Recent content by nemo53160

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    How much video ram is enough

    vidcard memory is also more important as you go to higher resolutions and color depths if you have a big monitor and play at high res and 32 bit, 64 might be a good idea in the long run (better for upcoming games) also the next gen of vidcards is coming out fairly soon, so then the card your...
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    success of geforce mx to quadro mx

    thanks smbu, i would do the gts, burt i'm looking for something cheap but fast for my little bro's computer, then when i build my new system, i'll probably get an NV20 instead(hopefully those will be hackable too) i willo take your advise on trying on an old board though, i have some sitting...
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    Can you....Should you upgrade the BIOS of a video card?

    i flashed my savage 4 32mb, no real performance change, but it seems a little more stable, nothing major. just make sure to clean boot before you flash it or there's more of a chance of making your card into a paperweight
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    No AGP

    also, make sure nothing else is trying to use the same irq as your vidcard
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    No AGP

    try reinstalling your motherboard drivers and running dxdiag. one of the 2 might help out. you should be able to get the latest mobo drivers from whoever made the chipset on it.
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    success of geforce mx to quadro mx

    thanks finality i've heard the mod can have great benefits, but i wanted to know how hard it actually is and how often people screw it up. i've read some other threads and i think i'm gonna get one and try it
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    Radeon.....No Hyper Z?

    there are supposed to be a few registry changes you can make to enable hyper-z
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    success of geforce mx to quadro mx

    ^ someone who has done one please answer
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    success of geforce mx to quadro mx

    ^ to try for an answer
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    What's a Quadro?

    a quadro is nvidia's workstation card. a quadro is similar to a geforce and a quadro 2 is similar to a geforce 2. the quadro has much higher performance in non game 3d-apps, but is incredibly expensicve. unless you professionally work with 3d graphics and photoshop and such, it is hard to...
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    success of geforce mx to quadro mx

    how successful have people been in hacking geforce mxes into quadros? any boards to reccomend? What soldering tools do you need?