<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » Video Cards Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/72</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Video Cards</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:24:37 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:24:37 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Jafo</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/366391</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm installing Win 7 in my 'old' machine [P4 3gig, 2gig ram] ....and it's AGP only....with a Powercolor HD 3850 AGP card...which was fine in XP....but getting a driver to work/install for Win 7 is so far a no go.  Win shows it as a default VGA card with 16meg ...so the Windows index score is......1.0  Bit useless, really.  Been looking for a solution...but so far no luck.  Any takers?...   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/366391</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/366391</link><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 8:21:58 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-10-10T08:21:58-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>OK...nuvva query for peeps cleverer than me...</title></item><item><author>BoXXi</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/172221</comments><description><![CDATA[O.K. I just noticed something happening, and at first I thought I was going crazy. It's quite difficult to describe, so bear with me.......  If I open two windows side by side on my desktop and put them near the top of the screen, they are both the same colour and contrast. Obviously, you might say. However, If I then grab one of those windows and slowly move it towards the bottom of the screen, it gets lighter and lighter the further I move it down, until if I drag it all the way down so that...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/172221</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/172221</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 7:25:46 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-03-08T07:25:46-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Really Strange problem</title></item><item><author>Mae101</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89519</comments><description><![CDATA[  I have 2 screen savers that when they are running they do a start & stop on the motion of the saver & then one of them just stops running after about 15 seconds. I looked up the FAQ from the site, found the same question & the answer was to update/enhance your video card. I guess mine isn't 'powerful enough'? Every other screen saver I have,except 2 more that aren't as bad, runs like a champ including a couple of Matrix ones & several Aquariums. I don't understand what's going on. I tried to l...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/89519</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89519</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 4:01:07 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-11-20T04:01:07-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Need Info. About Enhancing Video Card</title></item><item><author>KeithMacDonald</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/142331</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm thinking about buying a video card upgrade for my computer. My motherboard is K8V-X from Asus, and its slots are (1) AGP 8x and (4) PCI's. NOT PCI EXPRESS. I've noticed alot of new video cards are either AGP (no 8x) or PCI Express. Will my motherboard work with a video card which works with with a PCI Express slot with my PCI slot? Or if I get a AGP based video card will it work with my AGP 8x?  Please help ASAP, and also nice upgrade to the site, really needed it. Also, I'm getting WoW Bu...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/142331</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/142331</link><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 8:52:58 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-08-31T08:52:58-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>K8V-X Works With...?</title></item><item><author>SlimSpaceman</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/86072</comments><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/86072</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/86072</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 7:03:42 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-26T07:03:42-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>ATI vs. nVidia</title></item><item><author>PurrBall</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/122707</comments><description><![CDATA[I just installed my new video card, and I can see improvements everywhere, most noticable Windows Vista's Aero Glass, Windows Media Player, WindowFX, and WindowBlinds.  The fact is: Even upgrading just a family (Nvidia GeForce 5200 to 6200) makes a HUGE difference!  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/122707</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/122707</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 4:06:29 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-15T16:06:29-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>New video card for me!</title></item><item><author>Bladelee</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/144938</comments><description><![CDATA[What do you all think about this set-up   my sweet husband just got this for me    but was wondering if it to much     PNY GeForce 8800 GTS / 640MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card  and  BFG-AGEIA PhysX Physics    i play a lot of on-line games tried of running every thing on low    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/144938</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/144938</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 5:24:52 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-02-22T05:24:52-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>New VideoCard/Phys. card</title></item><item><author>massacray</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/144668</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. I am new to this forum, and I really hope that you can help me.  What I want to do is run 3 monitors through my one Video card. Two of the moniters being  LCDs, and they will be going through the VGA and the DVI connections. This I already know how to do using the basic windows tool. But the third moniter, which I have never really attempted is my television.  I want to run the television through my S Video slot (the little round one). I have run it individually before, just ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/144668</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/144668</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 4:40:10 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-02-20T16:40:10-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Multipul Monitors</title></item><item><author>Armbut</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/142995</comments><description><![CDATA[Okay, first off my mom got a refurbished computer from her friend this week and she wanted me to fix it up for her. I agreed, of course, and when I took my first look at it my thoughts were "OH MY GOD!". It is an HLC Pentium machine with a P 133MHz processor, 64MB of EDO RAM (I upgraded it to 128MB thankfully), 10 GB Hard Drive (I added a second 20GB for 30GB total storage, good enough for her anyway), a CD-ROM 4x drive and Floppy. As I said earlier, I added more system memory, and a second hard...