Best Price/performance multimedia card

winterlude

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Jun 6, 2001
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Hi All,
What is the best price/performance multimedia video card? By that I mean mpeg1/2/(4) encoding/decoding, optimizations for multimedia instructions, TV-out (video in if possible).
I know at the high end, its the ATI Radeon 8500DV AIW, but I don't need all those features, and even though the price is dropping, it's still out of my budget.

But I definitely want the TV out (super video), and Mpeg encoding/decoding (for DVD etc.). How about the ATI 9000 with tv out? or the Radeon 7000 tv out? Any insight is much appreciated.
 

NOX

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The Xtasy Everything 5564 is something to consider, however, personally I would get the ATI AIW 7500. Get the retail which comes with all the goodies. You can get it from newegg for $130.
 

rbV5

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I'll second the AIW 7500, I've been using mine for months..great card with a mature feature set. Another consideration would be perhaps one of the new 9000 cards. I've seen a couple of VIVO models, including an improved s-video input over the original 64 DDR VIVO card. The 9000 cards also support the Component output dongle, so if you have a DTV...could be a real bonus.