Xfx 8600 gts card

I love my Mac Pro (2 X 2.8 Quad Core) but I like it even more when it "plays" both OS X and Vista Ultimate (64 bit). I have two video cards in it-one the ATi 2600Xt and an XFX 8600 GTS that I already had when I bought the Mac Pro. OS X will not boot up when the XFX card is connected,but Vista seems to rate the GTS higher. Is there any way around this or am I bound to switching the ports each time I use a different OS?

Thanks for the feedback.
If you were going to use XP I might try to dissuade though
If you want to play with a VM VirtualBox is open source and looks promising.
http://www.virtualbox.org/
The hardest things to understand is that there are Mac supported memory and controllers, no BIOS, and Mac Pro uses EFI. If you want a "manual" on OS X then "Missing Manual" is a good investment. (I had a harder time to find a couple on Vista that would help answer all my questions!).
http://books.slashdot.org/books/08/02/27/1551206.shtml

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I am currently evaluating a demo of Adobe Photoshop CS4 Extended. I am using a NVidia GeForce 8600 GTS video card. When I open the application, I get this error:
Photoshop has encountered a problem with the display driver, and has temporarily disables GPU enhancements. Check the video card manufacturer's website for the latest software.
GPU enhancements can be enabled in the Performance panel of Preferences.
Here's the thing - the NVidia graphics driver I'm using is current! It's version 195.62. And here are the specifications of my video card (which is about a few years old).
I am using Windows XP Home 32-bit SP3 with 2GB of DDR2 memory. Processor is AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+.
I've read over the functionality that this error message affects, and I'm not sure I understand it. If my video card is using its most current driver, what the heck am I to do? How badly will this handicap my Adobe Photoshop experience? (For reference, I plan on not doing that much using the 3D capabilities of Photoshop - but it may be interesting one day.)
Also, one bug I'm experiencing is that the Layers window is present, but its contents don't appear unless I click on it.
I'm not sure if I'm open to buying a new video card just to satisfy my Photoshop needs. Any help is much appreciated in overcoming this error and enabling FULLY-operational functionality of Photoshop CS4. Thanks!

Here is a link that may help with old GPU's. Also ensure before you update the drivers that opengl is turned off otherwise PS will use the old drivers.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405064.html

I have 2 MSI 8600 GTS SLI. Only one is recognized in NOT SLI.

Hello,
Please help me.
I have 2 charts MSI 8600 GTS SLI. Only one is recognized in NOT SLI.
The ESATA_LED1 is extinguished, in SLI or NOT SLI.
The LED 1,2,3, are lit, in SLI or NOT SLI.
In SLI the switch card is in SLI Mode (x8/x8) and SLI Bridge Card is clipé: the LED6 is
extinguished, the LED4 and 5 are RED and the chart in slot PCI_E4 EAST
is perfectly RECOGNIZED.
In NOT SLI the switch card being in (not-SLI Mode (X 16) the chart in slot PCI_E4
does not appear nowhere.
Neither in the config panel, neither by the scan of Ma-config.com, nor by Everest.
And, of course, the screen connected on this second chart does not receive a signal.
The config off my pc is : http://ma-config.com/AfficherResume-19211-1.html
I thank very much for the help off receive.
armand

Quote from: armand jadot on 01-April-09, 04:24:48
- the second PCI Express x 16 slot (PCI_E4) is a special design that supports PCI Express x 8 mode only.
- the second PCI Express x 16 slot (PCI_E4) only supports to install graphics card in SLI mode.
Is this possible that one can exclusively use this motherboard only for the SLI system?.
And no for 3 or 4 screens ?
I say you a new big thanks for your respons.
armand
Yes its only for SLi, read the second line carefully:
the second PCI Express x 16 slot (PCI_E4) only supports to install graphics card in SLI mode
My board, P6N SLi platinum, has the same, I too can only use the second slot for SLi.
Inserting a card and not using switchcard results in no show for second card.
And if I do use switchcard and use another graphicscard, say a 8600GT in slot one and a 8800GT in second slot, results in BSOD or blank screen.
Maybe someone else here knows how to use 4 screens on your P6N SLi V2, if thats what you want.

