From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 20 7:50:18 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C7D337B401 for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 07:50:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.comcast.net (smtp.comcast.net [24.153.64.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DDAD943E4A for ; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 07:50:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dfolkins@comcast.net) Disposition-notification-to: dfolkins@comcast.net Received: from groovy3xp (pcp01731796pcs.selrsv01.pa.comcast.net [68.83.131.193]) by mtaout04.icomcast.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.1 HotFix 0.8 (built May 13 2002)) with SMTP id <0H2Q00L3WRVRAI@mtaout04.icomcast.net> for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:50:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 10:50:07 -0400 From: dfolkins Subject: Re: Upgrade Computer - old vidio card To: Grant Cooper , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Message-id: <001501c260b5$02f59070$0a00a8c0@groovy3xp> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal References: <001101c25fee$36984840$2afececd@TCOOPER> <000601c2604a$bdd5b160$0a00a8c0@groovy3xp> <002801c260ae$10ed2c30$2afececd@TCOOPER> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG From: "Grant Cooper" To: "dfolkins" ; Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:00 AM Subject: Re: Upgrade Computer - old vidio card > Just curious. Never seen a question like this. And after buying a LT win > moden (waste of money) I just wanted to ask. Its either this or buy a > complete package. hm, its always better to buy parts and build your own machine - you end up with higher quality for less money. not to mention the extra amount of fun. -- dfolkins > > > From: "Grant Cooper" > > To: > > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 11:06 AM > > Subject: Upgrade Computer - old vidio card > > > > > > > Case - 147 with 350W Power Supply > > > Motherboard -AUS A7V266-E-AA > > > CPU - AMD Athlon XP 1800+ > > > Memory - 256 MB DDR PC2100 Ram > > > > > > I have an old Pent 300 monitor card. > > > > > > Should I expect any problems or do monitor factory made computers have > > > specific cards for mother boards? I have never replaced one and this one > > is > > > about 3.5 years old. I am also paying 500 CND for the upgrade. > > > > > video cards are not made specifically for motherboards, so you should not > > have problems sticking the old video card into the new board. > > of course, should you decide to do anything graphics-intensive on that > > computer, you might experience some slowness, as a 3.5 year old video card > > probably is not all that powerful. but it will _work_, if that's what you > > are asking. > > and by the way, how is this related to freebsd? :) > > -- > > dfolkins > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message