Need an AGP card..

[Shyatic]

My HTPC card died... it was an Asus 9520 AGP, and did the job fine. However this is the second card I've bought of the same kind and now I'm irritated with it all. I'm running my HTPC off of an onboard video card which .... SUCKS!

Any ideas for a fanless AGP card I can buy that is reasonably reliable? Doesn't have to do ANYTHING other than display my TV signal.

Thanks guys

 

[fire400]

pick one up on pricegrabber.com

find something for like 30 bucks or less. 9200 is a lot better than integrated, but it's pretty close to it if you're talking about gaming performance.

newegg.com has fanless 64-bit/128-bit memory interface video cards.

 

[Powermoloch]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814125217

 

[Newf]

Powermoloch has the right idea, and his choice is even cheaper than mine was...

I bought one of these (256)MB 3 months ago for my older rig and the picture quality is outstanding! (Download nVidia's 91.31 drivers dated 6/1/06. Don't use the packaged ones).

EVGA GeForce 6200 AGP 256MB $56+5-$10 rebate 6/24/06
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130278

 

[Aluvus]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127128

$28 shipped.

Plenty more where that came from

 

[OSX]

I got an MSI GeForce 4 MX4000 for 25$ on newegg. Should be fine...

 

[thegorx]

personally I'd get a used card rather than get a card with 64-bit DDR
actually I've seen onboard video out perform those.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: thegorx
personally I'd get a used card rather than get a card with 64-bit DDR
actually I've seen onboard chipsets out perform those.

any benchmarks?

 

[Raduque]

If I were you, I'd just get that 6200. You didn't specify what kind of interface to the tv (composite... svideo.. dvi?!) or what front-end you're running (Windows Media Center requires DX9).

 

[Schugy]

I'm waiting for a 7600GS AGP but it will still take 4 - 8 weeks.....

 

[thegorx]

I don't have any benchmarks that have better scores but not too much difference
these are just socket A systems XP 2600 and 2500 the first one is from a emachine

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3DMARK2001 PROJECT FILE

PROJECT
Name My Benchmark
Description
Registration Name
Registration Key
3DMark Version 330

DISPLAY
Platform NVIDIA GeForce4 MX Integrated GPU
CPU Optimization D3D Pure Hardware T&L
Width 1024
Height 768
Depth 32 bit
Z-Buffering 24 bit
Texture Format Compressed
Buffering Double
Refresh Rate 60 Hz
FSAA Mode None

OPTIONS
Show Title Screens Yes
Continuous Benchmark No
Benchmark Run Count 1
Demo Sounds Enabled Yes
Continuous Demo No
Game Sound Effects Enabled Yes
Game Music Enabled Yes
Game Detail Level Low

RESULTS
3DMark Score 3000
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 49.5 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 26.3 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 46.5 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 26.2 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 47.2 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 26.0 fps
Game 4 - Nature Not supported by hardware
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 240.5 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 451.6 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 20.2 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 4.6 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping Not supported by hardware
DOT3 Bump Mapping 29.5 fps
Vertex Shader 32.2 fps
Pixel Shader Not supported by hardware
Advanced Pixel Shader Not supported by hardware
Point Sprites 8.1 MSprites/s

SYSTEM INFO

System Info Version 2.2
Installation ID 0x00000000
OEM ID

CPU INFO
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
Manufacturer AMD
Family Duron(tm)
Internal Clock 1.91 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 2.20 GHz
External Clock 166 MHz
Socket Designation Socket A
Type <unknown>
Upgrade ZIF Socket
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
Version AMD Athlon(tm) XP
CPUID 0x000006a0
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3DMARK2001 PROJECT FILE

PROJECT
Name My Benchmark
Description
Registration Name
Registration Key
3DMark Version 330

DISPLAY
Platform ASUS RADEON A9200SE
CPU Optimization D3D Pure Hardware T&L
Width 1024
Height 768
Depth 32 bit
Z-Buffering 24 bit
Texture Format Compressed
Buffering Double
Refresh Rate 60 Hz
FSAA Mode None

OPTIONS
Show Title Screens Yes
Continuous Benchmark No
Benchmark Run Count 1
Demo Sounds Enabled Yes
Continuous Demo No
Game Sound Effects Enabled Yes
Game Music Enabled Yes
Game Detail Level Low

RESULTS
3DMark Score 4216
Game 1 - Car Chase - Low Detail 55.2 fps
Game 1 - Car Chase - High Detail 33.1 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - Low Detail 60.8 fps
Game 2 - Dragothic - High Detail 37.1 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - Low Detail 65.3 fps
Game 3 - Lobby - High Detail 34.5 fps
Game 4 - Nature 15.5 fps
Fill Rate (Single-Texturing) 257.7 MTexels/s
Fill Rate (Multi-Texturing) 788.9 MTexels/s
High Polygon Count (1 Light) 14.7 MTriangles/s
High Polygon Count (8 Lights) 3.9 MTriangles/s
Environment Bump Mapping 64.5 fps
DOT3 Bump Mapping 30.1 fps
Vertex Shader 39.8 fps
Pixel Shader 49.7 fps
Advanced Pixel Shader 39.4 fps
Point Sprites 8.0 MSprites/s

SYSTEM INFO

System Info Version 2.2
Installation ID 0x00000000
OEM ID

CPU INFO
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNITS
Manufacturer AMD
Family <unknown>
Internal Clock 1.84 GHz
Internal Clock Maximum 3 GHz
External Clock 166 MHz
Socket Designation Socket-A
Type <unknown>
Upgrade Socket A
Capabilities MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE
Version AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2500+
CPUID 0x000006a0

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if you just would have bought an emachine instead of a Dell with that intel graphic joy.