HD HTPC/MediaPC - AMD or Intel?

[toolsong]

Just build one using a GA-MA78GPM-DS2H and very happy

[Skinleech]

The current mobo is AGP and the only ATI AGP boards available are the 3850 series starting at £75.54 and will no doubt have a noisy cooler. It would be good if the mobo had PCI-E but it doesn't.
It's currently got a Sapphire 512Mb ATI X1600 PRO AGP8X with Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Dual Heatpipe Cooler in there.

Like I said, it's an AGP mobo, so that can't be done. I'm not upgrading just for the sake of it, it does need doing.

Thanks again for advice.

My 2600XT is an AGP card...

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/produ...gpid=179&grp=2

Maybe they are not available anymore, but mine it's only a few months old.

[Thor]

My 2600XT is an AGP card...

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/produ...gpid=179&grp=2

Maybe they are not available anymore, but mine it's only a few months old.

Maybe u missed my earlier post stating that I have ordered all the new parts now, which have since been dispatched today, should be upgrading the HTPC either 2moro or Wednesday now.

A few months in the Electronics age can be a lifetime, like I said before, the only AGP alternative available was the 3800 series.

Thanks anyway.

[Skinleech]

Yeah, I did miss it I'm afraid - had quickly scanned the post.

Good luck with the upgrade; software decoding can sometimes be better than relying on hardware anyway.