Martin McLean
New member
I just can't seem to get my head around this whole video card thing.
I am running Windows XP, with a AMD Sempron 3000+,1.80 GHz Processor w/ 2GB RAM, on a MSI K8MM-V motherboard.
The motherboard has one AGP 1.5V 4x/8x slot and three PCI 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. (support 3.3v / 5v PCI bus interface) Does not support PCI Express.
I installed the Matrox Millenium G450 16MB AGP 4x Dual Head Video Card, but when I tried to calibrate my monitor (using Monaco Optix xr) I got a message saying, Your display device or driver does not support color table correction. So I updated my drivers, no good. Time to upgrade my video card.
I use this computer only for editing and printing photos. I am using Photoshop CS2. I would like to upgrade this whole system sometime next year maybe.
Here's where I get lost.
AGP vs PCI, should I just go with a AGP card now and upgrade to PCI Express card with my new system? Or get a PCI card?
Do I need 512 MB memory, hard to find on AGP.
Is a dual head better than DVI dual output, or are they really the same as the tech from Monaco told me?
I don't want to spend big bucks on gamming technology that I'll never use.
Could someone please recommend a good card that will run CS2 and let me calibrate my monitor.
I am running Windows XP, with a AMD Sempron 3000+,1.80 GHz Processor w/ 2GB RAM, on a MSI K8MM-V motherboard.
The motherboard has one AGP 1.5V 4x/8x slot and three PCI 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. (support 3.3v / 5v PCI bus interface) Does not support PCI Express.
I installed the Matrox Millenium G450 16MB AGP 4x Dual Head Video Card, but when I tried to calibrate my monitor (using Monaco Optix xr) I got a message saying, Your display device or driver does not support color table correction. So I updated my drivers, no good. Time to upgrade my video card.
I use this computer only for editing and printing photos. I am using Photoshop CS2. I would like to upgrade this whole system sometime next year maybe.
Here's where I get lost.
AGP vs PCI, should I just go with a AGP card now and upgrade to PCI Express card with my new system? Or get a PCI card?
Do I need 512 MB memory, hard to find on AGP.
Is a dual head better than DVI dual output, or are they really the same as the tech from Monaco told me?
I don't want to spend big bucks on gamming technology that I'll never use.
Could someone please recommend a good card that will run CS2 and let me calibrate my monitor.