Modern PCI graphic cards?

[Josh Tolbert]

On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 02:00:45AM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Anybody have any recent experience with a modern PCI graphics card?
> 
> I'm finally moving from CRT to a flat panel display, and the old
> 4MB Matrox Mystique in my PC164 doesn't cut it for 1280x1024 in
> true color.  Also, DVI would be nice.  Obviously I'm not looking
> for 3D acceleration performance, any low end card is likely to be
> total overkill already.
> 
> I picked up a "Hercules 3D Prophet 9000" (ATI Radeon 9000) but my
> PC164 wouldn't even pass its initial hardware test with that card
> inserted.  An old Pentium-I PC wouldn't recognize the card either,
> so maybe it's just a dud, or maybe my machines are just too ancient.
> 
> Anyway, while I'm returning the card, any recommendations?

I have a PC164LX and a Sapphire Radeon 9100 128M DDR DVI/VGA/TV PCI card I
picked up from tigerdirect.com a few months ago for $49 after rebate that are
playing quite well together. Unfortunately, it sounds very similar to the card
you're returning. :(

Thanks,
Josh
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