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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B> </B>Harold
Totten<BR></FONT>I have a Diamond Viper v330 PCI video card.<SPAN
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</FONT></SPAN>It seems to be broke.<SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT
face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> [...]</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV>Anyone have something that might work? Cheap?<SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Look
around the bottom shelves at Fry's -- they usually have the old/off-brand cards
in the under-20-dollar range there, most any of them should work, especially if
you had a diamond in the past.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>For
that matter, a replacement viper 330 (if you can find it) might even be in the
$20-40 range nowadays ;)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>After
a bit of searching, the -lowest price- PCI card I found at pricewatch is
this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ATI-RAGEXL-8M">http://www.gearxs.com/gearxs/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=ATI-RAGEXL-8M</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>priced
at $18, though it is ATI not Diamond (though that is of little consequence
nowadays)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Conversely, the other end of the spectrum is this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.foxtec.com/products/view.asp?ID=i_10262915">http://www.foxtec.com/products/view.asp?ID=i_10262915</A></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=415045323-27032006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>which
is priced at $6700 (though I found higher prices on the vendors site
itself) Of course, before the sticker shock completely sets in, that is
for "bulk packaging" -- something like 5 units/box.... (which is still
over a grand each -- ouch!)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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