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  1. 10-24-2001, 02:33 PM #1
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    Recom. for Video card w/ VIVO

    i currently have a geforce2 gts. but i want to be able to play movies and things on my 27" tv. so i went out and bought a realmagic mpeg decoder card with tv out. it works great with mpeg1 and 2 files but it wont play my DivX files. can someone please recommened a good video card with VIVO, i would appreciate it alot.
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  2. 10-24-2001, 02:38 PM #2
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    a ATI or a Matrox
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  3. 10-24-2001, 02:46 PM #3
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    can you be alittle more specific?
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  4. 10-24-2001, 03:01 PM #4
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    some of the ATI like the VE which I have about $80.00
    has 3 output one for analog, DVI and S video output.
    fairly decent quality, not sure about playing games on it.

    the Matrox has to analog output but comes with an adapter that can ouput S video output. My friend has this one, about $90.00
    for gaming I don't know what ur prefernece is.

    but when we play CS with this 2 card I could tell a freaken diffrenece, beside it look a hell alot better than my old tnt2 without DDR.
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  5. 10-25-2001, 10:05 PM #5
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    Are you looking for VIVO or just TV out?

    Cuz I've seen a lot of cards with TV out, but there seems to be a lot less with VIVO... there are a couple of GeForces that come with VIVO, but I'm not sure which GPU they have...

    I just ordered a 64 meg ddr radeon with vivo, but I don't think that would be much of an upgrade from a GeForce 2...

    You might have to look into some of the higher end cards, like the ATI 8500dv (All In Wonder)...

    I'm sure there have to be atleast a few GeForce 3's with VIVO, although they would be a little out of my price range so I didn't look that hard...
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  6. 10-26-2001, 12:26 AM #6
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    Asus and Gainward make Geforce cards with Vivo. ATI has better Vivo though.

    Will this be a gaming card roboo7? If so, what type of performance do you want? What type of price range are you looking at?

    ATI's 8500DV (All In Wonder) won't be out for a while. Even then it will be expensive. $399 MSRP.
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  7. 10-26-2001, 01:31 AM #7
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    doesnt really matter if its tv out or VIVO. i just want to be able to play DivX files and other things on my tv. as for perormance, i do use it for gaming, occaionally. i sometimes play counter-strike. but not all the time. so id like it to perform. price ranger is $175. thnx fer the help.
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  8. 10-26-2001, 01:46 AM #8
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    Radeon 7500. About $150 online. Performs well and ATI has good tv output.
    review: http://216.194.77.210/7500p1.php

    specs: http://www.ati.com/na/pages/products...500/index.html
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  9. 10-29-2001, 03:14 PM #9
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    Thumbs up

    Buy.com is selling the ATI Radeon DDR VIVO w/ 64MB for ~$98 + s/h after rebate and coupon if you're still interested.
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    Originally posted by qmanchu
    Buy.com is selling the ATI Radeon DDR VIVO w/ 64MB for ~$98 + s/h after rebate and coupon if you're still interested.
    Nice
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  11. 10-29-2001, 03:36 PM #11
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    is the one buy.com selling the same as the one sbp is talkin bout? btw its on backorder.
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  12. 10-29-2001, 03:56 PM #12
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    Originally posted by roboo7
    is the one buy.com selling the same as the one sbp is talkin bout? btw its on backorder.
    No, the one from buy.com is from the previous generation. I believe the one recommended by sbp is from the current ATI generation which would explain why it's a bit more expensive. If you wanted to know the technical differences between the two, check out the first page of AnandTech's ATI Radeon 8500 review.

