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Best driver/video card?

Discussion in 'Device Drivers' started by russfraz, Jan 4, 2005.

  1. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    I need a new video graphics driver/card-i have WIN 98, IE 6.What would be the best driver/card to install?
  2. vegasgmc TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,760

    What do you do with the compueter? Are you a gamer? If not a gamer a cheap card like the nVidia MX4000 or Radeon 9200 is perfectly fine.
  3. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    loaded driver didn't work

    I've downloaded a different driver,that is compatible,but it hasn't seemed to helped-do i have to re-install it,or what?My pictures still look like cartoons.
  4. vegasgmc TechSpot Chancellor Posts: 1,760

    Do you need a video card or the driver? What are your system specs?
  5. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    do i need graphics card/driver/tv tuner?

    Windows98,IE 6.Pictures are grainy,off-color-i downloaded directx 9,but that didn't seem to help-should i re-install it(i was told that this would also fix my problems with clicking some links,or email links except yahoo).Hasn't fixed that problem either.I'm stumped.Thanks for the reply.
  6. TS | Thomas Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,327

    What graphics card do you have installed at the moment? Windows 98, IE6 doesn't tell use anything about the graphics card you have.
     
  7. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    what grapics card do i have?

    Well,i'm not very pc savvy,i went to everest and here's what i found;standard (vga) driver,i'm told that it's just to get windows up and running.Windows devices;standard pci graphics adapter,pci devices;trident cyberblade ail video adapter,via vt8501 apollo mvp4 chipset agp controller,via v8501 apollo mvp host pci bridge,irq 15 shared graphics adapter(vga),yamaha opl3-sax wdm driver,video codecs;iccvid.dll version 1.10.0.6 cinepak,ir32_32.dll indeo r3.2,ir50_32.dll,version r.5.04.15.2.41 indeo video 5.04,msh261.drv version 4.3.2203 microsoft h.261 icm driver,msrle.32.dll rle,msh263.drv 4.3.2203 microsoft h.263 icm driver,msvidc32.dll video1 pci/agp video device description trident cyberblade i7,open gl microsoft gdi generic version 1.1
    If there's info on a video graphics card here,let me know-should i try installing directx again?Maybe a motherboard problem?Thanks for your time.
  8. kOrNhOlE Newcomer, in training

    Graphics card

    If u want to find the graphics card, Right click my computer, Click manage, Click the + sign next to system tools to make the list drop, click devics manager, then click display adaptors. IT should say thats its a graphics controller which is the same thing. Then give us the exact name of it.
  9. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    What Video card do i have?

    Thanks for your reply-here's what i show;VIA BUS Master PCI IDE Controller,standard PCI grahics adapter(VGA),current file vga.drv,*vdd,yamaha OPL3-SAx WDM driver.
    I hope that this helps-Ineed to know what to do.
  10. Justin Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,595

    " devices;trident cyberblade ail video adapter"

    That is what you need.

    You need to find Windows 9x drivers for the Trident Cyberblade, perhaps a specific model of cyberblade.
  11. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    trident cyberbalde driver ?

    Thanks so much-I hadn't the slightest idea of what driver that i might need,if it was a video card problem,or even motherboard.I'll try to find something comparable,probably an upgraded version as this seems to be a preetty old pc(built in '98)
  12. russfraz Newcomer, in training Posts: 19

    I have found,downloaded,unzipped and extracted the trident cyberblade-However,it doesn't tell me how to install it!How do i install?Thanks.
  13. howard_hopkinso Newcomer, in training Posts: 25,949   +16

    Look in the files that you downloaded, there should be one that says setup, double left click on it.

    Regards Howard :grinthumb