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<blockquote data-quote="Anonymous" data-source="post: 9644"><p>I actually was browsing Newegg yesterday for the same reason. As I said, I have a tight budget, so I would be more apt to get a cheaper card. In fact, the 9200SE at $36 looks quite nice! The only problem is that the cheaper products only have DirectX 8 support. To my understanding, that would mean that more work would be offloaded to the CPU as opposed to a "native" DirectX 9-based card since MediaPortal is a DirectX 9 application.</p><p></p><p>I realize that the CPU is doing most of the work as it is, with the Rage 128 card installed, so nearly ANYTHING would be an improvement over what I have right now. However, if I am going to spend money on a video card, I'd rather get a full-blown DX9 card to "future-proof" it a bit; which means I'll have to wait a bit longer to acquire the necessary funds. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Having said that, the $44 FX5200 *appears* to have hardware DX9 support. That card is definetly an option <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 9644"] I actually was browsing Newegg yesterday for the same reason. As I said, I have a tight budget, so I would be more apt to get a cheaper card. In fact, the 9200SE at $36 looks quite nice! The only problem is that the cheaper products only have DirectX 8 support. To my understanding, that would mean that more work would be offloaded to the CPU as opposed to a "native" DirectX 9-based card since MediaPortal is a DirectX 9 application. I realize that the CPU is doing most of the work as it is, with the Rage 128 card installed, so nearly ANYTHING would be an improvement over what I have right now. However, if I am going to spend money on a video card, I'd rather get a full-blown DX9 card to "future-proof" it a bit; which means I'll have to wait a bit longer to acquire the necessary funds. :) Having said that, the $44 FX5200 *appears* to have hardware DX9 support. That card is definetly an option :) [/QUOTE]
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