just bought a radeon ati sapphire x1650 pro and i must say im upset it wont work. i uninstalled my old drivers for my old card and took it out and put the new one in and all i got was a black screen. if any one here has and experience with this please do help. since is didnt work i ended up puting the old card back in and reinstalling the old drivers. oh and btw its a apg slot not pci


my system specs are

Processor:
AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.8GHz
Memory:
1024MB RAM
Video Card:
RADEON 9000 SERIES
Monitor:
Plug and Play Monitor
Sound Card:
NVIDIA(R) nForce(TM) Audio
Operating System:
Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 3 (2600.xpsp_sp3_gdr.090206-1234)

So you get a black screen that prevents you from installing drivers for the new card after you put it in?

As a side note, even if you got the card to work it would under-perform due to the slow processor.

im going to take the card back since i found a nvidia card lying around its a nvidia gforce 7300gt i think its got like 512 mb of vram on it and a cooling fan. thx for the help tho

If you think that card is good just because it has 512 MBs of vRAM, you are very mistaken. But since you're obviously not planning to play modern PC games any time soon, I guess it is better than nothing.

bjossi thats the best vidoe card i can put in my computer that will work my motherboard is to old for the newer ones and i only have one gig of ram and a slow processor. so ya i cant even run ut3

That is no excuse. If the mobo is old and the only component standing between you and a fast PC, then ditch it and buy a new one, mobos are not expensive at all unless you go for something designed for hardware enthusiasts.

As a side note beating a dead horse gets you nowhere, let alone spending money on ancient hardware just so you can keep beating it some more. My advice is to save up for a barebone box, it is basically a pre-built case with all the hardware a typical PC has but without the bullshit that usually comes with branded pre-built systems. You can find these all over the internet, TigerDirect and NewEgg come to mind.

I got this, shoot when was it?? A few months back for around $800. You prob. can get a better system for cheaper now.


EVGA. nForce 650i ultra Intel Core 2 Duo Wolfdale E8200 2.66GHz
6MB Cache Dual Core 1333MHz 2 Gig DIMM-DRAM NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS with 512 DDR3 memory (PCIe 1.00 x16)

If you got that few months ago, why aren't you using it?