Video card requirement for decent XP performance

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Jimmy the Greek

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While I'm waiting for my 8800GTS to arrive and as I ship out the 7900GS I sold, I needed a stopgap video card compatible with my PCI-e mobo. All of my old cards were AGP-based, except for a PCI S3 Virge from 1997.

Right away, I noticed that XP is sluggish with this card. There is a noticeable delay in simple tasks, like switching between windows and bringing up the list of Start Menu programs. I thought that video cards were irrelevant to these tasks, but apparently not.

What is the considered the minimum VGA chipset needed for smooth performance in XP? GeForce2 or equivalent?
 
not sure, but you can try lowering the resolution first, that should help

or try seeing if you have the latest drivers for it loaded, i know, it's obvious, but a card running the generic drivers with Xp will run slow...have lagg especially when scrolling, even a fast card
 
nobody_here said:
not sure, but you can try lowering the resolution first, that should help

or try seeing if you have the latest drivers for it loaded, i know, it's obvious, but a card running the generic drivers with Xp will run slow...have lagg especially when scrolling, even a fast card
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Sadly, it doesn't look like S3 made any XP drivers for this card.

My system just froze when navigating Steam. Wow...that 8800 can't come soon enough.
 
Jimmy the Greek said:
While I'm waiting for my 8800GTS to arrive and as I ship out the 7900GS I sold, I needed a stopgap video card compatible with my PCI-e mobo. All of my old cards were AGP-based, except for a PCI S3 Virge from 1997.

Right away, I noticed that XP is sluggish with this card. There is a noticeable delay in simple tasks, like switching between windows and bringing up the list of Start Menu programs. I thought that video cards were irrelevant to these tasks, but apparently not.

What is the considered the minimum VGA chipset needed for smooth performance in XP? GeForce2 or equivalent?
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Probably a driver issue as mentioned.
 
Oh my, that's an interesting combination. An S3 Virge with a Superbox. I'm sorry that you are experiencing trouble, OP, but :p

I'll bet that 8800 CAN'T get there fast enough. It was slow when it was new. They called it a graphics de-celerator even then. It's the video drivers. There is only marginal support in XP. Set your interface to classic until your real card gets there. The Window shadows and smooth scrolling are probably killing it. My old laptop had one of these and that's what I had to do when I installed XP. It was okay in 2000, and okay in 2D once I set my interface to classic.

I don't mean to laugh at you, but :p I just can't help it.
 
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