video cards

**llennododj** · March 11th, 2010, 06:37 PM

I want to install a video card that will allow me to run a movie and do my school work on seperate monitors. Is that possible?

**ShyguyXPC** · March 11th, 2010, 08:47 PM

just about any video card on the market these days will let you do that, assuming you have 2 monitors to work with.

**llennododj** · March 14th, 2010, 06:17 PM

I bought a Saphire Radeon HD 4350 with DVI/VGA/HDMI hook ups. This card says that it will run two monitors at the same time and lots of other specs I don't understand

. I am comparing the memory on both cards and could use some help for sure. The Radeon says it has 512MB on board with DDR2. My current memory card according to Display settings has Total Availible Virtual Memory: 1919MB, Dedicated Virtual Memory: 256MB, and Shared System Memory: 1663MB. Looking at these numbers I would say that my current card has more memory but less capabilities is this so?
By the way my memory card now is a
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

**llennododj** · March 14th, 2010, 06:18 PM

By the way thank you so much for your time and knowledge!

**MDLtech** · March 15th, 2010, 01:44 AM

Ok just wondering the motherboard you have in your system, what are your whole system specs? The nvidia geforce 6150SE nforce 430 is onboard graphics for a motherboard. Asus motherboard if I am not mistaken. But please give more information on your system specs. Mainboard, CPU, RAM, etc.

**ShyguyXPC** · March 15th, 2010, 03:18 AM

Originally Posted by MDLtech

Ok just wondering the motherboard you have in your system, what are your whole system specs? The nvidia geforce 6150SE nforce 430 is onboard graphics for a motherboard. Asus motherboard if I am not mistaken. But please give more information on your system specs. Mainboard, CPU, RAM, etc.

Why an Asus?

Geforce 6150 was used on Dozens of brands of boards.

in any case, they already bought the new card.

the new card will be better no matter what.

the reason the old one has so much RAM is because its using your System RAM, it has only a small amount of Dedicated Memory, the rest of that RAM, as you posted, 1663MB is actually your System RAM, thats being used.

the new one, according to your post has 512MB of Dedicated memory, twice that of the Geforce chip.

Radeon 4830 isn't very good for gaming, but it'll be better than an Old Geforce 6150 chip, that much is certain. Not a HUGE amount better, but it will be better.

512MB is wasted on low end chips like this anyways.

they're not really powerful enough to even fully take advantage of that amount anyways.

But the 4830 is about 4 or so generations newer than the Geforce 6150.