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More info?)
Ben,
Thanks for the info. Have been on Ebay and found only an Appian Gemini 2D
card. I need a 3D card for playing kids games - nothing too much, either in
power or expense.
If you have got an AGP card that will fit the Deskpro EN, I'd much
appreciate it.
Regards
John
p.s. couldn't send reply direct, kept being returned.
<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:41fe38e9.3124254@nntp.charter.net...
> Your system must an AGP slot with the so-called NLX mounting bracket.
NLX-style
> AGP cards are hard to come by. NLX was used by Compaq, IBM, Gateway, and
maybe
> a couple of other name brands. Known manufacturers of NLX cards include
ATI (of
> course), Matrox, Elsa, and S3 (actually a chipset, not a manufacturer).
>
> As one might guess, cards with an NLX bracket were manufactured instead
with
> more traditional mounting brackets. In the past, I have closely examined
the
> physical structure of card and bracket, then changed an NLX card into a
standard
> AGP card.
>
> Try eBay searching for NLX. If that fails, send me an email directly, and
I'll
> see what I have in my stack of AGP cards and NLX brackets... Ben Myers
>
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:59:20 -0000, "John McMurrugh"
<mac2203@JRMcM.e7even.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I have a Rage Pro Turbo AGP 4Mb graphics card and would like to upgrade
it.
> >It seems only certain cards will fit but I don't know which ones. Any
help
> >would be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks
> >John
> >
> >
>
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