Crap frame rates - Nvidia 8600 GTS

Hey all, so far i've really liked Arch Linux, that is, until I started playing 3D games...
My system specs are: AMD 64 X2 4000+ (32-bit mode), 3 Gigs of RAM, and Nvidia GeForce 8600 GTS OC.
In some games such as Nexuiz I get like 30FPS in 1680 x 1050, even with High and/or Normal settings I get around 50. Sure I can lower my resolution, but it looks like crap because I have an LCD widescreen. I know in Ubuntu I would get 100 - 200+ FPS even with that res. Then again they use older drivers... like 100.xx or something like that... however the latest drivers from Nvidia have been poo, I think I tried them under Ubuntu and had a horrible frame rate penalty, and went back to the default drivers.
Here is a copy of my xorg.conf -- I added some lines to 'tweak' hoping it'd work, and it didn't.
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:21:33 PST 2008
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
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 "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Acer X221W"
HorizSync 31.0 - 81.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 75.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8600 GTS"
Option "DRI" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
Option "backingstore" "true"
Option "TripleBuffer" "true"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "0"
Option "metamodes" "nvidia-auto-select +0+0"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Group 0
Mode 0666
EndSection
Any ideas what may be wrong? Is it Arch Linux itself, or is it the latest drivers that are the issue? I'll assume it's the drivers, and that could be the reason why Ubuntu and nearly all of it's derivatives use an older driver, instead of the latest.
Thanks for any advice.

Well since arch is actually i686 optimized, whereas ubuntu is i386 is really doubt it is arch related problem... However the only way to test it is to build old nvidia drivers with abs and see the result.

Hp officejet pro 8600 multi-card reader problem

Have officejet 8600 printer/fax with multi-card reader. All worked fine when wired to Apple computer before. Went wireless last week...set up router etc. All worked fine till I tried to load an sd camera card in the printer like i had done many times before. Doesn't recognize the multi-drive...all lights start to flash..tells me i need to turn printer off/on to continue....NEVER does recognize the card reader!...
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The printer works fine otherwise....it does recognize the wireless connection for straight printing. I haven't tried the fax part yet.

Hi lincon50
I understand the memory card isn't being recognized since the wireless setup and the apple update.
Please take a look at the post from pcwizard and give it a try.
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Other-Printing-Questions/transferring-photos-from-memory-card-to-comput...
Here is a url for memory card troubleshooting.
I would test the memory card in another device.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c00059994#N824
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XFX Raedon Video Card unrecognized

Have new H405 with Windows 7 Home Premium. When I install an XFX Radeon HD 5450 in the slot and boot up, nothing comes on the screen (was previously using this same card on a Dell Inspiron 530 S to enable to monitors and it worked fine). Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mpippa

No, video card memory and system memory are completely independent of each other
Why do you need a new video card? What do you primarily use your system for? If you don't play any games, you may as well just stick with the onboard Geforce4 VGA, unless you need the 6200 for DVI or HD outputs
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Having trouble with gigabyte geforce 8600 gts not displaying in device manager

hey i recently got a gigabyte geforce 8600gts and i installed it in the pci-ex slot and its not found once i started up windows and windows did not prompt for found new hardware, could the vga card not function or is it the slot. there is power to the vga card because heatsink it warm to the touch so obviously running. i have entered bios to enable the pci express and windows still does not find new hardware. i have tried an old pci vga card and that one was found during startup. any help would be appreciated.
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Quote from: Bas on 30-April-09, 00:45:26
Hahahaha $ 18,- for a powersupply
+12V @ 19A .....stop making me laugh this hard, my belly hurts
Get something decent, with 33A or more at 12V and you are set.
You can not get anything decent below 70 USD.
First off it was free and no not a 5 or 10 finger discount, new a guy from comp store who was discontinuing the psu and mine went out; so got for free.
i tried the 8600gts on different mobo an asus a8n32 gaming and got a post with the a-power 580w psu despite the +12v@ 19A rail; it just maybe my current mobo. i dont know if it is the slot or the bios. the bios itself is locked and the mobo was manufactured by msi but was apart of an e-machine desktop. so no oc'ing of anything already tried cpuz and ntune to name a few.

MOVED: 8600 GTS Power Requirements, Windows Vista Crash

This topic has been moved to Vista problems.
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=108055.0

Turn on the computer. As the computer first starts, press F1 repeatedly to enter BIOS Setup Utility. Press Right arrow to select Advanced Screen. Arrow down to view onboard video options. Arrow keys and Enter to selelct and change values. F10 to save and exit
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Recommend compatible PSU and graphics card for P35D3?

Recommend compatible PSU and graphics card for P35D3?
This weekend I’ll be taking my rig to a PC repair shop and ask them to swap out my PSU and my graphics card.
Because I’ve RMA’d all the components (see signature) several members of different forums, and the tech support of the various components, seem to think that my boot problem is because of a compatibility issue with either my Ultra X3 600W PSU or my XFX 8600 GT and my P35D3.
I need to be ready to make decision, without having time to research, if the repair tech recommends a replacement.
Here’s my considerations:
I selected the Ultra because it's both modular and 85% efficient (it also has the required 8-pin cable to power the P35D3's CPU and it has SATA power cables.
I selected the XFX 8600 GT card because it is dual-link (2 DVI outs -- Dell 30” & Viewsonic 19”) and it has no fan, and is DX10 ready. I’m not attached to the idea of no fan. I’m a speed freak but not a gamer or an over clocker--I like the option of trying out games.
Both the Ultra and the XFX are somewhat medium priced.
If the repair tech discovers that other PSUs or graphic cards work then I might be able to get Ultra or XFX to accept a return. Neither company accepted my offer to pay extra to exchange mine for another better model.
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Thank you,
Kerry

