<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" version="2.0">
<channel>
<title>Latest posts for the topic &quot;Shopping for Video Card&quot;</title>
<ttl>10</ttl>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/</link>
<description>Latest messages posted in the topic &quot;Shopping for Video Card&quot;</description>
<generator>Station Forums</generator>
<item>
<title>Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;I am shopping for a new video card for my desktop that was custom built for&amp;nbsp;me years back. I run mxo on it and it could use a boost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My motherboard is an ASUS VIA KT400A. My current video card is a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200. I have 768 MB RAM but I know it is expandable to 1 GB. I run XP Pro.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Where should I start looking for a video card that is compatable with this motherboard? How do I know what is compatible with my motherboard? What is a good vid card and spec that I ought to look for? I really want MxO to run like a dream.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513572#36300513572</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513572#36300513572</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:55:57 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Vesuveus</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;You really need a new computer as that Motherboard is AGP only (nearly all new Video cards are PCIe and the technology you are buying is already 7 years old), and you really need more than 1GB ram at a minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But in the interests of helping you with what you have, you will need to buy an AGP 8x compatible Video card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ATI 100-435065 Radeon 9600 Pro is probably the best card you could get and it will cost you around US$190.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is your CPU? Even with extra RAM and a new CPU you won&amp;#39;t be able to run most new games on high-quality.That card just can&amp;#39;t manage it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To run MxO like a dream you will need at least:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intel Core 2 duo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.5 GB RAM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;an nVidia 7950GX2 or better (SLI setup or multi GPU card) with 512MB VRAM&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513597#36300513597</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513597#36300513597</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:30:58 GMT</pubDate>
<author>phi</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;phi wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;You really need a new computer as that Motherboard is AGP only (nearly all new Video cards are PCIe and the technology you are buying is already 7 years old), and you really need more than 1GB ram at a minimum.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But in the interests of helping you with what you have, you will need to buy an AGP 8x compatible Video card.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The ATI 100-435065 Radeon 9600 Pro is probably the best card you could get and it will cost you around US$190.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;What is your CPU? Even with extra RAM and a new CPU you won&amp;#39;t be able to run most new games on high-quality.That card just can&amp;#39;t manage it.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;To run MxO like a dream you will need at least:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Intel Core 2 duo&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1.5 GB RAM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;an nVidia 7950GX2 or better (SLI setup or multi GPU card) with 512MB VRAM&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmm. I am not very knowledgable with this side of computers, so bear with me. And I appreciate your help.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A new computer is not in the cards for me for a few years, so I am going to have to try and get the best I can for this system.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;My processor is an AMD Athlon XP 2400+. If high detail is not an option, I can live with that. But as of now, the lag is tremendous and I would like to PvE seamlessly with the box spawns and missions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513655#36300513655</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300513655#36300513655</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:14:59 GMT</pubDate>
<author>Vesuveus</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;Well to get things running smoothly I suggest:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;buy an &lt;span &gt;ATI 100-435065 Radeon 9600 Pro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span &gt;buy 1 GB of RAM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span &gt;install them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Also what speed is your internet connection?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Get these things sorted out then we can tweak your config settings to give you the best performance for your system. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;SMILEY&quot; /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514060#36300514060</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514060#36300514060</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:30:15 GMT</pubDate>
<author>phi</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;This is 2 of my small systems spliced together. I&amp;#39;ve had real good MxO experiences with a very very similar rig, although I don&amp;#39;t play with super useropts. This will run MxO fine. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (All prices from Newegg) &lt;br /&gt; Motherboad: Asus P5B-VM SE : $74.95 &lt;br /&gt; Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 4600: $119.99 &lt;br /&gt; RAM: 1GB : OCZ Value Series DDR2 667 : $18.99 &lt;br /&gt; Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA 8600GT : $74.99 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Grand Total: $288.92 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Does this meet the phi&amp;#39;s approval XD&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514397#36300514397</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514397#36300514397</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 07:55:13 GMT</pubDate>
<author>LtCmdr_Tsusai</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;cite&gt;LtCmdr_Tsusai wrote:&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is 2 of my small systems spliced together. I&amp;#39;ve had real good MxO experiences with a very very similar rig, although I don&amp;#39;t play with super useropts. This will run MxO fine. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; (All prices from Newegg) &lt;br /&gt; Motherboad: Asus P5B-VM SE : $74.95 &lt;br /&gt; Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 4600: $119.99 &lt;br /&gt; RAM: 1GB : OCZ Value Series DDR2 667 : $18.99 &lt;br /&gt; Video Card: EVGA NVIDIA 8600GT : $74.99 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Grand Total: $288.92 &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Does this meet the phi&amp;#39;s approval XD&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;No problems with that system as a whole... but the video card is no help in this case, because the &lt;span&gt;EVGA NVIDIA 8600GT is a PCIe card. &lt;img src=&quot;/mxo/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514526#36300514526</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514526#36300514526</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:02:33 GMT</pubDate>
<author>phi</author>
</item>
<item>
<title>Re:Shopping for Video Card</title>
<description>That&apos;s what the board, proc, and ram is for....</description>
<guid isPermaLink="true">http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514535#36300514535</guid>
<link>http://forums.station.sony.com/mxo/posts/list.m?topic_id=36300026165&amp;post_id=36300514535#36300514535</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:54:39 GMT</pubDate>
<author>LtCmdr_Tsusai</author>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>