Geforce 5200 or Radeon 9250 (NOT 9200! 9250) both cards can be found sub $40.
-----Original message----- From: "Brian Weeden" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:26:17 -0600 To: "The Hardware List" hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Interesting MCE bug > So suggestions for a cheap card that would work well? > > On 3/26/06, Chris Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Because it's not a DX9 card. MS put into MCE designs for video support by > > using Video Mixing Renderer Filter 9 as it's base renderer. MCE is the ONLY > > windows OS to use VMR9 at it's heart, as all other OS do not use it; and > > even MCE only uses it inside the 10' interface. > > > > But in the MCE interface, it relies on VMR9 to do all rendering work - and > > that requires DirectX9 compatibility. > > > > Links for more info: > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:42 PM > > To: The Hardware List > > Subject: Re: [H] Interesting MCE bug > > > > On 3/25/06, Jin-Wei Tioh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Wait a minute... you're running MCE 2005 withe GF4 Ti4400? > > > Thought that wasn't possible (seeing as MCE 2005 uses VMR 9). > > > > > > Wouldn't the minimum be a GeForce FX or 9x00 (x=5,6,7,8)? > > > > > > > It's a perfectly fine video card with onboard MPEG-2 processing. More > > than what SHOULD be needed for simply playing DVDs and video files. > > Why wouldn't it be supported? > > > > > > -- > > Brian > > > > > > > -- > Brian > >
