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dUFF_Man   03-21-2002 at 03:14:49 PM

Hi,

I am looking to buy a G4 ti card. I want something that I can hook my Gamecube up to and play it on my pc screen cause I am sick of being nagged about freeing up the TV. I was looking at the MSI ti 4400 or 4600. They come with a bundle of games and cost about the same as the Visiontek etc. Plus the ti 4400 seems to come with video in. (is there difference between a video in and a TV in?) I am building a new comp and all I need now is the video card. Here are the specs:

Soyo Dragon+, AMD Athlon XP 1800+, burner, 2 HDDs, 300W PS...

Can someone tell me which card to buy and where at a decent price?

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williamc   03-21-2002 at 05:49:45 PM
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You can hook a console up to a GeForce 4 and play it on your pc? Never heard of that...might actually interest me in a console someday if its true. Be interested in knowing how you do that.

If you want a great card and your not planning to OC more than a tiny bit, go visiontek, very nice high quality reference design board with all the connections.

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AMD_Man   03-21-2002 at 06:27:50 PM
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You don't need a new card. Just get yourself a TV Tuner, and you'll be fine. That's what I do. I can hook up any console to my ATI TV Wonder and play console games (Nintendo64, GameCube, etc) on my computer monitor, even while doing other tasks with no slow downs.

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PCHardstuff   03-21-2002 at 09:30:11 PM
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Be careful, a lot of the tv out connectors on Geforce cards don't work very well. Asus seems to have been the leader in the past in that department. If TV out was my primary motivation, I would look into Asus V8460 or V8440. They did a great job with the tv-out on thier G3 T5 deluxe card. I own the Visiontek Ti4600 and am very happy with it but I wouldn't recommend it for what you need. Hope that helps.

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williamc   03-21-2002 at 11:17:22 PM
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Would you please explain how this is done? If i can understand how do you this it might interest me in a console...
As a subquestion to that: Why wouldnt the Visiontek 4600 be good for it?
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by williamc on 03/21/02 05:18 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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AMD_Man   03-21-2002 at 11:28:15 PM
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The TV Wonder or any other TV Tuner has the appropriate connectors to accomplish that. I just hook up the game console, whatever it may be, to my TV tuner, and then I open a TV window, set it composite or S-Video or Analog, depending on the console, and then I have access to console games in a window or full screen, if I want.

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williamc   03-21-2002 at 11:50:10 PM
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Interesting, i believe i understand what your saying. The GF4 TI 4600 just doesnt have the software for opening those TV windows to make that connection correct?

And, assuming i'm understanding that correctly, does PS2 have the required S-Video connection capability?
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by williamc on 03/21/02 05:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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williamc   03-21-2002 at 11:50:10 PM
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*double post, oops*

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AMD_Man   03-22-2002 at 12:11:21 AM
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I don't know about the GF4. However, the PS2 should plug into a TV Tuner just fine.

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williamc   03-22-2002 at 12:20:59 AM
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must find someone's console to test...heh

The Visiontek 4600 has s-video in+out connection as well as DVI and VGA. The ultimate question, is, since i now know i can plug a ps2 into my GF 4....how on earth do i get it to show up on the monitor....

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bront   03-22-2002 at 01:40:41 AM
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I think the point about the TV-tuner being better is that it's a $50 or so part, compaired to a $400 video card, and you can keep it in your system long after you've replaced the video card.

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Rob423   03-22-2002 at 03:22:59 AM
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Hey Duff, Why don't you buy a TV for your Room..

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dUFF_Man   03-22-2002 at 04:43:13 PM
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Thaks for the help guys but I think there is some misunderstanding:

1) I want a GF4 for computer gaming mainly but if there is some cards that will allow me to Hook up my Gamecube on to it too than that is a bonus.

2) If i buy a Visiontek ti4600 which looks like the best card at this time to me, would I be able to accomplish this?
since it says its comes with tv-in etc.

3) If not that what do I exactly need to do to accomplish this hookup of my Gamecube to my comp because I have a sweet 21" monitor and a great 5.1 speakers on my comp and dont feel like spending more money to get anything else.

Thaks for all your help guys hope you can help me:)



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williamc   03-22-2002 at 05:18:13 PM
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i'm assuming all we'd need is the s-video out to s-video in connector from console to graphics card AND TV viewing software for the gfx card...thats the tough part, i dont think my TI 4600 came with anything like that...

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