Question 1

Does this work with windows XP?

Accepted Answer

Hi Stephen C,

yes it should work fine.  since XP is an older operating system I don't see any problems.  remember that XP is still supported, even by Microsoft until April 2014.  however, my HTPC system is using windows 7.

I would recommend Windows 7 for anyone, especially the 64-bit version which is what I'm running.  that's because unless you get the 64-bit of XP you can't take advantage of more than 3.5GB of RAM.  so if you have a system that has 4GB of RAM you're actually not using all of it.  you need a 64-bit OS in order to do that.  also, must hardware is 64-bit, such as any Intel or AMD CPU right now.  using 32-bit XP on 64-bit hardware will work, but it'll be slow.

I work in an IT department for the State of Mass.  I've been in IT for over 20 years and I've been building my own systems and others for about that much time as well.

I love windows 8 as well, but since your asking about XP I'd say upgrade to Win 7, it'll be an easier transition for you.

hope this helps you out.  have a great day and thanks for the question.

Question 2

is this card small form factor capable?

Accepted Answer

It's not a low profile card obviously, but I believe the PCB was 7" long at the most. As long as you can fit a PCI-E card that long, you're good. It's no monster like some of the other cards that are out today.

Question 3

I can't find the drivers for this card online. Can someone help me? I just reformatted my computer and my computer recognizes the card as a standard vga adapter.

Accepted Answer

Have you gone to AMD dot com? If you go there go to drivers + support, click on drivers + download center. Step 1: Desktop Graphics: Step 2: Radeon HD series: Step 3: Radeon HD 6xxx Series PCIe: Step 4: Whatever your Operating system is. You then download the catalyst software suite (or beta drivers).

Question 4

So I downloaded the drives in my computer but now when I turn on my computer it works find for a few seconds but then it freezes and reboots, it keeps on doing this. Any segestions?

Accepted Answer

If you haven't already, I would try using the driver that came with it on the disk. If you have already done that, I would grab another from their website. Is there a particular thing you are doing when it freezes?

Question 5

My computer keeps on rebooting when I have this video card in. I have deleted all old files, the power supply is enough and every thing seems to be right. It just keeps on rebooting and I have no idea what to do. Any suggestions?

Accepted Answer

Hi Stephen C,

looks like you might be part of the way there.  if you leave the card out and it works fine, then put it in and it reboots then it has something to do with the card.  but it might actually be the driver not the card.  if it were me, I would get the system to boot into safe mode, then change the driver to a standard VGA adapter.  then reboot and let it come up normally.  then go online and get the latest drivers from ASUS and run the installer.  then let it reboot and see if that helps.  the only other thing I'd look at is the BIOS as it may require changing a setting to force the system to disable the onboard video.   hope that helps.

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