i am currently in the process of building my computer but need a hand in chosing the graphics card. im downloading of video to my hard drive and want to watch it on the wide screen, i no that some video cards give alot better picture than others, but which ones??? any recommendations??
I've had good luck with ATI cards, especially the "All-in-Wonder" series tha comes with a TV tuner, Video in/out, etc. Newer ones come with PVR type software although I'm not sure how good it is.
The rules should be : Usb = No , dont do it . Pci = not bad , not too good either . Agp = twice better than anything else . Having said that , I do own a fly video 3000 pci card , but my asus tnt 16mb tnt vivo agp card beats it hands down . Unfortunately , my newer system dose not support lower than agp x 4 . which means my stock of 2 x 16mb asus tnt vivo agp cards are obsolete . So I bought a GF 4 Leadtek 64mb a180 mx440 myvivo , and now my videos have doubled in quality again . Ati arent bad , but if you have any intentions on playing some of the latest games , I would strongly suggest forgetting about them alltogether . The card I just bought covers both capturing into mpeg1 and mpeg2 , has more than enough punch for games , and only set me back $179.00 au ( australia ) . Of course , the card would have been alot cheaper if I had bought it and imported . Hope others can help .
um i only have this http://secure.newegg.com/app/specification.asp?item=14-122-132 but works great with my nvidia mx420
