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From: Gary R. Hook on 9 May 2010 16:14
On 5/6/2010 7:37 PM, kitekrazy wrote:
>
> Go with the Ati card. The Gforce ones are probably no better than the
> onboard graphics.

I'll go with "incorrect". The FX5200 is far more powerful than the
integrated S3 device on the motherboard (per the BioStart manual), and
is capable of running low-end 3D games like Uru at decent frame rates
and resolution.

The problem is most likely the device _driver_, not the device. iTunes
doesn't require a particularly robust graphics adapter, but QuickTime
(which I think it uses) is going to require stable software. And if I
were going to point the finger at anything it would be BioStar. FWIW
Nvidia writes excellent drivers, in my experience.

> The better option is to ditch iTunes and get his music from Amazon.
> iTunes has become very intrusive plus Amazon will load them into iTunes.

It's perfectly reasonable to use iTunes to manage audio files purchased
from Amazon. But how does "ditching iTunes" and "load them into iTunes"
make any sense? Unfortunately, per Apple's evil corporate philosophy,
if you want to use an iPod you have to use iTunes to take full
advantage of it.

The advice to try an inexpensive video card and disable the onboard
graphics is the first approach. Might not solve the problem, but it's a
good starting point.
From: Nil on 9 May 2010 17:01
On 09 May 2010, "Gary R. Hook" <obfuscate(a)nospam.net> wrote in
cakewalk.audio:

> The problem is most likely the device _driver_, not the device.

I thought of that, too, but I had already tried several different
drivers, and none of them fixed the problem. The video card itself
seemed like another likely suspect and was easy to try a replacement.

> The advice to try an inexpensive video card and disable the
> onboard graphics is the first approach. Might not solve the
> problem, but it's a good starting point.

So far, so good, although it's only been a day so it's too soon to tell
for sure.

I can't figure out how to disable the onboard display adapter. There
seems to be no setting in BIOS for that.
From: Sue Morton on 9 May 2010 23:17
Disable it inside windows device driver settings then?
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Sue Morton

"Nil" <rednoise(a)REMOVETHIScomcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9D73AD2961D96nilch1(a)130.133.4.11...
> I can't figure out how to disable the onboard display adapter. There
> seems to be no setting in BIOS for that.


From: Gary R. Hook on 12 May 2010 08:57
On 5/9/2010 4:01 PM, Nil wrote:
> I can't figure out how to disable the onboard display adapter. There
> seems to be no setting in BIOS for that.

I think the choice is which device to use as the primary adapter.
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