Re: Can the ATI 9800 Pro replace stock MX440?

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From: Phil Taylor (ptaylor_at_private-citizen.com)
Date: 03/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:57:15 -0800

yes, there is no issue with a straight Radeon display card replacing an
existing display card. The Catalyst release notes list MCE compatibility so
its not true that ATI doesnt support MCE.

there is an issue with All-In-Wonder cards that you have to disable the
tuner portion but there is no issue with Radeon.

ATI will continue to work on and expand their MCE offerings, including
getting a path for upgraders to use All-In-Wonders but we arent quite there
yet with the A-I-W capture driver package.

ATI is "in MCE" for the long run and will hopefully excite people with our
plans over the next year.

"desertstorm2" <garyishot@hotmail.NOSPAM.com> wrote in message
news:epyIGSgEEHA.3568@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Hello, all!
> I was wondering if I could replace the GeForce MX440 [$] that is in my
> machine now with an ATI 9800 [$] Pro. I noticed that newer HP MCE's
> were coming with the ATI Radeon 9200, so I am hopeful.
>
> My main goal is to have improved 3D graphics and dual monitor support.
> I would like to view the Media Center on my desktop LCD and through a
> HDTV with a VGA input. The ATI 9800 [$] seems to outperform the
> GeForce 5700 for about the same price.
>
> I have read about some people trying to install the All-in-Wonder 9XXX
> cards, and all the headache that is involved with that upgrade, and
> am trying to avoid any hassle.
>
> My machine is a stock HP 854n with the exception of the upgrade to
> MCE2004.
>
> I had previously tried to replace the card with a GeForce 4200Ti that
> I had, but ran into the MPEG decoder (or something like that)
> problem.
>
> Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated! Thanks!
>
> -Gary
>
> Posted via http://www.xpMCE.com
> Everything about Windows XP Media Center Edition

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