[K12OSN] Replacing old AGP card

[Burke Almquist]

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On Dec 13, 2006, at 12:25 PM, Rob Owens wrote:
Mine is Nvidia. I think that's what he ment.


> 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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