Re: Will a seperate hard drive enhance my video playback?

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From: Ionizer (me7_at_privacy.net)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 04:59:06 -0500

"Michael" <Michael@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F6BCF1E3-69F8-4353-9A42-7F68AE7A1E97@microsoft.com...
> Whew,lots of helpful ideas!
>
> Well, my video card in the computer is the Intel 82845G/GL Apparantly,
there
> is an updated driver that I can try.
>

This is an onboard graphics adapter. Unlike a separate video card,
onboard adapters use some your CPU's resources to process video. This is
where you need to be spending those dollars- not on a new hard drive but
on a dedicated video card.

I still suffer from a fear of opening my computer's case, but installing a
video card is something you *can* do yourself if you like:
http://www.motherboards.org/articles/guides/1168_1.html

I buy my brother a few beers and have him do this sort of thing for me,
but if he were unavailable I'd pay someone a few dollars to do it for me
so that I knew it was done right.

If the drivers update for your present video adapter doesn't fix your
playback problems, buy a mid-range video card and it will no doubt solve
all your troubles.

Regards,
Ian.

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