Cheap Radeon vs Cheap Geforce MX?

[mplutodh1]

I am going to replace my old ASUS V7100 because I can't seem to get drivers to work with it for my TV Tuner and am sick of dealing with it. Plus I'd like to upgrade to DVI considering I have the monitor which supports it and already have a cable.

So my question is, is there any reason I should choose one over the other for just basic TV tuning and day to day office apps? I hardly ever do anything on here and with my old Asus card you can tell I don't need much.

I am going to get a seperate Tuner card because its just easier to have them seperate for down the road. And cheaper in my case! Thanks.

I am looking at these:
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 7000(VE) Video Card, 64MB DDR, DVI/TV-Out, PCI -OEM


Rosewill ATI RADEON 9200SE Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "RW92SE-128D"


The Rosewill is my first choice though.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Either of those would be fine. Note that the 7000 you linked is PCI in case you're running low on PCI slots.

 

[diabloII]

teh rosewill def. better

 

[mplutodh1]

Thanks guys.

Think I will get the Rosewill. Just needed some confirmation I wasn't going the completely wrong direction. Now gotta decide if I really need a TV tuner or if I can get one for inexpensive that'll give me decent display with a remote. Been looking at the KWorlds on Newegg for pretty inexpensive also.

 

[ribbon13]

see below.

 

[leedog2007]

Ribbon, he wants one with DVI, although I agree rosewill's suck. I think its newegg's house brand.

 

[ribbon13]

oh, i didn't see that DVi thing.

Yes, Rosewill's neweggs in-house. been burned with every rosewill product i got.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-444&depa=0

 

[mplutodh1]

So no Rosewill? Can I ask why? what problems have you had with them? Seems like a lot of other people havent had problems is why i ask.

 

[ribbon13]

1 DOA video card
2 spectaculr PSU deaths
and 2 $6 mice that double click every time you just click.

+$4 for the Sapphire is well worth it.

 

[mplutodh1]

Alright, I will go for the Sapphire then... haha now I have to get a cheap S-Video cable for my server display...

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mplutodh1
Alright, I will go for the Sapphire then... haha now I have to get a cheap S-Video cable for my server display...

cheap cables below (partsexpress is good too)

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[mplutodh1]

Haha thing with places like that, yeah great cable is $1.95 but shipping is $6.46.... so might as well get a nicer cable for 9 bucks at Newegg I guess

 

[ribbon13]

Um no. Newegg doesn't carry anything that will hold a candle to a tornado against the quality of one of these

http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=181-676
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=181-678
http://www.partsexpress.com/pe/showdetl.cfm?&DID=7&Partnumber=181-680

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

It's only $3.85 shipped priority for me... total = $5.80 for me.

 

[mplutodh1]

That's fine but this is so I can use my TV in my living room (where my server is) as a monitor when I need to login directly instead of remote. Not like I have a fancy video setup.

 

[mplutodh1]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
It's only $3.85 shipped priority for me... total = $5.80 for me.

Didn't see the priority, that's not bad for me then.

So this company is legit?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mplutodh1

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
It's only $3.85 shipped priority for me... total = $5.80 for me.

Didn't see the priority, that's not bad for me then.

So this company is legit?

I've bought a 50' component video cable from them, a 3' one, and a 12' one. All work great and I found shipping to be quite reasonable considering the weight of the cables.

If it wasn't legit, I wouldn't have them in my sig.

 

[Arcanedeath]

the Sappire card seems like a good idea based on it's price and features

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: mplutodh1
That's fine but this is so I can use my TV in my living room (where my server is) as a monitor when I need to login directly instead of remote. Not like I have a fancy video setup.

Oh, and if you feel like getting something of better quality than the cablesforless one (that I admit is certainly a budget cable), then ribbon's dayton cable will do nicely. I have a couple dayton audio cables and I really like their build quality.