BB/Comp Radeon 8500 - dongle included?

[Cuban8]

I've read a bunch of posts regarding this card and it seems too good to be true... To top it off, I just got my $40 BB gift card in the mail from a January Hard Drive Purchase!

My question is does this version come with the Dongle or what ever it's called? I want to run S-video to my Big Screen HDTV and watch VCDs.

Any help on this would be appreciated!

 

[IshmaelLeaver]

You should ask this in the thread, instead of starting a new one.

 

[mikecrof]

The retail version of the 8500 includes the following cables and adapters:
1 - Composite (RCA) Video Cable
1 - S-Video Cable
1 - S-Video to Composite (RCA) Converter Cable
1 - DVI to 15-pin Video Converter (The dongle if you like)

The card has three outputs on the back:
1 - 15-pin Monitor Output
1 - S-Video Output
1 - DVI Output

It will output to at least two of the three at the same time (maybe all three?) haven't tried that yet.

Hope this info helps.

Regards,
Mike

 

[Beaner]

[Butthead voice] Hey Beavis... He said "Dongle"... huh huh huh [\Butthead voice]

 

[BigEdMuustaffa]

my 2 cents........what good is a video card, no matter how good the hardware is, if the drivers are always quirky....such as the ones with any ATI product? I think geforce visiontek nvida cards are the way to go.

 

[XZeroII]

True, but the 8500 is very fast and ATI has recently decided to put more effort into drivers (whatever that means).

 

[IshmaelLeaver]

WHERE'S THE HOT DEAL?

 

[DorkBoy]

Wanna slam ATI and the Radeon 8500 ?

Look up the "hall of fame" video cards or current winner HERE <--

I own a GF3 and have owned an 8500 and you cannot see any difference, true my GF3 scores over 8200 on WinMark2001 with Win2000 but I never had any problems with the Radeon 8500 in any game.

My 2 Cents

 

[DAICA]

Humm, i smell a lock here
no hot deal detected