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deanie44

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Hi. The Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 doesn't work in Windows 7. Can you give me advice on buying a new inexpensive card. I asked a Nvidia tech and he said the video card was not designed to work with Windows 7. If anyone could advise me on the latter issue I would appreciate it. deanie44.

WindowsXP Professional SP3
Philips DVD+RW DVD8801
HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR81643
1.99 of Ram
Media Center Home Edition 2005
Nvidia GeForce FX 5200
Hauppauge WinTv PVR 500 dual tuner card
HAUPPAUGE WINTIV HVR 1250 TUNER CARD
2nd HD--Window 7 RC1 v. 7100
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
INSPIRON 560MT
OS
windows 7 X64
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(4) CPU 3.06 GHz
Memory
4 GB OF RAM
Sound Card
REALTEK HD AUDIO
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Generic Monitor and Vizio E320VL LCD TV
Screen Resolution
1280 X 720
Hard Drives
1 TB SATA II HARDDRIVE
Keyboard
Dell generic keyboard
Internet Speed
16 Mbp
You didn't list the most important thing and that's your motherboard. I'm guessing you are using an AGPx8 video slot.

If you want to play games, even many new ones on highest settings, check my specs. That card is amazing. Otherwise, here is a list for you to consider. One of the HD cards should do well.

AGP, AGP Slot Card, AGP Video Cards, 4x 8x AGP Graphic Cards at TigerDirect.com

As per your post, a nice but also cheap card would be this one:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=495153&CatId=318
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Hi torrentg. thank you for your quick response. I hav two PCI slots and a PCIe slot.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
INSPIRON 560MT
OS
windows 7 X64
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(4) CPU 3.06 GHz
Memory
4 GB OF RAM
Sound Card
REALTEK HD AUDIO
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell Generic Monitor and Vizio E320VL LCD TV
Screen Resolution
1280 X 720
Hard Drives
1 TB SATA II HARDDRIVE
Keyboard
Dell generic keyboard
Internet Speed
16 Mbp
Except that it is a PCI-E 1x slot,

Documentation

of which at least at Newegg there is a grand total of two available,

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,Video Cards & Video Devices,Desktop Graphics / Video Cards,PCI Express x1,

and will also have little to no Windows 7 support. If you want to use Windows & and get at least proper video driver support you're going to have to look at something like this,

Newegg.com - SPARKLE SP94GT512D2LHPP GeForce 9400 GT 512MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

All things considering in your position I wouldn't put any money into parts that will work with Windows 7, but save up and buy a new computer that is compatible/capable.
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Me
OS
Win 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
FX-8350 @ 4.6 GHz so far
Motherboard
Asus M5A97 EVO
Memory
ADATA XPG V1 Series Black 8GB DDR3 1600
Graphics Card(s)
Sapphire R9 270x Dual-X
Sound Card
Xonar DGX w/ Corsair Vengence 1300
Monitor(s) Displays
Acer S232HL Abid
Screen Resolution
1920x1080
Hard Drives
120 GB OCZ Vertex 3
500 GB Seagate 7200.12
PSU
Antec Earthwatts 650W Green
Case
Antec Three Hundred
Cooling
Cooler Master 212 EVO
Keyboard
Logitech G510
Mouse
Logitech G500s
Internet Speed
35000/3000
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