AGP gaphics card

lordroba · Post by **lordroba** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 10:58 am

Hey, I just bought a Radeon 9200 128Mb AGP graphic card. The problem is, I don't have an AGP motherboard(I realized this once I went to install the thing) and I cant return the card. So should I get an AGP motherboard or should I get a new card?

I'm willing to sell the Radeon card for 25$ if you pay for shipping and handling. It's brand new, never been used, and I was the first person to open it.

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:58 pm

I'd say get a new card. AGP doesn't have much longer to live; all the new boards seem to have PCI Express.

There are quite a few cheap PCI-E cards out there (I got one for less than $60), but if they're still too much, you should be able to find standard PCI cards for less.

lordroba · Post by **lordroba** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 1:21 pm

Does a PCI-Express Motherboard still support normal PCI cards?

lordroba · Post by **lordroba** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 5:57 pm

Nevermind about what I said above, I figured out that I do indeed have a AGP slot.

Anyways, I installed the card, But now there is a new problem. When ever I change the resolution from the defualt 800x600, my computer restarts and it goes back to 800x600 instead of staying at what made it go to. What is going on help!

Beefy_Suavo · Post by **Beefy_Suavo** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:03 pm

It could be a driver conflict. Make sure you uninstalled the drivers from your previous video card.

lordroba · Post by **lordroba** » Sat Aug 20, 2005 11:18 pm

You were right Beefy, it was a driver conflict. Except before I didn't have a video card, It was intergrated into my motherboard. Anyways, I dowloaded some new drivers from the ATI website and I also updated the drivers for my motherboard and everything works fine now. Thanks for the help.