Looking for Win 7 compatible graphics adapter

[geoffbyrne]

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

[supabock]

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

[Balcro]

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.

[Ancient Mariner]

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

[geoffbyrne]

[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.

[geoffbyrne]

[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.

[Balcro]

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

[Nibody]

Pity your board isn't PCI-E - I have an Ati 3870 in the parts pile.

[geoffbyrne]

[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.