Thanks Boss,
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Look here for good PSU suggestions:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=112039.msg836246#msg836246
About VGA any should work, you can see MSI Test Report for your board here:
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lots of good info.
Wish me luck today (Thu), that the tech finds out my XFX or Ultra is not compatible.
Kerry

Blue screen crash upon installation

hi im doing a rebuild on my desktop and iv done a whole reset and board update.
i have a
ASUS P5N-T Deluxe motherboard
Intel core 2 duo
Nvidia GeForce XFX 8800 GTS card
MAXTOR HDD 500GB
sony DVD/CD RW
when starting up my desktop i start the installation of my windows 7 home premium and everything go great the black screen with the grey loading bars finishes and then the microsoft loading bar appears and finishes and about 5-10 seconds in the next
screen with the background picture goes to a blue screen which then says had to force shut down to protect computer and say other things like if this is first set up and thing like that and then loads of numbered codes at the bottom.
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Hi,
Since this happens during the installation process, this should be a hardware issue or something wrong with the installation media, I suggest to install with another installation media if possible and reset the BIOS meanwhile.
As how to reset the BIOS, you can refer to the guideline from ASUS.
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Looking for a better graphic card. Need feedback and suggestion

I'm looking to get a different graphic card but I'm not sure really what to buy,
These are my computer specs
Computer: Gateway Gt5228 Media center edition
OS: Windows Xp
Current graphic card: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 PCI Express Slot avaliable
I was wondering what would be a good graphic card that is a good significant upgrade. I'm looking for one that has a significant increase over what I have right now, it doesn't necessarily have to be the best out there.
I want to be able to play a game call Diablo 3
These are the High and low Performance, that the game will run with.
Supported - High PerformanceNVIDIA AMD/ATI INTEL
GeForce GTX 590
Radeon HD 6990
N/A
GeForce GTX 580
Radeon HD 6970
GeForce GTX 570
Radeon HD 6950
GeForce GTX 560 ti
Radeon HD 6870
GeForce GTX 550 ti
Radeon HD 6850
GeForce GTX 480
Radeon HD 6790
GeForce GTX 470
Radeon HD 6770
GeForce GTX 465
Radeon HD 6750
GeForce GTX 460
Radeon HD 5970
GeForce GTS 360M
Radeon HD 5870
GeForce GTX 295
Radeon HD 5850
GeForce GTX 285
Radeon HD 5830
Geforce GTX 280
Radeon HD 5770
Geforce GTX 280M
Radeon HD 5750
GeForce GTX 275
Radeon HD 4870
GeForce GTX 260
Radeon HD 4870
Quadro FX 5800
Radeon HD 4850
Radeon HD 4800
FirePro 3D V8750
FirePro 3D V8700
FireStream 9370
Firestream 9350
FireStream 9270
FireStream 9250
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GeForce 9500 GT
Radeon HD 3650 AGP
HD Graphics 4000
GeForce 9400 GT
Radeon HD 3650
HD Graphics 3000
GeForce 9300 GS
Radeon HD 3600
HD Graphics 2000/1000
GeForce 8800 GS
Radeon HD 3470
GeForce 8600 GT
Radeon HD 3450
GeForce 8600 GTS
Radeon HD 3430
GeForce 8500 GT
Radeon HD 3200
GeForce 8400 GS
Radeon HD 3100
GeForce 8400
Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP
GeForce 8300 GS
Radeon HD 2600 XT
GeForce 8300
Radeon HD 2400 Series
GeForce 8200
Radeon HD 2350
GeForce 8100
Radeon HD 2100
GeForce 7950
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GeForce 7900
Mobility Radeon HD 4330
GeForce 7900 GS
Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
GeForce 9500M GS
Mobility Radeon HD 2600
GeForce 9500M G
Mobility Radeon HD 2600
GeForce 9400M
Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
GeForce 8600M GT
Mobility Radeon HD 2400
GeForce Go 7900
Mobility Radeon HD 2300
GeForce Go 7800
Mobility Radeon X2300
Quadro FX 5500
Radeon X1950 Series
Quadro FX 4500
Radeon E2400
Quadro FX 4000
FirePro 3D V7750
Quadro FX 3500
FirePro 3D V5700
Quadro FX 3450
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Which ones can i use with my computer but without the need to buy nothing else.
thank you
-Geo

