I am actually considering an 8500….but NOT 4 ANY of the following features that GF doesn't have:
Please forgive my sarcasm, I'm feeling spunky today.
output via DVI-I to YPrPb dongle - Dang, what will we all do without our dongles?
Digital Audio output via S/PDIF - Yeah…when I get that kind of connector, I'll worry about it - not
Stereo TV-tuner GF-None announced to date…RADEON-NTSC: NA & Japan PAN-European Stereo - another handy feature 4 us non Euro-types?
WHQL Capture ("Certification") - Well I insist on being "certifiied"
Stop Motion Capture - bummer, now I can't take a snapshots of those hooters to make a desktop background for my wife
Pitch shifted audio during fast forward and slow motion - My JCV VCR doesn't even have that…no loss really though.
European Additive Channel Scan - Whatever shall we non-Euros do without that?….PS, I live in California.
Integrated European Teletext support - same as above
Integrated Media Library - Which means????
Parental Program Lock - can't have the kiddies taking "Stop Motion Capture" of the hooters now can we?
Channel Surfing with live preview and user-defined channel list - That tears it….GF has 2 get one of those! hehe
But seriously, none of these features is what I buy a video card for. And personally I'd skip all these features on the 8500 if I could
knock a few bucks off the price instead!
I know,… six people are already typing replies, swearing they have to have these features. But I can't help but think (IMHO),
that the general video card buying masses really don't even know what this stuff means, let alone have some kind of need for it.
Most people just don't care much about this stuff right now. Perhaps in a couple years??…maybe.
"Get the facts first. You can distort them later." - Mark Twain