Identify this PC card!

17daysolderthannes · Post by **17daysolderthannes** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:37 pm

my friend is trying to sell it but he has no idea what kind of card it is, can ANYONE identify it and give an approximate used value on eBay?

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:39 pm

ATI cards are usually red?

17daysolderthannes · Post by **17daysolderthannes** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:42 pm

oh, and it came from a "mid-level Dell" if that helps anything, thanks for pointing the direction though. The reason is I need to know what to call it so people will actually see it and bid on it.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:43 pm

Drop it in a PC and use GPUz.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 6:44 pm

I heard GPUz can damage your video card tho?

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:33 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:I heard GPUz can damage your video card tho?

If you overclock it carelessly, yes.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:40 pm

From what I can tell, GPU-Z only tells you information about your card; I don't see anything involving overclocking on it.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:06 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:I heard GPUz can damage your video card tho?

I bet its a disclaimer so you can't sue them because it "killed your card". There is probably a 1 in a kazillion chance that it could damage your card, and my guess is its just as likely to damage your card as any game.

bacteria · Post by **bacteria** » Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:12 pm

17daysolderthannes wrote:

my friend is trying to sell it but he has no idea what kind of card it is, can ANYONE identify it and give an approximate used value on eBay?

Looks like an old ATI graphics card with dual VGA output (2 monitor support). Old cards on e-bay will only get you a few bucks probably.

Flo · Post by **Flo** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 6:57 am

It's a PCI-E card, so it can't be that old. But the odd form factor (half low-profile, half full-sized) suggest that it's a low end card unsuitable for gaming.

Brutuz · Post by **Brutuz** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:43 pm

I'd be willing to bet that its either an Radeon x1550 or x1300.

GPUz doesn't damage your cards, if it did, CPUz would damage your CPU, and god knows how many people have run CPUz.

nitro2k01 · Post by **nitro2k01** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:40 pm

Brutuz wrote:GPUz doesn't damage your cards, if it did, CPUz would damage your CPU, and god knows how many people have run CPUz.

Flawed logic. CPUz and GPUz are made by different people. Nothing stops anyone from creating a program called GPUz that could destroy your graphics card.
That, said there are no overclocking functions in GPUz (as far as I can see) so it should safe, nevertheless.

Aguiluz · Post by **Aguiluz** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 8:07 am

No, no...

When I have an ATI Radeon 9550 SE, I use an overclock tool and GPUz to keep track of things.

Flo · Post by **Flo** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 7:59 am

nitro2k01 wrote:That, said there are no overclocking functions in GPUz (as far as I can see) so it should safe, nevertheless.

Nearly every piece of software comes with a disclaimer that the author will not take responsibility if it damages your system. It's just a way to avoid legal trouble.

nitro2k01 · Post by **nitro2k01** » Sun Sep 21, 2008 9:54 am

Flo wrote:
nitro2k01 wrote:That, said there are no overclocking functions in GPUz (as far as I can see) so it should safe, nevertheless.
Nearly every piece of software comes with a disclaimer that the author will not take responsibility if it damages your system. It's just a way to avoid legal trouble.

How is that a response to the quoted text from my post?
Software that overclocks a component is always potentially dangerous while software that just probes it is generally safe. My point was that although Brutuz conclusion was correct ("GPUz is safe") his premise was incorrect ("They both have a name that ends with z")
That's basic logic that they'll teach you in high school.

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