On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 11:25:14AM -0500, sdk wrote: > On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 11:16:20 -0500, Travis Osterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > First, what is the difference in these > > > cards? > > > > Both have hardware encoding, the 350 has the addition of mpeg decoding > > and video out. > > > > > if I buy one of these cards, do I also need a video card? > > > > If you get the 250, yes, you'll need a way to get the picture to a tv > > or monitor. The 350 has tv-out onboard.
Maybe I'm talking through my hat on this one, but the impression I get is that issues with the 350 are possibly the most common single topic on this mailing list. Clearly many people get it to work but many also encounter trouble. Now that you can pick up things like an NVIDIA GF4 card for $30 from web stores (not that Nvidia drivers don't have their issues!) and a 5200 card from buy.com and many others for $45, and this is often less than the price difference of the 250 and 350 (and much more than the difference of the 150 and 350) I would say this is the way to go. But let actual 350 owners chime in. One major exception is if you don't have an AGP slot in your older computer, then the pvr-350 seems a wiser choice.
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