Computers are Dumb

[my_inner_viking]

So we have been having problems with the video card on our main desktop dying.  My first thought was to replace the card I had, one by ATI, with a somewhat newer version of the same brand.  I think I spent a good 30 hours trying to get this new ATI card that I had gotten cheap, but new, to work with the desktop.  I finally gave up and decided to purchase an equivalent card from nVidia.  It was here today when I got back from Canada, so I decided I would try to install it.  Basically give it one try and then go to bed after I figured out I would need to do something else to the computer to get "this" card to work.  I think it took me all of 20 minutes to remove and uninstall the ailing ATI and add and install the nVidia..  I didn't even have to load the driver because XP was actually able to find it all by itself.

Lesson for Today:  ATI can go suck eggs...