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From: Nil on 5 May 2010 18:54 My friend is devoted to iTunes to play his media files and sync his iPod. Unfortunately, it tends to crash the computer fairly often with a garbled display and/or blue screen. No other program does this. I'm assuming there's just something about the P4M800-M7A motherboard's integrated display adapter that doesn't get along with iTunes, and I'm hoping a add-on AGP adapter will play better. Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive AGP video card?
From: Nil on 5 May 2010 20:17 On 05 May 2010, Nil <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in cakewalk.audio: > My friend is devoted to iTunes to play his media files and sync > his iPod. Unfortunately, it tends to crash the computer fairly > often with a garbled display and/or blue screen. No other program > does this. I'm assuming there's just something about the > P4M800-M7A motherboard's integrated display adapter that doesn't > get along with iTunes, and I'm hoping a add-on AGP adapter will > play better. > > Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive AGP video card? By the way, here's what newegg has in my price range: <http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=4025&Description=agp%20video%20card&name=%2425%20-%20%2450> This is for simple desktop use, and the occasional video. No games. I see some that come with 256 or even 512 MB of RAM. Would that be a benefit in this case, or that just for gamers? Any preferred brands? I really don't know much about this area, so any free clues you might have sitting around would be appreciated.
From: Sue Morton on 6 May 2010 00:47 I personally favor ATI cards, but only because I've not been disappointed by them. So I've not had a reason to check out the competition. Looking at the link you provided, and the info you posted, my preferences would be... For the 'bottom of the barrel' category the EVGA for $36 ($30+$6shipping): http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130210 great specs for the price. If I were to buy for myself from this list, it would be the open box Sapphire for $51 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102814R JMO, YMMV, AFAIK, TTBOMK... -- Sue Morton "Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message news:Xns9D6FCE5585DCBnilch1(a)130.133.4.11... > On 05 May 2010, Nil <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in > cakewalk.audio: > >> My friend is devoted to iTunes to play his media files and sync >> his iPod. Unfortunately, it tends to crash the computer fairly >> often with a garbled display and/or blue screen. No other program >> does this. I'm assuming there's just something about the >> P4M800-M7A motherboard's integrated display adapter that doesn't >> get along with iTunes, and I'm hoping a add-on AGP adapter will >> play better. >> >> Can anyone recommend a decent inexpensive AGP video card? > > By the way, here's what newegg has in my price range: > > <http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=4025&Description=agp%20video%20card&name=%2425%20-%20%2450> > > This is for simple desktop use, and the occasional video. No games. > > I see some that come with 256 or even 512 MB of RAM. Would that > be a benefit in this case, or that just for gamers? Any preferred > brands? > > I really don't know much about this area, so any free clues you > might have sitting around would be appreciated.
From: kitekrazy on 6 May 2010 20:37 Sue Morton wrote: > I personally favor ATI cards, but only because I've not been > disappointed by them. So I've not had a reason to check out the > competition. > > Looking at the link you provided, and the info you posted, my > preferences would be... > > For the 'bottom of the barrel' category the EVGA for $36 > ($30+$6shipping): > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130210 great > specs for the price. > > If I were to buy for myself from this list, it would be the open box > Sapphire for $51 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102814R > > JMO, YMMV, AFAIK, TTBOMK... Go with the Ati card. The Gforce ones are probably no better than the onboard graphics. The better option is to ditch iTunes and get his music from Amazon. iTunes has become very intrusive plus Amazon will load them into iTunes.
From: Nil on 7 May 2010 00:47
On 06 May 2010, kitekrazy <kitekrazy(a)kitekrazy.org> wrote in cakewalk.audio: > Go with the Ati card. The Gforce ones are probably no better than > the onboard graphics. Well, I'm getting a Gforce one, 'cause today I found a guy on craigslist who lives in the next town who is selling one for $5. I figured for that much it's worth a shot. If that doesn't work out, I'll take yours and Sue's advice more literally and stick to an ATI. > The better option is to ditch iTunes and get his music from > Amazon. iTunes has become very intrusive plus Amazon will load > them into iTunes. Really?!? Amazon has a standalone media player that can manage a local MP3 collection? I thought Amazon just sold the sound files. |