I just want to know if I can use the ati radeon 9600XT 256M DDR instead of my onboard graphics card. Don't know a lot about this but a mate will send me the card for free so hopefully it's right (don't know if I have agp or pci so that's my main question). What I'm hoping this will do is enable my computer to run my new Lacie 24" CRT monitor better (the way I understand it is that my current onboard graphics card won't allow me to do higher resolution than 1024x768 at 75Hz) I've posted as much as I thought might be relevant below from the report generated by Everest about my machine. Let me know if y'all need more info to help me out. Thanks in advance!! SiS 330 Mirage Integrated Video Adapter SiS 760GX Chipset - Host-PCI Bridge SiS 965 PCI Express MuTIOL 1G Media I/O Bridge SiS PCI Express Controller System Slots / AGP ] System Slot Properties: Slot Designation AGP Type AGP 8x Usage In Use Data Bus Width 32-bit Length Short [ System Slots / PCI1 ] System Slot Properties: Slot Designation PCI1 Type PCI Usage Empty Data Bus Width 32-bit Length Short [ System Slots / PCI2 ] System Slot Properties: Slot Designation PCI2 Type PCI Usage Empty Data Bus Width 32-bit Length Short SiS 86C202 AGP Controller another report tells me: Integrated Graphics Controller: Graphics Controller Type SiS Mirage 2 Graphics Controller Status Enabled Graphics Frame Buffer Size 128 MB (UMA) + 0 MB (LFB) AGP Controller: AGP Version 3.00 AGP Status Enabled AGP Device SiS 330 Mirage Integrated AGP Aperture Size 128 MB Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x Current AGP Speed 8x Fast-Write Not Supported Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled Chipset Manufacturer: Company Name Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation Product Information http://www.sis.com/products/index.h... Graphics Processor Properties: Video Adapter SiS 330 Mirage Integrated GPU Code Name Mirage 2 (SiS760) PCI Device 1039-6330 / 1043-8159 Device Properties: Driver Description SiS Accelerated Graphics Port Driver Date 18/07/2003 Driver Version 7.2.0.1170 Driver Provider SiS INF File oem5.inf Hardware ID PCI\VEN_1039&DEV_0002&SUBSYS_00000000&REV_00 Location Information PCI bus 0, device 1, function 0 PCI Device SiS 86C202 AGP Controller Motherboard Name Asus K8S-MX (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 1 AGP, 2 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN) Motherboard Chipset SiS 760GX, AMD Hammer System Memory [ TRIAL VERSION ] BIOS Type AMI (08/03/05) Communication Port Communications Port (COM1) Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1) PnP Expansion Capabilities ISA, PCI, AGP, USB AGP Controller: AGP Version 3.00 AGP Status Enabled AGP Device SiS 330 Mirage Integrated AGP Aperture Size 128 MB Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x Current AGP Speed 8x Fast-Write Not Supported Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled Graphics Processor Properties: Video Adapter SiS 330 Mirage Integrated GPU Code Name Mirage 2 (SiS760) PCI Device 1039-6330 / 1043-8159 (Rev 00) Bus Type Integrated Memory Size 128 MB GPU Clock 100 MHz RAMDAC Clock 350 MHz Pixel Pipelines 4 TMU Per Pipeline 2 Vertex Shaders 1 (v1.1) Pixel Shaders 4 (v1.3) DirectX Hardware Support DirectX v8.1 Pixel Fillrate 400 MPixel/s Texel Fillrate [ TRIAL VERSION ] Device Properties: Device Description SiS 330 Mirage Integrated Video Adapter Bus Type AGP 8x Bus / Device / Function 1 / 0 / 0 Device ID 1039-6330 Subsystem ID 1043-8159 Device Class 0300 (VGA Display Controller) Revision 00 Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Not Supported Device Features: 66 MHz Operation Supported Bus Mastering Disabled AGP Properties: AGP Version 3.00 AGP Status Enabled Supported AGP Speeds 1x, 2x, 8x Current AGP Speed 8x Fast-Write Not Supported Side Band Addressing Supported, Enabled [ SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller ] Device Properties: Device Description SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller Bus Type PCI Bus / Device / Function 0 / 3 / 0 Device ID 1039-7001 Subsystem ID 1043-8139 Device Class 0C03 (USB Controller) Revision 0F Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled Device Features: 66 MHz Operation Not Supported Bus Mastering Enabled [ SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller ] Device Properties: Device Description SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller Bus Type PCI Bus / Device / Function 0 / 3 / 1 Device ID 1039-7001 Subsystem ID 1043-8139 Device Class 0C03 (USB Controller) Revision 0F Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled Device Features: 66 MHz Operation Not Supported Bus Mastering Enabled [ SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller ] Device Properties: Device Description SiS 7001 PCI-USB Open Host Controller Bus Type PCI Bus / Device / Function 0 / 3 / 2 Device ID 1039-7001 Subsystem ID 1043-8139 Device Class 0C03 (USB Controller) Revision 0F Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled Device Features: 66 MHz Operation Not Supported Bus Mastering Enabled [ SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller ] Device Properties: Device Description SiS 7002 USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller Bus Type PCI Bus / Device / Function 0 / 3 / 3 Device ID 1039-7002 Subsystem ID 1043-8139 Device Class 0C03 (USB Controller) Revision 00 Fast Back-to-Back Transactions Supported, Disabled PCI Device SiS 965 PCI Express MuTIOL 1G Media I/O Bridge

What you're going to have to do is uninstall the drivers for the SiS graphics, then shutdown the system. Unplug the power cord, install the 9600XT, connect the monitor to the new card, reconnect the power cord, boot up & immediately entire the BIOS. Look for settings related to the graphics. Disable the onboard graphics...there may be a shared memory setting, currently it's at 128MB...set it to zero (or none). Check the initial display setting, change it to AGP. It appears that the AGP Aperture is already set to 128MB so you're good there. Once you've changed the settings, save & exit. Boot into Windows & install the latest available ATI drivers. If you're running Windows 2000, use these: http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/... I suggest you download & install the "display driver" rather than the "Catalyst Suite"

so are you saying that I have an agp slot for it, and that's the type of card this radeon is? I can open my machine to look if someone tells me what to look for, but I thought it might already be in the info I'd posted... in any event, thanks for the step-by-step, have copied it and as soon as I know the card will fit I'll ask my friend to send it over.

The Radeon 9600XT wasn't available as a PCI card, it was strictly AGP. If you wanna open the case & check, the AGP slot should be the uppermost slot...it's shorter & set back farther than the PCI slots. It's usually brown but the color *may* vary depending on the board manufacturer. Here's a pic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped... EDIT: I just reread your original message. I didn't see the make/model of the board the 1st time. You have an Asus K8S-MX which definitely has an AGP slot. Here's a direct link to your board at the Asus site. If you don't have a copy of the manual, you may wanna download it for future reference: http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?l...

Have your friend send the card...it'll fit. Tip: Follow jam's installation advice to the letter; especially "I suggest you download & install the "display driver" rather than the "Catalyst Suite"" It's a good old card...enjoy Skip

I just took a quick look at the BIOS section of the manual. To disable the onboard video, go to Advanced -> Chipset Settings -> AGP Configuration & change these settings to: Aperture Size = 128MB Graphics Adapter Priority = AGP/PCI AGP Fast Writes = Disabled Select AGP 3.0 Data Ratio = 8X Share Memory = Disabled

"It's a good old card...enjoy" Yeah, the Radeon 9600XT was a great gaming card in it's day.