Graphics bios for graphics card?

I been looking around the forum and looking at reviews and i always here bios for graphics cards. I am getting a graphics card soon or hopefully if i dont get ripped off, and i was wondering if i need to get this bios thing or what ever it is for my card and if so how would i get it?

 

The graphics card BIOS is like the motherboard BIOS - it's there on the graphics card when you buy it. BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System and it provides fundamental software functionality to enable the card to do its thing (as with the motherboard BIOS). Not such a good explanation, but I couldn't think of how to better word it.

You may wish to update the BIOS every now and then, but the card manufacturer generally provides a utility for this, so you'd just have to click through it and follow the prompts to do updates.

 

when you say the card man. does that mean when i buy it it should come with a disk ? of some sort

 

no, the BIOS is there all ready

 

i see i see but when nick says i should update the bios where would i get a bios update at? i think he said at there web site? the graphics card web site but im not sure

 

You do not necceserily (sp*) need to update the bios on your graphics card, especially if you are buying a new card cuz i think that they would already be flashed with the latest bios from the factory.

To get bioses for your card\mobo you have to go to the manufacturers website e.g if its an msi card you will have to go 2 http://www.msi.com etc.... Some boards have external bioses not made by the manufacturer such as http://www.dfi-street.com for DFI motherboards but these should only be used if you know what your doing and preferably have a BIOS Savior

Just out of curiosity what graphics card are you planning on buying and how much does it cost? we bit-techers can help you get your moneys worth

Death

 

thanks a lot but some guy of mirc is a dealer and hes gonna get me an asus 5950 u for 181 shipped and i really appreciat your help but if this deal dosen't go good i will let you guys know and then i can figure what kind of graphics card i want. theres one thing you guys could help me with. is if i get ripped off and where paying ther paypal im prety sure but i well let you guys know, is there anyway to get my money back or do something to his comptueR? lol like hax it b/c i really dont wanna get ripped off and if i do i want to get him back

 

Yeah, i seriously doubt that card will ever come for $181.

Hacking him is not going to do anything... enought with the script kiddy ideas...

Seriously, if he is scamming you, your never gonna hear from him again, to be honest, if it's too good to be true, then it is.

 

dont do it man, back out why u have the cash. not worth it.

 

well he says hes gets it for 100 and he sponsors pro counter-strike clans and i asked people that deal with him and they said i can trust him

 

well if i where to back out then i would have to save a lot of money, then buy a graphics card but im sure unclean knows what game i like to play and i was thinking of getting farcry and hf2 problably. So i want a good graphics card for those and i know it well be good for csing and those other games. I would like to get the x800 xt but i dunno i need help again since you guys are saying not to get it but i understand that he can ripe me off but if that does come or i just decide not to buy it i would like to get another graphics card or should i just stick with getting the asus 5950 u still? thanks for your guy's help

 

so lost again don't no if i should get radeon 9800, nvidia 5950, nvidia 6800,radeon x800, and which company to get them by..

 

bump is there a difference between Radeon X800 XT Platinum Edition and Radeon X800 XT ?

 

First, sorry for not responding, I was away for a couple of days, then busy with various engagements. Everyone else seems to have covered your questions about BIOS matters, though.

Secondly, from what I know, the difference between the X800XT and the Platinum Edition is the extra 'fruit' that you get (might be something like VIVO) and you won't actually get any difference in performance, only in functionality.

 

i see i see but are there any real dealers like newegg.com that carry those kinds of cards because i never see them on there only like weird places that sell other kinds of stuff also. and thanks for the information!

 

From what I understand, and I hope I do since I just bought one, the XT has more pipelines which means that the card can send more programs down and do more branching. This should improve performace on the card. But yes, the VIVO is a nice fruit that you get

 

I'm sure the difference between the X800XT and the X800XT PE is clock speeds.

The X800XT is a 16 pixel-pipeline card with clockspeeds of 500/1000, the X800XT PE is also a 16 pixel-pipeline card with clockspeeds of 520/1120.

http://www.vr-zone.com/eventpics/Jun04/Computex/Day03/ATi/computex_day3_052.jpg

 

Maybe they've just used the same picture for both there, I was sure that the PE had VIVO and the ATI Rage Theater chip whereas the vanilla XT didn't, that's why some of the VIVO Pros have XTPE stickers on them.

Oh, and I thought all the X800s had 1 D-Sub and 1 DVI connector?

EDIT - From ati.com:

So maybe the XT is just a PRO but on PCI-E (which makes it so much faster it obviously deserves a rebadge ) or something, or maybe it is just a clocked-down XTPE. Looking at the pic again, they're both PCI-E cards (didn't notice that before ) and that explains why they've got the dual DVI, as that was rumoured to be being kept back for the cards on the new bus.