I have a rather old system and I'm almost positive my video card no longer works. I had an ATI Radeon 9800 Pro but the fan started giving me problems years ago. I'd hear a loud whirring noise whenever I booted up, googled it, and discovered that it was a rather common problem with these cards (apparently the fan on the cards has a short life span). Now whenever I boot up I'll see my desktop for a second or two before the screen goes black and I reboot. Sometimes I won't even make it past the Windows XP screen and everything will just go black. So I'm almost 100% positive it's the video card. At the moment I have to run in safe mode :/
Since it's an old system it's still AGP, but the good thing is I've read that you can get a decent AGP Video Card for fairly cheap. I don't really have a SET budget but I don't want to spend any more than $130. I'm not much of a gamer but I would like to get something that could handle fairly new games. For the most part I do graphic design and run programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. and 3D rendering programs like Cinema 4D. The only problem that I can see myself running into is my old hardware and power supply, so I'll post my current specs.
System Specs:
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Abit KV8 Pro Via-K8T800 MotherBoard
1.5gb of Kingston PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8MB S-ATA Hard Drive
Sony 16x dvd
NEC DVDRW +/- 8x
2 Case Sleeve Fans 8x8
Blue Bold Cathode Neon Light
Orion 420Watt Power Supply
NZXT Case
Since it's an old system it's still AGP, but the good thing is I've read that you can get a decent AGP Video Card for fairly cheap. I don't really have a SET budget but I don't want to spend any more than $130. I'm not much of a gamer but I would like to get something that could handle fairly new games. For the most part I do graphic design and run programs like Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. and 3D rendering programs like Cinema 4D. The only problem that I can see myself running into is my old hardware and power supply, so I'll post my current specs.
System Specs:
Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Abit KV8 Pro Via-K8T800 MotherBoard
1.5gb of Kingston PC3200 RAM
Maxtor 160 GB 7200 RPM 8MB S-ATA Hard Drive
Sony 16x dvd
NEC DVDRW +/- 8x
2 Case Sleeve Fans 8x8
Blue Bold Cathode Neon Light
Orion 420Watt Power Supply
NZXT Case