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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:25:49 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Installing ati 9550 AGP card

In <20060219203547-62663-9@scoug.com>, on 02/19/06
at 08:35 PM, jack.huffman@worldnet.att.net said:

>I just bought an ATI 9550 video card which provides AGP 4X and 8X to
>install in my ASUS A7V333 motherboard. It has a via KT333 chipset which
>supports AGP 2X and 4X. I am assuming the two will work together at 4X.
>Is that assumption correct?

No.

>The ATI manual says I need a display driver AND a motherboard driver.

Only if you are running Windows.

>It
>also says I should uninstall the driver (Scitech in my case) for my
>existing Matrox Millenium card and reinstall the driver after installing
>the AGP card.

Only if you are running Windows.

>Does the Scitech driver provide the equivalent of a graphics driver and a
>motherboard driver?

In a sense yes. If Scitech support the card and you install the Scitech
driver, the card will work, unless it is DOA.

>Do I need to uninstall and reinstall as ATI
>recommends?

Only if you are running Windows.

HTH,

Steven

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