Freezes up Need good cheap video card!

Arralen · #1 June 24th, 2005, 10:30 AM

Oh, yes, he's right.

Versions <1.6 (IIRC) of this board do not have an AGP slot.
If so, you need an PCI (not PCIe !!!) card.

I cards I mentioned above should be available as PCI cards as well. Over here, strangly, the Fx5200 PCI cards are 2x as expensive as the Radeon 7000 cards (~35Euro vs. 70+ Euro). Personally, I would go with the ATi card, especially as the whole system isn't that up-to-date as well .. anything more expensive would be wasted.

troopie · #2 June 24th, 2005, 12:11 PM

Thanks okes,

According to the documentation for this mainboard, it has an AGP 4x slot. I'll order one today and I should be in action soon. Time, of course, is the devil.

Shame! here comes the baas. Back to work

troopie

Shadowcougar · #3 June 25th, 2005, 02:43 AM

went to tiger direct and gota gforce 2 32 mb card for 19 dollars US. it on www.tigerdirect.com or I went to the Raleigh, NC store and picked it up. took longer to open the case than to replace it.

troopie · #4 June 28th, 2005, 07:47 PM

I got a radeon 7000 and installed it. The mainboard is an off brand and although it has an agp slot, it wouldn't recognise the card. So I added 256MB more system ram, upped the shared ram from 16 to 64mb and it now runs acceptably.

I'll return the video card and let that be a lesson to all, don't buy strange brand mainboards.

troopie

Shadowcougar · #5 June 29th, 2005, 02:10 AM

maybe the AGP slot was a 2x only. the 7000 is a 4x card

Arralen · #6 June 29th, 2005, 10:45 AM

It's isn't so much of a strange brand motherboard than a simply cheapo one, which is mostly sold the OEMs who assemble boxes for offices etc. . So there's no need for extended compatibility and upgrade-possiblities... .

You didn't read the FAQ for the motherboard, did you?
- I have that link posted somewhere up this thread ...

Some cards do work with this board, some don't.
Radeon 7000 should work (with a little tweak), if you have a late revision of the board and it's not some Radeon-based card from some obscure graphics card manufaturer again ..

But, good to hear the game runs at last. Have fun !

troopie · #7 June 29th, 2005, 11:32 AM

I have the FAQ. I used it to hunt for graphics cards. The manual said the mainboard had a free AGP slot. I installed the 4x card in the four x slot. The Bios would not recognise it. I could not find updates on the net. The options were onboard AGP and PCI. (not PCI Express) So I removed the card, added the RAM, and upped the shared RAM to 64MB, using the BIOS. My options are Get a PCI card, if I can find one, or live with the situation at present. I'm looking for a good 32 or more PCI card and living with 64mb shared ram. 320MB free is plenty for my normal applications.

troopie