Look before you Leap.
I really wanted to play Supreme Commander, but my existing video card won't support it. I thought at first I was doomed as my 3 year-old computer wouldn't support the new PCI-E cards that are out there.
But the other day I found an AGP card I thought would do the trick. I bought Wednesday it for a great price even after paying for Two-Day Shipping. Last night I bought SupCom and installed it (I was curious what would happen if I ran it on my old card - it simply didn't pass verification, and wouldn't run).
So today I got my new card. A PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP Video Card, and it was pretty and smelled fresh and silicony. My nips were hard. We went out to dinner and I got home, cracked open my case, installed, turned on, and no workie workie. My motherboard is kind enough to have useful voice error messages, and it tells me it failed VGA test.
And here's where I blew it. I bust out the motherboard book and RTFM. Now. I should have done it before I bought the new card. It turns out my Motherboard doesn't support AGP 3.3v cards, only the 1.5v AGP cards. I can't have a new powered card on my motherboard.
I'm not sure what the return policy is on my video card. I'll look into that. Or I can buy a new computer, which isn't something I really wanted to do (though it would be nice, heh).
I'm just sad, very frustrated, disappointed and angry with myself. I should have known better. I should have researched further. I was just so excited and now I've gone and made a series of bonehead mistakes.
I suppose it could have been worse. At least I was able to put my old card back and everything is working fine the way it was. So that's good at least.
Bah.
Update - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 9:45a
I'm currently researching which parts I want to use to build a new system. I decided to send the AGP card back. Though it was a nice one, I found a similar card that's cheaper and PCI-E, and if I'm upgrading I may as well make sure to get the latest architecture.
So Amazon let me print out a pre-paid UPS retun label and I sent the PNY card back for a refund. That's nice.
In the meantime I get to read in Jay's Blog how totally awesome is SupCom.
Update - Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 4:41p
Yesterday I got an e-mail that Amazon received my RMA and gave me full credit, including what I originally paid in shipping. So that's all worked out. Thanks Amazon!
As for what else I'm doing with my PC, check out this.
But the other day I found an AGP card I thought would do the trick. I bought Wednesday it for a great price even after paying for Two-Day Shipping. Last night I bought SupCom and installed it (I was curious what would happen if I ran it on my old card - it simply didn't pass verification, and wouldn't run).
So today I got my new card. A PNY GeForce 7600GS 512MB AGP Video Card, and it was pretty and smelled fresh and silicony. My nips were hard. We went out to dinner and I got home, cracked open my case, installed, turned on, and no workie workie. My motherboard is kind enough to have useful voice error messages, and it tells me it failed VGA test.
And here's where I blew it. I bust out the motherboard book and RTFM. Now. I should have done it before I bought the new card. It turns out my Motherboard doesn't support AGP 3.3v cards, only the 1.5v AGP cards. I can't have a new powered card on my motherboard.
I'm not sure what the return policy is on my video card. I'll look into that. Or I can buy a new computer, which isn't something I really wanted to do (though it would be nice, heh).
I'm just sad, very frustrated, disappointed and angry with myself. I should have known better. I should have researched further. I was just so excited and now I've gone and made a series of bonehead mistakes.
I suppose it could have been worse. At least I was able to put my old card back and everything is working fine the way it was. So that's good at least.
Bah.
Update - Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 9:45a
I'm currently researching which parts I want to use to build a new system. I decided to send the AGP card back. Though it was a nice one, I found a similar card that's cheaper and PCI-E, and if I'm upgrading I may as well make sure to get the latest architecture.
So Amazon let me print out a pre-paid UPS retun label and I sent the PNY card back for a refund. That's nice.
In the meantime I get to read in Jay's Blog how totally awesome is SupCom.
Update - Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 4:41p
Yesterday I got an e-mail that Amazon received my RMA and gave me full credit, including what I originally paid in shipping. So that's all worked out. Thanks Amazon!
As for what else I'm doing with my PC, check out this.
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