Hi Phil,
Good silent card choice. I can't comment on the specific AMD functions you
mentioned. But I've never heard of any AMD/ATI, Intel, Nvidia conflict
issues. The best reasoning for this may be that AMD would be ill-advised to
build a card that was not compatible with the majority of the world's
(Intel) PC's. Last month, I did much the same as you are doing. I replaced
a PCI-e Nvidia 8400GS (512M DDR2) with an Asus passively cooled AMD HD6450
(2G DDR3). The computer is an IBM ThinkCentre M51 8141 with a Prescott 3.0
P4, XP Pro 32, which I use as a dedicated HTPC on a 47" HDTV.
I used the free version of REVO uninstaller to uninstall all the Nvidia
drivers/software before I did the AMD installation. REVO finds related
registry entries and files, and gives the option to delete them. Been using
it a few years with XP & Vista, not Win7, with no problems. I always use
the deepest search function of REVO. It will use a program's dedicated
uninstall first, if available, then just follow the onscreen steps. You
should be able to find a Revo guide pdf if you want it.
I installed the card with the packaged disk which gave me some included
utilities etc. Then I updated to a current driver. Maybe you could get a
more compact installation by not using the packaged disk, just using a
current driver. Not sure about that. I researched and fretted for about a
week before I did it, but it worked perfectly. I was able to find latest
drivers and other help from the AMD web site.
http://support.amd.com/us/Pages/AMDSupportHub.aspx
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/GPU-2-ATICatalystSuiteDriverXP.aspx
Here are a few threads on the subject of your compatibility question:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=269245
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/306921-33-intel-graphics
http://hardforum.com/archive/index.php/t-1463587.html
Guru3D.com is a good source for info on video subjects, and a search there
may find more.
Good luck, Bob Lendrim
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Brad Feuerhelm <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have an amd graphics card and a Intel machine I don't have any
> problems with it. I don't use all the bells and whistles just the normal
> stuff so I don't know for sure about all that. But the graphics card
> itself works just fine for me. I don't game but do use it extensively
> for graphic and video editing.
>
> Maybe someone here can help with the bells and whistles.
>
> Hope the card works out!
>
> Brad Feuerhelm
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Phillip Williams
> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2013 12:51 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Graphics card compatibility
>
>
> Greetings all,
>
> I just ordered a new pci-e graphics card in hopes of upgrading from
> 1gig DDR3 to 2gig of DDR3 and also to gain a VGA out which my present
> card lacks. However, I just realized in the specs for the new card, it
> shows an AMD chipset support as well as other AMD features such as "AMD
> HD3D technology, AMD Power Play technology and AMD App Acceleration".
>
> The mobo I plan to use it with is an ASUS with an Intel Core Duo Quad.
> Am I making a mistake combining these? Will the listed AMD features be
> useless on an Intel machine?
>
> I feel it ought to work but I've not mixed Intel/AMD before and want to
> find out before I install it. And, if it will work properly, should I
> remove the previous graphics drivers before installing?
>
> Here's what I've got:
>
> Asus P5G41T-M LX Plus mobo
> Intel Core Duo Quad processor (Q9550 @2.83GHz)
> NVidia GeForce GT 520 pci-e
> 700 watt PS
> (2) 4gig sticks ram
> running XP pro 32 bit on one drive and Win7 Pro 64 bit on separate ssd.
>
> The card I ordered is a XFX Radeon HD 6450 HD-645X-CLH2 pci-e
>
> Thanks,
> -Phil-
>
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