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Graphics card questions
Today I upgraded a mate's graphics card for him, and he gave me his old one,
a Radeon 9200SE (according to My Computer). Is this a good card? Anyway, I've swapped it for my Ge-Force 4 MX, but I have a slight problem; whenever I reset (or boot up) the PC, the monitor (ordinary 17" CRT model) switches itself off, as though to protect itself from an invalid setting or whatever, and I have to manually swith the monitor off and on to get a picture. How can I cure this? By the way, I've installed the latest ATI driver from PC Zone's June DVD ROM (the latest issues I have). And which card is better, the Radeon 9200SE or the Ge-Force 4 MX? Thanks for any answers. |
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:20:41 +0100, "ewgf"
wrote: Today I upgraded a mate's graphics card for him, and he gave me his old one, a Radeon 9200SE (according to My Computer). Is this a good card? Semi-modern basic video card... you could do far worse, it's quite adequate for typical PC uses but don't except to do any decent gaming with it, for example. Anyway, I've swapped it for my Ge-Force 4 MX, but I have a slight problem; whenever I reset (or boot up) the PC, the monitor (ordinary 17" CRT model) switches itself off, as though to protect itself from an invalid setting or whatever, and I have to manually swith the monitor off and on to get a picture. How can I cure this? By the way, I've installed the latest ATI driver from PC Zone's June DVD ROM (the latest issues I have). And which card is better, the Radeon 9200SE or the Ge-Force 4 MX? The Radeon 9200 is better, but mostly it'd be in obvious ways, "usually" it'd have a crisper picture but that too can vary per manufacturer of card. It's not like one card will suddenly allow you to do (anything in particular) that the other wouldn't. Did you uninstall the nVidia driver? Is the system now using the correct monitor INF file or plug-n-play monitor? What OS? Is your Display Properites set to "hide modes this monitor can't use" or is that deselected and you manually chose a higher rate? |
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"kony" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:20:41 +0100, "ewgf" wrote: Today I upgraded a mate's graphics card for him, and he gave me his old one, a Radeon 9200SE (according to My Computer). Is this a good card? Semi-modern basic video card... you could do far worse, it's quite adequate for typical PC uses but don't except to do any decent gaming with it, for example. As long as it's better than my old Geforce 4 MX (I benchmarked them, it is... just). Anyway, I've swapped it for my Ge-Force 4 MX, but I have a slight problem; whenever I reset (or boot up) the PC, the monitor (ordinary 17" CRT model) switches itself off, as though to protect itself from an invalid setting or whatever, and I have to manually swith the monitor off and on to get a picture. How can I cure this? By the way, I've installed the latest ATI driver from PC Zone's June DVD ROM (the latest issues I have). And which card is better, the Radeon 9200SE or the Ge-Force 4 MX? The Radeon 9200 is better, but mostly it'd be in obvious ways, "usually" it'd have a crisper picture but that too can vary per manufacturer of card. It's not like one card will suddenly allow you to do (anything in particular) that the other wouldn't. Did you uninstall the nVidia driver? Yes, but someone suggested using an uninstall program from Nvidea's WWW site, I'll have to try that (I just used UNINSTAL HARDWARE from MY COMPUTER HARDWARE DEVICE MANAGER). Is the system now using the correct monitor INF file or plug-n-play monitor? I think so. I've set it to 1024x786 standard CRT, and also to PLUG AND PLAY monitor, and both times I get the same problem (it's a standard 17" CRT model). What OS? Windows XP. Is your Display Properites set to "hide modes this monitor can't use" or is that deselected and you manually chose a higher rate? The "hides modes..." option is greyed out, so I set the refresh rate to 60Hz. Any more thoughts, please? |
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On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 12:06:34 +0100, "ewgf"
wrote: Did you uninstall the nVidia driver? Yes, but someone suggested using an uninstall program from Nvidea's WWW site, I'll have to try that (I just used UNINSTAL HARDWARE from MY COMPUTER HARDWARE DEVICE MANAGER). I meant uninstalling it from Add/Remove Programs... you should do that prior to any special uninstaller. Is the system now using the correct monitor INF file or plug-n-play monitor? I think so. I've set it to 1024x786 standard CRT, and also to PLUG AND PLAY monitor, and both times I get the same problem (it's a standard 17" CRT model). What OS? Windows XP. I would place blame on ATI's video driver, their drivers seem full of nagging little bugs. Is your Display Properites set to "hide modes this monitor can't use" or is that deselected and you manually chose a higher rate? The "hides modes..." option is greyed out, so I set the refresh rate to 60Hz. Any more thoughts, please? Out of ideas, sorry. |
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