Dear Jim,
I don't know the main reason why you want to replace the video card. Is the card
that is in the machine right now broken. If so you will be able to get cheap
replacements at a second hand computer shop.
If you want a new video card to increase performance. Than i wouldn't spent the
money on it as your system is already very slow. In comparison to now a day
systems. I think the system might run XFree quite well as long as you don't run
Staroffice and probably netscape.
To be sure if you have either ISA or VESA local bus or PCI or even AGP you have to
open up your PC. Btw AGP is just nonsense as there hasn't been ever a 486 with
AGP. And as far as i know the PCI 486 only excised after the DX-4 was introduced
(100MHz 486).
I will try to explain how you can see if you have ISA or VESA local bus of PCI. If
you measure the slot if the total length is 14 cm than it's a ISA Slot If it's 8.5
cm than it's a XT slot. This type is very old fashioned. If the slot is 22.5 cm
than it's VESA local bus if it's 8 cm than it's a PCI slot. Another remark PCI
slots are most of the time white ISA and XT slots are most of the time black. VESA
local bus slots are most of the time black with a brown extension connector (It's
basically a ISA connector and a extension connector).
I hope this helps.
Regards,
Joop Boonen.
Nicholas R LeRoy wrote:
> Jim...
>
> If you don't have a PCI, you still *can* find ISA video cards, but they're
> getting hard to find. Dalco Electronic does have some, I know. No
> affiliation, but I've bought from them several times, and have had good
> luck with them. I'm sure other places do, too, but you'll have to hunt,
> and you certainly won't get the 'latest & greatest'.
>
> Just my $.02 worth
>
> -Nick
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