Nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO only with XP Pro and not Media Center 2005

[Guest]

I want to have the 256 PCI Express x16 nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO video card in
my new Dell Dimension XPS Series - Gen4. Dell tells me I can only get the
card if I have XP Professional. What gives?

the alternatives, if I insist on getting Media Center 2005 Edition are:

256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) nVidea GeForce 6800 or
256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon x850 XT PE

I guess I am cynical but I can't help thinking the alternatives are not as
good as the "Dell recommended", (by the way), Nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO.
Someone on another chat room said there was no driver for the Media Edition.
True? Why not? Please help. My husband will not let go of this and I want to
order the computer!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Q. "Dell tells me I can only get the card if I have XP Professional. What gives?"

A. Ask to speak with a more knowledgeable Dell rep. Any version of Windows XP
will work well with that video card. Someone is apparently trying to "up-sell" you.

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Be Smart! Protect Your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/default.mspx

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| I want to have the 256 PCI Express x16 nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO video card in
| my new Dell Dimension XPS Series - Gen4. Dell tells me I can only get the
| card if I have XP Professional. What gives?
|
| the alternatives, if I insist on getting Media Center 2005 Edition are:
|
| 256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) nVidea GeForce 6800 or
| 256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon x850 XT PE
|
| I guess I am cynical but I can't help thinking the alternatives are not as
| good as the "Dell recommended", (by the way), Nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO.
| Someone on another chat room said there was no driver for the Media Edition.
| True? Why not? Please help. My husband will not let go of this and I want to
| order the computer!

 

[Tom]

I want to have the 256 PCI Express x16 nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO video card in
my new Dell Dimension XPS Series - Gen4. Dell tells me I can only get the
card if I have XP Professional. What gives?

the alternatives, if I insist on getting Media Center 2005 Edition are:

256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) nVidea GeForce 6800 or
256 PCI Express x16 (DV1/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon x850 XT PE

I guess I am cynical but I can't help thinking the alternatives are not as
good as the "Dell recommended", (by the way), Nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO.
Someone on another chat room said there was no driver for the Media Edition.
True? Why not? Please help. My husband will not let go of this and I want to
order the computer!

That's pure bunk, as you can use any of their listed Vid cards on the system type you choose in XP. The Pro version has nothing to do with anything more than added security and networking features for the most part, and nothing changes between driver and hardware support between Home and Pro. The only exception is Home cannot run a two processor MOBO, only Pro, and above can do that.

If what you say is true, I would talk to a super at Dell, and tell them what you don't appreciate. I am surprised, because they have always treated very good, and given me great quality equipment.

 

[Chris Priede]

I want to have the 256 PCI Express x16 nvidea GeForce 6800 GTO video
card in my new Dell Dimension XPS Series - Gen4. Dell tells me I can
only get the card if I have XP Professional. the alternatives, if I
insist on
getting Media Center 2005 Edition are....

From the looks of it, Dell probably "disqualified" the card you want for
configurations with MCE because it doesn't have TV output. While you might
not care, most people would expect a MCE PC to have one.