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- davilla - 2010-07-06
Dump the Radeon and get a 8400 or better Nvidia card. It will work like a champ
- poofyhairguy - 2010-07-06
Ouch. Last two posts confirms it.
Best hope is one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814134073&cm_re=8400_gs-_-14-134-073-_-Product
A 512mb 8400 GS PCI card. Just avoid the AGP slot. The legacy of that slot is apparently tragic.
It has been confirmed here on the forum that such a configuration will work with XBMC Live and play 1080p files. Linux can do it.
Honestly then if you really want Windows 7 your best chance is probably to do what I did: replace the mobo.
Get one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138174
And suddenly you are using DDR2 ram and have a real PCI Express slot. I combined my mobo with 2 gigs of DDR2 ram and a 9500 GT card I got for like $40 on Newegg.
I mean, it is still a Pentium 4 so I don't expect a lot but it works for me as a semi-silent bedroom HTPC (as I can load the case with large silent fans) that plays my meanest stuff.
Good luck!!!
- Pvt_Ryan - 2010-07-06
I got a palit 9400GT (see mc2 in my sig). On the older hardware I'd reccommend the linux live install to HDD.
Or if she wants to do other things then Ubuntu + XBMC, I got my mum a linux netbook for her birthday last year and she has only ever had 1 or 2 problems with it which I was able to walk her through fixing..
if you can I'd give the HTPC a static IP and and use port forwarding on her router for port 22. Then you can ssh in and fix things remotely.