video card help

[ivtec]

Hi guys; what's the difference between these video cards!

I'm using this one; on my Lenovo ThinkCenter71; Intel (core)tm) I5 2400 CPU 3.10GHZ,
Mem 3.8GB,Socket 1155, Video card ATI 6450, HDD Sata 500.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Radeon-Si...512797-2641217


can i use this one instead, because of the 3 monitors at same time; thanks

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...50+low+profile

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

Hi guys; what's the difference between these video cards!

I'm using this one; on my Lenovo ThinkCenter71; Intel (core)tm) I5 2400 CPU 3.10GHZ,
Mem 3.8GB,Socket 1155, Video card ATI 6450, HDD Sata 500.

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Radeon-Si...512797-2641217


can i use this one instead, because of the 3 monitors at same time; thanks

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...50+low+profile

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Radeon-Si...512797-2641217


can i use this one instead

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...50+low+profile

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Radeon-Si...512797-2641217


can i use this one instead

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeo...50+low+profile

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...30980794501410



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102960

[stj]

Re: video card help

the dell link wont work for me - dell screwed the page.
but the second is interesting.
it says 3 monitors - and that is a lot cheaper than i expected.

one thing i would check,
that heatsink fly's real low - make sure you have clearance.
i know one of my boards has a cap that would hit that!

looking at the foto btw, only one socket is VGA compatable, the other is digital-only.
that may not matter - it depends on your monitors.

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

the dell link wont work for me - dell screwed the page.
but the second is interesting.
it says 3 monitors - and that is a lot cheaper than i expected.

one thing i would check,
that heatsink fly's real low - make sure you have clearance.
i know one of my boards has a cap that would hit that!

looking at the foto btw, only one socket is VGA compatable, the other is digital-only.
that may not matter - it depends on your monitors.

stj this one is the one i have in my PC, http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...30980794501410


the Ati 6450 flex is the one i'm trying to inquire it sais that i can have 2 DVi connected ane 1 HDMI and can have all three monitors at same time, it sound to good to be true and cheap?

[Uranium-235]

Re: video card help

6000 series is listed as having native support for 3 monitors from amd's site

[stj]

Re: video card help

stj this one is the one i have in my PC, http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/p...30980794501410


the Ati 6450 flex is the one i'm trying to inquire it sais that i can have 2 DVi connected ane 1 HDMI and can have all three monitors at same time, it sound to good to be true and cheap?

yes, i know the dell link, but the page wont render because it's badly written - no surprise for dell.

btw, HDMI is just DVI with added audio and an inferior cheap crappy connector (and license fee to the HDMI consortium/mafia)

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

yes, i know the dell link, but the page wont render because it's badly written - no surprise for dell.

btw, HDMI is just DVI with added audio and an inferior cheap crappy connector (and license fee to the HDMI consortium/mafia)

sorry for the links,i'm having hard time to get the links to open,that's why i sent to many posts and links ,sorry. so here UTUBE links hope the open for you guys.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKs7-erQAiU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlA5lvax0ec

[diif]

Re: video card help

Weirdly the Dell link works but the Amazon ones don't.
There shouldn't be any issue running multiple monitors off the different ports, i have a GTX460 and have one on VGA, HDMI and DVI.
I have also run two graphics cards on my other board providing monitor support for four monitors (the graphics cards had two outputs.)

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

Weirdly the Dell link works but the Amazon ones don't.
There shouldn't be any issue running multiple monitors off the different ports, i have a GTX460 and have one on VGA, HDMI and DVI.
I have also run two graphics cards on my other board providing monitor support for four monitors (the graphics cards had two outputs.)

Thanks diiff; my motherboard on lenovothinkcenter 71 is this what other Video card can i add it has a mini pci ,and will it work in paralel with the existing Ati HD 6450 that is in the only 16x express pci slot,

i have an Intel Hd 2000 integrated card but when i connected the AGP ATI hd 6450 card did disable it automatically ,so how come if i connect another video card in the mini PCI slot,it will not disable the existing ati HD 6450?

http://www.alibaba.com/product-detai...678340770.html

[diif]

Re: video card help

When using a graphics card the onboard graphics gets disabled.
Yes you can run a PCI-Expressx1 graphics card as well as your HD 6450 on the PCI-Express x16 slot, there are a few to choose from but they won't be as strong graphically as the bandwidth is less.
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...+card&_sacat=0

[stj]

Re: video card help

i'm not promising anything,
but some x16 cards will run on a single channel.

there is a site i was on the other day where a guy wanted to put a gfx card on a board wihout x16 and he melted away the end of the pci-e connector to plug the card in and it worked!

[Uranium-235]

Re: video card help

yeah PCI-E is built to be backwards and forwards compatible. Infact, I took a 8400 and dremiled off half of the slot, counted the number of pins to be at x8 for a poweredge 1800 (only x8 slot). It actually worked, until I loaded the drivers. I think the PCI-E power on that board is limited to drawing for a SAS card, not a video card, but it did boot with the video just fine (till windows loaded with the drivers)

a few motherboards have an open ended smaller slots to allow bigger slot cards

[diif]

Re: video card help

It's not a power issue but bandwidth.

[ivtec]

Re: video card help

Thanks guys: i only use my PC to stream videos not gaming ,

you mean if i get this video card see link:
i can get same video stream on DVI out to a TV at same time of HDMI And VGA of the HD 6450 video card?

at the moment i have HDMI,and VGA output to TV on ATI HD 6450,

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-FireMV-2...item19f81e7755

[diif]

Re: video card help

There will be no sound with that card and it's lacking the DMS-59 cable that is requires.
You'd be better off sending the HDMI signal to the TV as it does sound and it's a bigger screen.