[K12OSN] Replacing old AGP card

Rob Owens hick518 at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 14 00:17:09 UTC 2006


ok, thanks for the info!

-Rob

--- Huck <dhuckaby at paasda.org> wrote:

> may be Nvidia...sorry..
> 
> also Ati Radeon 7000 is a cheap card
> 
> --Huck
> 
> Rob Owens wrote:
> > Burke,
> > 
> > Is it an ATI card or an Nvidia?  Huck said ATI,
> but I
> > can't find anything on an ATI 5200FX.
> > 
> > By the way, MythTV is a concern to me -- I'd love
> to
> > be able to use this thin client to run
> mythfrontend.
> > 
> > -Rob
> > 
> > --- Burke Almquist <balmquist at mindfirestudios.com>
> > wrote:
> > 
> >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> >> Hash: SHA1
> >>
> >> 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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