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I got the "Graphics Card Blues" Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
I am so confused about the huge number of options and considerations, that I need help from people who know.
My current Graphics Card is the ASUS NVIDIA GeForce GT610 with 2GB DDR3 memory. My original card was the GT120 with 1 GB dedicated VRAM. Although the GT610 is supposedly the better card, my windows index went from about 5.5 to about 4.5 ?? It is the Aero figure that went down, all the other numbers stayed the same ??
Also, my motherboard has a small lead on it with a 3 pin plug attached that connected to three pins on my GT120 card, these pins are marked as "SPDIF IN" on the card.
On my Gt610 card, there is nowhere to connect this little plug. However, I seem to have less trouble with some 3D things than I did with the GT120, so I have left the GT610 in place.
My Computer is a Fujitsu Amilo Pi3745
The motherboard is a MSI MS-7504
My main monitor is a Iiyama ProLite E2607WSD 26 inch widescreen. 1920 X 1200 resolution.
My secondary monitor is a Iiyama ProLite E1906S 19 inch 4.5 aspect ratio. 1280 X 1024 resolution.
I have 8GB DDR2 RAM on the motherboard, and another 2GB DDR3 on the graphics card.
The main use of my secondary monitor is to read help/tutorials, while working in the main monitor.
I intend to use my machine for as long as possible.
I have a few eSATA ports, which are plenty fast enough for my use, and as the price of Samsungs nice little 250GB SSD continues to come down, I will be looking at one of those in the future.
A single slot card is all that I have room for, but I can juggle things to allow for a higher card, and the maximum size 'Front to back' is 16.8 cm
Everything that I can think of that may be relevant has been placed in the zip file ... graphic_card_blues.zip
Could someone please advise me what my Graphic Card upgrade options are my machine ?
Many thanks !!
Last edited by FredM8; 29 Apr 2013 at 10:37. Reason: Forgot to ask the question !!!