My ATI 9800 AIW Pro died...

[Sirber]

it died of over heating :scared: I installed a cool new fan, artic cooling, but it didn't worked as expected. Well, the card is dead and I'm stuck on a voodoo 3 PCI until I get a new one :(

[Smile2]

Is there anybody you can blame, beside yourself?

[Axed]

Gives you a chance to get a nice Linux compatible card Sirber! What replacement card are you considering?

[Sirber]

ATI is compatible with linux. Well, I don't plan playing games on the PC in the futur, and I don't want to pay 700$+ for a new card. I just need tvout and good 2D for video playback. I think I will get an ATI 9550 128MB AGP from MSI, with no fan.

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=RX9550-TD128&class=vga

[Smile2]

Not a bad choice, and you'll also notice how good is life with less noise from VGA Card Fan. ;)

[Sirber]

I found a powercolor ATI 9800 Pro 128MB, not AIW for 135$. I might get that one so I will not go down in 3D performances.

[Kaiousama]

I'm stuck on a voodoo 3 PCI until I get a new one

glorious voodoo days (tears like rivers :( )

[Sirber]

the 9800 Pro was outdated, had to buy a 9800 Pro AIW at 50% discount for 199$ CAD :(

[SeeMoreDigital]

I'm happy enough with my Gainward (nVIDIA) GeForce FX5200 256MB... At less than £50.00 they are one of the lowest priced 256MB AGP cards you can get!

There's no fan, 1No VGA, 1No DVI-A/D and 1No s-video connector.


Cheers

[Sirber]

and no 3D performances? ;)

[SeeMoreDigital]

and no 3D performances? ;)I think there limited 3D.... but I thought you said "I just need tvout and good 2D for video playback" ;)


Cheers

[Sirber]

Yep, but I got remorse by thinking about reducing my 3D perfrmances :)

[lilhobo]

lol you people are lucky that ATI is canadian, a 9800pro cant be got anywhere in OZ. if you can get it its probably the best MID budget card

why waste on the fx5200 when u can get an MX :D

[Sirber]

GF4MX is DX7 only, which is pretty bad. Better get a GF4 TI instead of FX :)

[Axed]

ATI is compatible with linux. Well, I don't plan playing games on the PC in the futur

Not to well, after you turned me into a Gentoo fanatic (hehe) i started playing with my 9800 pro, the drivers are horrid! I got better performance out of the fx something low price nvidia card my brother has.

lol you people are lucky that ATI is canadian, a 9800pro cant be got anywhere in OZ. if you can get it its probably the best MID budget card

why waste on the fx5200 when u can get an MX :D

OZ as in Australia? If so, there are quite a few places who stock it lilhobo, for around $180 - $220 AUD. Umart and Gamedude are 2 of them. Use StaticIce (http://www.staticice.com.au) to find the prices.

I love my ATI 9250 for my HTPC! Fully supported under linux, fanless, cheap as chips and great TV Out quality.

[Sirber]

Not to well, after you turned me into a Gentoo fanatic (hehe) i started playing with my 9800 pro, the drivers are horrid! I got better performance out of the fx something low price nvidia card my brother has.
I never used much gentoo as a desktop, I love it as a server :D

[Axed]

I never used much gentoo as a desktop, I love it as a server :D

I do alot of MS Office Document handling on my PC, and in my spare time from that i tend to game a bit which means i never get to run my Gentoo Desktop either :(.

You know, thinking about it now i would atucally consider a FX5200 for my HTPC. My friend who had a ATI 9250 (mine now!) got all these weird video corruption problems in MCE 2005 which had to be solved by buying himself the FX5200. Mind you, that pricetag of MCE 2005 bundled with a Hauppage 250 MCE really hurts over here..

[Sirber]

MCE 2005? Hauppage 250 MCE?

http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/mce-2005/mce-2005-my-music2.jpg

Windows Multimedia Center Edition?

[Axed]

Yeah, sorry for being cryptic. You cant buy Windows Media Center Edition 2005 here alone. You have to buy it bundled with certain hardware requirements. And, a Hauppage 250 MCE capture card bundled with MCE 2005 was the cheapest my friend could find.

As if not use MythTV sirber :D

[SeeMoreDigital]

Mind you, that pricetag of MCE 2005 bundled with a Hauppage 250 MCE really hurts over here..Well when you guy get round to buying your X5200 cards... Why not give TVedia a try too?: -

http://8dim.com/products/screenshots.asp


Cheers

[Axed]

Thanks for the link SMD, I've never heard of this one before, and it looks interesting. Ill have to read up its forums a bit.

[SeeMoreDigital]

No problem ;)

I've been using it for over two years now in conjunction with my Sigma Xcard (a dedicated MPEG-1, 2 and 4 hardware card)... but things have moved on quite a bit since the developers revamped it to work with ordinary video cards.

TVedia is constantly being upgraded and has a very good support network. We are currently up to version 3.5 but TVedia 4 promises to be much slicker affair, as it's been totally re-written!

We are on the look out for people who can contribute their skills to improve the product further.... After-all, who wants to be stuck with boring old Windows MultiMedia Center :scared:


Cheers

[Zyphon]

@Sirber

Sorry to hear your ATI 9800 Died that sucks. :(

Heh heh, I still have a couple of VooDoo3 cards lying around in my place also both AGP, the VooDoo 3 2000 & the VooDoo 3 3500 with the aweful TV-Breakout lead still they were great cards in their day.

I have a ATI Radeon 9500 Pro and after reading your post. I am getting paranoid. I better run the Vacuum cleaner over it to remove the heavy dust deposit that lies on it. :D

[Sirber]

I have a ATI Radeon 9500 Pro and after reading your post. I am getting paranoid. I better run the Vacuum cleaner over it to remove the heavy dust deposit that lies on it. :DWell, be sure the fan is not running when you clean it or else you might break it.