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Number   :  9575
Date     :  2005-01-01
Author   :  des4212001
Subject  :  Re: Off Base, Graphics Cards??? XC20434
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--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Hyde"  wrote:
> Hi Des,
> Happy New Year.
> "System Running Windows XP Home Edition. 1.7Ghz Celeron Processor. 
40Gb Hard
> Drive X 2. Second Drive is my XXCLONE drive.
> SP2 is not installed. SP1 all current updates applied."
> 
> 
> My thanks for your response to my plea for help on Graphics Card.
> You suggest that I look in " Device Manager " for Graphics 
Adapter. Done
> that, but can only find:
> Display Adapters which when Right Clicked provides the following:
> Display Adapter: Intel 8245G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller. 
Running on
> Standard PCI Bus 0: Device2: Function 0:
> PCI Bus : Standard System Device.
> 
> You also say" you're SOL " Sorry but what does SOL mean.?????
> 
> I know that I did have a problem a number of weeks back, when 
something
> caused my system to grind to a halt. When everything sorted itself 
out I
> then received a message from Microsoft, that the cause of my 
problem was due
> to the Display driver and that I had better contact Intel to try 
to find an
> Upgrade. this I did, upgraded my Display driver to the current " 
Intel
> Extreme Graphics."
> This was upgraded 20/08/2004 or at least that is the date of the 
release of
> the Driver. In the Options Menu.
> This improved matters by an Order of Magnitude.
> 
> Is this information more of an assistance, because it still does 
not provide
> me with the information I require to determine " What and Where do 
I obtain
> the Video card for my System;
> I have been in contact with Crucial Technology, the people I 
purchase my
> Memory from, who also provide Graphics Cards, but they are as 
stumped as I
> am, and they have tools which I do not have access to,
> Having scanned their Database of Motherboards and Ancillary 
upgrades, they
> are none the wiser.
> It was after my conversations with Crucial, which made me decide 
to ask my
> Question to the Forum.
> I have spent considerable time searching Google, but all the 
information
> provided there, unless you really know what you are seeking, can 
be more
> confusing than of help.
> 
> What I have been able to establish is that I need a Card which 
will fit into
> a " Standard PCI Socket ".
> They seem to be very thin on the ground, if not non-existent.
> So, Des, you appear to be quite knowledgeable in Graphics Cards.
> Can you be really bold and advise me as to which site to 
investigate
> further, which will provide me with the information I require.???
> A PCI Graphics card/ Video Card/ Accelerator Card, which will fit 
into a
> Standard PCI Socket ???.
> 
> Once I find the site, I can take it from there.
> 
> My sincere thanks for your assistance to date.
> 
> Have a very Successful New Year.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Pat.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "des4212001" 
> To: 
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2004 4:09 PM
> Subject: [xxcopy] Re: Off Base, Graphics Cards??? XC20434
> 
> 
> > snip<

What I could quickly find on the Intel 8245 only confused me:

http://search2.intel.com/corporate/default.aspx?culture=en-
US&q=8245+chipset&x=28&y=5

A European PAL TV interface chip set, but running on a PCI card? 
Possible I suppose? Or could that be just an integrated graphics 
chip set which interfaces PCI on the mother board? More likely.

Here is a straightforward introduction to PCI and AGP:

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/pci.htm

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/agp.htm

Comparing the operating speed capabilities between the 2 will 
clarify why there is an absence of PCI graphics controllers. And 
even AGP is now giving way to PCI Express.

DES



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