Is it bad if my video card doesn't have an IRQ???

[trek]

cause it doesn't.... look...
-Trek

 

[NelsonMuntz]

I think there's some stuff not showing up there particularly on IRQs 10 and 11. Just a guess though.

 

[bacillus]

if you have a 3d acclerated card then it requires busmastering for its full performance & hence needs an irq!
what videocard is it??

 

[trek]

its a ATi AIW Radeon 32mb DDR...

 

[sandorski]

Bad, as in evil? No.
Bad, as in will your video card function improperly? Probably yes.

 

[bacillus]

<< ATi AIW Radeon 32mb DDR... >>


that card needs an irq.
what version via drivers are you using?
does device manager show the same irq usage??

 

[Belegost]

I noticed that there are a number of &quot;IRQ holder for PCI IRQ steering&quot; listings, but no comment on what they're controlling. As you can see here, I have a number of holders, but then there is an item listed on the same IRQ. I would say that one of the holder IRQs is hiding your vid card IRQ, and wouldn't bother with it unless you're having problems with your video.

 

[Jiggz]

Actually, there is an option on the BIOS if you want to disable the IRQ on the display card. I've have yet to realize the difference between IRQ'd and non-IRQ'd ATI cards. But I did noticed some difference when using NVidia's.