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    Graphics by Nvidia

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by toyota_scion_tc, Jan 4, 2009.

  1. toyota_scion_tc

    toyota_scion_tc Notebook Consultant

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    I looked on Nvidia's website and can't find this, I remember seeing this a long time ago but how do you tell the diffrence in a graphics card made by Nvidia or another company made but is marketing as Nvidia?
     
    toyota_scion_tc, Jan 4, 2009
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  2. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    i dont think nvidia makes any graphics "cards". They only make the GPUs and other comapanies such as asus, xfx, leadtech, etc put these gpus into their graphic cards. its analogous to intel making the cpu and some other company making motherboard. maybe nvidia make boards for their internal testing of gpu prototypes. however i am yet to see any cards marketed directly by nvidia
     
    kuncheesh, Jan 4, 2009
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  3. toyota_scion_tc

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    Sorry I should have made my question a little more clearer, I have a laptop and I am trying to find out if the GPU is made by another company or if the chip is made by Nvidia. It has discrete graphics but being a laptop I am fairly certain its still integrated GPU on the motherboard.
     
    toyota_scion_tc, Jan 4, 2009
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  4. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Start > type "dxdiag" into the box > Display tab

    That'll give you some detailed info on your GPU.
     
    Bog, Jan 4, 2009
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  5. Jahert

    Jahert Notebook Enthusiast

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    Not sure if nvidia makes the chip board or just the gpu alone.
     
    Jahert, Jan 4, 2009
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  6. kuncheesh

    kuncheesh Notebook Evangelist

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    GPU and chip are the same thing in my opinion and this chip is made by nvidia and will be soldered on the motherboard of your laptop. They call it discrete because there are dedicated RAM chips soldered along with it on the mobo so that it can use its own memory without depending (or partial dependence) on the system RAM.
     
    kuncheesh, Jan 6, 2009
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  7. focusfre4k

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    you can buy an nvidia card. they just dont make too many. I buy eVGA personally.
     
    focusfre4k, Jan 6, 2009
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    Nvidia themselves don't manufacture the cards.
     
    SymphonyX, Jan 6, 2009
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  9. Harper2.0

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    Guys, i think the op is trying to find out what video card is in his/her laptop.

    If you're using Vista, right click on my computer and click on properties. A new window should pop up and on the left click on device manager. From there you can click the little plus sign next to 'display adapter' and it'll show you which video card you have.
     
    Harper2.0, Jan 6, 2009
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  10. Melody

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    Actually, I think he wants to know if the actual chip soldered into his laptop is made by Nvidia itself or some other 3rd party company like desktop GPUs are made.
     
    Melody, Jan 6, 2009
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  11. Micaiah

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    If so, the GPU die themselves are manufactured by TSMC. The PCB is made by a third party contractor of whatever company the dies will be delivered to.
     
    Micaiah, Jan 6, 2009
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