Activity 1 – Determining the Video Card, Driver, and Capabilities 1- What is the

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Activity 1 – Determining the Video Card, Driver, and Capabilities

1- What is the current video card, specifications and driver that is on the Windows XP system and on the Windows 7 box?

2- How did you determine the correct video card driver to update to on the Cage PC and what was its version #?

3- Why would using the generic Microsoft driver or getting the driver from the Microsoft Update be a bad idea?

Activity 2 – Installing newer video driver and determining capabilities

1- When you changed the refresh rates to display rates your monitor did not support and tested them, what happened?

2- Can a monitor be damaged by using rates it does not support (Even if it can display the image)? Why or Why not?

3- Every display has a setting that is optimal for it to use that is known as Native Resolution. What is Native Resolution and why is it important to understand?

4- When purchasing or using video cards and displays, you may need to use various resolutions and refresh rates. Where might it become an issue if you are unaware of the capabilities?

Activity 3 – 3D Effects and Drivers

1- Purchasing a video card today can be very confusing. Now that we have looked at video card capabilities and 3D effects, how do you determine the correct video card for your needs?

2- Video Cards can be “over-clocked” to run beyond the manufacturer’s specifications. What affect will this have on performance, the video card and your system? Is it a good idea or not?

3- When we ran the 3dMark tests, you saw what happened in various scenarios as the CPU and Video card worked together and when the CPU did all the work without the Video Card assisting. Why is there such a large difference in the tests? Why is it important?

Explanation / Answer

ACTIVITY-1

1.Video card for cage pc:- Cooler Master Storm Enforcer-HD7970

Driver for cage pc: Rollcage

Specification for cage pc:-SFP cage,QSFP...

Video card for bench pc:-Pass mark Software

Driver for bench pc:-Latest 3DP chip

Specification for bench pc:-SPEC CPU2006

2)When Adobe releases an update to Premiere, you will need to unlock the video card again, as they tend over write thecuda_supported_cards.txt file, which is the file that holds the name of your video card. (Unless your are running Premiere CC 2014 version 8.1 or higher.)

Important - DO NOT use the video card drivers from the video card manufacturer or from Windows, they are almost never current.

Important - Do NOT use auto-updates for the video card drivers, they don't always have access to the latest version.

3) Don’t use driver-update utilities. Avoid badfreeware-download sites, too.

Get your driver updates from Windows Update or your device manufacturer’s website.

Hardware drivers are the bits of software Windows uses to communicate with your PC’s hardware.

Device manufacturers create these drivers, and you may sometimes need to get the latest versions.

ACTIVITY -2:-We all know how the game is played when it comes to selling tech products.

Six cores are better than four, two GPUs are better than one, and 1GHz is better than 500MHz.

Besides the underlying pixel technology, monitors have really only been sold on either size or resolution—until now. In the last few years, manufacturers have begun marketing panels with more than double the refresh rate of a standard LCD panel.

Rather than the 60Hz refresh rate that LCDs have been stuck with since, well, forever, these new monitors push the refresh rate to 120Hz and even 144Hz.

A highrefresh rate promises smoother scrolling and less blur in games, but these qualities may not be for everyone.

2)Low refresh rates are only problematic on CRTs (where they cause flickering), not on LCDs.

With CRTs, there is a potential for damage if you exceed the maximal refresh rate the hardware supports, but modern CRTs support very high rates (usually at least 100Hz) and probably also have safeguards to protect against misconfiguration.

3)

It can be defined as the physical size of the screen - measured by the amount of pixels.

Every flat screen TV is made up of a grid of small pixels - and each pixel can be lit independently and set to a different colour - which is how the TV image is built.

Depending on the design of the screen, and the shape of the pixels (they can be round, square or rectangle), you may see other native resolutions for HD flat screen TVs such as 1280 x 720, 1366 x 768 or 1024 x 768.

These are all considered to be high-definition screens.

3)You may set a resolution or refresh rate to be a specific setting for specific purpose if you are not aware of this then it leads to damage to our display.

Activity-3

1)First assess the display and native resolution to determine the video card and for gaming it requires high quality video card.

2)Overclocking your video card can often enhance graphics in gameplay and other computer use situations. However, overclocking draws more power, more computing power and can cause heat issue if ventilation is not provided.

3)The satandard cpu cannot handle the super high quality situations such as 3D mark.With the help of video card the cpu can produce better display and frame rates .

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