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More info?)
I considered TVTool, but after reading more about it, I felt that it might
open a whole new can of worms. It seems like a much more elegant solution
to use a card that natively supports overscan in the drivers. On top of
this, TVTool seems to have some limitations that do not work with my
situation, like the fact that (as far as I can tell) I cannot have two
separate refresh rates, one for the TV output and one for the computer
monitor, when using TVTool. The native nvidia drivers allow me to have a
completely different resolution and refresh rate on each monitor at the same
time.
Larry
"GTS" <gts123NOSPAM@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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> Have visited www.tvtool.de ? In the archive section there is a list of all
> known video cards and the chips they use. No info on the FX range though
as
> they all use the MV (NV17) integrated chip. I have used TV tool for years
to
> get rid of the black borders on TV, and it is meant to work with the FX
> cards too. However for my 'media PC' I stick to a good old Geforce2mx (BT
> chip) and older Nvidia drivers (DVD on TV not blocked by Copyright
> protection). Perfect for DivX, Xvid, DVD only drawback is newer games with
> the 2MX- sometimes its good to play on a big TV-screen! I have an FX card
on
> my 'main' PC but have not tried the TV-out yet...
> Graham
> "Larry L." <larryalREMOVE2REPLY@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:qmbpc.10298$q_1.7041@twister.socal.rr.com...
> > Another question is whether or not the integrated TV chipset "can"
support
> > overscan, but simply doesn't in the current drivers (56.72.) The
earlier
> > Ti4xxx cards/drivers had a similar issue where a new driver release
> suddenly
> > supported overscan control. Is this the same case with the fx5200 and
the
> > "integrated" TV chipset? Does anyone know if the newer drivers (after
> > 56.72) support overscan on cards like the fx5200?
> >
> > Thanks again,
> >
> > Larry
> >
> > "Larry L." <larryalREMOVE2REPLY@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:E3bpc.10297$q_1.7175@twister.socal.rr.com...
> > > I need a Geforce card that supports overscan on the TV output. I've
> > > discovered that many of the new cards do not support this feature, and
> the
> > > pattern seems to be that they all used the "integrated" TV chipset
> rather
> > > than and external TV chipset like a conexant. Does anyone know where
I
> > > could find out which cards utilize an external chipset for TV output,
or
> > > better yet, which ones actually offer overscan settings? I just tried
> two
> > > cards (a PNY GF4 MX440 and a Leadtek FX5200), and neither one offered
> this
> > > capability.
> > >
> > > At the moment, I'm interested in the lower priced cards for a
> "secondary"
> > > system (i.e. the lower priced the better.)
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Larry
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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