I've been using ATI cards for many years now and would go no other way. Of course I prefer the "all in wonder" cards so I can watch TV and record some programs that I can watch later. Also if you have a camcorder, capturing video is a snap. PC Mag rates ATI the highest. Try your 9600 and you won't be sorry.
Hi. Here is most of important specs I believe.
I would like to use a sapphire radeon 9600 that I have but dont even want to try with all the problems I've seen everyone have with ati cards with the same motherboard I have. Would I be better off just buying a different one ? Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank You!
Operating System Windows XP Professional (build 2600)
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
1.80 gigahertz AMD Athlon XP
128 kilobyte primary memory cache
256 kilobyte secondary memory cache
Board: First International Computer, Inc. AM37 PCB 1.x
Bus Clock: 133 megahertz
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG 12/09/2002
Drives Memory Modules c,d
60.01 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
50.34 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space
JLMS XJ-HD166S [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON LTR-48246S [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]
WDC WD600BB-00CAA1 [Hard drive] (60.02 GB) -- drive 0, s/n WD-WMA8F2489440, rev 17.07W17, SMART Status: Healthy 992 Megabytes Installed Memory
Slot 'A0' has 512 MB
Slot 'A1' has 512 MB
Local Drive Volumes
c: (on drive 0) 60.01 GB 50.34 GB free
Controllers Display
Standard floppy disk controller
Primary IDE Channel [Controller]
Secondary IDE Channel [Controller]
VIA Bus Master IDE Controller S3 Graphics ProSavageDDR [Display adapter]
EMI eView 17f2 [Monitor] (15.7"vis, s/n MPF3950037191, September 2003)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller Realtek AC'97 Audio for VIA (R) Audio Controller
Communications Other Devices
Realtek RTL8139/810X Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
PS/2 Compatible Mouse
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
USB Root Hub
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Norton AntiVirus Version 10.00
Virus Definitions Version 12/30/2004 Rev 8
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