<div>what about a matrox g450 for $11 from tigerdirect? I've seen it sometimes in the local paper for $35.</div> <div> </div> <div><A href="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1755113&Sku=TC3H-1041&SRCCODE=NEXTAG&CMP=EMC-NEXTAG">http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1755113&Sku=TC3H-1041&SRCCODE=NEXTAG&CMP=EMC-NEXTAG</A><BR></div> <div>Ken</div> <div><BR><B><I>Harold Totten <haroldtotten@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Thanks Tom.<BR>After fiddling with it, I went straight to Fry's. A sales person escorted me to the video card section. She showed me the cheapest one - $50. I've been to 3 other stores. The ATI you found looks pretty good; $25 + freight. I'll go back to CompUSA and see if the $35 will work.<BR>Are
there 2 incompatible PCI standards?<BR>Still willing to try second-hand.<BR>Harold<BR><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 3/27/06, <B class=gmail_sendername>Emerson, Tom</B> <<A href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr"><SPAN class=q> <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><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN>It seems to be broke.<SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> [...]</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV>Anyone have something that might work? Cheap?<SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2> </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN></SPAN> </DIV></SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="DIRECTION: ltr"> <DIV><SPAN><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> <DIV><SPAN><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN><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><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>-- <BR>Harold Totten<BR><A href="http://www.haroldtotten.com/">http://www.HaroldTotten.com</A><BR>Altadena, California<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>The novelist Margaret Atwood said, "In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." <BR><BR>Emily Dickinson said, "A little Madness in the Spring / Is wholesome even for the King." </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>