how can i tell what Video Card i have

[Guest]

<A HREF="http://www.h-oda.com" target="_new">WINCPUID</A> is a great utility to show what processor you have.

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[Guest]

There is an utility called PowerStrip which has an option which tells the core and memory speed of your 3d card.
Have you noticed any warranty void sticker preventing you from opening the case? If there isn't any you could have a look at your nVidia TNT 2 M64 and see if there is any brand sticker. You can change your FSB via software using a program called softFSB, but you should not be able to go further than 150 mhz if your FSB now runs at 133 mhz.

 

[Guest]

ok guys, i see i probably better off leaving it alone till maybe my next computer i won't get a system already made one. Just trying to check on what u told me, how do i get into the CMOS? thanks guys

 

[Raistlin]

RE PIII 800 that video card is way underpowered for that processor, i would recommend getting a gforce 2gts
however the current one will probably perform adequately with that powerful a processor.
in fact i have a viper 770 which is a TNT2 32meg card
this card is 128bit and yours is 64bit.
These tnt2 were good in their day but the new ones do soo much more and do all the processing on the video card,
the tnt2 merely has a setup engine and the main cpu still has to do alot of work with it .

Bored, Certified tech
btw i would leave the other settings alone too 😉

 

[xxsk8er101xx]

Do this instead! it works pretty good with most cards!

goto a dos prompt, type

debug

at the prompt that looks like this '-' type
d c000:0010

It should tell you the name of the card.. type d again to get the bios version

type q to exit

try it out!
-Jeff

 

[jeffg007]

"does anyone know a good program i can use to test the speed of my video card."

Yes get 3dmark2000
got to
<A HREF="http://download.com" target="_new">http://download.com</A>
type in 3dmark2000 and download. It best bench mark for video cards. Also if you can run it the whole way though with out crashing you got a stable system. Also, set it to loop for a couple of hours and that will be a better test for how stable your system is.

Jeff

 

[Guest]

can someone give a brief explanation of CMOS and how you get to it, (i understand BIOS and how to use that) thanks for the help

 

[Kodiak]

in common usage, CMOS=BIOS
CMOS is hardware technology, BIOS is software that is on a chip on your motherboard, and that chip is built using CMOS.
They're used interchangebly on the boards...

 

[Kodiak]

tankdawg, we answered that question (CMOS vs BIOS) to you on another thread... what, don't you trust us? ;-)

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