[Info-vax] What video card for a DS10?

[Steven Schweda]

John H. Reinhardt wrote:

> > I was wondering if I could buy a new card, not a refurb.
>
> Why?  The refurb will work just as good.  [...]

   If I were looking for one of the AGP cards with a fan, then
I'd probably be more eager to find a pristine unit, but for a
no-moving-parts PCI card, I wouldn't care much.  Of course,
that new-in-box unit was more attractive for that reason, not
that I've ever had a failure on a used Radeon card.  Looking
back through my Ebay archives, I seem to have paid an average
price (shipped) of about $24.  (Range: $35 --> $13, declining
monotonically over time.)

 JF Mezei wrote:

> Note that ATI Radeon 7500 cards seem to come in different
> flavours. If you buy it from Island, you are sure to get the
> right one.

   I'd look for a 64MB card which looks like this one, for
example:

      http://cgi.ebay.com/_W0QQitemZ140349885441

That's what all mine look like.  "MADE IN CHINA", so you know
that it must be good.  If you're not actually worried about
service or a warranty, then I suspect that one can make a few
$25 errors before paying as much as one would for a retail
card from a reliable vendor.  But hey.  It's your money.