    If you can afford the extra $50 or don't want to wait for the rebate, I'd probably go for the sbp's suggestion.
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  13. 10-29-2001, 09:39 PM #13
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    gotcha. thnx!

    im probably gonna end up buying one off ebay
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  14. 10-30-2001, 09:02 AM #14
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    Originally posted by qmanchu
    Buy.com is selling the ATI Radeon DDR VIVO w/ 64MB for ~$98 + s/h after rebate and coupon if you're still interested.
    You can get the exact same price from Newegg.com, and the shipping might be cheaper...

    grrr... if they only had a $30 off of 150 right now..

    oh, and they are not on backorder at Newegg.com. I just got mine yesterday!
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  15. 10-30-2001, 09:52 AM #15
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    Originally posted by MusashiM


    You can get the exact same price from Newegg.com, and the shipping might be cheaper...

    grrr... if they only had a $30 off of 150 right now..

    oh, and they are not on backorder at Newegg.com. I just got mine yesterday!

    I put off getting that card at newegg.com yesterday, and when I checked this morning, it's now out of stock. Hope I get an "auto-notify" from them before the rebate expires (tomorrow).

    EDIT: Their site went down for maintenance, and now the card is back in stock. Order placed...
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  16. 10-30-2001, 03:53 PM #16
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    Question

    But is that rebate good only from buying that videocard from buycomp or everywhere? The rebate form doesn't say.
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  17. 10-30-2001, 06:25 PM #17
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    Originally posted by sbp
    But is that rebate good only from buying that videocard from buycomp or everywhere? The rebate form doesn't say.
    The rebate is through Ati itself. Only a few websites have actually posted it though. Buy.com and Outpost.com are the only ones I've seen. The rebate itself says nothing about the retailers themselves, only that the cards have to be the retail version. Also, the rebate is good for up to 2 orders per address, so in theory, you could buy 2 Radeon 64 meg DDR vivo's for around $300 and get $100 back in rebates.

    The rebate is also good for Radeon VE (I think, maybe LE), or All In Wonder Rage Fury Pro, or Radeon 64 meg DDR VIVO. But the rebates are $20, $30, and $50 off respectively.
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  18. 10-30-2001, 10:44 PM #18
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    hey will the radeon 7500 work with my via chipset? i have an asus a7v
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  19. 10-30-2001, 11:20 PM #19
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    Originally posted by roboo7
    hey will the radeon 7500 work with my via chipset? i have an asus a7v
    Why would it? Ati seems to be having some driver issues with newer software like WinXP, but I don't think hardware compatability has ever been an issue.
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  20. 10-31-2001, 12:45 AM #20
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    Originally posted by roboo7
    hey will the radeon 7500 work with my via chipset?
    Yes it will work.
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  21. 10-31-2001, 06:34 AM #21
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    just wondering. cause some it didnt wrk fer some guy on ebay.
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  22. 10-31-2001, 01:56 PM #22
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    Arrow roboo7

    nexus_7 is going to be giving away a new 7500 in a contest at pca.
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  23. 10-31-2001, 02:04 PM #23
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    thnx for the heads up. but i doubt ill win. i dont trick out ma hardware.
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    i sometimes play counter-strike. but not all the time.
    haha yeh right...
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  25. 11-18-2001, 10:45 PM #25
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    Originally posted by flostar


    haha yeh right...
    Did you join just to say that?
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    Go with the ati 7500 or 8500 depending on your budget.
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  27. 11-19-2001, 06:07 AM #27
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    Did you join just to say that?
    umm nah...i been always lookin through the board for awhile..but never decided to post anythin...
    anyways..i said that cuz i know him...hes a friend..
    what do u have against newbies anyway?
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    Cool

    Noobs are fresh meat.

    And welcome to GotApex forums.
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  29. 11-20-2001, 06:14 PM #29
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    Originally posted by flostar


    umm nah...i been always lookin through the board for awhile..but never decided to post anythin...
    anyways..i said that cuz i know him...hes a friend..
    what do u have against newbies anyway?
    http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...light=MusashiM

    http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showth...light=MusashiM
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  30. 11-23-2001, 08:16 AM #30
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    Originally posted by flostar


    haha yeh right...
    LOl. not as much as you play starcraft. commander FloStar
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