From owner-freebsd-multimedia Tue Jan 26 22:48:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA06130 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:48:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca (h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca [24.64.221.247]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA06123 for ; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:48:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca) Received: from h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca (8.9.2/8.9.2) with ESMTP id WAA76014; Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:47:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jake@h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca) Message-Id: <199901270647.WAA76014@h24-64-221-247.gv.wave.shaw.ca> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: The Hermit Hacker cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What Video card to buy... In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 27 Jan 1999 01:12:39 -0400." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 22:47:51 -0800 From: Jake Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Its time to upgrade my system again, and was wondering what sort of > recommendations anyone can make on both video and tv tuner cards.... > > TV Tuner...i'm looking at the Hauppage line of them...si there something > considered better for the same price range, or is still pretty much > considered the best? I doubt it makes much difference, it seems almost any card with a bt8x8 will work. I bought my zoltrix TV/Max here in Victoria for $65 about a year ago. zoltrix anything is generally crap, but it works great with fxtv; no NT drivers kind of bugs me. ( www.paradon.com in case you're interested ) > > Video Card is the hard one...*whom* is considered good no awayadays? :( > To many brands, and sub brands, out there now... > I'd say Matrox G200 or any Riva TNT card; I think they're both supported by XFree86. The #9 Ticket to Ride 4 and that 19" SGI LCD monitor sound like a nice combo, if you can foot the $3K. www.anandtech.com is a good source for reviews of the latest hot rod hardware; lots of video cards on there. Mostly gaming oriented, but it gives you a feel for what to expect. Good luck, happy hunting :) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message