I recently chanced upon several PCI video cards (not PCIe, I looked at the pictures) on ebay that have 512mb ddr2 or ddr3 memory on them. One of the cards is said to have even cross-fire capability. Will such a card allow me to stream HD movies though my really old emachines T2894 to my HDTV? Specs for my emachines are: 2.8Ghz intel pentium 4/533/1M, 2gb ddr1 memory, 60gb pata hard drive.
But yes, a video card with HDMI out will play to a HDTV. Your system specs should not be a problem, but check the video cards box (or on-line specs) to be sure.
I've never heard of regular PCI crossfire cards. I think you have bad info or misinterpreted the picture. To give you a concise answer, it would help to have more information about the video card(s)... but generally speaking: P4, Regular PCI Video Card, and HD movies do not belong in the same sentence. It might work but it would definitely be a little choppy.
no not at all most basic cards are still pci like network and most sound there are still alot and unless the card has a hdmi out no it wont and hdmi out wont be on pci not hdmi in you have to make sure it says hdmi out or ask the ***. about it cuz in will not allow you to stream from the tower.