Graphic Card And Tv-tuner

[vegettoxp]

Hey Guys

I just bought APOLLO nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE Video Card and I am looking to buy A TV-Tuner Card.

First of all what is your opinion on APOLLO nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE Video Card?

For the TV-Tuner Card I was look at MSI Personal Cinema PC5200-VT128. This I believe is a Graphic card and tv-tuner. here is the link

(http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=Personal_Cinema_PC5200-VT128&class=vga)

My question is would the MSI Card work with the APOLLO card? Or will I have issues.

And my last question is, Which is better NVIDIA NVTV or NVIDIA Personal Cinema? give me your opinion

Over all, let me know if there are any good TV-Tuners are out there.

CPU FAN (what fan is best for a P-4 3.0GHz with 1MB)?

[ripken204]

get Hauppauge, they are one of the best in not the best

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First of all what is your opinion on APOLLO nVIDIA GeForce FX5700LE Video Card?

LE I believe means 'lite edition', so it won't support all the latest and greatest features of the top end video cards, but whether it's good for you or not depends on what you're looking to do with it. If you're more in the market for a home theater card that's good at DVDs, and playing some games (but not at the crazy high detail level), you're right on the money. If you're a hardcore gamer looking to play half-life 2 at highest detail, this may not be your best option.

My question is would the MSI Card work with the APOLLO card? Or will I have issues.

On the MSI site, it says that it's "Designed using the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics chip with 128MB DDR memory", so it's a step below your 5700 to start with. It's a tv-tuner and video card in one, so it's an AGP card. That means wouldn't work w/ the apollo because your motherboard won't have 2 AGP slots to install both.

My suggestion to you (and this answers your question about good tv-tuners) is to keep the apollo card, and get a hauppauge tv-tuner. Those tuners are the best of the best.

Hauppauge

they have a ton of products to offer, but depending on what you'll have available will govern what would work for you. As a general rule, I prefer PCI over USB.

And my last question is, Which is better NVIDIA NVTV or NVIDIA Personal Cinema? give me your opinion

I looked at nVidia's website, and here's what I gathered about the 2 products

- nVTV is just a TV tuner, and a good one at that. It uses hardware based encoding, which means all the tv 'signals' are encoded on the tuner, then passed to your videocard, freeing up your CPU for other jobs.

- Personal Cinema seems to be a TV tuner and graphics card in one. It looks like it's a software based tuner, so you'll need a slightly beefier CPU than the nVTV would need (though w/ a 3GHz CPU, you'd be more than fine)

again, which one's better depends on your application.

CPU FAN (what fan is best for a P-4 3.0GHz with 1MB)?

I absolutely love Zalman coolers. very quiet, and do an excellent job. Toms Hardware Guide did a review here of a good one.

Personally, I'm a hardcore gamer, so I would want a high end video card to just play games, and then use a separate tv-tuner to do my home theater type stuff.

But ultimately I doubt you'd regret keeping your geforce LE and picking up a dedicated tv-tuner... either NVTV or hauppauge.

good luck. hope this helped

[puntoMX]

For the TV-Tuner Card I was look at MSI Personal Cinema PC5200-VT128. This I believe is a Graphic card and tv-tuner. here is the link

(http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=Personal_Cinema_PC5200-VT128&class=vga)

My question is would the MSI Card work with the APOLLO card? Or will I have issues.

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It will not work, that card is a GF FX 5200 with TV in / out and a remote control. They are mostly used for home entertainment systems .

Also watch out! They don´t run on every system (no post, black screen). I have 3 of them here, they are one of the best 5200 cards if the system can work with them.

I would have bought the 6600GT with a Hauppage TV card. Together like 275 US$ I think. Try to change the 5700LE if you can... I know it´s a bit late, but any way .

[godan]

i would suggest you do yourself a favor and get a 9800 all-in-wonder its pretty cheap, round $230 on pricewatch retail, its a pretty strong card graphics wise and has a great tuner function and options up the a**. it is however picky about power supplies. and if you need something on the cheap try a 9600 a-i-w for round $160