What graphic driver is compatible for win -7 with motherboard D865GBF

[manny38]

Installed win.-7. will not except my graphics card on my D865GBF motherboard,(not compatible). Do I need new graphics card or can I dwld a driver.

 

[k1114]

What is your graphics card?

 

[omnipanzer]

If I'm looking at the right board here it looks like it has an AGP slot for the graphics card. I would not recommend running windows 7 on this setup. Am I wrong and can you update with the complete specs of your system?
If I am looking at the right board there probably aren't windows 7 drivers for a lot of your hardware.

 

[manny38]

Best answer selected by manny38.

 

[manny38]

What is your graphics card?

creative 3D blaster annihilator. about 12 yrs old.
If I do get a new graphics card, what is compatible with win-7 & my d865gbf motherboard?

 

[manny38]

If I'm looking at the right board here it looks like it has an AGP slot for the graphics card. I would not recommend running windows 7 on this setup. Am I wrong and can you update with the complete specs of your system?
If I am looking at the right board there probably aren't windows 7 drivers for a lot of your hardware.

Is there a graphics card I could buy that is compatible with win-7 & my d865gbf motherboard.

 

[k1114]

I can't find a windows 7 driver and I found a vista driver that might work but then it states elsewhere thats it for xp or lower so I'm not going to trust that.

This is the cheapest compatible card I could find with w7 drivers. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134076

 

[memadmax]

It's possible, I had the same chipset with the onboard graphics chip.

What I had to do was grab the Vista driver and Force Feed windows 7 the driver. The only problem is, windows aero won't run. So if you aren't a fan of Aero, then try finding a vista driver, XP drivers wont cut it....

 

[memadmax]

You should seriously consider upgradeing your motherboard, there are lots of cheap mobo's out there that will run Win7 with a PCI-E card.

 

[k1114]

A $40 card I think is a easier solution than changing out a mobo. What's the point of a mobo change + card especially since it might be time to just upgrade the whole thing with a new build.

 

[omnipanzer]

According to the NVidia web site there are win 7 drivers available so it looks like you solved your own question.

P.S. I still don't recombine running win 7 on this. ;^)

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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