Pc Graphics Card

January 25th, 2011, 07:07 AM

redratsal

Porsche vs Ferrari find attached user guide

This statement is not based on prejudices but facts

This is a thread on graphics adapters, not snowploughs. :car:

January 25th, 2011, 07:12 AM

Fat Tails

This is a thread on graphics adapters, not snowploughs. :car:

Sorry, you're right it was for some laugh and tease

which is always good to break trading and reset a good mood, thks for sharing.

Back to graphic adapters now...

January 25th, 2011, 07:14 AM

Ferrari is good now for everyday use.

I know.

January 25th, 2011, 08:10 AM

MetalTrade

Ferrari is good now for everyday use.

I know.

So what graphics adapter have you fitted your Ferrari with to manage your trades, when driving?

February 16th, 2011, 12:44 PM

I'm curious to see if anyone has a Dell T3500, running XP 64 bit with the Nvidia "NVS 420 Quadro" on 4 monitors? I have this set up and it's been an absolute nightmare...

For some reason, I keep experiencing one of my monitors blacking out. I've changed the following through Dell's support and am still at a loss here:
- New Nvidia NVS 420 Quadro graphics card (actually switched these out twice)
- New Hard Drive
- New Motherboard
- Re-installed XP OS
- Switched out monitors
- Switched out DVI Dongle

None of these have resolved the problem and I'm wondering if anyone else has had the joy of dealing with this. I'm wondering if the DVI dongle (attaches from card, splits into to arms, each arm has two DVI ports) is not compatible with XP or something. The next experiment at this point is to change to Windows 7 64 bit.

Any feed back would be greatly appreciated as I am not computer savvy to this extent.

Best,
PB

February 16th, 2011, 01:39 PM

What resolution are you running on the monitors? Are they the native resolution? Means the default for that monitor, usually the highest. For 24" it is 1920 x 1200.

NVS is a 2D card. Windows 7 likes 3D cards more than 2D cards.

Now when you get the irritating "Admin Rights needed" dialog box for say installing some software, the NVS will go onto initialization and blanks the monitor. Why it does that? I don't know. My guess is that the dialog box puts the PC into a state of reset for the kernel and thus resetting the graphics card.

February 16th, 2011, 01:41 PM

Drop XP 64 bit. It does not work well at all. Better as 32 bit. Try Windows 7 64 bit. Better get more than 4GB RAM to make it work well.

February 16th, 2011, 01:57 PM

Is it always the same monitor?

Can you duplicate it at-will or is it random?

Do the other monitors work correctly at this point? You can move your mouse around to them, etc?

Does your monitor show it entered a low power state or does it show a loss of signal, or is it simply black and nothing more?

Mike

February 16th, 2011, 02:02 PM

LordAlfa

What resolution are you running on the monitors? Are they the native resolution? Means the default for that monitor, usually the highest. For 24" it is 1920 x 1200.

NVS is a 2D card. Windows 7 likes 3D cards more than 2D cards.

Now when you get the irritating "Admin Rights needed" dialog box for say installing some software, the NVS will go onto initialization and blanks the monitor. Why it does that? I don't know. My guess is that the dialog box puts the PC into a state of reset for the kernel and thus resetting the graphics card.

Thanks! I'm running them 1920 X 1200 which is native. I'm hopeful Windows 7 will be the right answer

February 16th, 2011, 02:10 PM

Big Mike

Is it always the same monitor?

Can you duplicate it at-will or is it random?

Do the other monitors work correctly at this point? You can move your mouse around to them, etc?

Does your monitor show it entered a low power state or does it show a loss of signal, or is it simply black and nothing more?

Mike

Hi Mike,

The problem appears to be at random. Affecting various monitors at a time unless configured like I have them now. For example, before my monitor went blank, the resolution wouldn't set correctly and couldn't get it to the native level. It looked as if it were in "Safe Mode" or something with my screen being huge. I'd have to move my pointer around just to scroll to the top of the page, etc. This made me think there was an issue with the card itself but after replacing it two times and getting the same issue, I've moved on to other ideas. I'm hopeful it's just XP x64 giving me the problem but I'm not the savviest when it comes to issues like this.

I'm open to any help/experience at this point. Luckily I'm able to utilize 3 monitors right now but am skeptical as to how long they will last. Dell is sending me Windows 7 Professional x64 which I'm hoping will be the answer.

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