Re: which is the better video card??
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10/28/05 04:58 PM
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Liz, I am no tech myself, but with today's prices, you might be better off thinking of getting a newer, faster computer. Dell and all the companies put on great sales between Nov 1 and Christmas. Then you can keep your oldie just the way it is and you even have the monitor etc to go with it. That said, I have had good luck with nVidia cards. Good luck!
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Re: which is the better video card??
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10/28/05 05:41 PM
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Thanks, raylinstephens....that's exactly what i've done....this 800 mhz is my "mid-grade" system......I have an XP computer to play new games on and an old 266 mhz to play King's Quest, etc. But the Radeon cards i'm looking into only run about $100 and I thought it may be a good investment for my mid-grade; but only if it's better than the S3 Savage 16M AGP that's already in it. Good advice.....raylin!! Thanks!
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Re: which is the better video card??
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10/28/05 11:39 PM
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Thanks, Jenny100, I wouldn't have thought of that; how do I check the voltage??
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Re: which is the better video card??
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10/29/05 06:44 AM
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One more option since this is the route you are taking. When in doubt, you can bring the computer into a store like Office Depot or Best Buy or Circuit City and they will do the guessing for you. I know they would do the installation too but I don't know how much they charge. So, wherever you plan to buy the card, let them help you.
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Re: which is the better video card??
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10/30/05 02:38 PM
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Try using Driver Cleaner to remove the remnants of the drivers for the other card. Then install drivers for the S3. Here's one place to get Driver Cleaner http://www.majorgeeks.com/download3214.html
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Re: which is the better video card??
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11/02/05 10:31 AM
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You can tell if it's AGP or PCI by the type of slot. For example, check this picture of a motherboard (which is a PIII motherboard) http://soyousa.com/images/products/800x600/7vba133u.jpg The five white slots are PCI slots. The dark slot to the right of those 5 slots is an AGP slot. Computers often have more than one PCI slot. This motherboard (the Soyo SY-7VBA133U) is one of the last models to include ISA slots. The two long slots on the left are ISA slots.
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