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Subject: PC Game to 50 plasma

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Name: freakybesco
Date: April 19, 2007 at 07:59:45 Pacific
Subject: PC Game to 50 plasma
OS: XP Pro
CPU/Ram: P-D 2.8 512MB

Comment:

My dad has a flight simulator pc game that he wants to play on his tv. The game plays fine on PC but he wants to see it up on the big screen. His system is outdated so I'll have to upgrade the video card to support tv out. Can anyone suggest a low budget card that will give decent graphics and make it worth playing on the big tv.
His PC specs are: P3-1.0/ 512 ram/ AGP & PCI slots.

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Response Number 1

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: April 19, 2007 at 09:31:34 Pacific
Subject: PC Game to 50 plasma

Reply: (edit)

In Nvidia, I would suggest a 7000 or 8000 series card because the drivers support better the resizing of the screen via software, which can often be necessary when using a TV out connection.
With a machine that old, even a 7300GT would be fine.
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Response Number 2

Name: Dark Sky
Date: April 19, 2007 at 19:28:24 Pacific
Subject: PC Game to 50 plasma

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Getting 8000 series will be bottleneck (and its not available for AGP yet) for your dad's P3 computer. Get him a 7300GT AGP will be more than sufficient.
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