From: "Grant Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dfolkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
