I have the following two computers. On the Dell, the monitor blanks out
for a second or two when logging on, and intermittently during use. On
the HP, I can’t run Chessmaster 3D chess with the current card. I tried
putting the GeForce 4 MX in the HP computer and it worked great. No
display blanking. Chessmaster ran fine. So I'm thinking about getting a
new card for the Dell and moving the GeForce to the HP.
Advice on best card under $60 for the Dell? Here’s four at the bottom of
this post I found. Do you think the 256 MB RAM on the one from Amazon
will make any difference on the Dell? On the other end of the spectrum,
will the $35 dollar one from buy.com do just as well as the rest on my
Dell?
Do you think the screen blanking on the Dell has to do with the graphics
card? I think it started happening a few weeks after I put in the card.
The original card died.
Thanks in advance
Paul S.
--- Computers
1. Dell Dimension 8250
P4, 2.4 GHz
512 MB RDRAM
Gainward GeForce 4 MX 4000, 128 MB RAM
Primary uses: Photo processing. Future digital conversion of 8mm
camcorder video, play back. Internet surfing. Highschool homework.
Chessmaster 10th edition 3D chess.
2. HP Vectra VL400
P3, 930 MHz
512 MB RAM
Matrox Millennium G400 Dual Head, 16 MB RAM
DAC Type: Integrated 300 MHz
Primary uses. Internet surfing. Future Chessmaster 10th edition 3d
chess. (won’t run with current card.
--- Buy.com
Microstar MX4000 - Graphic Card - 8X AGP 128MB TV Out NVIDIA-Base -
MX4000-T128 $35
XFX GeForce FX 5200 - Graphics Adapter - 128MB AGP - PV-T34K-NT $44
PNY Verto GeForce FX5500 Graphics Adapter AGP - 128 MB - VCGFX55APB $56
--- Amazon
eVGA NVIDIA e-GeForce FX 5500 256 MB, 128 bit DDR AGP 8X VGA/DVI/TV Video
Card (256-A8-N313-LX) $60
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