which is a good video card that has all in wonder like features.....

[aceofskies05]

What is a decent video card for 0-150$ that has a some sort of tv tuner and decent gaming capibilitys and is better than a x300se

 

[rbV5]

For AGP, AIW X800XT is getting close to $150, and for PCIe, AIW X1900 is as low as bit over $200.

Those are your best bets if you want an AIW card (only AIW cards offer AIW features and decent gaming performance on a single card)

*The AIW 2006 isn't enough better for gaming performance than an x300se IMO.
*Many newer gaming cards have VIVO support, so perhaps you could get by using a VCR for a tuner.
*You can add a PCI tuner to any gaming card and be good, however you would be hard pressed to beat the 2 choices above for price/performance if you need to purchase both parts.
*Purchase used parts.

 

[Lord Evermore]

AIW 2006 is a fricking Radeon 9600. I can't believe they actually produced such a thing and had the gall to put "2006" on it. Even if you consider it as intended for people looking for basic use, it's 2003 technology, not 2006, plus they already HAD an AIW 9600.

You can get a cheap software-encoding tuner (which is all the AIW uses) for PCI for 20 bucks, or a retail PVR-150 for 60 dollars for hardware encoding, or a card based on the Theatre550 chip for about the same.

For AGP you could go with a 6800GT for $143 shipped, and a 15 dollar rebate, so your total price is right around the 150 mark with the cheap tuner and would be terrific performance compared to the X300. Or go even cheaper and an X700Pro ought to blow away the X300SE, and are only about 90 dollars or even cheaper for a plain X700.