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Offline morfeas2002

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Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« on: March 22, 2016, 10:25:54 AM »
I am interested in buying the boltek stormtracker pci radar and i want to know what are the minimum pc requirements that it works perfect, without problems. (processor, graphics card and memory).

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Re: Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2016, 11:12:47 AM »
One thing I noticed is that it is a full height PCI card which won't fit in a regular desktop cabinet. One exception is that some of the Dells I have one of them had a sideways card cage insert that allows a full height card to be inserted but at the same time the card cage adapter blocks the PCIe port and I think the AGP port as well. It is easier just to get a mini-tower pc .

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Re: Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2016, 12:28:15 PM »
It is my second pc. It is a full tower with plenty of space. It is a Pentium 4 at 2.4, with 128 video graphic card and 1 gb ram. System is windows 7. Will it do the job?

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Re: Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2016, 04:46:44 PM »
It is very likely that you have more than enough horsepower for the card and basic software.

If you plan on using some of the fully integrated offerings to display, then I can't speak for sure.  I would say yes, but with  1 meg and a pent 2 running XP and doing ok, I'd think that it would be sufficient.

Do you have a card and antenna?  I might have one around here I'm not using.

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Re: Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2016, 03:41:37 AM »
PC also runs weatherlink for my Davis Vantage Pro2 and a Logitech 905c webcam.
I was ready to buy a used one. You have p.m.

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Re: Boltek stormtracker pci minimum pc requirements
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2016, 11:56:43 PM »
Mine is running on a headless Intel D525 Atom system with w2k as the OS and, I think 2 gig of memory. IOW: it doesn't need much.
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