Scott,
I have some old orders with tigerdirect.com. I will go and noodle around
there in the AM.
Yes, we both found the same reviews it seems. I gave that old V6800 card
to my Sister back in 2004. And it was from my "working" bone-yard
then. Not a problem. A simple search at the nVidia site pointed to the
v71.89 whql driver set for that old card! Knowing what is possible at my
Sister's home, anything and everything is possible! Just the nature of the
beast! LOL!
I have already been told that I may NOT fix my Sister's machine (even
though I built the thing)! She will call me for the real-time walk-thru of
, "So, Ya think your video card drivers are dorked?" process. She want to
drive the exercise. With what I do know, and, what I have gotten over the
years from the Collective, I think we will get it spiffy again in short
order......................until the new 17" wide panel
arrives...........new set of requirement, perhaps............... LOL!
Thank you.
Duncan
At 16:52 12/01/2008 -0500, you wrote:
You can absolutely still get AGP and PCI cards. I bought a PCI card a
couple months ago for a multi-monitor office setup. I just went to a
local computer store and got the cheapest PCI card they had (I think
it was an ATI).
A quick search on tigerdirect.com (they have a "warehouse store" near
me) shows 30+ PCI cards, from $20 up. Same for AGP. For instance:
Sparkle GeForce MX4000 64MB AGP, $19.99
Now, all that being said, I googled "Asus V6800 Pure GeForce 256 DDR"
and came up with multiple reviews that claims the card's max
resolution is 2048x1536 at 75Hz -- so, I wouldn't give up on the card
yet. Could be their current monitor couldn't handle more than 1024, so
XP is allowing the higher res. I would def. give the current card a
shot once the new monitor is hooked up.
Scott
On Dec 1, 2008, at 2:49 PM, DHSinclair wrote:
Are there still PCI and AGP video cards available that can image the
newer wide-screen panels at their native resolutions?
I do know that most PCI-e video cards do, but I have a need for a
card that is either AGP or PCI. The current video card is an old
Asus nVidia-based card (1st/2d generation). It is an {Asus V6800
Pure GeForce 256 DDR} in AGP format. It has been driving a GEM
(scansport) 150A 15" VGA panel for the last 3 years. The panel is
dying. It now has full width grey bars wherever text is displayed.
Sis has lived with this anomaly for 18 months................ :)
My Sister has ordered a Dell SE178WFP. The native res is 1440x900.
Her current video card (according to what winXP says) seems to top
at 1024x768. I do suspect somebody in the family has been dicking
around and killed the card's driver. I am the Uncle, so I can not
say anything! I did supply all the innards of my Sister's machine
(the best of my boneyard!).
Due to economic constraints, a current-tech modern video card is not
possible because the current m/b (Abit KG7) is limited to PCI and
AGP only.
Is this possible? If so, we have found a Christmas gift for my
Sister!
Thank you,
Duncan
