KBD
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| Processor | Intel e8600 @ 4.9 Ghz |
|---|---|
| Motherboard | DFI Lanparty DK X48-T2RSB Plus |
| Cooling | Water |
| Memory | 2GB (2 x 1GB) of Buffalo Firestix DDR2-1066 |
| Video Card(s) | MSI Radeon HD 4870 1GB OC (820/950) & tweaking |
| Storage | 2x 74GB Velociraptors in RAID 0; 320 GB Barracuda 7200.10 |
| Display(s) | 22" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro 2070SB |
| Case | Silverstone TJ09-BW |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Profesional |
| Power Supply | Ultra X3 800W |
| Software | Windows XP Pro w/ SP3 |
My friend gave me his Visiontek Radeon X1300 PCI video card that he has no more use for. I asked for it so i can put it in my old Socket A system which has PCI slots only. It used to have a Geforce 5200 card in there so i figured it would be a nice upgrade since X1300 is the best PCI card at the moment. The old card used to sit in PCI slot #1, however i installed the new card in PCI slot #3 cause the LAN card in PCI sot #2 was blocking the card's fan and an old Creative 5.1 card went into slot #1. The mobo manual doesn't specifically say which PCI slot should the video card go in, however the person who built this rig and later sold it to me used a marker to write this on PCI slot #1 : Video card in this slot only. So now i'm wondering if the card belongs in PCI slot #1, i haven't noticed anything usual after the installation but then again this is my first ATI card and i'm not familiar with them. The only strange thing i noticed is that Everest Home leaves the GPU section blank and doesn't display this card in PCI/AGP section only in Windows video. Can anyone clear this up for me?
