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mikej3131
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7. February 2006 @ 09:20 |
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Hello,
Im looking for a new graphics card with a svideo port. My current card is a nvidea geforce 6100 but doesnt have a svideo on it. That is the reason why i am getting a new one so i can hook up my tv from my pc to watch movies and play emulator games on my tv.
My price range is under 100 dollars. Does anyone have any suggestions on any cards that are better than the card i already and also have good svideo output quality.
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7. February 2006 @ 09:45 |
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probly be looking at a 6600 for that price range but have u got agp 8x/4x? what motherboard do u have because im not sure if that is an agp or a pci card?
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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mikej3131
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7. February 2006 @ 10:19 |
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Here is a link to my pc.
http://www.gateway.com/home/products/ret/ret_gt4010.shtml
nVidia® GeForce® 6100 GPU
up to 128MB of shared video memory
PCI-Express (PCI-E x16) slot available
Is this enough info? Why do you need to know if it is agp8x/4x.? Sorry for the dumb question, just dont know to much about these things
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7. February 2006 @ 10:24 |
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dont worry its a pci-e16 not agp at all lol.
Give me 5 and i will be back to ya lol
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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mikej3131
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7. February 2006 @ 10:25 |
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Here is what another person recommended
AOpen 6200TC DV128 Geforce 6200TC 128MB GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card
He also said this.
"if you want to get a graphics card then id suggest a 6200. basically a 6200 is the same as the onboard graphics you alreafy have but, it has 2 monitor outputs, an S-Video output and it has the added advantage that it wont affect your system memory at all. "
"movies will look good on every graphics card that came out in the last few years. basiacally that 6200 is the card for you, inexpensive, high quality for movies and mid range 3D specs."
"plus it perfectly matches your motherboards chipset so you shouldnt have any compatibility issues at all. ittl literally be plug and play"
"NVIDIA GeForce 6100 - thats your chipset"
"so obviously anything made by nvidia is a perfect match"
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7. February 2006 @ 10:29 |
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System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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mikej3131
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7. February 2006 @ 12:14 |
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Hey i read the reviews on that card. Most people gave good reviews. No one said anything about if they hooked it up to tv using the svideo though. Thats one of the main reasons i am upgrading my card. When i researeched a little on this svideo to tv conversion, some people were dissapointed with their cards in video quality on tv.
Do you know if this card you recommended has good svideo to tv quality?
Also is this better than the one that other person recommended?
Thanks again
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7. February 2006 @ 12:37 |
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If you ever wanted to go big-and-beefy in the future, settle for the 7800 GTX SLI.
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mikej3131
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7. February 2006 @ 12:46 |
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Oh yeah?
How much do those run? and are they worth it?
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mikej3131
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15. February 2006 @ 12:11 |
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Auslander
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15. February 2006 @ 13:26 |
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all pci-e or agp cards use their own memory, not the ram of the computer.
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15. February 2006 @ 13:48 |
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Wow, somebody took my advise lol, great choice and this will serve you well.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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15. February 2006 @ 14:13 |
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that card is great, ive got it, it plays most games on high, and is very good. good choice mate :)
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15. February 2006 @ 15:24 |
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Hi Mike,
I'm wanting to part ways with my BFG 6600GT OC because I purchased a second 7800GT for SLI . I barely used this card for about 1 month and it was never overclocked, hell the computer wasn't even turned on half of the time because of my long work days. Newegg is selling this card new for $188 including shipping but I'm willing to let it go for $100.. I have the box, cables, and user manual and the receipt somewhere around the house.. Pm me if you or anyone else is interested....thanks
Heres the specs on the card if you or anyone else wants to know.
BFG GeForce 6600 GT OC
PCI Express
Memory 128MB GDDR3
Core Clock 525MHz (vs. 500MHz standard)
Memory Clock 1050MHz (vs. 1000MHz standard)
RAMDAC Dual 400MHz
Microsoft® DirectX® 9.0 and lower, OpenGL 1.5 and lower for Microsoft® Windows®
Connectors Dual DVI-I, HDTV
S-Video Out
393 million vertices/sec setup
16.8GB/second memory bandwidth
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
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15. February 2006 @ 15:37 |
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Good choice on the 6600LE, sorry for the post as I thought you were still searching for a card...
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
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Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays |
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15. February 2006 @ 15:54 |
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mike i'd go for that card if i was you(elusiv1's 6600GT OC from BFG) , trust is much more better by far will be worth it in the long run
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mikej3131
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16. February 2006 @ 06:09 |
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Thanks for the info guys.
I Would consider that 6600gt but the 6600le is already on its way and dont really want to go through the hassle and process of sending it back. Considering the good reviews on this thread by you guys and good reviews on newegg, i should be in good shape.
Like i said before though, im not really into heavy gaming, just emulated simple games. So my main concern is if the cards svideo output is gonna look good on my tv, because i want to watch movies and play those emulated games on my tv. Thats one of the main reasons i decided to upgrade my card so i have a svideo on it
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Auslander
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16. February 2006 @ 08:38 |
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elusiv: you should know by now that this isn't ebay and you're not to be even attempting to make deals on here.
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16. February 2006 @ 10:24 |
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Hey just trying to help the guy out that's all, I don't see anything wrong with that Aus?? I don't shower the site with useless spam like some of these other noobs in here do!! I'm going to put the card on Ebay anyways, thanks
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 16. February 2006 @ 10:34
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Auslander
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16. February 2006 @ 13:15 |
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i'm not snapping at you; but we do have private messages for a reason :-)
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16. February 2006 @ 17:47 |
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It's all good Ausy :-)
Q9550@4.0ghz,Gigabyte EP45-UD3P,OCZ Vendetta 2 cooler,VisionTek 4870X2,1TB Samsung Spinpoint SATA/3GB,4GB G.Skill DDR2 1066,LG Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive,Corsair HX-1000 Modular,Hannspree 28" LCD,Coolermaster Cosmos S
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=473095
2 Xbox 360 Jaspers(flashed w/Ixtreme LT), PS3, Wii
Samsung 4071,Samsung 4095, Samsung 245BW LCD Displays |
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mikej3131
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17. February 2006 @ 05:18 |
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Just got my card yesterday and hooked it all up. Works great, just how i wanted it to. Played a bunch of games on my tv and watched a movie on my tv with the svideo hookup with the easiest of use. The software was very easy to use.
Thanks for the recommendation WDOWSING.
I only ran into one little problem though. When inserting the card i had trouble. I literally had to jam it in there, it didnt go in easy. Took me about a half hour of wiggling it and then i finaly jammed it in. Everything worked after that but my only concern is that while i was jamming it in i would take it out every once in a while to look at it to see if i messed anything up. I saw that two of the gold bars(the little gold pieces that are on the end of the card where the card goes into the slot) were half broken off. Is this going to effect anything eventually? should i send it back and get another one?
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17. February 2006 @ 05:29 |
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i think you should send it back, because if you run into any problems, it could of een because of them 2bars, but if you send it back, and you ran into a different problem you would defintly no that its not the gold bars.
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17. February 2006 @ 05:31 |
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No problem mikej3131, ideally yes, but if your two lazy like me and everythink is working fine like you say it is then one might not bother.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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mikej3131
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17. February 2006 @ 05:37 |
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hmmm decisions.
Yeah everything is working fine. Well the first two times i turned my comp on i heard a repeated clicking noise until the third time i restarted it then everything worked fine after that.
If i send it back i might try this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814141017
Someone said it has more core clock and memory clock and i would get alot better performance out of it. Any thoughts on this one?
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