Anyone use HIS PCI Video Cards?

My GeForce 5200 is my PCs 'weaklink; in Vista Experience terms. Only 128mb
on board mem.

So I have seen the HIS X1550 PCI card which has 256mb on board memory.

Anyone have this card? Thoughts? Concerns?

Vista WILL let me unplug the old and plug in a new video card without going
thru re-activations, right?

Tks
n Rgds

/Rod Davies/ said:

> My GeForce 5200 is my PCs 'weak link; in Vista Experience terms. Only 128mb
> on board mem.
>
> So I have seen the HIS X1550 PCI card which has 256mb on board memory.
>
> Anyone have this card? Thoughts? Concerns?
>
> Vista WILL let me unplug the old and plug in a new video card without going
> thru re-activations, right?

It should. I use a 5200 with 128Mb, and it works just fine. I am not a
gamer.

I am not a gamer either ... I just want to wring the most out of my PC that
I can....it's 9yo or thereabouts with SOME upgraded componentry.....runs
Vista fine, but 2.5 on Windows Experience based on video cards capability

Rgds


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> /Rod Davies/ said:
>
>> My GeForce 5200 is my PCs 'weak link; in Vista Experience terms. Only
>> 128mb
>> on board mem.
>>
>> So I have seen the HIS X1550 PCI card which has 256mb on board memory.
>>
>> Anyone have this card? Thoughts? Concerns?
>>
>> Vista WILL let me unplug the old and plug in a new video card without
>> going
>> thru re-activations, right?
>
> It should. I use a 5200 with 128Mb, and it works just fine. I am not a
> gamer.

/Rod Davies/ said:

> I am not a gamer either ... I just want to wring the most out of my PC that
> I can....it's 9yo or thereabouts with SOME upgraded componentry.....runs
> Vista fine, but 2.5 on Windows Experience based on video cards capability

2.0 for video here, and full Aero - with possible exception of slide
show fading (which I don't use). The screen writes are about as quick
as I will even need them - for browsing, a financial program, word
processing, image display, etc.

It is doubtful, from the knowledgeable folks I have talked with, that
upgrading video memory will be of value for better rendering in Vista.
Save your bucks for a PCI-E-video capable PC in the future, as AGP is
phasing out.