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/142995</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/142995</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 4:29:51 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-02-05T16:29:51-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>640x480 res with 16 colors????</title></item><item><author>sophiesboy</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/141692</comments><description><![CDATA[I am looking to improve my machine's video performance. I use a Dell d8400 with 1.5GB Ram and a 3GHz Pentium4.  The card I have now is an ATI Radeon X300 w/ 128Mb which I got orignally because I wasn't overly concerned about video performance.  In general, the current card works decently, as I don't place huge demands on my machine in terms of video. However, I will occasionally watch a movie, or a video through iTunes or WMP or another player. What I have noticed, especially in iTunes, is t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/141692</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/141692</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 7:24:19 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-01-22T19:24:19-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Recommendations for a non-gamer?</title></item><item><author>gfcentral002</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/84810</comments><description><![CDATA[  i'm thinking of upgrading my current pc to an AMD 64 cpu from my current Ahtlon XP 2500+ cpu (as soon as i'm done paying for this semester of school) and was wondering if it would be worth going with a motherboard that supports the new Nvidia SLi products.... i currently run an Nvidia based AGP video card but this new SLi looks pretty nice ~ just want to know if anyone on here currently is running this and if it would be worth it or if i should just get a new mobo & the AMD 64 and stay w/ my c...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/84810</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/84810</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 7:09:25 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-01-18T19:09:25-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>SLi - worth it?</title></item><item><author>sixshot</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/121867</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm sure those who have used a NVIDIA drivers know that their control panel system is rock solid and straightforward.  Having heard of the new 90 series featuring a new control panel, I figure I'd give it a go since the 91.31 release is a non-beta release.  Then again, since when has anything been a non-beta?  So I installed the drivers, reset my resolution on both monitors, and the appropriate refresh rate.  Then I proceeded to tinker around the new control panel.  Suddenly I am witnessing a ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/121867</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/121867</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 9:03:01 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-01-14T21:03:01-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>ForceWare 91.31</title></item><item><author>Mistacleen</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/137622</comments><description><![CDATA[Alright. I have a 1 year old dell 700m laptop. I was wondering if there was a way possible to upgrade it's video card. Currently there is only an integrated video card, and I was hoping to find perhaps a 64mb or 128mb card that could fit my dear lappy. At first i thought it was impossible to find a compatible card considering my laptop is so small, but why not ask? I went to nvidia's website ( WWW Link )and there seems to be an extremely small card thing above the "Featured Products", but im not...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/137622</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/137622</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 8:16:11 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-11-29T08:16:11-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Any Hope?</title></item><item><author>tippytoenail</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/131021</comments><description><![CDATA[We have 2 computers that we use for graphics. One is 128MB DDR ATI Radeon 9800 . The other is a NVIDIA GeForce MX/MX 400 . The color on the ATI is driving me nuts. It makes it hard to pass files in-between computers because the color has such an impact of change from the ATI going to the NVIDIA . If I get the colors to look alike on both then on the ATI machine it will bite me with another problem. For an example if I open her Bryce program (after I have adjusted her color) I can barely see the ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/131021</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/131021</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Nov 2006 5:06:32 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-11-26T17:06:32-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>ATI color problem</title></item><item><author>TheGuyPC</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/127225</comments><description><![CDATA[  Sorry for all of the trouble with the last set of links.  It seems that the site closed down shortly after I posted my article.  I was able to find it on Google Video though.             It really is funny (to me), and I think it shines a positive light on Nvidia.  I must say....it's just not right what they do to those video cards!        Here     is the new....good link!     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/127225</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/127225</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 9:40:00 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-19T09:40:00-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Nvidia Has A Sense Of Humor - New Link</title></item><item><author>MixedPower</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/115849</comments><description><![CDATA[  This is interesting. Instead of pursuing cometition against ATI and Nvidia with a VGA chip, a company named Ageia is working in a different direction, producing a physics chip. This chip will (at least supposedly) simulate a more accurate environment, and will be able to manipulate a lot of different objects at the same time. I can't really describe it here in so few words. See it for yourself at the posted link. It is already available in a few PCs offered by Dell, Alienware and Falcon Northw...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/115849</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/115849</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 5:21:37 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-19T05:21:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Ageia PhysX</title></item><item><author>EvadWarren</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/101336</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hi I have 2 PC's, Compaq and Dell, both are running Celerons around 3ghz. Look at this: Physical Memory:	503 MB Min. Graphics Memory:	8 MB Max. Graphics Memory:	64 MB Graphics Memory in use:	8 MB This info comes from the Intel Extreme Graphics and also from the manufacturers. I got that from the 512RAM the BUILT-IN (or on-board) memorycard is taking 8mbs and It could take up to 64mbs, but in both PC's when I enter to Bios to increase values I only have there either 1mb or 8mb,  1)How cou...