NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000
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Posted by on August 28, 2008, 5:15 am
Please log in for more thread options NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 4000 Hello there, I have the above graphics card which seems to be slowly losing power - or whatever graphic cards do when they are old. What happens is that the graphics, instead of appearing instantly, unfold over the page like a wave. I believe I need a replacement but have no idea where to start. I'm an oldie with a 2003 windows xp pro and will never play games. However, I would like to be able to watch clips and videos in good quality and be able to update the graphics card when necessary. I have an AGP slot and would prefer a card that doesn't require a lot of resources and is not loud but has its own cooling system. This is information I have gleaned from forums, where there were complaints about loud, hungry and overheating cards. I should be grateful for any suggestions and recommendations, even warnings! Advance thanks. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bryce on August 28, 2008, 9:11 am
Please log in for more thread options margrihh@googlemail.com wrote: Are you certain this is not a slowdown resulting from inhaling one or many viruses? | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on August 28, 2008, 10:24 am
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> margr...@googlemail.com wrote:
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> Are you certain this is not a slowdown resulting from inhaling one > or many viruses? I'm pretty certain, AVG hasn't reported anything out of the ordinary - nor Spybot nor MS Firewall. Why exactly do you ask that question? I do all the cleaning up required, i.e. empty caches, defrag etc. so it's not that causing the slow down, I surely haven't got a virus - so what else could cause such a problem? Do graphic cards do behave differently when they collapse? I have no idea. I'm just guessing it must be the card because the visuals are affected. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Bryce on August 28, 2008, 11:32 am
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margrihh@googlemail.com wrote: >> margr...@googlemail.com wrote:
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>> Are you certain this is not a slowdown resulting from inhaling one >> or many viruses? >
> I'm pretty certain, > AVG hasn't reported anything out of the ordinary - nor Spybot nor MS > Firewall. Why exactly do you ask that question? > I do all the cleaning up required, i.e. empty caches, defrag etc. so > it's not that causing the slow down, I surely haven't got a virus - so > what else could cause such a problem? > Do graphic cards do behave differently when they collapse? I have no > idea. I'm just guessing it must be the card because the visuals are > affected. Rogue processes running in the background are the most likely cause. I brought it up as a reminder, in case you hadn't checked. My neighbor regularly does search-and-destroy on his daughter's computer when it gets really slow at writing the desktop. I don't recall ever seeing a video card just get tired and slow down. For me, digital stuff either works or croaks completely. I fled the world of Windows years ago, so I don't know whether the drill of reinstalling drivers, et. al. would help. Do you have access to another machine to try swapping video cards to see whether the problem resolves (or moves)? Even temporarily installing a pci video card will help diagnose what's going on. | ||||||||||||||||
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Posted by on August 28, 2008, 2:42 pm
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> Do you have access to another machine to try swapping video cards > to see whether the problem resolves (or moves)? =A0Even temporarily > installing a pci video card will help diagnose what's going on. Unfortunately not. I'm the only one around here who's even interested in computers. A pci video card wouldn't help anyway because I have an agp. Apparently the slots vary and the new pci won't fit. Ho hum. I shall probably have to live with it, unless someone comes up with an answer. | ||||||||||||||||
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>
> Hello there,
>
> I have the above graphics card which seems to be slowly losing power -
> or whatever graphic cards do when they are old. What happens is that
> the graphics, instead of appearing instantly, unfold over the page
> like a wave. I believe I need a replacement but have no idea where to
> start.
>
> I'm an oldie with a 2003 windows xp pro and will never play games.
> However, I would like to be able to watch clips and videos in good
> quality and be able to update the graphics card when necessary.
> I have an AGP slot and would prefer a card that doesn't require a lot
> of resources and is not loud but has its own cooling system. This is
> information I have gleaned from forums, where there were complaints
> about loud, hungry and overheating cards.
>
> I should be grateful for any suggestions and recommendations, even
> warnings!
>
> Advance thanks.