creese Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Some Wally, cough Me cough, bought a nice Grphic adapter with HDMI. Did I check if I had a PCI E slot? No. only PCI Do I: Send it back. Get an adapter. get a new motherboard. What is the best and cheapish route to go down?
BHMS Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 You will need a PCI-E slot if you actually want to play modern games so new motherboard is the only option in that case.
creese Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Thanks. I should have qualified that with, I don't do games. It is to hook it up to the TV
BHMS Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 In which case I'd check if you can find a suitable PCI replacement before sending it back. I haven't checked PCI graphics cards for a while but it was rapidly dieing a long long time ago so you might not be able to find what you need anymore.
plexer Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 Depends can you acutally get a PCI/AGP gfx card that has hdmi out? Ben
creese Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Depends can you acutally get a PCI/AGP gfx card that has hdmi out? Ben Maybe it's in then. Perhaps I had a bit of a brain overload and I have to rethink what I'm doing.
3s-gtech Posted July 20, 2010 Posted July 20, 2010 You can get cards for PCI with HDMI output, or just use DVI with an adaptor. However, I think it'll be fighting a losing battle - could you consolidate the two with a newer motherboard with onboard graphics and HDMI?
creese Posted July 20, 2010 Author Posted July 20, 2010 Depends can you acutally get a PCI/AGP gfx card that has hdmi out? Ben It has got HDMI output. I was on the right track there.
K.C.Leblanc Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 It could be worse, I gave a mate and old AGP card I had. When it wouldn't fit (it turned out his PC had PCi-Express) he made it fit, he ended up needing a new PC.
creese Posted July 21, 2010 Author Posted July 21, 2010 It could be worse, I gave a mate and old AGP card I had. When it wouldn't fit (it turned out his PC had PCi-Express) he made it fit, he ended up needing a new PC. That's my hammer, solder kit and super glue going back into the tool chest then.
tommej Posted July 21, 2010 Posted July 21, 2010 It has got HDMI output. I was on the right track there. Remember it will need to be HDCP compliant to play full HD!
creese Posted July 21, 2010 Author Posted July 21, 2010 Remember it will need to be HDCP compliant to play full HD! My thoughts are on the lines of playing video I have taken & using the TV as a large photo frame. I have a laptop and netbook for other things and a NAS. It is just that I have a decent PC that I wanted to make use of.
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