Re: Supported videocards?

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From: Andy Vanosdale [MCE MVP] (mceDEL_at_ETEvanosdale.com)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 06:47:00 -0400

It would be, but they just don't have the graphics processing power that
Media Center 2005 requires... 

-- 
Andy Vanosdale
Microsoft MVP - Windows XP Media Center Edition
Microsoft Student Ambassador - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Microsoft Associate Expert
Expert Zone - http://www.microsoft.com/WindowsXP/ExpertZone
"Pontus" <Pontus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:0E3D6045-BD6F-4C4A-B4FF-6471CF792A53@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Robert for the reply. I'll pick up a Dx 9 compatible card from ati 
> or
> nvidia and try that out. Kind of sad that the built in graphics cards wont
> work, would be ideal for htpc:s. No extra heat, less space.
>
> /Pontus
>
> "Robert Schlabbach" wrote:
>
>> Read closely. That is the list of hardware _submitted to the LOGO 
>> PROGRAM_.
>> Of course there may be other hardware which _works_ as well, but hasn't
>> been submitted to the logo program.
>>
>> However, "64MB dedicated memory" is NOT sufficient. As MCE 2005 runs the
>> video through Direct3D 9 surfaces, you'll need a DirectX 9.0 card with a
>> DirectX 9.0 DDI driver.
>>
>> Furthermore, running video through Direct3D 9 is not a "conventional"
>> application, meaning this hasn't been tested much (if at all) with 
>> existing
>> DirectX 9.0 hardware and drivers. The big manufacturers had to iron out
>> bugs for MCE 2005 (look at their release notes). The question is if
>> manufacturers with a small market share (e.g. Intel integrated chipset
>> graphics) will bother to make their drivers fully MCE 2005 compatible, or
>> if even their hardware has sufficient functionality in the 3D pipeline 
>> (3D
>> YUV surfaces aren't really common in conventional 3D applications)...
>>
>> Regards,«
>> -- 
>> Robert Schlabbach
>> e-mail: robert_s@gmx.net
>> Berlin, Germany
>>
>> "Pontus" <Pontus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
>> news:04C6FE45-6ACC-445E-A0FC-2A8EE5179DED@microsoft.com...
>> > Thanks, but I think that list is very far from complete. Im quite sure 
>> > there
>> > are more supported cards then 9800 and X800. Read somewhere that 
>> > anything
>> > with 64MB dedicated memory works but would be nice with an official 
>> > page
>> > about it.
>> >
>> > "Barb Bowman [MVP-Windows]" wrote:
>> >
>> > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/partners/dfw/partnerlisting.mspx
>>
>>
>>
>>

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