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Recomendations please for an AGP graphics card to sit in a media centre PC:
I need it to decode HD video thereby taking the load off the athlon 2500
CPU.
On the gaming front, most demanding at the moment is Trackmania Nations
Forever at a decent resolution.
Physically, it can only be single height as the AGP slot is right next to
the edge of the small case.
I'm not convinced that there is much overhead in the PSU, so I would like
low power.
I would also like silent (passive only) or at least *very* quiet fan.
There is an old radeon 8500 with custom fanless heatsink in there at the
moment and it simply can't handle HD video and even struggles with some
normal video (BBCi player, downloaded TV)!
Full Current Spec:
Shuttle SK41 case with original motherboard (Forgotten model)
Athlon 2500
1.5GB DDR2 (2 sticks)
1x IDE drive
1x DVD drive
1x 120mm fan
1x AGP Radeon 8500 (passive) - to be replaced.
I need it to decode HD video thereby taking the load off the athlon 2500
CPU.
On the gaming front, most demanding at the moment is Trackmania Nations
Forever at a decent resolution.
Physically, it can only be single height as the AGP slot is right next to
the edge of the small case.
I'm not convinced that there is much overhead in the PSU, so I would like
low power.
I would also like silent (passive only) or at least *very* quiet fan.
There is an old radeon 8500 with custom fanless heatsink in there at the
moment and it simply can't handle HD video and even struggles with some
normal video (BBCi player, downloaded TV)!
Full Current Spec:
Shuttle SK41 case with original motherboard (Forgotten model)
Athlon 2500
1.5GB DDR2 (2 sticks)
1x IDE drive
1x DVD drive
1x 120mm fan
1x AGP Radeon 8500 (passive) - to be replaced.