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May 30th, 2009, 02:45 PM
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Need a new AGP card for my PIII 1000
Windows XP Media Center Edition
PIII Dual-Processor 1000 2GB Ram AGP 2X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I need a new AGP card with monitor rotation. My old Radeon 7200 won't rotate under this new OS. Luckily they're cheap now since it's a dying standard. Please recommend something that won't cook the hell out of my motherboard. This is my only standard. And . . . the price isn't really an issue either. I'm quite content with my old PIII and have no intention of building another computer anytime soon. fm
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May 30th, 2009, 06:55 PM
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I just had a quick look on NewEgg for you, and there's a VisionTek Radeon X1050 for US$34.99. I'm pretty sure that should be sufficient for your needs.
But before you do go out and buy, just grab the latest driver from AMD/ATI that supports your card (it's going to be really old, just checked and the latest driver that supports Radeon 7200 is the Catalyst 6.11 driver), it may be merely a driver issue thats preventing you from using the screen rotation function
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May 30th, 2009, 09:00 PM
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Ah! It's the driver that is the problem indeed. Used to be able to ROTATE my widescreen monitor, no problem, under W2K . . . now, just installed XP Media Center Edition and phhhhhlllllt lol. ROTATE is still there; it just doesn't work. What do you think about a Sapphire HD2400 or HD2600? They're 4X compatible (which my 3.3V Universal AGP slot will take)? As long as AMD is making me fork over for a new card just to get my PORTRAIT mode back (  AMD) I might as well get an AGP card with some oomph. Hell, they're certainly cheap enough.Do the VisionTecs ROTATE? Thanks switchblade! Very thoughtful of you to recommend some brands.  fm
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May 30th, 2009, 09:30 PM
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First, go and download the Windows XP Catalyst 6.11 drivers from the AMD website. You'll need to dig around in the support section, they dont list old drivers on the main driver download page. Chances are you wont need to fork out any money.
A HD2400 would be a bit much for your computer anyway, let alone a HD2600. It's not that it will burn out the computer, it's more on the lines of your CPU(s) not being able to keep up, therefore being the bottleneck in performance. And if you were to upgrade to a Vista/7-class computer, you'd probably go out and buy practically a brand new computer anyway, so this cheap X1050 should be fine for now seeing as you're only running Windows XP.
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May 31st, 2009, 02:30 PM
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Switchblade, I not only attempted the 6.11 driver, I attempted the most-recent driver "Authorized for Windows Media Center Edition" (8.252) . . . and even the latest 9.x driver, in a pathetic attempt to force the driver. I'll anticipate your next question: Yes, I did completely flush all ATI from my system before each one of these efforts. I'll take a serious look at that X1050, but I'd rather get something a little more state of the art if possible. fm
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