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/101336</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/101336</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 9:14:44 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-08-28T21:14:44-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>How to increase Memory in use?</title></item><item><author>TheGuyPC</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/127063</comments><description><![CDATA[        I bumped into this video in my wanderings on the web tonight. I thought it was pretty funny, so I thought I'd share it with you.  It's a bit of a download. The video comes bundled with a "read me" file that states specifically that the video cannot be distributed without it. So to see it, you'll have to download it. It's around 5 mb if I'm remembering correctly.  Maybe someone will figure out a good way to host the video here, in a way acceptable to interested parties.  It really...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/127063</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/127063</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 2:13:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-08-18T14:13:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Nvidia Has A Sense Of Humor....</title></item><item><author>zetaeffe2001</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/124318</comments><description><![CDATA[I have a problem with my video card. When I start playing with a game I have a initialing error. Say video card or drivers doesn't support alpha blending. My Directx is Ok. What can I do?  Thank you for the help. ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/124318</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/124318</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 9:41:47 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-07-23T09:41:47-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Video card</title></item><item><author>zetaeffe2001</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/124320</comments><description><![CDATA[I have a problem with my video card a SiS M760Gx. When I start to play a game I have a initialing errorr. Says "video card or driver doesn't support alpha blending". What can I do? The Directx is Ok. But the problem there is the same.  Thank you for the help.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/124320</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/124320</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:41:12 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-07-19T12:41:12</pubDateParsed><title>Problem with video card</title></item><item><author>PoSmedley</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/103324</comments><description><![CDATA[  I broke down and got a video card that would allow me to see what I have been missing with WB5. (I had been working with an intergrated card that wouldn't let me see all the new features.)   I got a e-GeForce FX5500. I know it's not what a lot of people recomended, but it was what I could manage while still in recovery here. And, I got a good deal on it (after rebates of course.)   Anyway, installing it was an adventure for me and I am still kinda holding my breath. I followed all the inst...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/103324</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/103324</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 4:45:00 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-03-25T03:45:00-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>New Video Card</title></item><item><author>sleepydawg</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/98690</comments><description><![CDATA[  I don’t understand, maybe someone can explain it to me. I have a AMD Athlon XP 2600 - 2133 MHz - 512 memory - With a All-In-Wonder 9200 ATI Radeon card. WindowBlinds 5  has worked fine since it came out. Yesterday, for other reason than windowblinds, I updated my card driver from 5.1 to 6.1.  Now WB does not work.     I tried to switch back but that did not work ether. So I searched the site and fond that WB will not work with the 9200.  What gives???          It’s like having a small bite of...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/98690</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/98690</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2006 9:33:02 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-01-25T21:33:02-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>ATI 9200</title></item><item><author>gfcentral002</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89436</comments><description><![CDATA[  well i'm finally getting tired of how my system has been acting, which i am pretty sure, like 90% sure, it's because of my video card. i think it has have some kind of compatibility issue with my motherboard, or monitor, or both.. so i am looking to get a new one. anything good, comparable to Nvidia Geforce 6200 OC 256mb 8xAGP? (that's what i have right now) ~ prefer Nvidia - run WB5 so something that will run that well. am willing to go with ATI - not sure what is about the same though..... a...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/89436</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89436</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2005 8:40:41 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-11-02T07:40:41-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>going to break my gfx card in half :-P</title></item><item><author>werewolf</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89497</comments><description><![CDATA[  I've got a Radeon ViVo AGP4 64m DDR (7200 series).  At one time, I was able to turn on per pixel alpha blending, but I cannot, for the life of me, remember how I did it.  I know that I was able to do this because I needed it for WinFX and was somehow able to do so.  Does anyone know how to do this?  I looked at the Rage3dTweak, but it doesn't have it in there.  Barring that, what ATI card am I going to need to do PPAB for WB5 and Vista Aero?  I've looked at the Radeon website, but I can't ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/89497</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/89497</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 9:30:28 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-10-18T09:30:28-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>turning on per pixel alpha blending</title></item><item><author>Thomas Thomassen</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/86078</comments><description><![CDATA[  Hi. I just bought a new lapop recently. I am going to use it mainly for 3D graphics. The requirements where 1GB RAM and a DirectX 9 GFX card. What I got was a Packard Bell 1.6Ghz, 1GB Ram, 60GB HD, Nvidia GeForce Go 6400 128MB RAM (not shared).  The desktop I have standing here is a 1.8GHz, 768MB RAM, 80GB, Nvidia GeForce 3 128MB RAM. I tried GTA San Andreas on both computers, and the XPBench untiulity from Stardock. What sortof surpriced me was that the desktop system with the old Geforce ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/86078</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/86078</link><pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:06:09 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-09-12T09:06:09</pubDateParsed><title>Laptop Graphics cards</title></item></channel></rss>