Problem with videoCard! Someone be my Super man!

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SeyeauStudio

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hey I've had a computer built for me with with "alright" spec's. But I've been having trouble with video play back everywhere. Whether its playing a video online, or on vlc or any other player. I'm using the inter-graded graphics card witch isn't so great but it cant be the reason why I'm getting this problem. So it seems when ever a video is playing with fast movement there will be lines through the picture. Almost like its breaking up. I use a lcd so its not the refresh rate.. I've asked the person who built it and he has no clue. I tried different monitors and even picked up a cheap 100 graphics card and did nothing, so I returned the card.Thanks if anyone can help not sure if I have to upgrade the Graphics card to something even better but its just annoying. My spec's are below.

ESC Elitegroup A740GM-M Motherboard
with a AMD Phenom 9750b Quad core cpu
4 gigs of ram (ddr2)
inter-graded graphics ATI Radeon 2100
500g HardDrive at 7200 RPM
PowerSupply is 450w
 
it is probably drivers, and btw for the card you bought did you actually hook the power cords to it so it was running or did you just plug it in, and also you would have need to download the drivers for it and all too, and i doubt the person who built it put in a good enough power supply for it to actually work right with a 100 buck gfx card.
 
agreed ^ 450 watt is fine for what you are running but not (as far i know) enough for any decent card, from what i have found out and been told you want like 550 - 600, sometimes more depending on the card.
 
Hey thanks for the replies I've downloaded the latest drivers off the motherboards site and it still has the lines, when I did get the $100 card I didn't plug it into the power supply, so maybe that's why there was no difference.. Although I did unistall the intergraded graphics card drivers first. If it is my power supply will any 600watt do or does it have to go along with my specs? Thanks alot guys!
 
SeyeauStudio said:
Hey thanks for the replies I've downloaded the latest drivers off the motherboards site and it still has the lines, when I did get the $100 card I didn't plug it into the power supply, so maybe that's why there was no difference.. Although I did unistall the intergraded graphics card drivers first. If it is my power supply will any 600watt do or does it have to go along with my specs? Thanks alot guys!
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If the card you tested out had PCI connectors on it, then the card wouldn't run without power from the power supply via PCIe connectors.

You don't need to update your PSU if you are not going to run a graphics card..

What are you doing after you download a driver? Are you uninstalling the driver you will be replacing through Device Manager? Or, are you uninstalling the Driver Suite from Add/Remove Programs?
 
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Ya I'm pritty sure it didnt have any PCI connectors. And for the intergraded card I uninstall the windows default driver from device manger first then install the one of the motherboards site. I have no clue.. I'm going to upgrade my graphics card with something with hdmi so i can use my flat tv with the computer ayways. Thanks alot!
 
jonnyp11 said:
if all you want is to run browsers and videos and stuff on high def and all and no gaming then look at something like this, which should run fine on the current power supply with no issues.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102922
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Why would he need that when the applications your refer to are processed on the CPU? If you don't require 3D accerleration (ie gaming), you don't need any other graphics card.

The issue here sounds like tearing. Download and install these drivers, the release notes refer to fixing this problem.
 
thanks I do plan on hooking up my hdmi flat tv to the computer, so the video card would be necessary to do so. Yes i don't do any gaming but the intergraded video card only has vga. By the way what drivers are those for anyways it all seems for win xp? thanks.
 
Hey those drivers seemed to work there still is very little "tearing" but not as much as before, now i just need to get a video card like jonnyp11 advised, and i'll be all set. Thanks alot guys!
 
have you tried this moniotor with anything else, do you know if it worked before hand, this might be either the monitor or the cable itself really.
 
yes I've tried my computer monitor,and my flat through vga so its not full 1080p but still gets the lines. Its not my monitor. Thanks anyways.
 
now try the cord, if you have any other vga's on another comp or something or borrow from a friend, is possible this is the issue if drivers do nothing, otherwise it sill be a pin or something on the chipset itself as far as i know.
 
If you have tried a discrete graphics card, tried the monitor on another computer and replaced the VGA cable and you still get the anomalies, your monitor is stuffed.
 
Thanks guys its not my monitor though I've tried it on another computer and its fine with the same vga chord. Im using my flat screen right now with the computer and I'm still getting the problem. So something to do with the computer thanks anyways guys.
 
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