Why upgrade video and sound on your system? Your system may have a slower CPU but a new video card can offload work from the CPU and free up the CPU to do other work. Or you just purchased the latest and greatest game for your PC only to discover the game moves at one frame at a time, literally. You most likely need a new video card. If you want to experience the wonderful audio environment of your new game, or want to watch DVD movies on your PC and listen to the Dolby Digital 5.1 digital surround sound, you'll need a new sound card that supports 5.1 audio.

If you're thinking about upgrading your monitor to a new LCD flat panel monitor, you may want to check the output of your existing video card. Most LCD monitors takes both standard VGA input (this is what most of us are using and familiar with) and the new DVI input. When using DVI, your video signal stays digital all the way from your PC to the LCD monitor. Tthe VGA signal is analog so there are two extra conversion steps involved and the end result is lower video signal quality. To get the most crispy and clear image on a LCD monitor, you need to have DVI output on your video card. Most video cards that are made over two years ago don't have DVI output. Most newer video cards now support DVI and many even support both DVI and VGA so you can have two monitors setup for your computer.

Video card market is dominated by two manufactures: ATI and nVidia. Both companies make excellent video cards in all price ranges. However, if you're looking to also capture TV programming on your PC, you want to go with ATI's All-In-Wonder series of video cards.

When J&J Computer Service upgrade your video card or PC card, first we'll clean the inside of your case. We don't want to install a powerful card that generates more heat if your PC's case is already clogged with dusts. Then we'll install the new card, boot up the computer and install the latest device driver for your new card. We'll also perform a test to make sure the new card is operating correctly.