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Video card with Digital output & video capture
My AGP-format video card died and I have to replace it. I'm working from a 2-monitor system (boy, are things cramped right now) and need a card for the AGP slot that will drive the digital input of my LCD monitor. Will I be able to find something that also has video capture inputs? SVGA?
thankx
--steve...
thankx
--steve...
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I should have made clear...I'm only looking to drive one digital LCD ... i have a pci card for the 2nd monitor
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If you are just looking for something to run a DVI monitor and do video capture I would recommend the ATI AIW line of cards. Just which one you get depends on the price you are willing to pay. The AIW Radeon starts around $99 and you can go up to the AIW Radeon 9800 Pro for $342.
Sorry about the 9200 link. Here's one for a little over $100: http://www.ramelectronics.net/html/video-card-r92dv-c3l.html
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I must have mis-read something about the 9400 that led me to think it didn't support video in. At this point i'm focusing on ASUS GeForce 4 V9480TVD - i've found one for $170. Last time I was in the market the only way to drive 2 monitors was to run the same res and work from a single desktop that spanned both monitors. Things have...umm....changed in the last couple years.
The only question I have at this point is the nature of multi-monitor support and whether i can drive both my monitors off it.
The only question I have at this point is the nature of multi-monitor support and whether i can drive both my monitors off it.
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As far as having monitors which display two different things, you still have to do it by extending the desktop, unless the application supports multi monitors (like the games in the TomsHardware article). You then drag over the application you want to see in the other monitor.
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I ended up with an ASUS R9600XT/TVD/128 at a bit over $200. I'll bounce back to this thread next week after I install it to tie up loose ends re: multimonitor stuff. But that'd be gravy to be able to empty a PCI slot...bottom line is I feel very comfortable that I got the best card for my purposes and I couldn't have done it with out EE & you folk. Thankx to all.
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Any other options?