I install a new graphics card on my parents pc...

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

and was wondering how I find out if I've done a good job or not...

its an asus geforce 6200 agp 8x

[Phoenix Dark]

Install Doom 3 and boot it up. If the computer doesn't explode, you're job is done

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

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.

[Mupepe]

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?

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

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.

[Mupepe]

Go to your device manager and check to see what is shows as installed. 

You installed the Nvidia drivers, right?

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

Go to your device manager and check to see what is shows as installed. 

You installed the Nvidia drivers, right?

of course.

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

according to steam's system information utility everything is the cheeseburger's fanny.

[Mupepe]

good deal.  unless you run into some error that says you have an incompatible card or no card, you're good to go.

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

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. 

[Van Cruncheon]

The 6200 uses shared system memory. It is a turdy-turdy turd turd of a card.

[Thee Reverend Gary Davis]

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. 

[Mupepe]

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?

[rocketman]

Awesome album, Gary Davis.