[K12OSN] Replacing old AGP card

[Rob Owens]

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:

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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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