using an HDTV Tuner on a dual monitor setup

BrownThunder

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Jul 27, 2006
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I'm still deciding what to do with my monitor setup right now, and I was considering going with 2 of the gateway 24" monitors, since they can turn sideways and be found much cheaper than the dell offering.

Only problem is this:

I've got an 8800gts 320mb. I plan on using a tv tuner with these monitors, to watch tv while I browse, do homework, or even play a game with some downtime (LOTRO). If I'm running a game and using the tuner at the same time, at 1920x1200, is that going to tax the hell out of my gpu? or would I pretty much have to upgrade/ use an external tuner on component input?
 

imaheadcase

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tvtuner do not tax the GPU at all, if anything they tax the CPU (very little though). Most TV tuners have built in decoding to offload it.