What kind of video card can i hold?

[jman15]

I recent;y found my hidden agp slot -.-
and was wondering if there are only certain agp vid cards i can hold and how do i tell? If you need my motherbaords info i believe i can get that for you. But yeah, how do i know like for example, if my computer can hold a geforce 5700 256mb agp card? i have the brown little slot for the card but i wanna make sure before i try buying something like that.
oh and when and if i get this card, how do i turn off my onboard vid card?

 

[Praetor]

Need to find out the exact model of the mobo but generally speaking if you get a mainstream AGP8X card you should be ok.

 

[jman15]

stlye of the mobo means what?
And i still need to know how to turn off my on board vid card.

 

[Greg J.]

Upon installing the AGP card, the mobo will usually recognize and automatically switch off onboard. If not, go into your BIOS and change the video options to disable onboard and use AGP. You can see whether or not it works (whether or not anything shows on your monitor. Monitor testing.....yep. If all goes well in the end, your monitor should run fine (if not better) on the AGP card. Oh, and after you get the newest drivers from the video card's official company site, you may want to set the refresh rate in Windows at 85Hz or more as it is much easier on eyes. (either monitor menu, or the card's graphics manager program menu in Windows.)

 

[tweaker]

Always switch of the onboard video manually in your bios to eliminate the risk of conflicts.

1. Uninstall all software that is related to the onboard video, drivers & any other software related. Check add/remove programs as well.

2. Turn off the computer and install the agp card, power on the computer and go directly into the bios and disable the onboard video. Check your motherboard manual if unsure how to do this. (Don't forget to save the new settings when you exit the bios).

3. Boot up Windows, install the drivers for the new agp card which will be found by Windows. I recommend using the latest available driver rather than the ones delivered on disc with the card. You can find them on ati.com or nVidia.com depending on your card.

Done!

 

[Bobo]

Upon installing the AGP card, the mobo will usually recognize and automatically switch off onboard.

Hahaaahaaa, that's a laugh. I have yet to see 1 computer that automatically did that. supposed to, schmossed to. Computers are like women, very unpredictable

Oh, and after you get the newest drivers from the video card's official company site, you may want to set the refresh rate in Windows at 85Hz or more as it is much easier on eyes.

Drivers always help

I prefer 75Hz to 85Hz, my monitor doesn't like 85 for some strange reason.

 

[Praetor]

Always switch of the onboard video manually in your bios to eliminate the risk of conflicts.

Which mobos (or BIOSes) let you do this? (unless u mean from devmgmt)

Hahaaahaaa, that's a laugh. I have yet to see 1 computer that automatically did that. supposed to, schmossed to. Computers are like women, very unpredictable

Yet you seem to have seen somre pretty crazy other events that when asked about, dont know model numbers ..... and about this one, how did you fix the problem? (cuz if it didnt work then you wouldnt be able to see the screen ... which you know of course)

 

[Bobo]

Yet you seem to have seen somre pretty crazy other events that when asked about, dont know model numbers ..... and about this one, how did you fix the problem? (cuz if it didnt work then you wouldnt be able to see the screen ... which you know of course)

I didn't fix it...and that was on a Packard Bell.....I could look up the model#, I have it in my attic, but I'm too lazy

I just left on IGP, which then blew about 2 months later

 

[Greg J.]

Hahaaahaaa, that's a laugh. I have yet to see 1 computer that automatically did that. supposed to, schmossed to. Computers are like women, very unpredictable

Uh, it is usually automatic on new MODERN motherboards of today (I mean the NEW stuff.). Any older motherboards, you might have to do all the changing manually. Also, Bobo, it depends on the motherboard. In my process of explaination from above, it is fairly logical to say you have a 50/50 chance of POST/BIOS/Windows showing up on the monitor.