Will Media Portal Work

cheetah05 · 2006-04-09, 13:26

Hi there,

I am thinking of setting up a small Media Center which will record and watch tv and watch dvds.

I justed wanted to know if media portal will work on this.

Windows 2000 Pro (SP5)
Interl Celeron 2.93ghz at 3.5Ghz
512MB RAM
ATI 7000 (Will be running at 800*600)
80GB HDD
DVD Drive

Callifo · 2006-04-09, 14:46

Im pretty sure that Win2k was ruled out when something was introduced a little while ago (Im not talking about the SBE components). The ATI7000 may not be up to the job in terms of DX8.1/9 support but it cant hurt to try. And your missing a tv card?

cheetah05 · 2006-04-09, 16:16

Thanks.

Thats because i havent decided on a TV card, i was thinking something along the lines of a Hauppage Nova-t.

Spragleknas · 2006-04-09, 19:48

You need a DX9 gfx card, I belive.
Cheap examples are the FX5200, 6200 or ATi 9250 (probably 9550 to).

wortelsoft · 2006-04-09, 20:24

The 9250 is dx 8, the 9550 is dx9

bedlam · 2006-04-09, 21:58

mediaportal ran "ok" with my 9200pro, (it was usable)

Spragleknas · 2006-04-09, 23:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by wortelsoft

The 9250 is dx 8, the 9550 is dx9

You're right!

I was sure that 9250 was DX, but after some gooling I see that this is not true. Sorry!

The 9600SE should then be a good choice in the ATi section.

dfbb · 2006-04-10, 13:20

You should be able to run mediaportal on such a system, but it would be better if you used a faster DX9 compatible card. I used a 2,6 Ghz Celeron, 512MB and AIW7500 PCI computer and it could run MediaPortal quite well as long as I used the default MCE skin. Other skins used DX9 functions more, resulting in too slow performance for normal operation (it even hangs MediaPortal).

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cheetah05 Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 326 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	Will Media Portal Work Hi there, I am thinking of setting up a small Media Center which will record and watch tv and watch dvds. I justed wanted to know if media portal will work on this. Windows 2000 Pro (SP5) Interl Celeron 2.93ghz at 3.5Ghz 512MB RAM ATI 7000 (Will be running at 800*600) 80GB HDD DVD Drive

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Callifo Retired Team Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Adelaide, Australia Age: 22 Posts: 1,444 Thanks: 0 Thanked 12 Times in 1 Post Country: My System	Im pretty sure that Win2k was ruled out when something was introduced a little while ago (Im not talking about the SBE components). The ATI7000 may not be up to the job in terms of DX8.1/9 support but it cant hurt to try. And your missing a tv card?

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cheetah05 Portal Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London Posts: 326 Thanks: 3 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Country: My System	Thanks. Thats because i havent decided on a TV card, i was thinking something along the lines of a Hauppage Nova-t.

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dfbb Portal Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gelderland Posts: 68 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Country: My System	You should be able to run mediaportal on such a system, but it would be better if you used a faster DX9 compatible card. I used a 2,6 Ghz Celeron, 512MB and AIW7500 PCI computer and it could run MediaPortal quite well as long as I used the default MCE skin. Other skins used DX9 functions more, resulting in too slow performance for normal operation (it even hangs MediaPortal).