Hey, I bought a pre-built computer a while ago, I wasnt really for pre-built but the base model was quite decent, with an nvidia nforce mobo, a quad core at 2.66 ghz and 8 gigs of RAM blu-ray 2 SATA hard drives, high definition everything, etc etc all that fun stuff, but the graphics card and power supply seem to be very iffy, The graphics card is called a nvidia geforce 9500GS (Ps the driver failed on me once already and I couldnt fix the problem, nor could a computer technician) and the power supply is a crummy 400W generic that sounds like a boeing, but aside from that, anyone know anything about this card, since it doesnt seem to be anywhere on the internet or the nvidia website. All the reviews i have read about this computer have stated as well, that the rest of the machine is excellent but the graphics card and power supply seem to have been "overlooked". Idk, id just like some help and info on whether an upgrade to a nvidia geforce 9800GT or GTX with a new power supply, and any info on what kind of power supply i should get would be really appreciated..
as well as that, I bought a computer monitor (26.5" samsung) its native res is 1920:1200, but it says it can run in 1080p (idk if 1920:1200 is a better quality then 1080?), yet when I try to it distorts the picture and doesnt scale it properly, could this be the graphics card fault?
Card is junk, this day & age, similar to the 9500gt but with less processing power.
Your card is most likely struggling with a 1080i/p picture/video.
Generally with a well built system you want 500+ watt power supply. Their are many good brands out there, alot of the "cheaper" ones arent ‘true’ wattage so be careful.
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January 28th, 2010 at 5:07 am
Card is junk, this day & age, similar to the 9500gt but with less processing power.
Your card is most likely struggling with a 1080i/p picture/video.
Generally with a well built system you want 500+ watt power supply. Their are many good brands out there, alot of the "cheaper" ones arent ‘true’ wattage so be careful.
References :
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January 28th, 2010 at 5:50 am
The Geforce 9500 GS is pretty much an entry level directx 10 card.
Details (filched from wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_9_Series#GeForce_9500_Series
* 65 nm G96 GPU
* 64 Stream Processors.
* 8 Raster Operations (ROP) units
* 550 MHz Core, with a 1375 MHz unified shader clock.
* 8.8 billion texels/s Fillrate.
* 512MB 1000MHz DDR2 memory with a 128-bit memory bus.
* 16.0 GB/s memory bandwidth.
* Supports DirectX 10, Shader Model 4.0, OpenGL 2.1, and PCI-Express 2.0
* Supports 2nd generation PureVideo 2 technology with partial VC1 decoding.
If you’re interested in gaming it would be worth upgrading the card, otherwise I wouldn’t bother. Personally I’d replace the 400W generic with a 600W Antec or Thermaltake. Though you can check for recommended Wattage using Antec’s Power Calculator ( http://www.antec.outervision.com/ ).
1080p is 1920×1080 progressively scanned. I’d leave the monitor at its native resolution. Thats usually when TFT monitors are at their sharpest.
References :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_9_Series#GeForce_9500_Series
http://www.antec.outervision.com/