What are the good Video Cards?

On Jun 25, 11:08 am, robtgekko DeleteThis @_______.com wrote:
> What are the good Video Cards? (By brand and model)
>
> OK, I know this is one of those questions that are answered based on
> opinions and personal preferences, as well as facts. Anyhow, I am
> just looking into getting a better card than the onboard one I have
> now. I'm not a gamer, but I do like to view my dig. camera photos on
> the screen, and run photo editing software, plus watch some of the
> online movies like on "youtube.com". I want the AGP type of card,
> unless there is a PCI card that is better (probably not). I dont want
> to spend a fortune, but want something with a little "punch". I keep
> seeing Geforce as one of those mentioned on here. Years ago, Diamond
> seemed to be popular, as well as the ATI Rage cards, but this seems to
> change as fast as the weather.
>
Get an Ati x1300 its a good buy.
> Bob
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businessman.DeleteThis@nomail.com wrote:

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> PCI-E card?????

Yes.

> Is that something that plugs into a regular PCI card or do they have
> a new slot again? I have notr dealt with any of the motherboards in
> the past few years. I thought that AGP was the latest and fastest,
> and PCI was a thing of the past. They change this stuff so damn
> fast that no one can not keep up anymore.

I recall sitting in a bus thinking about Intel's and others' designs
for the PCI bus slots. That was a very long time ago. In between then
and the PCI Express, there was AGP.

> I just looked at some new computers at Walmart. I will never buy a
> computer, I always build my own, but I was just wasting some time
> while the wife looked at clothing (boring). Heck, these lastest
> computers dont even look like computers anymore.

Mine homebuilt doesn't have a floppy drive or a serial port.

> They have these oddball push button bay doors that open to install
> extra drives. How the heck they work is beyond me. It looks like
> they are a slide in drive or something. They have some odd looking
> plug on the rear. None even have a floppy drive anymore. Personally
> I'll stick to the old standard cases. I think they all come with
> Vista, and I'll pass on that too. Come to think of it, I dont think
> I'd even want a new factory made computer.

Think USB flash drive for easy removable media Storage. At least
Windows XP for compatibility with USB plug-in devices that have memory
like a hard drive. You can plug in your flash drive or camera and move
files to and from that device memory as if it were a hard drive.

By the way, keep a removable media copy of any important files from
your hard drive, at least one copy at all times on media you are not
currently working with. Flash drives (memory stick, thumb drive) are
very easy to use.
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<robtgekko DeleteThis @_______.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not a gamer, but I do like to view my dig. camera photos on
> the screen, and run photo editing software, plus watch some of the
> online movies like on "youtube.com".

Then you don't need another video card. If you ever start playing 3D
games, *then* you might need a new card, but until then, no.

Jon
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I wrote:

> I recall sitting in a bus thinking about Intel's and others' designs
> for the PCI bus slots.

FWIW, I didn't mean "thinking" on an engineering level.
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