fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Well, I have an old rig that I'm replacing with my new build (see below). I am looking to turn the old one into a media PC, and most likely need to upgrade the old 9600XT card in it. It's an IC7-G AGP board with a P4 2.8GHz. I have two questions for ya'll. 1) What is the best graphics card for an AGP media PC disregarding cost? 2) I will also use my PC instead of a CD player and want to upgrade the sound card. What would be a good sound card for this? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-CsA-TAZ Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 ati X850 XT PE agp X-fi platiunm or better if money not an issue! then some quilty speakers THX certified! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Thanks for the tip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeekMistress Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 i like the ATI All In Wonder X800XT 256 meg vid card. and it's got a very reasonable price tag. comes with all the goodies, like remote wonder II, the new VIVO filter chip, and if your TV has component video in, this card has component video out. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102492 only downside is that it's not supported by winxp media center... but i think there's enough other front ends out there that run on winxp that it makes little difference to me. but, if you're really wanting to run winxp media center 2005, there are some very interresting new options. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102581 TGM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 I think I like the X800XT and the X-Fi Fatal1ty. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 I think I like the X800XT All-in-Wonder and the X-Fi FATAL1TY. Any other comments? And thanks for the advice. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbeaver Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 i concure. any X800 families of AIW and any of the X-Fi soundcards. cant go wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
striderxdj Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 /agree, got an X800 on my old P4 system, they are excellent cards for the price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 Well, now I just need to wait and save a few bucks. Buying all the stuff in my new rig wiped me out a bit... Oh well. I get paid on Friday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGeekMistress Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 none of them will run under winxp media center edition as they don't have hardware mpeg2 encoding.... but like i stated b4, i think there are enough front end apps to run your AIW attributes, like radio, DVR, pause live tv, remote control, and other things... that winxp media center edition isn't needed to have a 10 foot interface on a tv set. TGM Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gir Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=40881 someone posted up about a 7800 gs going to be released. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fst h2o Posted February 1, 2006 Posted February 1, 2006 none of them will run under winxp media center edition as they don't have hardware mpeg2 encoding.... but like i stated b4, i think there are enough front end apps to run your AIW attributes, like radio, DVR, pause live tv, remote control, and other things... that winxp media center edition isn't needed to have a 10 foot interface on a tv set. TGM I wasn't really planning on running Media Center. I have the old copy of XP Home for my old rig, and will put my XP Pro on my new one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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