SB51G and VGA Card

[Scott]

Hi All

Decided to get back into having a shuttle, so scoured ebay and got a old style one SB51G and found a P4 3.06 chip to stick in it.... However, i now need to get a VGA card...

As its only going to be running as a server, £30 is my limit cos i dont need a top of the line card, so i was thinking of getting a ATI 9250 or something. Not a great card but will do what it needs.

However, the AGP slot in the SB is 2/4x and this card is 4/8x will it work fine?

Also, RAM on the Shuttle says upto PC2700, can i stick PC3200 in there or will it not work full stop?

[andrewuk]

Hi,

Yes it should work fine, as will the RAM although it will only run at PC2700 speed. If it's going to be a server though you don't really need a video card as it has built in VGA which will do the job fine.

[Scott]

Thanks for that, i found a VGA card in a box, so im using that for now

I generally dont like to use the Onboard VGA, even if its only for a Server. Not sure why, jsut a pet hate i guess! lol