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7800 video card as an HTPC...?
My idea is to make one final upgrade to my Athlon64 3000+ 1 GB RAM AGP
system. I'll install a new 7800 GS video card on my aging rig. In about a year or so, when the 7800 GS becomes obsolete, I can still "retire" this system to work as an HTPC. Or at least, that's my justification for spending $300 on an aging AGP system on its way down the drain. So I'm curious about using the Nvidia 7800 series as an HTPC. I'm also interested in knowing how well the 7800 card would perform in outputting an upscaled video to the TV screen. In the past, I've used a ATI 9800 Pro to attempt upscaling a 720x480 DVD movie into higher resolutions with all the bells and whistles (noise reduction, etc). The framerates slowed to a craaaawl. I've always suspected that this was largely a CPU bottleneck issue, not a video card issue. Would the 7800 GS video card improve performance in this area at all? And how well would that video card be able to record TV programs in HDTV format? There are also three flavors of the 7800 GS available: the vanilla 7800 GS, the 7800 OC, and the 7800 OC Superclock. Obviously, the Superclock would yield the best game performance of the three. But would the extra heat and supersized fan be a problem later on? |
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7800 video card as an HTPC...?
wrote in message ups.com... My idea is to make one final upgrade to my Athlon64 3000+ 1 GB RAM AGP system. I'll install a new 7800 GS video card on my aging rig. In about a year or so, when the 7800 GS becomes obsolete, I can still "retire" this system to work as an HTPC. Or at least, that's my justification for spending $300 on an aging AGP system on its way down the drain. So I'm curious about using the Nvidia 7800 series as an HTPC. I'm also interested in knowing how well the 7800 card would perform in outputting an upscaled video to the TV screen. In the past, I've used a ATI 9800 Pro to attempt upscaling a 720x480 DVD movie into higher resolutions with all the bells and whistles (noise reduction, etc). The framerates slowed to a craaaawl. I've always suspected that this was largely a CPU bottleneck issue, not a video card issue. Would the 7800 GS video card improve performance in this area at all? And how well would that video card be able to record TV programs in HDTV format? There are also three flavors of the 7800 GS available: the vanilla 7800 GS, the 7800 OC, and the 7800 OC Superclock. Obviously, the Superclock would yield the best game performance of the three. But would the extra heat and supersized fan be a problem later on? Video cards normally will not be able to capture any video signals. Probably 99% of cards sold today only have video-out capability. You have to specifically look for cards that have video-in capability. They're usually labelled as VIVO (video-in/video-out). That said, you *may* be better off getting a dedicated (PCI) HDTV-capable TV tuner card instead of a video card. Links to HDTV-capable PCI tuner cards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100140 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100134 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815255001 Most of the video cards I could find that had HDTV VIVO were PCI Express, though I did find one AGP card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814241010 Hope that helped a bit. RF. |
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7800 video card as an HTPC...?
I thought all 7800gts were VIVO. No sure what is used for videoin. Composite ?? Anyways i use my 6600Gt in a HTPC machine and i can play HD 720p and 1080i on my TV. Its conected via component ] Also play HD Tv and can record HD Tv via the HD Tv card in my HTPC :0 If it says VIVO on the box is that not Video In Video Out ? Oh well most people know better than me in most things. Any more questiosn il try to help. Bye. On Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:18:43 -0500, "RaceFace" wrote: wrote in message oups.com... My idea is to make one final upgrade to my Athlon64 3000+ 1 GB RAM AGP system. I'll install a new 7800 GS video card on my aging rig. In about a year or so, when the 7800 GS becomes obsolete, I can still "retire" this system to work as an HTPC. Or at least, that's my justification for spending $300 on an aging AGP system on its way down the drain. So I'm curious about using the Nvidia 7800 series as an HTPC. I'm also interested in knowing how well the 7800 card would perform in outputting an upscaled video to the TV screen. In the past, I've used a ATI 9800 Pro to attempt upscaling a 720x480 DVD movie into higher resolutions with all the bells and whistles (noise reduction, etc). The framerates slowed to a craaaawl. I've always suspected that this was largely a CPU bottleneck issue, not a video card issue. Would the 7800 GS video card improve performance in this area at all? And how well would that video card be able to record TV programs in HDTV format? There are also three flavors of the 7800 GS available: the vanilla 7800 GS, the 7800 OC, and the 7800 OC Superclock. Obviously, the Superclock would yield the best game performance of the three. But would the extra heat and supersized fan be a problem later on? Video cards normally will not be able to capture any video signals. Probably 99% of cards sold today only have video-out capability. You have to specifically look for cards that have video-in capability. They're usually labelled as VIVO (video-in/video-out). That said, you *may* be better off getting a dedicated (PCI) HDTV-capable TV tuner card instead of a video card. Links to HDTV-capable PCI tuner cards: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100140 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815100134 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16815255001 Most of the video cards I could find that had HDTV VIVO were PCI Express, though I did find one AGP card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814241010 Hope that helped a bit. RF. |
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7800 video card as an HTPC...?
"MR Cole" Natt King Cole wrote in message ... I thought all 7800gts were VIVO. No sure what is used for videoin. Composite ?? Anyways i use my 6600Gt in a HTPC machine and i can play HD 720p and 1080i on my TV. Its conected via component ] Also play HD Tv and can record HD Tv via the HD Tv card in my HTPC :0 If it says VIVO on the box is that not Video In Video Out ? Oh well most people know better than me in most things. Any more questiosn il try to help. Bye. If it says VIVO on the box, you're right. That's video-in, video-out. Not all 7800 GTs will be VIVO. As well, no 7800GTs are AGP cards, they're all PCI Express. (Currently anyway, there's rumors of AGP versions coming soon.) The OP needs an AGP VIVO card. VIVO cards require additional chips and such on the cards themselves. They don't just slap them onto every one. VIVO cards are usually a bit more expensive than the non-VIVO counterparts because of the extra hardware needed. RF. |
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7800 video card as an HTPC...?
RaceFace wrote:
"MR Cole" Natt King Cole wrote in message ... I thought all 7800gts were VIVO. No sure what is used for videoin. Composite ?? Anyways i use my 6600Gt in a HTPC machine and i can play HD 720p and 1080i on my TV. Its conected via component ] Also play HD Tv and can record HD Tv via the HD Tv card in my HTPC :0 If it says VIVO on the box is that not Video In Video Out ? Oh well most people know better than me in most things. Any more questiosn il try to help. Bye. If it says VIVO on the box, you're right. That's video-in, video-out. Not all 7800 GTs will be VIVO. As well, no 7800GTs are AGP cards, they're all PCI Express. (Currently anyway, there's rumors of AGP versions coming soon.) The OP needs an AGP VIVO card. VIVO cards require additional chips and such on the cards themselves. They don't just slap them onto every one. VIVO cards are usually a bit more expensive than the non-VIVO counterparts because of the extra hardware needed. VIVO is analog on all these boards. They may have HD out (just about any video board made today has HD out) but the inputs are composite or s-video. RF. -- --John to email, dial "usenet" and validate (was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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