My son dug out one of his old graphics cards for me. It worked as soon as I had it all wired in which means the old one is fried. Even so I don't just want to bin it just yet. After all it was an expensive piece of kit even if I paid for it with Bitcoins. Of course there was the tax and then the original blew which meant sending it to the manufacturer to have it replaced. In the end I would have been better just saving the Bitcoins and using cash. Well we live and learn or keep banging our heads.
With my computer back up I can play my games again though I haven't. I have been gaming though just online the descendant of one of my all time favourites, The Settlers Serf City. Yes the very first one was the best and still is. It was just so simple an idea which made it so easy to play. I lost years playing it I believe. At least Magz would tell you so though I can' t really deny it. I like the online version but it doesn't have the same cuteness to it or easy to learn. Not that it is hard to learn just a little more thinking is needed in the resource management of the game. Some of what is in the modern game would have improved the original but then it wouldn't be the same game. I could download the first one and use DosBox or something similar but then I'm too lazy to go typing in the commands to get the game up and running, much preferring to click to play.