Graphics Card

luna1 · 04-26-2009, 10:39 AM

Do people need a graphics card and what does it do apart from putting images on to your screen? About to start building my own computer and I would like to pick someones brains first.

Thanks

TFT · 04-26-2009, 11:43 AM

If all you want to do is browse the internet and general things on your computer then no you do not need a GPU. On saying that not all motherboards come with integrated graphics so you may be forced into buying one.
Gaming and intensive graphics work with photos would definitely gain by purchasing a decent GPU.

luna1 · 04-26-2009, 11:48 AM

Thanks for that.

Bob692006 · 04-26-2009, 12:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TFT

If all you want to do is browse the internet and general things on your computer then no you do not need a GPU. On saying that not all motherboards come with integrated graphics so you may be forced into buying one.
Gaming and intensive graphics work with photos would definitely gain by purchasing a decent GPU.

Pretty much hit the nail dead on the head.

TalgZ · 04-27-2009, 06:31 PM

TFT

you mean, if you don't have motherboard with integrated VGA, you will have to by GPU? right?
i always thought it's impossible

kookooshortman55 · 04-28-2009, 02:25 PM

The newer X58 chipset motherboards do not come with onboard graphics.

luna1 · 07-02-2009, 10:27 PM

Hi there

My son's computer had a copy of xp o/s we now have the original xp o/s. When we realised there was a copy of windows xp, after about 3 yrs you couldn't download anything, you couldn't even disk defrag the computer.

My sons friend took the jumper off and put it back on to make the computer go back to factory settings. Well, since then on the screen this comes up:

"BAD POOL CALLER STOP: 0X000000C2 (0X00000043, 0XC97C8000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)"

I have tried putting the original in the computer to try to copy over or to try to format the hard drive but the computer would only go so far and then give up.

XP would go through the motions, you would get the "welcome to setup" the the licence agreement then the it would go straight to "press any key to boot from cd...."

Could it be anything to do with the bios settings?????

What does it mean??

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TFT VIP Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 3,583	If all you want to do is browse the internet and general things on your computer then no you do not need a GPU. On saying that not all motherboards come with integrated graphics so you may be forced into buying one. Gaming and intensive graphics work with photos would definitely gain by purchasing a decent GPU. __________________ Operator: Dave Operating System: XP Professional SP2 Processor: Intel E6750 Core Duo@3.20GHz Graphics: Nvidia 8500GT C: Drive 500GB D: Drive 200GB Memory: 2GB Monitor: 22" Widescreen ------------------------------------------------ Winner of Photo Tournament - Eerie, Dark, Creepy--etc.

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kookooshortman55 Diamond Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California/Arizona Age: 19 Posts: 1,546	The newer X58 chipset motherboards do not come with onboard graphics. __________________ CPU: AMD Athlon 64 x2 5200+ @ 2.6GHz GPU: Zotac 8800GT AMP! w/ Akimbo 740/1800/2000 PSU: 450W Corsair VX450 Monitor: Acer 22" X223W Memory: 4GB DDR2 PC2-5300 HDD: 320GB HDD Speakers: Logitech 5.1 X-540 3DMark06: 9521 3DMarks

07-02-2009, 10:27 PM	#7 (permalink)
luna1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: England Posts: 3	bad pool caller Hi there My son's computer had a copy of xp o/s we now have the original xp o/s. When we realised there was a copy of windows xp, after about 3 yrs you couldn't download anything, you couldn't even disk defrag the computer. My sons friend took the jumper off and put it back on to make the computer go back to factory settings. Well, since then on the screen this comes up: "BAD POOL CALLER STOP: 0X000000C2 (0X00000043, 0XC97C8000, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)" I have tried putting the original in the computer to try to copy over or to try to format the hard drive but the computer would only go so far and then give up. XP would go through the motions, you would get the "welcome to setup" the the licence agreement then the it would go straight to "press any key to boot from cd...." Could it be anything to do with the bios settings????? What does it mean??

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luna1 New Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: England Posts: 3	Thanks for that.

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TalgZ Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Russia Age: 17 Posts: 29	TFT you mean, if you don't have motherboard with integrated VGA, you will have to by GPU? right? i always thought it's impossible

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