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Date:	Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:41:44 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Video Cards

In <200604241921.k3OJLux8078996@pimout6-ext.prodigy.net>, on 04/24/06
at 11:21 AM, sshapiro@ucsd.edu (Sandy Shapiro) said:

>I somehow assumed the RAM was getting overwhelmed,

Unlikely. More likely you are just seeing an intermittent defect,
somewhere in the system. Could be the PM subsystem, could be SNAP, could
be an application or it could be some interaction.

>and I tried an
>inexpensive nVIDIA PCI GeForce 6200 video card with 128 MB DDR RAM and
>DVI output. The video with this card is much slower. Windows take longer
>to draw, and scrolling is much slower.

Could be a number of things. Could be that the card is not really
optimized for 2D graphics, which is what you are using. Could be that
SNAP does not fully support accelerating this card.

>My question is do I need to update my Matrox MGA-400 card,

Only if you think it is broken.

>and if so,
>what would be some good choices.

I would recommend going with whatever Scitech says they can support the
best. You might ask this on the Scitech forums.

Steven

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