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Mazer

Sat May 14, 2005 10:59 pm


Cheap (and old) graphics cards.

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I'm wondering if anybody (Windsor specific would be nice) knows where I could find a cheap graphics card.

- Preferrably NVIDIA based, but I guess an ATI wouldn't run 2D that badly.
- Some kind of video out (to TV) required. S-Video or the other that other port (connecting to video in on the back of the TV).
- Old. I haven't looked closely at this mobo, but I'm sure anything more than AGP 2x won't do. Which leads me to PCI. I check places like TigerDirect.ca and see the cheapest PCI graphics card going for ~$50 (and that's after a rebate). Granted, they're not going to be selling old stuff that would provide only as much power as I need from it.

Anybody know where I can find crap like this? 'K thanks.


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wtd

Sat May 14, 2005 11:16 pm



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Well, I just picked up an old GeForce2MX (64MB) AGP card for $40CAD w/ tax.  Granted, there was no video-out other than VGA, but there might be something in that range with video-out.


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rizzix

Sat May 14, 2005 11:19 pm



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dont go below geforce2 especially if you want to take advantage of nvidia linux drivers.


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Andy

Sun May 15, 2005 4:39 pm



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the fx5500 is pretty good and now goes for about 150


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Mazer

Sun May 15, 2005 6:45 pm



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Post subject: Cheap (and old) graphics cards.
the fx5500 is pretty good and now goes for about 150
Man, I didn't even spend 150 on my "good" graphics card.


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Andy

Sun May 15, 2005 7:31 pm



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LOL how much r u willin to blow on it?


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Notoroge

Sun May 15, 2005 7:35 pm



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How about this? :)
Hint: Click the smilie.


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Mazer

Sun May 15, 2005 8:04 pm



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How about this? :)
Hint: Click the smilie.

Operating systems Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP 
Whoops, I fail the requirements.  :wink: 
Aside from that, I've never actually used ebay before. If I were to win something, would I pay just the price of my bid and that includes the shipping or what?
Anyways, other problems of mine include that it's an ATI card (even though I'm using one already), and that it doesn't have any output for the TV.
Thanks anyways, for going through the trouble of finding that.

Andy,
So far I've spent rougly $2 on hardware for this (the USB keyboard). All I need for this box to do is run StepMania under Linux using my TV. It just seems silly to spend alot of money on a graphics card that won't even be doing anything so extreme. I haven't even started on the DDR pad yet!


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Notoroge

Sun May 15, 2005 8:17 pm



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My Radeon 7000 has both TV and DVI out. I just assumed that one did too. And I dual boot with Slackware; no problems here. Works great with Quake3. :)
I have two video cards, I use that one specifically for out-putting stuff to my TV. Movies, and whatnot.


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Hikaru79

Sun May 15, 2005 9:06 pm



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How about this? :)
Hint: Click the smilie.

Operating systems Windows 98/ME/NT 4.0/2000/XP 
Whoops, I fail the requirements.  :wink: 
No you don't :) Never believe it when it tells you that. I own so much hardware that has tried to convince me it only works on Windows, and was lying. My LinkSys PrintServer, my digital camera, my webcam, et al ... they all insist on their box that they only like Windows (well, my webcam admitted it would play nice with Mac too, but that's still incomplete). They will most likely run on Linux just fine, and if you doubt, check the Hardware Compatibility Library at www.linuxquestions.org .

It's an ATI Radeon Card so I'd be VERY VERY surprised if it had any problems -- I know quite a few ATI tutorials out there myself. If the bid is still up, I'd say go for it :)


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Notoroge

Sun May 15, 2005 9:12 pm



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If the bid is still up, I'd say go for it :)Nope. Someone already got it. Although there are tons of other 7000's on eBay. And lots of different varieties too. I think I saw one with 128 MBs and AGP 4x there, in contrast to my 32MB PCI 7000.


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Mazer

Sun May 15, 2005 9:56 pm



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Hikaru, I was only jokin'! But it bugs me when they list hardware to require Windows.


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Hikaru79

Sun May 15, 2005 10:23 pm



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Hikaru, I was only jokin'! But it bugs me when they list hardware to require Windows.
Oh... oops  :oops:  :oops:  :oops: I mean, er... I knew that  8) Duh...  :lol:


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Andy

Mon May 16, 2005 9:49 am



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tiger direct?

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/category/category_slc.asp?CatId=318&


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Mazer

Mon May 16, 2005 10:26 am



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Those are all AGP 4x or 8x...
Either way, it seems either the AGP slot on this beast is dead, or the only 3 AGP cards I have (that will fit) are. Which really sucks, because just a couple days ago it worked fine. I even had the Ubuntu live CD running!

 :cry:


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the_short1

Mon May 16, 2005 1:35 pm



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yea.. i am also loooking for a AGP 2x graphics card WITH tv out..
tiger USED to stock one... 2 weeks ago..  not no more.. :(..

would a PCI video card work better then a AGP 2x? i know PCI is slower then AGP in modern comps... but.. 2x?.. .. . i have a pent2/3 mobo which i wana use to watch DVDs in my room / living room on the TV.. i have it networked to the PC in my sig which has dozens of dvds...


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Notoroge

Mon May 16, 2005 3:06 pm



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My 8x 9550 can't out-put to my TV. As in, it does, but everything flickers like mad. Whereas, my old 32MB Radeon 7000 PCI card out-puts DVDs I pop in perfectly at 1024x768x32@60Hz.


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the_short1

Thu May 26, 2005 10:55 pm



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http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1232789&Tab=2&NoMapp=0
yea.. i have normal PCI not PCI Express......


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the_short1

Mon May 30, 2005 1:14 pm



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no one has any comments? hows the card?...   yea.. normal pci is 66Hz-100hz because it relys on ur CPU clock speed././ . .66x4=264Hz CPU.. pent 2.. ... pent 3... 100Hz x 4.5 = 400mhz CPU. .and agp 2x is much faster.. . but PCI express is much faster then agp8x**did a little research

