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| 587110 | 2007-09-02 08:19:00 | Will soon be investing some minor money on hardware. Amongst the hardware required will be: 1, a PCI (NOT PCI-E) graphics card (computer doesn't have AGP or PCI-E slots) USAGE: will be used on a computer without a GUI but will be required to send video to a TV (so preferable with S-Video) 2, Will be getting a new harddrive for backups (approx 160GB req), considering getting sata (future-proof kinda thing). For this I will need a SATA card (as my motherbaord doesn't support SATA). Linux compat would be preferable Recommendations please :) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 587111 | 2007-09-02 08:48:00 | Ascent have a couple. My pick would be the Leadtek Geforce 5200. www.ascent.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 587112 | 2007-09-02 11:05:00 | Yeah I was thinking about getting a nVidia 5200, just wondered what other options there were | Myth (110) | ||
| 587113 | 2007-09-02 11:27:00 | I wouldn't bother getting a SATA drive if you'd need a card too. IDE drives are OK for new computers if you want to put it in one later on. IDE drives are also cheaper, and a SATA card would cost half as much as a 160GB drive anyway. | george12 (7) | ||
| 587114 | 2007-09-02 11:51:00 | I'm fixing up a machine at the moment PCI only. Seems to have a 128 meg Nvidia 5200 in it. Has Svideo out.. might be about the best you can get? | apsattv (7406) | ||
| 587115 | 2007-09-02 19:21:00 | OK sweet, thanks for the comments Re: the sata drive, yeah I don't really want or need the extra expense (of the card. Might stick with IDE for the time being |
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