Ongoing HTPC Build for the old folks (And spending almost no money on it!) (1 Viewer)

[NorthLights]

To Gixxer: Yeah, that's pretty much what I want to do. Just being able do make things work without having to buy some new other stuff. Well OK, a DVD, but hey, nobody's perfect. Glad to see you got it working...

Looks like a GeForce 2 Pro is a lot better then a GeForce 2 MX/MX400, damn. But getting MP to work with this card would be something that's really positive, since (at least to my knowledge) it's one of the most common video cards from that era. Anyone with experiences with a GeForce 2 MX/MX400??

Thanks you Spragleknas for the info! Great with a forum that's alive and kicking. Both from that moderators and the users. Keep up the good work everyone.

 

[NorthLights]

Finally, I got the components I was waiting for and I have some results:

GUI - Working!
MPEG, AVI, DVD's - Working!
HD Content - Haha , untested...

I used MP RC1, no slow menus or anything...

The final specs:

Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
ASUS P4S533
2x256 MB RAM DDR
GeForce 2 MX/MX 400
Sound Blaster Audigy 2

All I need to do now is build a chassi...

 

[Gixxer]

congratulations on having it working, doesnt it feels good to see that an old computer suddenly becomes so usefull

 

[jerbob92]

My system(it runs quite will actually :O)
Intel Pentium 3 500 Mhz
Intel SE440BX-2
256 mb sdram(Ordering 1 GB on the same time as graphics card, i have just read my motherbord doesn't support 512 MB, it will be max 128 Mb, with 3 slots so 384 MB!
GeForce 2 MX/MX 400
A simple sound card, since i just have 2.1

Wich better AGP 2.0 4x graphics card is good for me? It's just for my room, i only use it for music, radio, movies(like avi's) and maybe sometimes a dvd! Maybe i order a FloppyDTV