Is My Video Card Too Slow?

I've been a DIYer (on the subject of upgrading my PC)

now I have a
ESC K7S5A Pro MB
Athlon 1800 (1.15 GHz)
1 G ram
* Nvdia Riva TNT2 Ultra video card with 32M ram
Canopus ACEDVio vid cap PCI card
LG GSA 4040B multiburner

plus hard drives, etc

and I run XP pro SP2, fresh install less that 30 days old

If memory serves me I've had this video card for about 5 years and it
seems to me that my system is "slow" when browsing (video intensive?)
and if I try and play DVDs (choppy)

I'm suspecting I need to upgrade my video card, can anyone comfirm
this? If this is true, any suggestions? I'm not a gamer, and it seems
my MB tops out at AGP 4X.

TIA

-Reid Maynard

Your problem is not with the video card, assuming it is working properly. Browsing is not video intensive. Video requirements for DVD play are minimal; no 3D, and low resolution can be used. I use a 7 year old AGP 1 card, with a 1.26 Ghz Pentium 3, which I have never upgraded because I am not a gamer.

wrote:
>
> I've been a DIYer (on the subject of upgrading my PC)
>
> now I have a
> ESC K7S5A Pro MB
> Athlon 1800 (1.15 GHz)
> 1 G ram
> * Nvdia Riva TNT2 Ultra video card with 32M ram
> Canopus ACEDVio vid cap PCI card
> LG GSA 4040B multiburner
>
> plus hard drives, etc
>
> and I run XP pro SP2, fresh install less that 30 days old
>
> If memory serves me I've had this video card for about 5 years and it
> seems to me that my system is "slow" when browsing (video intensive?)
> and if I try and play DVDs (choppy)
>
> I'm suspecting I need to upgrade my video card, can anyone comfirm
> this? If this is true, any suggestions? I'm not a gamer, and it seems
> my MB tops out at AGP 4X.
>
> TIA
>
> -Reid Maynard

--
Mike Walsh
West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A.

> Athlon 1800 (1.15 GHz)
Athlon 1800 XP = 133*11.5 = 1.53 GHz
you have 100*11.5 = 1.15 - mayby this is your problem?
read your motherboard's manual to check system bus.

PS: sorry for my poor Eglish and best regards from Ukraine.
--
Vadim Bondarev [aka Hexus] vadya[at]viii.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua
[team ERROR 404] IP:10.108.4.23 ICQ:330859792

ahh, yes my bios setting jumped about two weeks ago. much faster now,
but still jumpy DVD playback

thanks

That is a very old and very slow video card by today's standards. But do
NOT overbuy in getting a faster video card; the rest of your system is a
bottleneck to a much faster card.

--
DaveW



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> I've been a DIYer (on the subject of upgrading my PC)
>
> now I have a
> ESC K7S5A Pro MB
> Athlon 1800 (1.15 GHz)
> 1 G ram
> * Nvdia Riva TNT2 Ultra video card with 32M ram
> Canopus ACEDVio vid cap PCI card
> LG GSA 4040B multiburner
>
> plus hard drives, etc
>
> and I run XP pro SP2, fresh install less that 30 days old
>
> If memory serves me I've had this video card for about 5 years and it
> seems to me that my system is "slow" when browsing (video intensive?)
> and if I try and play DVDs (choppy)
>
> I'm suspecting I need to upgrade my video card, can anyone comfirm
> this? If this is true, any suggestions? I'm not a gamer, and it seems
> my MB tops out at AGP 4X.
>
> TIA
>
> -Reid Maynard
>

Use the advice Hexus gave you, it'll fix your problem!

Regards, Kolja

http://www.nixart.co.nr

Thanks to all.

I reset my buss clock to 133, and it's much faster now. The original
browsing reference was for large/busy pages. This is now fast with
increased clock.

I flashed upgraded my multiburner. checked for all the leatest drivers.
I might try a second software player, so far I've just been trying Nero
Showtime2; which I've been through the config on.

I know it's an old card, but I've got to believe this is a
software/firmware issue, with everything else the system is very quick.

-Reid

wrote:
> I've been a DIYer (on the subject of upgrading my PC)
>
> now I have a
> ESC K7S5A Pro MB
> Athlon 1800 (1.15 GHz)
> 1 G ram
> * Nvdia Riva TNT2 Ultra video card with 32M ram
> Canopus ACEDVio vid cap PCI card
> LG GSA 4040B multiburner
>
> plus hard drives, etc
>
> and I run XP pro SP2, fresh install less that 30 days old
>
> If memory serves me I've had this video card for about 5 years and it
> seems to me that my system is "slow" when browsing (video intensive?)
> and if I try and play DVDs (choppy)
>
> I'm suspecting I need to upgrade my video card, can anyone comfirm
> this? If this is true, any suggestions? I'm not a gamer, and it seems
> my MB tops out at AGP 4X.
>
> TIA
>
> -Reid Maynard
>
you are 100% correct. I had the same card ,now I have ATI Radeon 9200
,128 mb DDR RAM , and I can play doom3,unreal2004...