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| gotimmy wrote: it's a 2.8GHz Pentium 4... ...it only has PCI slots, no AGP or PCI-E | |
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You sure?
Because that'd be a
if true
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| Author: | gotimmy [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... |
Forgive me, I'm a Mac user, so not really up to speed on what I should be looking for in terms of PC hardware.... I've just been given an old Dell - it's a 2.8GHz Pentium 4. It's sitting under my telly acting as a useful home server, but I was wondering if it would have enough grunt to play HD video given a suitable graphics card. Caveats are - it only has PCI slots, no AGP or PCI-E, and I'm running Mint Linux on it, so anything recommended would need (I guess) Ubuntu compatibility. Am I dreaming here, or does anyone have a suggestion? |
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| Author: | rustybucket [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:25 pm ] | |||||||||
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You sure? Because that'd be a if true
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| Author: | gotimmy [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... |
In that case, it's Dell aren't exactly known for living life on the cutting edge... 
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:08 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... | |||||||||
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/119724 Note the comment:
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| Author: | gotimmy [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... |
Cheers, JJW009. (Can I call you 9, for short?) I'll check that out. Any idea if that in a P4 will have enough oomph for 1080p to my TV? |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... |
I think that's probably the best you'll find. I'm just having a little look now to see what people say about playing HD video / Ubuntu support. Note there's only DVI / VGA / S-Video output - no HDMI. I'm guessing you're using VGA at the moment, so the TV must have that? One thing's for sure - it'll never play Blue Ray. CPU should be good enough provided you can get a player with hardware acceleration on that card. I'm using an Atom for the job which is less powerful. *edit* From the nvidea website: "DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920×1080i resolutions - Linux compatible - Complete Linux Xfree86 drivers" So no promises from me, but it sounds good! http://www.nvidia.com/page/pg_20040109440047.htm |
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| Author: | gotimmy [ Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: PCI HD Graphics under Linux - or not... |
Good to hear an Atom's up to the job - in that case a P4 should be enough with enough card power. Lack of HDMI output isn't a problem - I'll use a DVI-HDMI cable. The TV has VGA, but the PC is running headless right now - I access it via VNC. *edit* Just read your edit - that looks like a goer, then! Cheers
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