Nvidia GeForce GT 520

[Deleted member 191766]

I have an ASUS GeForce GT 520 and was disappointed that it could not drive 2560 x 1440 without some tricks and that

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 Specs

NVIDIA GF119S, 810 MHz, 48 Cores, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs, 1024 MB DDR3, 900 MHz, 64 bit

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NVIDIA has disabled some shading units on the GeForce GT 520 to reach the product's target shader count. It features 48 shading units, 8 texture mapping units and 4 ROPs
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Is there anyway to overcome either of these shortcomings? enable all 96 shaders or have it support 2560 x 1440 naturally?

I already know the trick of using the Nvidia Control Panel to set up a custom resolution and had the card running 2560 x 1440, but wanted a way to achieve this without work arounds.

It runs BIOS 75.19.1B.00.01 and I tried some others to no avail.

 

[king of swag187]

The max res is 2560x1600, so its likely a cable or adapter thats causing a issue. There is no way to unlock the card, wouldnt be much point given how utterly useless it is.

 

[GoldenX]

^
Plus thermals would be a problem if it could be unlocked.
See if you can sell it and get a GT1030.

 

[pcslide]

I happened to see your post on homepage. I registered just to reply to you.
GT520 can drive a 2560 x 1440 display like a breeze. No, I haven't used any tricks. Just plug the display in, voilà, the resolution is re-adjusted to 1440p by itself.
I have be using it with my 2560 x 1440 display for years.

 

[Frick]

The max res is 2560x1600, so its likely a cable or adapter thats causing a issue. There is no way to unlock the card, wouldnt be much point given how utterly useless it is.

Hey, I wouldn't say that. I played a whole lotta WoW (WoD) with it plus a e8400. Sluggish but it definitely worked fine.

 

[Deleted member 191766]

I happened to see your post on homepage. I registered just to reply to you.
GT520 can drive a 2560 x 1440 display like a breeze. No, I haven't used any tricks. Just plug the display in, voilà, the resolution is re-adjusted to 1440p by itself.
I have be using it with my 2560 x 1440 display for years.

What is the refresh rate when running at 2560 x 1440? I could not get up to 60Hz even with tricks (on another video card there were no problems using the same cable).

Plus thermals would be a problem if it could be unlocked.
See if you can sell it and get a GT1030.

With the huge heatsink on the fan-less ASUS it would probably be OK; I actually have two GT 1030 units that are running just fine.

 

[eidairaman1]

Get a 960, 520 is ancient

 

[pcslide]

What is the refresh rate when running at 2560 x 1440? I could not get up to 60Hz even with tricks (on another video card there were no problems using the same cable).



With the huge heatsink on the fan-less ASUS it would probably be OK; I actually have two GT 1030 units that are running just fine.

60hz

 

[Deleted member 191766]

Perhaps you have the GeForce GT 520 with all 96 cores active?

NVIDIA GeForce GT 520 OEM Specs

NVIDIA GF119S, 589 MHz, 48 Cores, 8 TMUs, 4 ROPs, 1024 MB DDR3, 500 MHz, 64 bit

www.techpowerup.com

What BIOS version are you running?

 

[Deleted member 191766]

GT520 can drive a 2560 x 1440 display like a breeze. No, I haven't used any tricks. Just plug the display in, voilà, the resolution is re-adjusted to 1440p by itself.
I have be using it with my 2560 x 1440 display for years.

I may have found out why you don't see the problem

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seems DVI-DVI can support 2560 x 1440 (on the GT 520), but not HDMI-DVI or HDMI-HDMI

On a GT 1030 I have no such problem.