and i was so pleased with my graphics card?

Question

ok so today is my birthday and so my parants got me a nvidia 8800gts 320mb. after spending an hour thinking how sick my games are gona look i finally got round to fitting it on my motherboard. then i was attaching all the cables then it hit me

MY MONITOR IS NOT DVI
so now iv got a 8800 whitch i can't use and tomorrow after skool iv got to go to pcworld and buy an adapter (now i read the box ican see that there should have been an adapter in the box but there wernt) so i am really cheazed off

has anyone else had an experience like this

im 16 i can't afford a now monitor

Answer 1

yes andrew,this is a common suprise of many guys buying new graphic cards
and your right you should of got one in the packaging,why not telephone or e-mail the manufacturer and demand a dvi adpater just for the sheer principle of it
however just look forward to tommorow when you attach the dvi adpater and play your games at max settings and full filtering
just for your convenience heres the link for the latest forceware driver for the geforce 8800gts....http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_163.71.html
although the 8800gts isnt the top of the range 8series card its the best all round card in my opinion for many reasons,such as affordability,power,and general all round compatibility
however look at it this way,it could be worse,for example my mate who went and bought a geforce 7900gtx for £300 and got home to realise he had a agp motherboard(and he thrown away the receipt),,but they did exchange it in the end as one of the staff recognized hin
and dont worry the dvi adpaters are only around £2-50
good luck with the new card
good luck andrew !

Answer 2

The 8800GTS is an excellent card.

Graphics cards performance charts.
http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics.html


VGA to DVI or a DVI to VGA adapter.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/search.asp?keywords=dvi+vga+adapter&image1.x=0&image1.y=0
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Description=vga+dvi+adapter&x=17&y=36


The 8800GTS and all gaming cards use a lot of power. Is your power supply big enough?

8800GTS
http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=640-P2-N825-AR&family=23
Minimum of a 400 Watt power supply. with +12 Volt current rating of 26 Amps.
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Higher performance video cards require more current from the 12 volt leg of the power supply that supplies the video card. This may require changing to a more powerful power supply. Determine the amps at 12 Volts the video card recommends and compare it to your existing power supply.

How to Buy a Power Supply
http://www.wikihow.com/Buy-a-Power-Supply

Nvidia SLI Certified Power Supplies
http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_build_psu.html

EVGA Approved Power Supplies
http://www.evga.com/articles/286.asp

ATI Radeon Crossfire Certified Power Supplies
http://ati.amd.com/technology/crossfire/buildyourown2.html

Diamond Video Cards Certified Power Supplies
http://www.diamondmm.com/certified.php

Answer 3

whats up I even have a X800 and the Vista equivalent is a HD3870 ATi technologies.I pay attention you ought to use the greater modern taking part in cards to play DirectX9 video games because of the (WDDM). My X800XL skill card became $199.

Answer 4

well i didnt.I never bought a video card but i will soon and when i wil buy it i will ask if it as a vga connector (or what).If it doesnt have an adapter ten you should tell your parents or you should contact the one who sold you this.

Answer 5

Its normal, I have many dual dvi cards here all came as is. but i do keep plenty of dvi-vga convertors in cases of emergency

Answer 6

Get a new monitor! these give you the best bang for your buck
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009102
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096