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Gigabyte GV-N84S-512I GeForce 8400GS 512 MB ATX HDMI Graphics Card

by Gigabyte
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)

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Technical Details
BrandGigabyte
Item Weight331 g
Product Dimensions23 x 16 x 4.5 cm
Item model numberN84S512I
  
Additional Information
ASINB002MB2WV0
Best Sellers Rank 10,780 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight331 g
Date First Available4 Sep 2009
  
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Powered by NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS GPU Supports PCI Express 2
0 Microsoft DirectX 10 and OpenGL 2
1 support Integrated with industry's best 512 MB GDDR2 memory and 64-bit memory interface Supports NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology Features Dual link DVI-I / D-sub / HDMI with HDCP protection

 
 Product Description Gigabyte GV N84S-512I - graphics adapter - GF 8400 GS TurboCache - 512 MB 
 Device Type Graphics adapter 
 Enclosure Type Plug-in card 
 Interface Type PCI Express 2.0 x16 
 Graphics Processor / Vendor NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS TurboCache

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Installing in Ubuntu 10 Sep 2011
By GT
I was looking for a cheap PCIe graphics card to upgrade from the onboard graphics of my 3 Ghz, Pentium 4 motherboard. I was apprehensive, owing to potential overheating problems, of buying second-hand, so decided to go for something new and cheap. As a 63 year-old pensioner, cost was a big factor. I run Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) and do not play games, so I only wanted a graphics card that would smooth out and sharpen the full-screen displays of online TV programs on my LCD monitor. The card arrived quickly, was well-packaged and easy to install. The fan is very quiet.

Unfortunately I was deeply disappointed with the card's initial performance, using the generic Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu. Booting into Ubuntu was a nightmare - when it did boot, the screen would freeze after a couple of minutes. Sometimes the bios boot itself would hang before completing the POST. After several hours of frustration and repeated restarts I almost decided to return the card to Amazon.

As a last ditch attempt to get the card working I explored a link to the Nvidia home page and found there was a relatively new Linux driver for the card: NVIDIA-Linux-x86-280.13.run. I downloaded this, installed in terminal, using 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-current', restarted, then, in terminal: 'sudo nvidia-xconfig'. After a short time tweaking the screen resolution on the GUI, the card was fine. It now works perfectly and I am very impressed. My system is now stable, and boots smoothly into Ubuntu every time. My sensors show a GPU temperature when viewing video, of no more than 58 C. The latest Nvidia Linux driver apparently did the trick. Interestingly, my System Information shows a Video RAM of 1024 Mb (- twice that in the card's specification - so maybe there is some sharing going on with my 2Gb of installed RAM??). I haven't yet explored the HDMI functions, but am hopeful that they will operate OK with the new driver.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Windows 7 Drivers - Be careful 7 April 2011
Amazon Verified Purchase
I upgraded a Dell Precison 380 to Windows 7 Professional and the installed ATI Fire GL V3100 could not wake up the screen on the DVI port. I searched Amazon bought this card because it was cheap! The initial install did not go well as the HD screen I was using went out of focus and made me feel sick. I then uninstalled all the drivers and replaced the card with the old one. When I put this Nvidia card back in again Windows 7 found the drivers and all was well. I would suggest you do NOT use the drivers that come on the supplied disk for Windows 7 as something went awry.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good card 15 July 2010
By N S
Amazon Verified Purchase
Good card, does the job well, with very little fan noise, for editing HD video with Sony Vegas 10 under Win7 using two monitors - HDMI and DVI connected.

Didn't install the drivers and software from the supplied CD but let Windows find the latest drivers and software.

Audio over HDMI could be a problem if the necessary connections are not avaiable on the mobo or sound card due to a cable (supplied) that requires a suitable two pin S/PDIF output.

Edit:

Bought another of these cards for a XP machine in March 2012 and it performs really well - slightly different installation due to there not being a separate cable for audio over HDMI.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the box
Got this to replace the card in my HP Pavillion slimline which broke after 3 yrs. Works perfectly. I use the HDMI out to a Samsung 24" P2450 and picture is great.
Published 3 months ago by Blu-ray fan
1.0 out of 5 stars Dead on arrival twice
Very disappointed. Second time unlucky. I bought this card so that I can have dual display monitors as my previous graphics card that ran with winxp wasn't compatible with windows... Read more
Published 8 months ago by md26
5.0 out of 5 stars Gigabyte GV-N84S-512I GeForce 8400GS 512 MB ATX HDMI Graphics Car
excellent value for money, arrived in a couple of days,easy to fit and windows found the drivers without inserting the disc. Read more
Published 13 months ago by tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, cheap card!
A great card for the price, got it for a relative who needed to run some mid-range graphics programs; simulators etc. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Sam H
5.0 out of 5 stars A lifesaver
My video card was dying....my computer really needs upgrading but at the moment I'm reluctant to do so for many reasons. I hunted for a compatible card and found this. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Alexander
4.0 out of 5 stars A good Card, Tooo Noisy :(
A good powerful card, Running a 32" HDTV and a 18" monitor, can play minecraft in full screen with settings maxed out and can play mw2 and if u down the settings then black ops. Read more
Published 16 months ago by p-mister
4.0 out of 5 stars Gigabyte graphics card
I had no problem fitting the card and it is working fine, but i did have a problem with updating the driver, it made the size of the screen go smaller on the monitor so I reverted... Read more
Published 16 months ago by alan7640
1.0 out of 5 stars Would not work
Installed the first card, worked fine for 2 weeks then the screen went black. Pulled the card out and the PC started working again with the inbuilt driver. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Al the Biker
5.0 out of 5 stars great card
Got this for my imedia 1521 desktop as was akward finding a compatible card for something so old. I now have 720p picture quality and has made a huge difference for streaming... Read more
Published 16 months ago by dannym
4.0 out of 5 stars Gigabyte graphics card
Hardware installation straightforward and easy to pci express x 16 slot, separate power supply not required. Software installation just as simple. Read more
Published 16 months ago by K. E. Stanford
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