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Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by whoshe, 2008/07/24.

  1. 2008/07/24
    whoshe

    whoshe Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello there ,this is my first post,a friend last night was loading some video editing software, all he was getting after it was on was the program's screen and it was green and would not play anything,it said it needed a display adopter for ge force fx 5700lc,i have downloaded the full driver for 5700,do you think this is what he needs,is it easy to load,any views would be nice.cheers
     
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    whoshe - Welcome to the Board :)
    Two questions ....

    What is the name of the video editing software?

    Does your friend have a GeForce FX 5700lc graphics card? To find out download and install Everest - run it and look under Display > GPU and post back with the detail of the video adapter shown at the top of the right hand pane. Example ....
    Moved to Hardware forum.
     
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    whoshe

    whoshe Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello pete,thanks for your reply,the software is pinnacle studio 11 plus,and it says it is looking for display adopter for nvida ge force fx 5700 lc,i will not be meeting him till late tonight and i was going to try to help him as he will be away for a week,cheers
     
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    OK - post the card details as soon as you can.
     
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    whoshe

    whoshe Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello pete,if it was that card what would be the best thing to do,cheers
     
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    If it is that card uninstall the graphics card software through Add/Remove Programs - be careful not to uninstall the nVidia chipset drivers if the motherboard has an nVidia chipset. Reboot and install the drivers you downloaded.

    There is one thing which is concerning - the Pinnacle website states that the minimum graphics card requirement is NVIDIA® GeForceâ„¢ 6
    We need to know what card is installed to progress.
     
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    Hello Pete and whoshe,

    This is how I read the requirements:
    "DirectX® 9 or higher compatible graphics card with 64 MB" <- This is the minimum. 128MB (graphics RAM) is recommended.

    "128 MB required on Windows Vista" <- Minimum for Vista. I see this was originally in the Win XP forum.

    "(256 MB ATI® Radeon®9600+ or NVIDIA® GeForceâ„¢ 6 or higher recommended)" <- This the recommended requirements for Vista.

    "256 MB required for HD and AVCHD editing (ATI® Radeon®9600+ or NVIDIA® GeForceâ„¢ 6 or higher recommended)" <- This is for working on (at) High Definition graphics, but it doesn't look like the program has started running yet.

    I expect the 5300 should have at least 64MB of RAM. It will be running at or near minimum requirements and won't be capable of processing HD graphics.

    Running near minimum you do need a good set of drivers and if there were any problems after installing the graphics drivers, look at other drivers like the chipset (motherboard) and audio drivers.

    Matt
     
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    whoshe

    whoshe Inactive Thread Starter

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    hello and thanks for all the help,yes it is the same card with 128mb,this person is away on holiday today for 2 weeks,when they get back,i will try to update,but they were talking about changing the pc,about the chipset driver how would i know not to uninstall it,cheers
     
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    If the system happened to have an nVidia chipset, the uninstaller should be labelled nForce, that is what they call their chipset drivers.
     
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