It looks as though it is separate.... although without actually looking at
the back of your PC, I can't be 100% sure.

The Radeon card you have is (of course!!) already obsolete, but if you're
thinking of a newer one, something like either the nVideia FX 5900 or an ATI
x300 or x400. You don't sound like a high end gamer, so a 128mb card should
be quite satisfactory.

Of course if you have $s to burn, then a nice 512mb x1800 XT on a
PCI-Express card (which your motherboard probably won't support) would be
very nice, but I'm sure you could spend the $599 on something else for
Christmas!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"HartsVideo" <HartsVideo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2A9423E0-EBA3-4092-BB8D-2CB4760CB2BB@microsoft.com...
> Hi Cari,
>
> Thanks so much for the information. I'm planning on buying a new monitor
> in
> a few months and if that doesn't fix the problem, then I'll buy a new
> video
> card, but hopefully a new monitor will do the trick. With the info you
> gave
> me I'll be able to tell the clerk at Staples the type of video card I
> presently have so he'll know what replacement card I'll need if it comes
> to
> that.
>
> My last question . . . is my video card part of the mother board or a
> plug
> in type?
>
> Denise