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Group Memberships => Linux Users Group => Topic started by: Sal Atticum on May 29, 2009, 01:04:19 PM
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I wish I was more of a hardware person, but I never really got into it. So when it comes to buying something that's not standard (i.e., that I can't just swap out of something I have laying around), I'm pretty clueless.
I'm looking for a graphics card that will let me hook up to a television. Will I be able to get a decent picture if I hook up to something that isn't digital? Is it worth it? Should I get something that goes directly to RCA cables, or to S-Video and then convert (although it looks to me like that's essentially running a composite signal through the S-Video cable in addition to the digital signal), or get some sort of box that turns the monitor output into a composite signal that will look halfway decent?
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Are you looking for a graphics card that is also a tuner? I would go the highest quality route that your tv allows for (be it HDMI or DVI or whatever). That way you should in theory be able to get a better picture from the computer to the tv. What are you planning on using it for. HD video to your tv or what?
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I don't really care about having a tuner, since I don't want to be recording things.
The TV (and VCR) won't accept anything other than a composite signal. This is not meant to be a top-quality setup, just a step up from having to watch things on the laptop screen and have everything in one place.
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I'm looking at this one. I think it will do what I need:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814139151
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Looks pretty good, have you checked for driver compatibility for linux?
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The reviews claim it works with Ubuntu, so I'm pretty sure.
May have to wait a few more weeks though...
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Did you go ahead and get it?
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It would have been a mistake. Somehow I got the interface wrong.
I am going to order a different one, after I get paid.
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Whats wrong with the interface that you need a different one?
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The card I mention above is PCI, the motherboard has PCI-Express.
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The card I mention above is PCI, the motherboard has PCI-Express.
Ah gotcha. Thought you meant the physical interface as opposed to some GUI problem or something... just making sure.
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The card I mention above is PCI, the motherboard has PCI-Express.
The mobo has PCI-Express but no PCI slots?? Very weird. is it a micro-ATX form factor? My mobo has PCI-express and PCI. Or are you looking for a Main video card that will do it all? I've had more trouble with it being all in one than having separate.
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I was trying to swap PCI cards into it before and I couldn't make anything fit right. They might be there and I just don't know what I'm doing. I'm not great with hardware.