Video Card Upgrade Install Guide

Video Card Driver Settings

For the ATI based video card, clicking on the 3D tab brings up the Additional Properties tab. This is where the video card settings controlling image quality and performance can be changed. It's fine to leave the values unchanged, as I did. They already provide a nice compromise between image quality and video card performance.

For NVIDIA based video cards, clicking on the Additional Properties button shown on the previous page brings up the Additional Properties tab like this example for the GeForce3 Ti 200. There are separate tabs to control settings having to do with image quality and video card performance. But again, it's fine to leave the values unchanged, as I did. They already provide a nice compromise between image quality and video card performance.

Next: Video Card Diagnostics And Tests - DXDIAG

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	How To Update Your Own Computer Video Card - Home
	What You Need For A Video Card Upgrade
	The Video Card
	Tools
	DirectX
	Hard Drive Restore Utility
	Benchmark Utility
	Reference Video Card Drivers
	Motherboard/Chipset AGP Drivers
	Tour The Existing System Settings
	Things To Know Before You Start
	Enable AGP
	Windows 98 Steps To Remove The Old Video Card Driver
	Change Display Adapter
	Search For Updated Drivers
	Standard VGA Driver
	Install Standard VGA Driver
	Windows XP Steps To Remove The Old Video Card Driver
	How To Remove The Video Card Driver
	Installing The New Video Card
	Finding The Old Video Card
	Remove The Old Video Card
	Insert The New Video Card
	Windows 98 Steps To Add The New Video Card Driver
	Windows XP Steps To Add The New Video Card Driver
	After The Video Card Upgrade
	Tour The New System Settings
	Control Panel Display Properties
	Video Card Driver Settings
	Video Card Diagnostics And Tests
	DXDIAG - DirectX Diagnostics And Tests
	Benchmarks
	Boot Up Tests
	Troubleshooting Video Card Problems
	Advanced Topics
	Overclocking
	Tweaking Video Card Driver Settings
	Windows 2000/XP Monitor Refresh Rate Problem

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