geoffbyrne Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Just upgraded my music desktop to Win 7 & it turns out that neither of the graphics adapters in it (chipset & AGP) are supported by, or have drivers for Win 7 I can get a picture running, but it's low-ish def and as I'm running a wide screen VDU it's also more than a bit squashed. If anyone has an AGP card that works with Win 7 & is not currently in use, then colour me interested. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supabock Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Geoff, Ive got a Gigabyte/ ATI Radeon 9200 agp card that you can have if its any good. Im not sure if its win 7 compatible or not, but its only heading to the tip otherwise. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcro Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Hello geoffbyrne, I wish you luck in finding compatibility. I fear you might be out of luck. Drivers for AGP and Windows 7 seem very thin on the ground. There's also the question about Microsoft Direct X which is some sort of programming interface built into Windows. I think Win 7 will be Direct X 10. Can you identify your motherboard number/name and likewise for the graphics card? They're usually printed in large white letters on the circuit boards. Balcro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ancient Mariner Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Not free, but there's a fair chance this would work: http://www.ebuyer.com/341092-sapphire-hd-3650-512mb-ddr2-dual-dvi-agp-graphics-card-11129-06-20g Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 [quote name='Ancient Mariner' timestamp='1335310994' post='1629253'] Not free, but there's a fair chance this would work: [url="http://www.ebuyer.com/341092-sapphire-hd-3650-512mb-ddr2-dual-dvi-agp-graphics-card-11129-06-20g"]http://www.ebuyer.co...rd-11129-06-20g[/url] [/quote] Thanks, I'm looking at one now on Ebay. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 [quote name='supabock' timestamp='1335264143' post='1628132'] Geoff, Ive got a Gigabyte/ ATI Radeon 9200 agp card that you can have if its any good. Im not sure if its win 7 compatible or not, but its only heading to the tip otherwise. Steve [/quote] PM'd. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcro Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Hello Geoff, That card listed be "Ancient Marrier", I checked it out yesterday. You may have to go to sapphiretech.com and download what they call am AMD Catalyst Hotfix for AGP. Balcro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nibody Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Pity your board isn't PCI-E - I have an Ati 3870 in the parts pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbyrne Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 [quote name='Nibody' timestamp='1335361685' post='1629830'] Pity your board isn't PCI-E - I have an Ati 3870 in the parts pile. [/quote] That's always the way, isn't it? Maybe I should upgrade my PC. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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