old good used video card

[Ickie]

for weeks my nvidia geforce 7800 GTX video card has been going out and it smells like burnt candy, anyone have a good one, that could help me out of this jam.

[MenendezDiego]

Just replaced my Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS

She's great, I just needed something more

[Ickie]

that would work

[JoeW]

Check Newegg. They have a 1 gig EVGA GeForce 9800 PCIe for $69.
It's on sale.

[Buddha13]

Hi Ickie,
Is it AGP or PCI-e.

Buddha13

[Ickie]

pci e
for some reason beyond me newegg will not let me buy stuff

[JoeW]

Well .... I got it confused.....
9800 is $129. Still a good buy.

[waco]

Ickie, try Amazon.com

[Ickie]

question my board is a pci-e 1.o
will a 2.0 run on it?

[srgalahad]

All I've got is my 'emergency' ATI x-300 256Mb. Price would be right but it's a pretty big step back.

[srgalahad]

question my board is a pci-e 1.o
will a 2.0 run on it?

"PCIe 2.0 dictates twice the throughput of 1.1. 2.0 is forwards and backwards compatible: meaning you can run 1.0/1.1 devices in a 2.0 slot, and also run 2.0 compliant devices in a 1.0/1.1 slot."
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/246217-30-pcie-pcie

Haven't found a reference yet for BIOS/driver issues

[Ickie]

EVGA GeForce 9400 GT Video Card - 1GB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0
i just bought this one $49.99

[srgalahad]

Yeah! he's almost back in business.

[Ickie]

I run vista and the 7800 would only work with ms drivers, i never could get nvidia drivers to work from day 1

for about 3 weeks I have been working the butt off on this computer and daily the blue screen of death and this awful smell.

well today I had the blue screen 3 times, heck i have had the side cover off for 2 weeks and this card is cooking.
I hope I get this new card by early next week, 3 days the website says.

[stansdds]

question my board is a pci-e 1.o
will a 2.0 run on it?

It should work ok, but you will not get the full potential out of a PCIe 2.0 card when it's plugged into a 1.0 slot. As previously posted, the 1.0 slot does not have the data transfer capability of the 2.0 slot.

[Ickie]

at this time, I am venturing into a very large project and do not have the time to deal with vista and a motherboard swap and Microsoft. I do not want to lose my data.

[GT182]

Ickie, I've looked and I've only got a GF5600 Ultra 256mb card sitting here for a spare. I wish it could help you out mate.

[Buddha13]

Hi all,
Checked my box of bits.only got 3 agp cards and 2 pci graphics card spare.
Sorry cannot be of any more help.

Buddha13

[Ickie]

last night i bought a new card $49.99
EVGA GeForce 9400 GT Video Card - 1GB DDR2, PCI Express 2.0

[stansdds]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I kind of doubt you will be happy with a 9400GT. The 9400 is really intended for web surfing and watching DVD movies, not for any graphics intensive games or sims.

[Ickie]

My new job is to broadcast an internet TV Network for a brand new TV Station WLCN Charleston SC going live April 01/09
and my old card 7800 GTX, keeps crapping out on me, so this will be perfect for my new job.

[Buddha13]

Hi Ickie,
Will we be able to see this station in the UK.

Buddha13

[Ickie]

yes on the internet

[Ickie]

Buddha
i could use them old cards, i fix old computers and give them to people without one.

[Buddha13]

Hi Ickie,
Just put the 7800 in my wifes machine.And the 6800 has gone to a friend who has just fritzed his 6200 card yesterday.
The pci cards I have just checked.They are both appear to be dead.Been in the spares box for about 7 years.
That leaves a 5900.Will check the cost of postage from this side of the pond.If it is not too much will send it to you.It maybe the cost of postage is more than the card costs now.
Will let you know.

Buddha13

[Ickie]

lol, forgot your in England