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Using support video card as main

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Danja

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Jun 6, 2008
Hello,

I just decided to upgrade a broken rig. Being tired and stupid, I made my purchase decision at 3 AM and may have suckered myself. I saw a Radeon 4870 for close to a hundred dollars and pounced on it. Somehow, I missed the part where it said it was a support card. Here's what I got:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121376&cm_re=4870-_-14-121-376-_-Product

Has anyone ever run a support card as a main card? If so, was there any adjustment you had to make to driver/bios/etc?
 
Ive never heard of a "support card". Unless they are advertising an older card for a hybrid set up? I dont see any reason why it cant run as a main GPU. The specs show it to be a regular 4870gpu. i did a quick google search and I dont see the term "support card".
 
Sounds good to me! Thanks for the info!

I'm pretty excited now. This is only my second "real" graphics card; my first is the 8800m GTS in my Gateway FX laptop. Prior to that all of the computers I've used had integrated graphics. A 4870 is huge for me. I'm excited :)
 
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