[ripken204]

so that back to my point about how i couldnt get linux to work with my vid card

[Drugwash]

I tried to run Knoppix on a friend's Dell Optiplex (can't remember the model) and I got "unknown videocard" and "unknown soundcard", although they were both pretty popular. Obviously, Knoppix didn't run.
Thing is some hardware manufacturers, for some weird reason known only to them, try to be fancy and "protect" or "hide" the hardware IDs in a way that no other software but theirs can detect and configure it properly.
After (unsuccesfully) playing with Linux, I installed XP Pro on that box. Couldn't get any reference on the two either (not to mention about drivers) until I downloaded and installed specific drivers from Dell.
Needless to say, I would never waste my money on such POS.
You might be in a similar situation. Try installing your videocard in another box and run a live Linux CD on it, see if it gets detected.

Oh and something on topic... I got 4 machines: a Pentium 166MHz, 2 x PentiumMMX 200MHz and one Pentium III 800MHz, all home made. Which one do you think would support Vista best?

This post has been edited by Drugwash: 15 September 2006 - 09:07 PM