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Title: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: crazydog on January 21, 2010, 11:56:14 AM

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Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: Hitman Smurf on January 21, 2010, 12:57:51 PM

Quote from: crazydog on January 21, 2010, 11:56:14 AM

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THX

Yeah, but it's VERY old. What exactly do you need a PCI vid card for?

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: Giant Flying Head on January 21, 2010, 06:00:50 PM

I belive I've got an old Nvidia one. I've have to put the heat sink back on but that's not a problem.

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: crazydog on January 22, 2010, 01:29:58 PM

I need an extra card so I can hook up my 2nd monitor that I've had laying around for a few months doing nothing.

It's too annoying to unplug the cable from my projector and plug it into the other monitor whenever I want to use it, and vise versa, so I need a 3rd VGA/DVI port.

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: crazydog on January 25, 2010, 02:01:59 AM

So? What kind of cards are they? How much would you want for them?

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: Giant Flying Head on January 25, 2010, 05:30:15 AM

Ya I went and looked at it. It's an AGP slot. Now I DO have a PCI vid card. VERY old, made by a company called S3. From what I remember about it, it was a crappy card even back then. If you wanna pay shipping I'll send it to you for nothing. It's just gathering dust here.

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: Hitman Smurf on January 25, 2010, 02:59:13 PM

I may have my old Nvidia TNT. It's yours if you want it, no charge. I'll check and see exactly what I have.

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: crazydog on January 25, 2010, 06:28:27 PM

All it needs to do is be able to render Windows + applications. I won't be gaming/watching any videos on it.

I don't want both, but I'm not sure which one would be better. I'd have to assume the nVidia one.

The availability of drivers for Windows 7 is an issue too. The TNT card is from '98.

*checked*

Yup. No Win 7 drivers for the TNT, from nVidia at least.

It might work with Windows' built in drivers, but who knows.

Title: Re: DOES ANYONE HAVE AN OLD PCI GRAPHICS CARD THEY DONT NEED?
Post by: crazydog on January 27, 2010, 07:21:29 PM

Well, I don't need one anymore. My new VGA cable came in the mail today, and it turns out that the VGA output on my projector is pass-through, so it doesn't even need to be on, and I can plug in my other monitor.

Thanks for the offers anyway. :P