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Title: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: Hoagie_one on January 26, 2005, 08:30:36 am
I see some $5 video cards on ebay that have tv out but is the quality gonna make me want to die for mame and console emulation?
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: RayB on January 26, 2005, 08:52:14 am
Keep in mine, ATI has had cards with "tv out" for over a decade. I'm not sure you'd want a 512KB ISA card... ;-)
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: Hoagie_one on January 26, 2005, 08:53:36 am
So ATI would be a good choice then.
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: GGKoul on January 26, 2005, 10:14:35 am
I have a GeForce 2 MX with an S/Video out in my cab and it works great.
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: bionicbadger on January 26, 2005, 10:44:04 am
My first cab had a $8 ATI rage card I bought off e-bay, worked great.  Try to get a Built by ATI card if possible, they tend to use better quality components than some of the ATI OEMs
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: Lilwolf on January 26, 2005, 12:41:14 pm
ATIs all use good tv out chips  (all built by ATI that is)

"powered by ATI" might have any chips on them.  Sapphires make all ATI brand cards and so they usually (always?) have the same chips, but others you should be warry of.

Geforces come / go.  Some are great (as good as ATI) and others suck big <add animal here> <add male anatomy parts here>

So anyway... go with ATIs are a safe bet.  But if you like geforces... look around and you will find some great cards..

Malox's I remember having good TV out... I don't know if they still are.
Title: Re: What cheap video card has a decent quality TV out?
Post by: RayB on January 26, 2005, 01:22:14 pm
Malox or Matrox?
I think Malox is some diahrea thing?