Comments on: Junk: nVidia FX5700 Personal Cinema Review

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:15:36 +0000

You get what you pay for!

By: Sandra Bradley

Sandra Bradley — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:18:42 +0000

I ordered my new Dell with the video card capable of recording TV. I still haven’t been able to make it work properly even after hours of phone support help.

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By: just me

just me — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:10:29 +0000

Hey I have the pny version working in Windows with SP2 on an ASUS A7V8X-X (via chipset) with no problems, I have had this thing for like 2 years.

Currently I am setting up a myth server with this card, I heard rumors that you can get it to work.

By: bryce

bryce — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 03:36:52 +0000

ya. so idk what your smoking, but i bought mine for 60 bucks and it works perfectly. tuner, editing software, radio, and expecialy graphics. im currently looking to sell it, only becuause i dont really need the tv tuner, and im more into gaming so if i were to sell the card, i could get one with the money that i got, that would be better for gameing, no tv tuner and extras.

idk, but i think its a great card.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I’ve used an ATI AIW 8500DV 64mb with much success with inputting analog video. I’m not an expert, but I believe very few frames were lost. I still have the card.

I appreciate your warning about nVidia’s entry into this area of computing. I’ve seen this card at Best Buy and CompUSA. Over the years, many people have been very satisified with AIW products.

ATI cards generally work better with a motherboard (32-bit) that does not use a Via chipset other than a KT880 (dual-channel). For 32-bit motherboards, nVidia’s recent nForce2 chipsets (also dual-channel) work best–ironic, isn’t it? I know this from personal experience with a KT400 chipset motherboard.

I’d say you may want the AIW 9600 or higher. Skip Wal-Mart’s AIW 9200–web prices for the AIW 9600 are comparable.

Recently, my Sapphire Atlantis 9600 256mb card died. I’m considering nVidia’s 5700LE or 5700 but have not totally discounted the 9600 Pro or 9800SE (or AIW 9600). Sapphire’s website is very helpful and is not censored (you do have to search through the entries, however). (Sappire’s drivers are very dated, however, so a visit to ati.com is necessary.) Sapphire makes ATI’s branded video cards….

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I had the same problem you have had, but mine was with a GF440 MX Personal Cinema. The CD installers never helped. What I eventually did was get the WDM driver from NVidia, and it’s worked since then. Of course the only thing that’s working in Linux is the graphics portion, none of the TV stuff works. :-\

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

I wouldn’t say that the FX 5700 is junk. I did have the same problem with the tuner not being detected on Windows XP. It turns out that the blame should really go to Microsoft. This was a problem with service pack 2. After removing service pack 2 and repairing the system from the corruption of the un-install, the TV tuner was fine and worked great. As far as linux goes, the 3d function of the card is good. ATI DOES NOT have good linux support. They have very limited support in the form of outdated rpms for a couple of their Radeon cards (9200-9800), but only for the 2.4 kernel which is just a little old. If you want a 3d card for linux, then there is no substitute for NVidia. They have unmatched 3d support for linux.