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c-2 · 11-21-2002, 10:52 PM

i am running a p2 350 with 128 megs or ram with a cheesy old ati agp card with rca out on the back .. this card allows 60hz out, my desktop can only be 640x480 x256 on the tv .. however i have been running this setup for almost 2 years because divx movies look perfect + its great for a stereo .. i put the sound out from the sound card into my reciever .. a good addon is a wireless mouse and keyboard as the keyboard can be used nicely with winamp to change songs u are listening to (B) .. i have this computer networked to my "office" computer which is on cable .. i do not have internet on the TV because the resolution thing , most webpages look really bad 640x480 .. another drawback of my setup is the ability to play games, golden tee golf works great ... nothing else really does...

a friend of mine is using a viper v770 with rca out on the back and he is able to switch the desktop to 1024x768 which makes playing Unreal tournament really fun .. the difference in mine and his video cards is mine is hardware controlled his is software .. software is better but may be harder to setup.

all in all if u can set this up it rules for divx movies, plus tv shows and whatever other videos u watch :] i don't recommend setting this up if u only have one computer.

oh and i burn alot of the divx movies on cds (the ones that fit) as a cdrom makes a great player and cheaper then a dvd player.

and one more thing .. i have another friend ( i told all my friends to make this setup :] ) who is using a cheesy pci card with rca out that cost him $40 .. his setup is the same more or less as mine.

my tv is a 32" sony trinitron

hope this helps ..

11-21-2002, 10:52 PM	#13 (permalink)
c-2 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 47	i am running a p2 350 with 128 megs or ram with a cheesy old ati agp card with rca out on the back .. this card allows 60hz out, my desktop can only be 640x480 x256 on the tv .. however i have been running this setup for almost 2 years because divx movies look perfect + its great for a stereo .. i put the sound out from the sound card into my reciever .. a good addon is a wireless mouse and keyboard as the keyboard can be used nicely with winamp to change songs u are listening to (B) .. i have this computer networked to my "office" computer which is on cable .. i do not have internet on the TV because the resolution thing , most webpages look really bad 640x480 .. another drawback of my setup is the ability to play games, golden tee golf works great ... nothing else really does... a friend of mine is using a viper v770 with rca out on the back and he is able to switch the desktop to 1024x768 which makes playing Unreal tournament really fun .. the difference in mine and his video cards is mine is hardware controlled his is software .. software is better but may be harder to setup. all in all if u can set this up it rules for divx movies, plus tv shows and whatever other videos u watch :] i don't recommend setting this up if u only have one computer. oh and i burn alot of the divx movies on cds (the ones that fit) as a cdrom makes a great player and cheaper then a dvd player. and one more thing .. i have another friend ( i told all my friends to make this setup :] ) who is using a cheesy pci card with rca out that cost him $40 .. his setup is the same more or less as mine. my tv is a 32" sony trinitron hope this helps ..