[K12OSN] Replacing old AGP card

[Burke Almquist]

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I actually happen to have one, its a 5200FX. Great MPEG 2  
acceleration with the binary drivers considering the age of the  
hardware.
I bought it for a MythTV box.

On Dec 13, 2006, at 7:54 AM, Rob Owens wrote:

> Huck, I did a very quick search of this card and can't
> find it.  "5200" keeps coming up referencing an nvidia
> card.  Is that number correct?
>
> -Rob
>
> --- Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> wrote:
>
>> you can get ati rage 5200 for cheap
>>
>> Rob Owens wrote:
>>> Some of my thin clients have old AGP cards that
>> cannot
>>> display 1280x1024, so I'm looking to upgrade them.
>>
>>> How good of a card should I be looking for?  I'm
>>> suspecting that my motherboard might be a limiting
>>> factor if I get too high-end of a video card.
>>>
>>> The thin clients are old PII machines.  The AGP
>> slot
>>> has a "divider" that is closer to the monitor
>>> connector than to the opposite end of the card (I
>> know
>>> the position of the "divider" makes a difference,
>> I'm
>>> just not sure what exactly it means).
>>>
>>> In my price range are 2x, 4x, and 8x cards with
>> 32,
>>> 64, or 128 MB RAM.  I'd like to get the best I
>> can,
>>> without wasting money on a card that gets crippled
>> by
>>> my motherboard.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> -Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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