Posted by x-wing on January 09, 2002 at 18:49:32:
In Reply to: Re: Are scan converters a good option? posted by aramis on January 09, 2002 at 18:00:28:
: I went and got a GeForce 2 Ti (no real increase over the GTS, but it had S-vid out). I returned this card the next day. Why? Tv-out SUCKS on nVidia cards. It implements it as a "default monitor", stuck at 800x600@60Hz. As such, the picture does not fill the entire TV screen, and there's no way around it. 3rd party software tries to fix this, but it still was not acceptable.
This is not true with my nvidia card... It really doesn't have much to do with whether the card has a nvidia chip or not, but rather what TV-out chipset your card uses and how well the card manufacturer (not chipset such as nvidia) implements the TV-out in their drivers. For example, my specific nvidia card uses the BrookTree 869 TV-out chip and it looks fantastic. I've tried it side-by-side with an ATI (proprietary TV-out chipset) and the ATI was in no way superior. About dead even, in fact. I would just shy away from ATI because as you said it sucks for PC gaming and they are notorious for buggy drivers and lousy support.
Long story short: Base your decision on TV out chips and card manufacturer, not video chipset.