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I'm putting together a new system that will be running Win2K and I'm battling over what video card to get. I am addicted to having a TV tuner, so that is a requirement. I currently have the orig. ATI All-in-Wonder on Win98 which I've been happy with. Unfortunately, there is no Win2K SW for this (although I can update the driver for normal video card funcs). The sys must be Win2K as I will be doing SW dev work on it.
I assumed that I would just upgrade to a Radeon AIW cuz it says it supports Win2K, but after reading all the neg comments and Hobbit's repeated rantings, I became a bit scared. It appears that the only other all-in-one solution is the Matrox Marvel G400-TV (and the forthcoming G450-etv).
Does anyone have:
1. GOOD experiences with AIW Radeon (or the AIW 128 Pro) on Win2K?
2. Any experience with the Matrox Marvel G400-TV on Win2K?
The G450-etv is not out yet (late Q1 Matrox says), but the sole review I read says this is solid as hell in Win2K (but it was tested only on PII/PIII systems). The G400-TV also got good reviews, but the Win2K drivers/SW are BETA versions currently.
My sys will be:
- AMD Athlon TBird 1GHz (no overclock - yet at least)
- ABIT KT7A-RAID mobo
- 256 MB RAM
- Montego II sound card
I don't care much about gaming/3D peformance as I will use it mostly for work, but I gotta have my TV tuner. For now, I plan to use my old card and a friend's add-in TV tuner (assuming thw Win2K driver updates work). I don't want an add-in card as a perm solution, though.
Most of the problems I see on this forum were also with Athlon and ASUS mobos. Anybody got exp. on Abit?
My tentative plan is to wait for the G450 etv to come out (soon?) and then get that or maybe a reduced price G400-TV.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Much appreciated!
I assumed that I would just upgrade to a Radeon AIW cuz it says it supports Win2K, but after reading all the neg comments and Hobbit's repeated rantings, I became a bit scared. It appears that the only other all-in-one solution is the Matrox Marvel G400-TV (and the forthcoming G450-etv).
Does anyone have:
1. GOOD experiences with AIW Radeon (or the AIW 128 Pro) on Win2K?
2. Any experience with the Matrox Marvel G400-TV on Win2K?
The G450-etv is not out yet (late Q1 Matrox says), but the sole review I read says this is solid as hell in Win2K (but it was tested only on PII/PIII systems). The G400-TV also got good reviews, but the Win2K drivers/SW are BETA versions currently.
My sys will be:
- AMD Athlon TBird 1GHz (no overclock - yet at least)
- ABIT KT7A-RAID mobo
- 256 MB RAM
- Montego II sound card
I don't care much about gaming/3D peformance as I will use it mostly for work, but I gotta have my TV tuner. For now, I plan to use my old card and a friend's add-in TV tuner (assuming thw Win2K driver updates work). I don't want an add-in card as a perm solution, though.
Most of the problems I see on this forum were also with Athlon and ASUS mobos. Anybody got exp. on Abit?
My tentative plan is to wait for the G450 etv to come out (soon?) and then get that or maybe a reduced price G400-TV.
Does anyone have any advice for me? Much appreciated!