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Installation issues / Re: Best graphic card for 704?

« on: January 03, 2008, 02:41:35 pm »

Hi,

Yes it would, but unfortunately my motherboard has no AGP slot, only PCIe... 

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Installation issues / Re: Best graphic card for 704?

« on: January 03, 2008, 01:31:10 pm »

Hi

Well, I've been looking around yesterday, but i can't find a 6200 PCIe anywhere, only AGP. Any other suggestions?

I guess i'll try the 8400... Will later post my experience with it...

Thanks!

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Installation issues / Re: Best graphic card for 704?

« on: January 02, 2008, 10:45:45 am »

Hi,

Thanks for the link, i must say, the LMCE wiki is pretty big, i've been reading it for the past few days and still hadn't seen that particular page...

About the nvidia chipsets, i noticed the 6200 is listed as a working card, but can't i get a better one? Seeing as i'm spending the money, i'd like to actually make an improvement because the 6200, while cheap, is in the same range as the X300...

Would something along the line of a G8400GS or 8500GT work well? Or will this make things difficult with LMCE setup?

Thanks!

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Installation issues / Best graphic card for 704?

« on: January 01, 2008, 09:35:12 pm »

Hi

I currently have an ATI X300 PCI-X but am having some problems getting it connected to a standard CRT TV through RCA (composite).

So, i thought i'd make a small upgrade to the machine and give it a new graphics card... I've been looking around but still can't figure out which one to buy...

Would like your suggestions on a good graphics card to run LMCE with UI with alpha blending or at least overlay because currently with DVD install the only thing i can get working is the simple one, and even in the simplest mode it seems to have some problems...

It should be PCI-X.

Thank you for any suggestions!

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Installation issues / Some questions about a new installation of 0704

« on: December 30, 2007, 10:55:13 pm »

Hi,

Decided to install LMCE in my old desktop, with the following hardware:

P4 2.8GHz Dual Core CPU
MSI 945PL NEO2 Motherboard
1GB RAM
ATI RADEON X300 SE PCI-X
80GB HDD

I downloaded the Single DVD install, hooked up my s-video out to my composite in on the TV (normal CRT samsung) and booted up.

It all went well until the A/V setup assistant, because when it enters it the image goes completely wrong and makes it impossible to see anything. I'm guessing it has to do with resolutions and frequency but i don't know how to change this at this point in the install, i just forgot about the tv and hooked it up to an old 14" nokia pc screen.
Booted up again, and went through A/V assistant choosing S-video out with pal b standard. In the UI section i selected openGL with overlay and next  skiped all the parts on home automation and security because i only need it to be a media center.
When it finally started, it kept on saying it couldn't load OpenGL. Did the AV assistant again and this time chose the first option. Started up and it is now "working".

I am having a bit of a hard time understanding how it works and have some questions, i hope someone can help me.

How can i get the openGL mode working? After reading a few lines in a post here, i went into the admin site and realized that the video card selected was "Standard". I changed it to ATI and pressed "Update". What now? Everything is still the same...

I inserted a standard DVD video disc and it started playing, but inserted a cd with a movie in xvid or divx format and the corresponding srt subtitle file and it seems to not recognize it... Doesn't it play these formats? AVI? mpg? divx/xvid? Last but not least, what about RMVB, can it play rmvb files, if not is it possible for me to add this funcionality?

It also detected my windows XP machine in the network, which at the moment is also my internet gateway, i added it as a machine in another room, but i can't seem to reach any of the shared media, how can i do this?...

I do have a Skystar2 DVB for sattelite TV, can i use it with LMCE?

Well sorry for the bunch of questions, and thanks in advance for any help!