there are a number of editors on here that may use all 3 apps (FCP, PP, & Avid), but I am not sure if they run on the same computer without issues, or what the setup may be.
From what I have read online it looks like there are lots of issues with the 4000, but it is hard to tell if that is reliable info as some of the posters have found out they had bad RAM, or it was some other problem they introduced.
Mostly i see that they recommend the GTX 285 card if I can find one, but I am unsure which way to go. Any suggestions?
MacPro Specs are:
Mac OS 10.6.8
MacPro4,1
Processor - 2 X 2.26 GHz Quad core Intel Xeon (8 cores)
memory - 6 GB 1066 MHz DDR3
graphics card - NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 (512MB VRAM)
also have a matrox mini card installed
under system profiler - memory it says:
Type is DDR3 ECC, speed 1066 MHz
THANKS!

Last I talked to Matrox, the MC5 driver install for the MXO2 mini is different than the install for CS5. I don't know if they changed that with the new Matrox tools but you will want to contact them and see. If not then you will only be able to setup the Matrox for 1 or the other since I doubt you can install both and they work without issue
The Quadro 4000 is best for Adobe versus the other 2. The differences between the cards really tont effect MC5 but they recommend a Quadro because that's what they test with.
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Satellite L655-19H - Need graphic card driver for Windows 8

Hello!
I have a problem with VGA drivers on my L655-19H in Windows 8. Last drivers on Toshiba site only for windows 7 and don't work with my W8.
I instal drivers manually, but some games tell me "bad video card drivers". Microsoft drivers dont work too.
Sry for my english.

As Silas wrote, the Win 8 system isnt supported for this notebook model.
I found on Toshiba page an Win 8 supported model matrix and this series isnt listed.
This means that Win 8 drivers will not be available.
If you need Win 8 graphic drivers, you will need to search at your own hand on some 3rd party websites like omegadrivers.net or similar.
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