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Anyone want to help me with my computer? :3
I've got an old mini PC that most likely is running a core 2 duo, 8 gb of ram, has a VGA and DVI port for the integrated intel graphics, a pci express x16 (and probably another smaller pci express slot, didn't think to take note) on it.
If I were to find a PCI express card to add usbc ports, would I be able to have it send display port over usbc, or do I need to have a graphics card that can support that?
EDIT: ans is I need a GPU that supports it
@aeva You may well find that the cost of trying to upgrade your old machine is higher than buying a new one, especially if you are running Windoz and are getting hit with the Windoz 11 issues.
(If your machine only has VGA/DVI then it is quite old.)
Remember, the Display Port over USB-C is DisplayPort - and a lot of monitors do not have USB-C (with Display port carriage) or even native display port.
(I tend to run Linux so I am only mentioning the Windoz issues second hand.)
I've been quite pleased with the NUC and similar small sized mini-PCs. (I"m using ASUS, Moginsok, and Geekom ones, but they can be a bit pricey.)
Also DP-over USB-C tends to require good quality cables - cheap USB-C cables may not work.
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@aeva You may well find that the cost of trying to upgrade your old machine is higher than buying a new one, especially if you are running Windoz and are getting hit with the Windoz 11 issues.
(If your machine only has VGA/DVI then it is quite old.)
Remember, the Display Port over USB-C is DisplayPort - and a lot of monitors do not have USB-C (with Display port carriage) or even native display port.
(I tend to run Linux so I am only mentioning the Windoz issues second hand.)
I've been quite pleased with the NUC and similar small sized mini-PCs. (I"m using ASUS, Moginsok, and Geekom ones, but they can be a bit pricey.)
Also DP-over USB-C tends to require good quality cables - cheap USB-C cables may not work.
@karlauerbach yeah I'm just curious if there's an inexpensive way to plug my cintiq into this old machine. the cintiq can do mini hdmi, so a dvi to mini hdmi adapter is probably the cheapest way, and then I'll probably want a card for the usb-c for just the regular digitizer stuff, assuming a usb2/usb-c adapter wouldn't be suitable
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@karlauerbach yeah I'm just curious if there's an inexpensive way to plug my cintiq into this old machine. the cintiq can do mini hdmi, so a dvi to mini hdmi adapter is probably the cheapest way, and then I'll probably want a card for the usb-c for just the regular digitizer stuff, assuming a usb2/usb-c adapter wouldn't be suitable
@karlauerbach plugging one thing in instead of two would be more convenient though
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hmmm ok it looks like pci express video cards that have usb-c ports on them seem to generally be roughly the size of a boat, so this plan isn't going to work
the main open question is whether or not an old core 2 duo is fast enough to run mollytime (i'd certainly like it to be!), but that is easy enough to confirm.
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the main open question is whether or not an old core 2 duo is fast enough to run mollytime (i'd certainly like it to be!), but that is easy enough to confirm.
@aeva well I *remember* them being fast...
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@aeva well I *remember* them being fast...
@ghosttie they hold up quite well if you're quick with a knife, but I've been developing mollytime on a fairly beefy computer so how it scales down is an unknown at the moment
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Anyone want to help me with my computer? :3
I've got an old mini PC that most likely is running a core 2 duo, 8 gb of ram, has a VGA and DVI port for the integrated intel graphics, a pci express x16 (and probably another smaller pci express slot, didn't think to take note) on it.
If I were to find a PCI express card to add usbc ports, would I be able to have it send display port over usbc, or do I need to have a graphics card that can support that?
EDIT: ans is I need a GPU that supports it
@aeva You can get a much much much newer mini-PC used on eBay for a less than a hundred that already supports it (or has a proprietary slot that one can be installed... Looking at you HP). Although, I get the feeling this may be a challenge to make the old PC usable again? I tried to see for myself and only saw that you have cute cats and the same air purifier I do. XD
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@aeva You can get a much much much newer mini-PC used on eBay for a less than a hundred that already supports it (or has a proprietary slot that one can be installed... Looking at you HP). Although, I get the feeling this may be a challenge to make the old PC usable again? I tried to see for myself and only saw that you have cute cats and the same air purifier I do. XD
@MontgomeryGator yeah it's an old PC that still works that I don't mind putting in some work to make it useful. If this doesn't work out, I'll probably put windows 98 or xp on it and load it up with old software
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@MontgomeryGator yeah it's an old PC that still works that I don't mind putting in some work to make it useful. If this doesn't work out, I'll probably put windows 98 or xp on it and load it up with old software
@aeva Hmm, ever try Haiku? It's an interesting OS that should run smoothly on that hardware. Not super useful, but it's what's left of BEos and an interesting look at a future that could have been with PCs.
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@aeva Hmm, ever try Haiku? It's an interesting OS that should run smoothly on that hardware. Not super useful, but it's what's left of BEos and an interesting look at a future that could have been with PCs.
@MontgomeryGator I've been meaning to give it a try, this would probably be perfect for it actually
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@MontgomeryGator I've been meaning to give it a try, this would probably be perfect for it actually
@MontgomeryGator I wonder if it supports my soundblaster card 🤔
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@MontgomeryGator I wonder if it supports my soundblaster card 🤔
@aeva It looks like later soundblaster cards need a driver from the package manager.
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@aeva It looks like later soundblaster cards need a driver from the package manager.
@MontgomeryGator ah, interesting, but there is a driver?
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@aeva it could require a 32bit UEFI boot loader. I have that on an old Mac mini with a Core 2 Duo
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