HELP! Any techies out there?

[PlatyPius 5]

2.could be a bad graphics card

To troubleshoot this, you would need to open the cpu case and remove graphics card from AGP(Brown slot) Slot and installed it on one of the PCI SLOTS (usually color coded white and have five of them per case). Plug the monitor and reboot the system. If it works, then it is a bad AGP slot. If still a no go, it very well could be a bad graphics card.

If that were done, a new graphics card would be REQUIRED. Probably a new motherboard, too, since AGP slots and PCI slots are not only physically different, but also use different voltages. Both would likely get toasted following this "test".

[Ban Hammer 14,569]

2.could be a bad graphics card

To troubleshoot this, you would need to open the cpu case and remove graphics card from AGP(Brown slot) Slot and installed it on one of the PCI SLOTS (usually color coded white and have five of them per case). Plug the monitor and reboot the system. If it works, then it is a bad AGP slot. If still a no go, it very well could be a bad graphics card.

If that were done, a new graphics card would be REQUIRED. Probably a new motherboard, too, since AGP slots and PCI slots are not only physically different, but also use different voltages. Both would likely get toasted following this "test".

here's another test that comes to mind

drive nail here for monitor test ---------------> [ ] <-------------------------------------------

[BrownHorse 2]

Cian

whats your opinion on new graphic cards running on pci-express bus ?

[PlatyPius 5]

Cian

whats your opinion on new graphic cards running on pci-express bus ?

That's what I'm using now.

Here's my system (via SiS Sandra 64-bit)

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Processor

Model : AMD Athlon 64 Processor 3400+

Speed : 2.41GHz

Model Number : 3400 (estimated)

Performance Rating : PR3858 (estimated)

Type : Standard

L2 On-board Cache : 512kB ECC Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way set, 64 byte line size

Mainboard

Bus(es) : ISA PCI PCIe USB i2c/SMBus

MP Support : 1 CPU(s)

MP APIC : No

System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG

System : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7135

Mainboard : MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD MS-7135

Total Memory : 2GB DDR-SDRAM

Chipset 1

Model : Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration

Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 804MHz (1608MHz data rate)

Total Memory : 2GB DDR-SDRAM

Memory Bus Speed : 2x 204MHz (408MHz data rate)

Video System

Desktop Monitors/Panels : 2

Monitor/Panel : Viewsonic P95f+

Monitor/Panel : Viewsonic P95f+

Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce PCX 5750 (256MB)

Physical Storage Devices

Removable Drive : Floppy disk drive

Hard Disk : HDS722580VLSA80 (77GB)

Hard Disk : HDS722580VLSA80 (77GB) >>>(This is my Linux Hard Drive)<<<

Hard Disk : WDC WD2500JD-00GBB0 (233GB)

Hard Disk : Foxconn CF USB2.0 Card USB Device

Hard Disk : Foxconn MS USB2.0 Card USB Device

Hard Disk : Foxconn SD USB2.0 Card USB Device

Hard Disk : Foxconn SM USB2.0 Card USB Device

CD-ROM/DVD : ATAPI DVD DD 2X16X4X16 (CD 126X Rd, 40X Wr) (DVD 16X Rd, 5X Wr)

CD-ROM/DVD : SAMSUNG CD-ROM SC-148A (CD 48X Rd)

Logical Storage Devices

1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : N/A

Removable Drive (B:) : 243MB (242MB, 100% Free Space) (FAT)

Hard Disk (C:) : 233GB (187GB, 81% Free Space) (NTFS)

DVD-DD (D:) : 7.2GB (UDF)

CD-ROM/DVD (E:) : N/A

Sata3 (T:) : 77GB (75GB, 97% Free Space) (NTFS)

MultiMedia Device(s)

Device : Envy24 Family Audio Controller WDM 64 bits

Printers and Faxes

Model : Minolta QMS 1500

Model : Canon PIXMA iP1500

Model : \\DOGBERT\Adobe PDF

Operating System(s)

Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP/2003 Professional (Win64 x64) 5.02.3790 (Service Pack 1)

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As you can see, I have one of the cheaper PCI-x cards. I do web design, graphic design, and hardware sales and repair. I don't do any gaming at all. As such, I don't need a super-fast graphics card, just one that will do dual monitors and handle 500MB graphics manipulation. The difference between the AGP card I had (NVidia MX4000) and this one is amazing. I can use photoshop on one monitor and watch a DVD on the other monitor without a single hiccup. I suppose one day I'll upgrade the video card.... I'll probably get a Quadro when I do. Again, graphics, not gaming.

[Artegal 1]

Graphics for gaming everyone goes for the card and forgets about the other components, such as a really good monitor that supports the optimal resolution, and having enough CPU power and RAM.

I just trip when I see some dude fork over 500 bucks for a high end video card and then hook it up to some piece of ####### VGA monitor. Or try and force a 1st Gen Pentium IV to support the latest bells and whistles of today's games.

anyway--eventually when you start playing online games competitively you end up turning off all the extra shinney graphics features in a desire to increase real-time playing and cut down on the dreaded lag. So if it looks good enough then its probably good enough--that's my way of picking a graphics solution--and usually that is more dependent on the monitor having a really good resolution support--put the most money on the monitor and less so on the graphics card.

[PlatyPius 5]

I've always giggled at that myself. A guy at work has dual NVidia video cards....not sure what models.... in an SLI set-up. He spent $700 for the video cards. His monitor? A 1998 Gateway 19" CRT.

Gotta be careful with LCDs also. Some of them are SLOW! 8ms is good. 4ms is better. Really cheap ones are usually 16ms or slower (I've seen 30ms on a certain manufacturer's "bundled" LCD monitor. Try watching a DVD on that!)