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DVA4215
Senior Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on March 12 2007
Everett 250 Club
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Pleasant Grove, UT USA

636 legs, 1,647.2 hours
410 legs, 746.5 hours online
589 legs, 1,563.2 hours ACARS
7 legs, 10.3 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 16 2010 19:59 ET by Kyle Hatch

Hey everyone!
I had my computer decide to turn on me and not boot up a few days ago. I took it into the tech guys who made it for me to find the exact problem. I was expecting to be the motherboard but turns out it is the video card. I had the ATI Radeon X1300 with 512MB. They are offering me a GeForce 6200 for $55. It is also the 512MB version. I am not too good with finding the greatest deals on video cards. Is the GeForce 6200 a good card? Is there a better card than the GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X1300 for around $55? This is for the older video card slot, not sure what exactly it is called... I told them I would call them back tomorrow and let them know what I have decided. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

DVA5544
Captain, A320

Joined on February 07 2008

"I'm at a 15° chin-up attitude."
Spiez, Bern Schweiz

34 legs, 58.3 hours
24 legs, 34.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on February 16 2010 20:57 ET by Alexander Kolb

Not a flight sim website, but I used it in selecting my graphics card and it applies to FS just as well.

http://services.runescape.com/m=forum/forums.ws?25,26,645,60087869

Alexander Kolb

Captain, A320

DVA7729
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on September 09 2009
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Globetrotter

"Roar like GE-90s!"
Mississauga, ON Canada

396 legs, 1,741.6 hours
380 legs, 1,692.7 hours online
391 legs, 1,702.2 hours ACARS
46 legs, 113.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on February 16 2010 21:34 ET by Shahzeb Bhutto

Kyle Hatch wrote:

Hey everyone!
I had my computer decide to turn on me and not boot up a few days ago. I took it into the tech guys who made it for me to find the exact problem. I was expecting to be the motherboard but turns out it is the video card. I had the ATI Radeon X1300 with 512MB. They are offering me a GeForce 6200 for $55. It is also the 512MB version. I am not too good with finding the greatest deals on video cards. Is the GeForce 6200 a good card? Is there a better card than the GeForce 6200 or ATI Radeon X1300 for around $55? This is for the older video card slot, not sure what exactly it is called... I told them I would call them back tomorrow and let them know what I have decided. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks!

Geforce 6200 is an AGP 8x graphics card, which is not the latest one nowadays. I would suggest you to buy this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3092427&CatId=2234

It's better and cheaper than what they are offering you. Read the customer reviews if you want to hear more about it.

Shahzeb Bhutto (DVA7729)

Posted onPost created on February 18 2010 00:38 ET by Kyle Hatch

I talked to the tech guys today and they agreed. They couldn't offer me that card, the highest they had for AGP is the 6200. I didn't get charged for them figuring out what was wrong with my computer either! They asked what kind of games I run on my computer and I told him really just FS2004 and he said the 7300 will help with the frames. It looks like I will be buying the 7300 tomorrow! Thanks a lot for the help!

Kyle Hatch (DVA4215)

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