I think my eGeForce 8600GT NVIDIA graphics card is going bad – frequent system pauses occurring when complex displays are being processed - & I’m looking for suggestions for an upgrade costing under $100 USD. My system is Windows XP SP3, Gigabyte GA-945P-S3 motherboard, 3.0G Pentium 4 processor, 750W power supply, every driver for every thing is up to date and my registry is free of errors. Any suggestion will be welcomed!!!
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Jump to PostI can't give any suggestion for cheap graphic card for your usage but just to confirm your graphic card is working properly or not. Have you try to uninstall and reinstall graphic driver before?
If you still want to get a new graphic card anyway, I would suggest getting …
Jump to PostPersonally, I doubt it is the GPU that is at issue here. How much RAM do you have? If your complex processing needs have consumed all your physical RAM and it is hitting the swap file, then this sort of problem becomes common. So, monitor your system performance and memory …
Jump to PostThanks for clarifying that. As for nVidia cards, there are a bunch of good ones for $100USD or less. You might want to visit the nVidia web site to see what they have these days. My 8800GT card is getting a bit old, but performs very well and was under …
Jump to PostDuhhhh, why didn't I think of that, must be that Al's hammer kickin' in!!! Anyhow, super thanks!!!11 Any thoughts on the explorer.exe spikin' when the display stalls?
Difficult to say. There are too many factors to account for. Possibly a retry loop or something of the sort. Not having explorer's …
Jump to PostAnother question, if I do get a new graphics card, what's most important, memory, speed, power usage or what & if it's important I am not a gamer, I process huge video files, frequently a frame at a time, video editing.
The 430GT card should do nicely for that. Memory …
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