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Subject: Re: Vhat kind of *simple* video card?
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Hi,

Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> 	Sometimes it gets into a mode where it is super slow.  Do you,
> 	or anybody else have a clue why??
> 
it could be caused by a faulty hard disk.

Is the system just waiting?

> 	Also:: would a simple Matrox Millennium serve as a new video
> 	board?  I do not need/want anything gamer-fancy, so am looking
> 	for something simple, like a MM  with 8 or 16megs of video
> 	memory.  
> 
This is the kind of card to go for then.

Erich