At 04:14 PM 5/31/99 , Donna Doty wrote:
>I finally broke down and decided to build a new system, 2 megs of video
>RAM wasn't cuttin' it anymore.
>
>I decided on AMD K-6-III 450, ASUS PSA board, my 32 megs of SDRAM can be
>transferred along with my 2 G harddrive (temporarily).  I'm not into
>gaming or great sound so an ESS PCI sound card and a 770 (?) video card
>were suggested, reading the multitudes of reviews is making my head
>implode. I was told compatibility issues were very important here.
>Could someone recommend something known for it's ease, preferably 16
>megs?


If you are not using the video card for gaming or 3D graphic acceleration,
a 8mg or 4mg card is plenty.  I would suggest a STB, Diamond or ATI
video card.  All three in this range can be purchased for under $60 and
are very stable.  Compatiblity issues should not be of any concern.
Look at the ATI Expert@play 8mg card for about $53 at: http://www.buy.com
or the STB Velocity 128 4mg card for $63 at: http://www.buy.com.  I have
used both and the STB is a faster card with less memory.

One more thing I would mention, that is RAM memory.  The price of
ram, especially SDRAM PC100 memory has never been cheaper.  If
you intend to use a Microsoft operating system such as Win95/98/NT
then you should have at least 64mgs or even more.   The extra ram
will always insure your system runs fast and does not bog down.

   Bob Wright
The NOSPIN Group

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