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identifying a video card 1

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ghrark

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Sep 1, 2008
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hey all i have an old ati rage xl video card. im not sure of the memory available on it and i'm just too lazy to install it and see. please if you can help me, let me know what you need off the video card for serial numbers or product numbers. thank you for the help!
 
You're too lazy to figure it out for yourself by your own admission.

I don't think you'll find many here that will be interested in helping.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
 
thanks for nothing. ill just install it since apparently all the ati rage xl cards online have 8 mb of memory but this one doesnt have that many memory chips on it. i just wanted to know if there was a way to tell without plugging it into the motherboard and looking at it that way. just looking for a simple way to tell.
 
They might not be 1MB memory modules, there could be four 2MB ones, two 4MB ones or any other combination. According to the Wikipedia entry for the Rage XL it was a very low-end card so I doubt if any of them had more than the standard 8MB.

If there are product numbers on the card Google them and see what turns up.

Nelviticus
 
thank you for the quick reply. i didnt even think of that. i can try those. i tried the standard ones on the card. could try the ones on the video card. thanks so much for the help.
 
Nelviticus said:
Try this.

OMG.... That is TOO funny! I have to use that.... lol



Just my 2¢

"What the captain doesn't realize is that we've secretly replaced his Dilithium Crystals with new Folger's Crystals."

--Greg
 
Nelviticus giving you a star for that reply. It will make helping my end users much easier
 
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