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Video cards with matrox-style video out?
I currently run a Matrox G450 with twin analog outputs.
One goes to my TFT, the other goes to my TV via s-video. I'm looking at getting a 19" TFT and figured it'd be a good time to get a video card with DVI outputs - I know matrox have a good rep for 2D but I think 1280x1024 would probably show some loss of quality vs a DVI? Anyway, one of the things I like about the matrox is that you tell it the second output is being used as a TV-output and if you play a video/DVD the only thing that gets output to the TV is the video signal, no desktop or any extra junk. Any suggestions on a cheap AGP card that does this? There seem to be a load of cheap ATI/Nvidia cards but I'm not sure how their video out works.. the Matrox cards seem a little pricey in comparison. Not into 3D games and if i do play them I tend to stick to 800x600 as otherwise i seem to get motion sickness?! TIA, Paul -- paul at spamcop.net |
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"Paul Hutchings" wrote in message
. 1.4... I currently run a Matrox G450 with twin analog outputs. One goes to my TFT, the other goes to my TV via s-video. I'm looking at getting a 19" TFT and figured it'd be a good time to get a video card with DVI outputs - I know matrox have a good rep for 2D but I think 1280x1024 would probably show some loss of quality vs a DVI? Anyway, one of the things I like about the matrox is that you tell it the second output is being used as a TV-output and if you play a video/DVD the only thing that gets output to the TV is the video signal, no desktop or any extra junk. Any suggestions on a cheap AGP card that does this? There seem to be a load of cheap ATI/Nvidia cards but I'm not sure how their video out works.. the Matrox cards seem a little pricey in comparison. Not into 3D games and if i do play them I tend to stick to 800x600 as otherwise i seem to get motion sickness?! My 17" NEC LCD 1280 x 1024 pixels is fed by Matrox G450eTV's analogue output. I tried a more up to date card with DVI interface but it would not allow colour temperature calibration so I went back to analogue. There was absolutely no difference in display sharpness and quality between DVI and analogue modes. |
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"Alien Zord" wrote in
: My 17" NEC LCD 1280 x 1024 pixels is fed by Matrox G450eTV's analogue output. I tried a more up to date card with DVI interface but it would not allow colour temperature calibration so I went back to analogue. There was absolutely no difference in display sharpness and quality between DVI and analogue modes. That's interesting.. I know matrox have a bloody good reputation for "clean" signal output versus some of the cheaper cards, I guess i just figured it'd be visibly noticable at that resolution, maybe not then. regards Paul -- paul at spamcop.net |
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"Paul Hutchings" wrote in message
. 1.4... "Alien Zord" wrote in : My 17" NEC LCD 1280 x 1024 pixels is fed by Matrox G450eTV's analogue output. I tried a more up to date card with DVI interface but it would not allow colour temperature calibration so I went back to analogue. There was absolutely no difference in display sharpness and quality between DVI and analogue modes. That's interesting.. I know matrox have a bloody good reputation for "clean" signal output versus some of the cheaper cards, I guess i just figured it'd be visibly noticable at that resolution, maybe not then. The only negative side of the G450 is that at 1280 x 1024 scrolling in Adobe Acrobat is a bit slow. Everything else is OK by me (I don't play games). |
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