Can anyone give me a link for a free graphics card?
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You can not download a graphics card. It is a hardware component that you put into your computer and plug you monitor into. The better the card, the more space it takes, more energy eats. My 8800 has a separate power input and it's own cooling fan. Cheapper cards do not always require separate input or fans. Card prices vary from $50 to $500.
An example of a graphics card (Nvidia GeForce 8800):
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Ummm i dont know where do i find it?
Originally posted by pkonowrockiHah. Your computer probably came with an intergrated graphics card. They'r usually crap but better than nothing.
Originally posted by AVLWATCHERMy old computer didn't come with an integrated graphics card. I had to buy a new graphics card to get FSX to work. My new computer DOES have an integrated graphics card. My new comp.'s card is the same as my old one's. I am currently looking at a large graphics card.
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Originally posted by Airbus_A320
Change the usually to always, and you have true statement. Also, if you had nothing, you wouldn't be able to display anything on a monitor.
Asmir, I don't know whether you just purchased your computer, but laptops aren't really cut out for high performance gaming and graphics. I have an Alienware M5500 with 1 GB ram and a nVidia 7600 Geforce video card and I am barely able to pull 20 FPS with decent settings. I was uneducated on how to outfit a computer for FSX at the time, and rather than spending $800 on a highly capable tower, I spent $1400 on a laptop that can barely get the job done. Your best bet is to hold off on the new card, keep the laptop for school, internet, etc (I plan on keeping mine as having a portable computer is great), maybe downgrading to FS9 for the time being, get educated on what you will need, and save up for a FSX (or maybe even 11) "supercomputer." I know that probably isn't the answer you wanted to hear.
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Originally posted by Bok269Not necesarily. I have had to turn off my video card drivers to install new ones-the monitor still displayed, however there was no fluid motion. I would scroll down on a webpage and rather than showing a continual page, it kept refreshing. That being said, any computer you buy without one in this day and age must be a complete POS.
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Originally posted by Airbus_A320If you didn't have any graphics card in your computer (be it integrated or dedicated), you wouldn't have a place to plug in the monitor...
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Originally posted by Bok269Im on a laptop, and turning off the video drivers (which effectively render the card useless) still allowed me to use the computer. It is very possible that an older computer may not have one.
I don't know much about the old old stuff from the 80's or whatever, but anything that we are discussing here most certainly has a video card of some sort.
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