List 1- Thing 76
Jul. 2nd, 2007 11:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
just_the_things76. Get a new graphics card for my PC and set up monitors
Last Tuesday I got the graphics card (finally). Shouldn't have been as big a deal as it was, but it took so many calls to Tech Support to determine exactly what card was needed and if it would work in my computer. And then I called MicroCenter something like 5 times before I finally talked to someone. And after that, I ended up ordering it online anyway.
But it's a spectacular card- two dual DVI-I ports and even has a fan built in. I put it in myself without breaking the computer and installed the drivers... and now I can use my new monster 30-inch monitor with both my PC and my Mac just by hitting a button. When I get used to it and figure out where I want the monitors, I'll get the arms put on my desk and I'll have an awesome battlestation. But I thought I'd mention that I finally got the graphics card in and working (after roughly a month and a half).
Last Tuesday I got the graphics card (finally). Shouldn't have been as big a deal as it was, but it took so many calls to Tech Support to determine exactly what card was needed and if it would work in my computer. And then I called MicroCenter something like 5 times before I finally talked to someone. And after that, I ended up ordering it online anyway.
But it's a spectacular card- two dual DVI-I ports and even has a fan built in. I put it in myself without breaking the computer and installed the drivers... and now I can use my new monster 30-inch monitor with both my PC and my Mac just by hitting a button. When I get used to it and figure out where I want the monitors, I'll get the arms put on my desk and I'll have an awesome battlestation. But I thought I'd mention that I finally got the graphics card in and working (after roughly a month and a half).
