On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 14:29 -0600, Garry Cook wrote: > On 5/31/05, Lonnie Borntreger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 10:58 -0700, Fedor Pikus wrote: > > > If you want "HD-out", i.e. component TV-out, your choices start with > > > GeForce 6200, which go for just over $100. Otherwise, there are many > > > Geforce 5700 or even 5200 with TV-out (SVideo and composite) and dual > > > DVI/VGA, like this one: > > > > Whatever you do, stay away from the 5200. I bought one, and had nothing > > but trouble (system lock-ups, oopses, crashes, etc). Went to the nVidia > > forums and everyone there was saying that it is a complete POS, even in > > Windows. So, I ebay'd a Ti4200 and it's been beautiful ever since. I > > had been using a GeForce2 GTS with no problems until the fan failed and > > the GPU fried. > > > > Lonnie Borntreger > > Funny. I've never had any trouble with my 5200. It's fanless, and I > picked it up on ebay for $50. Granted, I'm not using it for HDTV > (although I plan to eventually), so maybe that's the issue. Normally I > would say that you really shouldn't make a statement like the one you > started with above, just based on your own experience. However, if it > is true that many others you've spoken with are also having issues, > perhaps I just got lucky.
Note that I didn't say it was a POS. I said that everyone on the nVidia forums said it was (and mine was a XFX card). Perhaps the many versions of driver updates since then resolved the issues with the card. And for Mike: I'm not doing HD, I was just mentioning this as a "general statement"(tm) not as a HD qualification. Lonnie Borntreger
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