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Irwin Opper

Hi all,
Can somebody suggest a video card for a pci slot that will run Vista Home
Premium?
TIA, Irwin Opper
 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102010
X1300 is probably the least expensive way to go, $50. It has 128 MB of RAM,
which will let you run the Aero interface. It also has a dual-link DVI port
if you have an LCD display with resolution over 1600x1200.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814143058
Geforce 6200 PCI for $41. No dual-link DVI. 3DFuzion is the whitebox brand
of BFGTech, with 2-year warranties.

There are faster cards like the Geforce FX5500 for PCI, but the current
nVidia Vista drivers don't support it.
 
* First of One:
It also has a dual-link DVI port
if you have an LCD display with resolution over 1600x1200.
Click to expand...

Dual Link DVI is only needed for resolutions over 1920x1200, everything
up to that is Single Link DVI only.

Benjamin
 
Except over single-link DVI, the card will have to run in reduced-blanking
mode with resolutions above 1600x1200.
 
* First of One:
Except over single-link DVI, the card will have to run in reduced-blanking
mode with resolutions above 1600x1200.
Click to expand...

All cards of the last years (means: all Radeons and all Geforce cards
except some el-cheapo Geforce FX5200/5500 with buggy BIOS and some
crappy Matrox cards) do reduced blanking just fine...

Besides that, it's not that there is a choice: no display that uses
resolutions up to 1920x1200 uses Dual Link, so you're forced to Single
Link with reduced blanking there...

Benjamin
 
Yes, as were the cards I suggested. His choices are limited, but not
non-existent.
 
Thank you for your help. I didn't know PCI cards are still available.

Irwin Opper
 
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