[Web4lib] graphics cards

[Hirst, Edward Alan, Jr]

Robin,

Are the video drivers updated to the latest version?, or maybe you need to rollback to an earlier version?
Do you have a card in a different machine you could swap out and test to see if it does the same thing?

Those are the things I would look at first before spending money on a better video card. 

ed

Edward Hirst
Information Technology Librarian
Rowan Public Library
http://www.rowanpubliclibrary.org
Salisbury, NC

Edward Hirst
Information Technology Librarian
Rowan Public Library
http://www.rowanpubliclibrary.org
Salisbury, NC



-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org on behalf of Robin
Sent: Wed 5/9/2007 12:02 PM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Web4lib] graphics cards
 
Hi all, 

I'm hoping to tap into the collective wisdom for an answer to what
appears to be a memory problem.

 

Our graphics designer, who prepares printer-ready output as well as a
lot of our web content, is experiencing frequent crashes when loading
and editing certain documents. She is running XP Pro on a Dell GX 620
with 3GB of system RAM,  a Radeon X600 series graphics card, and she's
running InDesign CS 2 (that is, version 2). Sounds as though it should
be adequate but as I said, certain documents - which are multi-page and
graphics-heavy - are crashing at an unacceptable rate.

 

I'm currently pursuing the theory that a big bad graphics card with lots
of dedicated memory might do the trick. Problem, is, every time I look
at the specs for any card, from $64 to $1,379 they rave about how game
ready they are. How well optimized for multiple streams of video. How
gamer friendly they are... I'm not at all convinced that a card
optimized for gaming and video streaming is going to help with static
web and print content.

 

I'd be pleased to hear any comments or suggestions for improvement.
Thanks!

 

Robin Boulton 

 

 

Robin Boulton 

rboulton at stcharleslibrary.org

IT Manager 

(630) 584 0076 x 258

St. Charles Public Library District

 Cell:  (630) 918 8738

St. Charles, IL 60174 

 

 

<http://www.stcharles.library> http://www.stcharleslibrary.org/

 

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