Computer Speedup
At first I thought it was an illusion, that my computer couldn't really be running faster now that I've upgraded the video card. It shouldn't have made that much difference. But it did.
It has been a long enough period now since installing the card that I'm convinced that my computer is running about twice as fast as it was previously. I don't do that much in the way of graphics. Oh, I use GUIs (graphical User Interfaces) on all of my operating systems -- Windows 98SE, Mandrake 9.1 Linux and Lindows 3.0 / Debian Woody Linux -- and all three run visibly faster. Well, you can't count the Lindows since it wouldn't install without the upgrade to the AGP nVidia GeForce 2 system, but the others are no longer as sluggish as previously.
Now, is it the use of the AGP (Accellerated Graphics Protocol) connection or is it something having to do with nVidia and its drivers? Or both? Anyway, having the cheap new video card take over much of the video processing freed up the processor to do its thing much more quickly, thereby wasting less of my time.
So I can play more FreeCell.