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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:10:16 PM

Title: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:10:16 PM
and was wondering how I find out if I've done a good job or not...

its an asus geforce 6200 agp 8x
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Phoenix Dark on December 01, 2006, 03:11:27 PM
Install Doom 3 and boot it up. If the computer doesn't explode, you're job is done
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:13:03 PM
Install Doom 3 and boot it up. If the computer doesn't explode, you're job is done
I'm getting the halflife 2 demo from my steam account. Same idea, but better game.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Mupepe on December 01, 2006, 03:29:31 PM
What do you mean if you've done a good job?  You mean if you've installed it correctly?  Or do you mean if you got a decent card?
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:34:39 PM
What do you mean if you've done a good job?  You mean if you've installed it correctly?  Or do you mean if you got a decent card?
former. I know the card can't play anything OMG new well because it has awards on the box from 2002.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Mupepe on December 01, 2006, 03:36:15 PM
Go to your device manager and check to see what is shows as installed. 

You installed the Nvidia drivers, right?
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:38:39 PM
Go to your device manager and check to see what is shows as installed. 

You installed the Nvidia drivers, right?
of course.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 03:40:47 PM
according to steam's system information utility everything is the cheeseburger's fanny.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Mupepe on December 01, 2006, 03:44:54 PM
good deal.  unless you run into some error that says you have an incompatible card or no card, you're good to go.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 05:13:22 PM
um...when I launched halflife 2 it was fine and then suddenly the monitor went onto a black screen and started rapidly turning it's self on and off.  :(
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Van Cruncheon on December 01, 2006, 05:33:21 PM
The 6200 uses shared system memory. It is a turdy-turdy turd turd of a card.
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on December 01, 2006, 05:37:47 PM
The 6200 uses shared system memory. It is a turdy-turdy turd turd of a card.
its not for me though so I don't care.  :D
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: Mupepe on December 01, 2006, 06:06:09 PM
um...when I launched halflife 2 it was fine and then suddenly the monitor went onto a black screen and started rapidly turning it's self on and off.  :(
Did you make sure to uninstall the old video card drivers first?
Title: Re: I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...
Post by: rocketman on December 02, 2006, 01:18:42 AM
Awesome album, Gary Davis.