computer help needed - video card

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   guys - 
i have a computer with a onboard video card (a SiS s730, i think, not that great) a buddy of mine gave me a much better Nvidia video card. no problem, popped it into the slot. disabled the old one (was unable to actually uninstall it because every time i restarted puter it would reinstall and try to run both) installed software for new card and let er rip.
the problem is that now my screen is flickering very badly, and i am not sure what the problem is. i thought the old vid driver might be interfering with the new one (since it was only disabled and not actually removed), but i don't know. it must be related to accelleration, because when i shut the acceleration all the way off, it seems to work just fine, except i can't start games tht use acceleration.
my buddy that i got the card from said he had the same problem when he got the card, but can't remember what the fix was. all he remembered was that it was somewhere in the settings. any ideas?

my OS is win xp home and i am running 256MB ram plus 128MB ram with 16 shared.

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TasunkaWitko Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator aka The Gipper Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Chinook Montana Status: Offline Points: 14753	Post Options Post Reply Quote TasunkaWitko Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: computer help needed - video card Posted: 11 January 2006 at 17:05
	guys - i have a computer with a onboard video card (a SiS s730, i think, not that great) a buddy of mine gave me a much better Nvidia video card. no problem, popped it into the slot. disabled the old one (was unable to actually uninstall it because every time i restarted puter it would reinstall and try to run both) installed software for new card and let er rip. the problem is that now my screen is flickering very badly, and i am not sure what the problem is. i thought the old vid driver might be interfering with the new one (since it was only disabled and not actually removed), but i don't know. it must be related to accelleration, because when i shut the acceleration all the way off, it seems to work just fine, except i can't start games tht use acceleration. my buddy that i got the card from said he had the same problem when he got the card, but can't remember what the fix was. all he remembered was that it was somewhere in the settings. any ideas? my OS is win xp home and i am running 256MB ram plus 128MB ram with 16 shared.
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teebogr81 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .243 Winchester Joined: 13 July 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 240	Post Options Post Reply Quote teebogr81 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 January 2006 at 17:02
	Tas, Try adjusting the refresh rate to the highest possible setting.
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Schleprok Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 05 April 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 42	Post Options Post Reply Quote Schleprok Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14 April 2006 at 11:28
	I'd look to see if there's an updated BIOS for your system board. If the onboard video is disable at the BIOS level, it shouldn't be detected. Unlikely the drivers are stepping on each other...