Just put Windows 7 on my daughter's donated computer. It's not terribly old, but it had Linux on it, and it took a while to figure out how to completely remove the old partition.
But once it installed, it wants to show the display in 640 by 480, which looks seriously atrocious. Worse, it appears that the video input is directly part of the motherboard itself, and the device manager just says it's a generic video. The monitor is brand new, but any attempt to increase the resolution using the existing card produces a lousy picture.
Here's my question: To get a better display, do I just need a card with more memory?
Seems like a no-brainer, but yesterday while shopping, I noticed high priced gaming cards with LESS memory than the cheap ones, but fetching a higher price, sometimes a LOT higher.
I'm thinking that an inexpensive PCI card ought to be enough. She's never going to do anything much other than surf the web, but the 640 by 480 will never do - dialog boxes alone in Windows 7 fill or overflow the screen.
But once it installed, it wants to show the display in 640 by 480, which looks seriously atrocious. Worse, it appears that the video input is directly part of the motherboard itself, and the device manager just says it's a generic video. The monitor is brand new, but any attempt to increase the resolution using the existing card produces a lousy picture.
Here's my question: To get a better display, do I just need a card with more memory?
Seems like a no-brainer, but yesterday while shopping, I noticed high priced gaming cards with LESS memory than the cheap ones, but fetching a higher price, sometimes a LOT higher.
I'm thinking that an inexpensive PCI card ought to be enough. She's never going to do anything much other than surf the web, but the 640 by 480 will never do - dialog boxes alone in Windows 7 fill or overflow the screen.
