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My X1000 came with the Radeon 4XXX series card. After a while, I upgraded to a 7950 (SI). That card was massive in size and fairly loud, but it worked for a while. I also bought the SI software from the AmiStore: I cannot even remember what that was for now. I think it was about 30£ and it enabled SI to use W3DNova..?
Anyway, the 7950 died one day. I put back a Radeon 5XXX card (which came with my X5000 that I upgraded to a 560RX because the 550RX was DoA. Actually, that 560RX has been solid and there are no problems there).
Then, I bought a 280 for my X1000 and that worked for a short while but found artifacts on the screen after a short time! I also tested it in a PC and the same artifacts were there.
So, all the cards I have bought so far have been from eBay. I got lucky with the important one: the 560 in the X5000.
I am wondering to risk Yet Another SI card from eBay or get an RX card, preferably avoiding eBay!
1. Is there a safe source of these cards? 2. Is it as simple as plugging in the RX card into the X1000? (Other than installing drivers)
Thanks.
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