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August 28th 06, 06:31 PM
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Video Card Advice
Here's the system as it stands.
Athlon 2500XP 1 Gig Ram 40 Gig Seagate HD 10 secondary Maxtor I am in the process of replacing a rapidly failing video card on my system and need some sage advice. What of these would allow me to burn DVDs and use the Aero Glass option? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=933&Nav=|c:318|&Sort=4&Recs =10 Suggestions? 
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August 29th 06, 02:11 AM
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Video Card Advice
If this is stupid, ignore this message.
I know someone who had a similar system --- Turned out they bought an AGP2 Video Card (some time ago) and had an AGP1 Motherboard (It was an Athlon XP 2100+). Before you presume the video card is bad, make sure your motherboard supports the type of interface it uses (the AGP2 cards apparently fit just fine into AGP1 slots, but they don't work right under heavy usage [video game graphics for example]). -Rob DIV"HagarTheHorrible" & gt; wrote in message news 
system as it stands.Athlon 2500XP 1 Gig Ram 40 Gig Seagate HD 10 secondary Maxtor I am in the process of replacing a rapidly failing video card on my system and need some sage advice. What of these would allow me to burn DVDs and use the Aero Glass option? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=933&Nav=|c:318|&Sort=4&Recs =10 Suggestions?
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August 29th 06, 10:19 PM
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Video Card Advice
Aero Glass requires at least 128MB of dedicated video RAM, but yeah, those
256MB cards are your best bet. Anything here works, really, although some manufacturers are better than others, and some come with more stuff in the box. I would go with the XFX GeForce 6200 there (http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...6106&CatId=933) simply because it's got a lifetime warranty; if anything should happen to it, get a new one. Cheap too, and the 6200 chipset is pretty good. -- In the event of an emergency, walk, do NOT run, to the nearest System Restore point. "HagarTheHorrible" wrote in message news Here's the system as it stands. Athlon 2500XP 1 Gig Ram 40 Gig Seagate HD 10 secondary Maxtor I am in the process of replacing a rapidly failing video card on my system and need some sage advice. What of these would allow me to burn DVDs and use the Aero Glass option? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=933&Nav=|c:318|&Sort=4&Recs =10 Suggestions?
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