<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On May 21, 2006, at 10:04 AM, Varanger wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 5/16/06, <B class="gmail_sendername">Varanger</B> <<A href="mailto:varanger@gmail.com">varanger@gmail.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class="q"> <BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><BR><BR>#2, you can get an MCE version of the 150 (no remote) and save some $$<BR>$, which you can use to get more hard disk space, you will need it :-) </BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'll start buying the Geforce 5200 first. Do you think I will be able to use the tv-out feature without a monitor???</DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am sad to discover that I don't have a AGP 8X slot so I'll have to buy a PCI Geforce 5200 which is TV-out only, not DVI. It is good right now because I don't have any LCD or Plama TV's right now.</DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>Obviously I do not know what your financial situation is, but purchasing a PCI video card is a "dead end" in that you can't use it in a future system.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>A better answer technically would be to bet a motherboard with an AGP slot, which is still a bit of a "dead end" what with PCI-Express happening, but I think AGP boards will be around for many years yet.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Of course this answer will cost you a bit more, but if you shop around carefully you might be surprised how little you can get an AGP mobo for, there are a lot of people trading up to PCI-Express machines who are getting rid of their old boards.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You will also have no chance of ever running HD with a PCI video board.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>It's just that you will pay a premium price for a PCI video board in some cases, and ultimately wind up tossing it, and I hate to see you do that if you can avoid it, at the very least be aware of what you are doing.</DIV></BODY></HTML>