Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GV-N460OC-1GI GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

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Yes. Just make sure your power supply can support it.

OKay here is the deal, I just upgraded my GTX 8800 to a Geforce GTX 460 (manufactor PNY) 675 MHz core, 336 processor core, 1g of DDR5, 256-bit memory interface. This card has 2-six pin connector compared to the 8800 only had 1-six pin connector. I was right by pluging in both of the 6-pin connectors from my PSU right?


My thoughs are, in COD Black Ops my 8800 was getting a range of 1-75 fps and when it dipped below 60 it was in the red and I would get video lag. Now that I have the 460 with almost 4x the processing core and I am getting just about the same fps. I don't understand why?

I am running windows 7 64-bit with 2g of memory PC 6400 (800) DDR2. Should I go to 4 sticks and maybe this will help? Right now I am confused on why this new card isn't giving me a better performance? Thoughts? Thanks

Not to mention since I installed the new card, it installed Nivida HD and I have to use the monitor's out let to hear. But, my computer isn't recongizing my SB card that I have plugged in the PCI slot...that is also a mystery to me?

Did you upgrade your power supply as well? I'm not sure about your mysterious problems, at least with the card, unless a lack of power is affecting it.

If you are using HDMI that carries sound which might be why it is using the monitor. Not sure what to tell you about that. If you look in the sound settings or device management you might be able to disable hdmi audio. I've never used hdmi on a monitor so I don't know how that works.

HDMI only carries audio if the source (in this case, the graphics card) is sending it. And graphics cards do not typically carry audio. So typically, even if using HDMI, you still need separate audio connections. It is important (although some allow you to channel audio through them) to note that HDMI came out of the Home Theater world to conveniently connect components like DVD players (which do carry audio and video) to AV Receivers and TVs with just one cable instead of a mess of video and 5.1 audio cables.

It is also important to note that the video signal in DVI and HDMI is exactly the same. So in order to reduce costs, monitor and card makers started migrating away from DVI towards HDMI - even though DVI and most graphics cards do not carry audio.

As far as connecting your graphics card, you need to follow the instructions provided with the card. And while graphics performance is greatly determined by the graphics solution, it is most likely having only 2Gb of system RAM is also a bottleneck.

My PSU is good enough for the card however, you both have answered my ? about my audio problem and that is, my Video Card is using the HDMI to carry my sound to the monitor. ? is, I need to convert back to my MB where I have the SB card plugged (PCI).

Yes, I do think my 2g of memory is my bottle neck as far as the performance goes. When I look into the DM (device Manager) at the sound it is now showing, NVIDIA HD. So, that is what happened it using the HDMI cable to transfer my audio to the monitor.

BTW, the card also has a connector so I can run DVI to DVI (Video Card to Monitor). If I use a DVI cable will that solve my problem with the audio?

If you disable HDMI audio from device manager then you should be able to use your speakers.

What I had to do to fix the sound was, move my SB card to another PCI slot. For some reason, when I installed the VC that slot stop working. When I DL the newest drivers from the SC it told me that there was no device installed. Thats when I decided to move the SC to another PCI slot and now everything is working. Weird to say the least.