In news:E68C3862-F258-452C-B3AB-59B8FE24198A@microsoft.com,
HartsVideo <HartsVideo@discussions.microsoft.com> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Hi,
>
> I'm on the internet at a specific site for days at a time
> without rebooting. By the end of the 2nd day, my graphics start to
> fade so that there are beige areas where text should be and by the
> end of the 3rd day, only the outline of a pop-up box can be seen.
> There is no info inside of the box . . . I see through the box to
> what is behind the box. These graphics problems happens only at this
> site. If I go to another site (to check my email, etc), I have no
> problems with my graphics. I stay on my computer this long because
> I will lose much time and info if I stop to reboot. I periodically
> do a disc clean-up, empty temporary folders, etc, during the 2 or 3
> days but it doesn't help.
>
> I have Windows XP Pro, an AMD Duron Processor, 945 MHz, 256
> MB Ram. In System Properties > Hardware Tab > Device Manager >
> Sound, Video and Capture Devides, it says that I have "Legacy Video
> Capture Devices."
>
> My computer was made for me 4 years ago and the person who
> made it is no longer with us so I can't find out the specifics of
> what is inside my PC.
>
> I've read some of the other posts here about video cards,
> BIOS, whether the video card is part of the motherboard or separate,
> and raising the AGP aperture size. If these are possible solutions
> to my problem, please tell me how to get into BIOS, how to raise the
> AGP aperature size, and how to find out whether my video card is part
> of my motherboard.
>
> I don't do gaming so I don't need a video card that's fast but I need
> one that can work for days on end without the need to reboot.
> Someone suggested that the size should be at least 1G. I have no
> other problems with my computer when I stay on line for 2 or 3 days
> without rebooting except that I lose my graphics.
>
> If I need a new video card, what type of video card will I need to
> buy? If you need more info, I'll be happy to supply it.
>
> Denise

I'll take a stab at this but I'm not able to be 100% certain without more
information. To make sure that I understand you there's one site and ONLY
one site that if you leave it open for days at a time (and you've tested
other sites left open for days at a time as well) the colors fade out? My
guess would not be graphics card but rather a slowly failing monitor and a
graphics intensive site??? Do you have a link to the site perhaps? As for
your general use - unless you're a gamer or doing video rendering in real
time or CAD system work then chances are that you'd get away wonderfully
with an inexpensive 128 MB RAM AGP card (and the age of your PC pretty much
assures me that that will work fine assuming it was "modern" when it was
built) and I really suspect that the card isn't to blame. I'd guess the site
was graphics intensive in some way (failure to optimize the site well or
using something heavy in graphics like basing it on flash or something
perhaps) and that the monitor itself might be failing. I guess that's where
I'd start looking and remember, this is only a stab - not anything I can be
too certain about.

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