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Is one 8800 better than sli from an earlier series?
I would like to buy an 8800, but I need VIVO and I would replace it with an sli 7800gt.
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Is one 8800 better than sli from an earlier series?
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I would like to buy an 8800, but I need VIVO and I would replace it with an sli 7800gt. VIVO can be fulfilled by an SD/HDTV tuner PCI card. Some have the ability to output a true NTSC interlaced signal for perfect TV playback. Most TV cards are fairly cheap, but the analog encoders (Phillips SAA71xx or Conexant based) are very high quality. HD tuners are equally good. |
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Is one 8800 better than sli from an earlier series?
"deimos" wrote in message ... Guest wrote: I would like to buy an 8800, but I need VIVO and I would replace it with an sli 7800gt. VIVO can be fulfilled by an SD/HDTV tuner PCI card. Some have the ability to output a true NTSC interlaced signal for perfect TV playback. Most TV cards are fairly cheap, but the analog encoders (Phillips SAA71xx or Conexant based) are very high quality. HD tuners are equally good. See, I would hate to have to go through the trouble of buying a seperate one since I am used to having it on the card. I don't know why they just don't make it standard. It is a pain trying to find it all in one. It is even worse when I cannot get any official onfo on the 8600 series which I know will have it, but at less overal power. |
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Is one 8800 better than sli from an earlier series?
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"deimos" wrote in message ... Guest wrote: I would like to buy an 8800, but I need VIVO and I would replace it with an sli 7800gt. VIVO can be fulfilled by an SD/HDTV tuner PCI card. Some have the ability to output a true NTSC interlaced signal for perfect TV playback. Most TV cards are fairly cheap, but the analog encoders (Phillips SAA71xx or Conexant based) are very high quality. HD tuners are equally good. See, I would hate to have to go through the trouble of buying a seperate one since I am used to having it on the card. I don't know why they just don't make it standard. It is a pain trying to find it all in one. It is even worse when I cannot get any official onfo on the 8600 series which I know will have it, but at less overal power. Once you buy a decent TV card, you're all set. No need to keep worrying about finding VIVO on every new series. Given that the same exact encoder chips are used for both TV tuners and Video-In on graphics cards; there's no reason to keep replacing the same component over and over again and having to pay more for the card with VIVO features (or alternatively having to skimp on performance like you suggested originally). The only reason to absolutely require VIVO on the card would be an HTPC with lack of slots or a small form factor PC. You really don't save much money by bundling them. And as I said before, the encoder chips (the most important component for image quality and capture abilities) are often identical. |
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Is one 8800 better than sli from an earlier series?
"deimos" wrote in message ... Guest wrote: "deimos" wrote in message ... Guest wrote: I would like to buy an 8800, but I need VIVO and I would replace it with an sli 7800gt. VIVO can be fulfilled by an SD/HDTV tuner PCI card. Some have the ability to output a true NTSC interlaced signal for perfect TV playback. Most TV cards are fairly cheap, but the analog encoders (Phillips SAA71xx or Conexant based) are very high quality. HD tuners are equally good. See, I would hate to have to go through the trouble of buying a seperate one since I am used to having it on the card. I don't know why they just don't make it standard. It is a pain trying to find it all in one. It is even worse when I cannot get any official onfo on the 8600 series which I know will have it, but at less overal power. Once you buy a decent TV card, you're all set. No need to keep worrying about finding VIVO on every new series. Given that the same exact encoder chips are used for both TV tuners and Video-In on graphics cards; there's no reason to keep replacing the same component over and over again and having to pay more for the card with VIVO features (or alternatively having to skimp on performance like you suggested originally). The only reason to absolutely require VIVO on the card would be an HTPC with lack of slots or a small form factor PC. You really don't save much money by bundling them. And as I said before, the encoder chips (the most important component for image quality and capture abilities) are often identical. Well all of the above is why I prefer to have it al in one. The only reason I am not switching to ATI is because my board is Nvidia. ANy word on the 8600's? |
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