Honestly I wouldn't spend too much trying to upgrade your computer. It has an aging dual core Athlon processor, and only 2GB of RAM. Even with the highest top of the line card, with that CPU/RAM setup, your computer is probably going to struggle to run it.
Hate to be the bearer of bad news.
If you like my post, or solution to your issue/question, go ahead and click on the little star by my name and/or accept the post as the Solution. It makes me happy.
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.
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Xorg with Both Radeon and Nouveau Cards

I seem to be having a problem getting my two cards to play nice with each other. They will both work by themselves and are detected properly. I seem to have a mistake in my configuration file when configuring the second screen. I did start with the example from the Xorg wiki page. If someone could please take a look at my Xorg.conf file and spot my error, I would appreciate it.
I am using the OSS drivers first, but would like to use the proprietary nVidia driver once I get this working, but one step at a time.
Video Card Information:
$ lspci | grep VGA
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3200 Graphics
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GTS] (rev a1)
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# cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE
[ 1133.326] Current Operating System: Linux atw-01 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
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[ 1133.350] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 1133.867] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
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# cat Xorg.0.log | grep EE
[ 2307.780] Current Operating System: Linux atw-01 2.6.34-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Jul 5 22:12:11 CEST 2010 x86_64
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 2307.791] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 2307.803] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 2308.587] (EE) Logitech Logitech Illuminated Keyboard: failed to initialize for relative axes.
When I look at the log file, it seems to load both cards OK, but then it always unloads the second one after the "(EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section." entry.

So it seems that nouveau only supports dual head using Randr (source). I removed the "Screen x" lines from 10-monitor.conf and both cards fired up at once. So, it looks like I will need to try this using the driver from Nvidia.
What's interesting is that I cannot have the proprietary Nvidia driver with xf86-video-ati, even though it is shown here. Am I missing something here or is that wiki section in error?
I will try using an alternate ATI driver tomorrow.
$ sudo pacman -S xf86-video-ati
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
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PCIe Graphics Card with Magma T/Bolt Expansion box

Does anyone here have a good or bad experience with the Radeon 5770 or 5870 cards used in a Magma Thunderbolt expansion box in conunction with a MacMini?
I'm looking to purchase a graphics card to go into my Magma box, but not sure which card will be supported in this configuration.
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I have seen a couple people were unable to boot OS X if they had an Nvidia 8800 installed. You'll need something that OS X can see IF you want to see early bootup messages (such as Vista startup options).
Can't say I've seen a message with "Marox" mentioned. So only way to know for certain is old trial and error.
There are newer graphics cards coming out. There is the Radeon X1900 (which is over-due for an update), and the Nvidia 8600 GTS series works in Vista and at least doesn't block OS X from working, but is only a step above X1900.
Apple sells a $1600 Nvidia for 3D. And as you can see, graphics options is a "weak spot."

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Can anyone that has an ATI card (not nVidia) running on Windows XP and DirectX 9 confirm that QuickTime movies encoded in H.264 play inside a browser without crashing the browser?
For me and many others, QuickTime movies that are encoded in H.264 and embedded into web pages are crashing the browser when trying to view. I am trying to determine if my nVidia card (nVidia drivers) are the source of the problem or if it is DirectX 9 or just simply the latest QuickTime version.
Also, is there anyone with an nVidia card on Windows Vista (DirectX 10) that can confirm if QuickTime H.264 movies work inside browsers?

I should know by Saturday when I install Nvidia 8600 GTS under x64 version how it works - though I must say that everything I've been reading doesn't convince me it is a wise idea to install QuickTime under Vista x64 just yet. :-<

GeForce2 GTS refresh rate problem

I have a GeForce2 GTS (MSI Starforce 815) running on an IWill KK266 (KT133A chipset) and a Sony GDM-400PS monitor. My problem is that when I set the refresh rate to "optimal" it runs at 60hz. This is a problem because my eyes are really sensitive to the flicker. I can set the refresh manually to a higher static refresh rate, and I can then switch back to "optimal" and it will adjust properly to a higher refresh rate but upon reboot it converts back to 60hz (although setting still says optimal.) I have several other non MSI GeForce2 GTS cards and they don't have this problem.
Anyone have any ideas?
To help weed out the suggestions:
-running 350W Enermax PS, more then enough
-running Win98SE (don't tell me to switch operating systems please)
-Sony 400PS well within spec
-have run 3 sets of Detonator drivers currently 40.72 same problem with all
-I know I can set it to run at a static 75 or 85Hz but I prefer to have it adjust to the optimal setting for my usage.
Thanks for any help!

beavercleaver,
I always set the monitors at 85hz. It is a great frame rate that is really easy on the eyes.
Take Care,
Richard

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