[NTLUG:Discuss] New card blues

[Pervaz Allaudin]

Hi:

My system was running extremely slow; I was recommended a new graphics card.
So I bought a new used pci diamond multimedia 3dfx card (voodoo)- good 
old guys at the electronic discounts.

The problem is it is giving me blank - no signal. The guys at store said 
there should be something in the Bios to let me switch adapters - It has 
a built in SiS 3D AGP adapter on the mother board.

I am running dual boot with mandrake 9.0 and the hardware does see it as 
what seems to be a as TV card when I do hardware list - but it says 
module unknown.

The system is 500Mhz AMDK6 II with 172 M (8 currently shared with the 
Sis graphics) - but slower than a 3 legged horse on a slow North texas 
July afternoon esp in the graphics,  thus the card. Windows seems 
exceptionally fast - even more than usual. And recognizes the new card - 
but cannot find the driver.

So where should the switch between the adapters be. Or do you'll 
recommend trade the card in for 256 M of memory - I'd rather have the 
card working.

Pervaz.