Re: Video card - need recommendation

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Thanks I will take a look at it. Can anyone tell me of any BAD
experiences they had with any vidoe cards? At least, that the TV out
would not work?

Thanks all!



On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 23:23:00 +0000, David Fletcher
<fm_maillists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 18 Feb 2005 21:09, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > I have a Pentium 4 machine with a Gforce 2 video card. I have had
> > trouble installing FC3 to this machine in the past because of
> > incompatibility with Nvidia cards. I want to replace the card with a
> > card that has TV out and install FC3 to this machine. I saw at a
> > friends house today that the settings for video out on his computer (I
> > didn't check which card) are controlled in a program in windows XP
> > (the only OS on that particular computer). Well, naturally, I will not
> > be able to use that program on FC3! So what video cards are compatible
> > out of the box with FC3, software and all? I do not play games, the
> > computer is a work machine, but I intend to connect it to a TV to play
> > DVD's (hence the card switch). The TV is PAL standard. Cost is a
> > concern: I would buy the least expensive card that I could.
> >
> > Thanks for any recommendations.
> >
> > Dotan Cohen
> > http://English-Lyrics.com
> > http://Song-Lyriks.com
> 
> I'm using this:-
> 
> Sapphire ATI Radeon 9200SE 128MB DDR 8x AGP S-Video & TV Output
> 
> I've not used the S-video or TV outputs, but I've recently built two systems
> with them along with Intel D865PERL motherboards, one for home, one for work.
> 
> The board is a reasonable price I think (GBP25-95 before tax from ebuyer) and
> they both "just worked" with FC3, although I've not gone looking for any
> upgraded drivers.
> 
> $soft XP is also happy with the board if you need to dual boot.
> 
> Hope I've helped.
> 
> Dave F
> 


-- 
Dotan Cohen
http://English-Lyrics.com
http://Song-Lyriks.com


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