Hi,
I have a very old board(purchased back in 2000). It is 810D chipset, with a P3 550mz processor. It doesnt even have a AGP slot. Thankfully it has PCI 32bit slots rev 2.2. I have 256MB SDRAM installed.
I was thinking of making a HTPC out of it.
Since there are only a few PCI based GPUs with HDMI output, I was thinking of HDAV 1.3 Slim PCI, which provides both good audio/video out options.
The confusion that I have is:
1) is HDAV 1.3 slim available in india? Here at Rashi Peripherals, they are only providing PCIe 1x options.
2) is HDAV 1.3 slim PCI actually a 32bit PCI? The shape seems a bit confusing to me, considering that PCI only has 1 gap..(see attached images..the one with yellow slots shows the type of PCI slots, starting from top is PCIe 4x, next PCIe 16x, next PCIe 1x, next PCIe 16x and last is the 32bit PCI )
3) would the card be compatible, or it requires the motherboard with certain amount of RAM, bus speed?
If this type of solution is not possible then maybe i would get a good stereo PCI sound card and use by PC only for music.
clarification from experts required..
I have a very old board(purchased back in 2000). It is 810D chipset, with a P3 550mz processor. It doesnt even have a AGP slot. Thankfully it has PCI 32bit slots rev 2.2. I have 256MB SDRAM installed.
I was thinking of making a HTPC out of it.
Since there are only a few PCI based GPUs with HDMI output, I was thinking of HDAV 1.3 Slim PCI, which provides both good audio/video out options.
The confusion that I have is:
1) is HDAV 1.3 slim available in india? Here at Rashi Peripherals, they are only providing PCIe 1x options.
2) is HDAV 1.3 slim PCI actually a 32bit PCI? The shape seems a bit confusing to me, considering that PCI only has 1 gap..(see attached images..the one with yellow slots shows the type of PCI slots, starting from top is PCIe 4x, next PCIe 16x, next PCIe 1x, next PCIe 16x and last is the 32bit PCI )
3) would the card be compatible, or it requires the motherboard with certain amount of RAM, bus speed?
If this type of solution is not possible then maybe i would get a good stereo PCI sound card and use by PC only for music.
clarification from experts required..
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