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Need advice on replacement video card with TV out
You may want to upgrade more than just your video card. If you are thinking
you can play the new T2 HD DVD, your processor doesn't cut it. You will also find the TV's larger screen is pretty demanding also requiring a faster processor. A good video card helps but the CPU in your computer is one of the biggest issue. Mind you I only have an 866 myself, but I build new systems on a regular basis for my friends and the difference is significant. "Video Deprived" wrote in message ... I need a new video card and I need a TV out as well as good computer graphics. Someone suggested an Nvidia 4600. I'm not sure of the whole model number. Can anyone help me out? I'm using Win98se on a P3 800 MHz. What do I need to watch out for? I want to play videos that play on the computer on the TV. Thanks for any help. |
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 16:23:09 GMT, "boe" wrote:
You may want to upgrade more than just your video card. If you are thinking you can play the new T2 HD DVD, I don't know what that is. I'm just interested in having good video on the computer and being able to have a TV out option so I can view some things on the TV. If a lesser card than an Nvidia 4600 will do that for me I'd be interested in hearing about it. your processor doesn't cut it. Getting a new computer or upgrading the CPU are not really options for me. If TV out is too demanding for my system then I'll just look for a decent video card and forget about TV out. But I know that people have had TV out on cards from years ago, so maybe some video card that's considered "obsolete," but still sold, would do? If so, what would you recommend? You will also find the TV's larger screen is pretty demanding also requiring a faster processor. A good video card helps but the CPU in your computer is one of the biggest issue. Mind you I only have an 866 myself, but I build new systems on a regular basis for my friends and the difference is significant. Thanks. What sort of performance hit would I see with my old CPU? Would the TV picture be awful or would the computer graphics be worse than my old card, which isn't even sold anymore? |
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Trying to figure out how you came to the conclusion it takes even more pwr
to display an image on TV than computer to be honest. Seeing as how the max resolution ANY tv out chip Im aware of can do is 1024 (older TV outs 800x600) the actual demand pwr wise should be the same as a desktop of same size period, In fact as most tv ouput is done at 60 hz compared to how ppl run desktops at 75 or better it should use less. Basically its just a simple case of output to mon or TV no real diff in pwr needed for that.Sort of like saying a projector uses more vid card pwr to display the 640 image you have on monitor because even tho its still 640 its projected to be 640 on an 8ft screen which would be invalid as the imput image is the same period. Now to decode the new t2 wmv file could require more power , processer wise, due tio it haveing to decode the file etc..but in general if the movies you play play fine on your system then any card doing TV out should be able to reproduce the same to the TV signal with NO additional strain. "boe" wrote in message .. . You may want to upgrade more than just your video card. If you are thinking you can play the new T2 HD DVD, your processor doesn't cut it. You will also find the TV's larger screen is pretty demanding also requiring a faster processor. A good video card helps but the CPU in your computer is one of the biggest issue. Mind you I only have an 866 myself, but I build new systems on a regular basis for my friends and the difference is significant. "Video Deprived" wrote in message ... I need a new video card and I need a TV out as well as good computer graphics. Someone suggested an Nvidia 4600. I'm not sure of the whole model number. Can anyone help me out? I'm using Win98se on a P3 800 MHz. What do I need to watch out for? I want to play videos that play on the computer on the TV. Thanks for any help. |
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I need a new video card and I need a TV out as well as good computer
graphics. Someone suggested an Nvidia 4600. I'm not sure of the whole model number. Can anyone help me out? tv-out support on NVidia cards has been notoriously bad. Some say it is because of poor documentation being provided to NVidia by the tv chip guys. If I were in the market for a card with good tv-out, I'd take a look at an NVidia card with a built in encoder (NVidia is sure to know how to program it's own chips) or a card from ATI. It's also imperative that you get a card with two RAMDACs so that you can simultaneously display the image on the monitor and TV without much hassle. |
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On 24 Jun 2003 17:12:14 -0500, tq96 wrote:
.... tv-out support on NVidia cards has been notoriously bad. Some say it is because of poor documentation being provided to NVidia by the tv chip guys. If I were in the market for a card with good tv-out, I'd take a look at an NVidia card with a built in encoder (NVidia is sure to know how to program it's own chips) or a card from ATI. It's also imperative that you get a card with two RAMDACs so that you can simultaneously display the image on the monitor and TV without much hassle. I went for a PNY GeForce FX 5200. The TV encoder type is "Integrated MV," which I think is related to what the folks at TV Tools say is something they don't know about yet because NVidia won't release any information on it to them. I have to say that the docs are just about non-existent! I'd been hoping that TV Tools would make it fairly easy to get the TV out to work, but TV Tools can't figure out what I'm using to access the TV. So much for that. I got a TV display to happen but I can't seem to get it to happen without a lot of hassle. And I went through so much to get it to happen that I can't remember how to get it to happen again. I suppose that after six months of so of doing this I'll get it down to a procedure that takes less than three hours. I'm hoping I haven't made a bad purchase here. |
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I have to say that the docs are just about non-existent! I'd been
hoping that TV Tools would make it fairly easy to get the TV out to The architecture of TV-Tool is such that it was designed for single RAMDAC cards. It doesn't integrate very well with the last two generations of cards. I got a TV display to happen but I can't seem to get it to happen without a lot of hassle. And I went through so much to get it to Try: Control Panel Display Settings Advanced Geforce FX 5200 NView Display Mode. Select the "clone" option and set the secondary display to use the TV out. From the "Device Settings" button, you should be able to configure the TV out settings. |
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