He slotted the card in, pressed the power button, and waited. The PC groaned to life, but the screen was a mess of jagged icons and "Standard VGA Graphics Adapter" insults. The resolution was so low he could practically count the pixels on his cursor.
When the installer finally finished, the screen flickered black. Alex held his breath. Click.
He typed the magic words into Google:
The search results were a minefield. He navigated past blinking "DOWNLOAD NOW" buttons that looked like virus traps and "Driver Booster" ads that promised the world. Finally, he landed on the official green-and-black NVIDIA portal. He selected the GeForce 7 Series , clicked the 32-bit Windows XP installer, and watched the progress bar crawl.