Resolume Forum

Hello all, I've been doing my thing with vcr's and mixersa for many years.. now I'm seeking advice to stewp up... I have found good reviews and good ebay prices on the Gainward brand of GeForce cards. gf2 can be had under $50 and gf3 for under $80. This is within my price range, would either of these be a mistake? thanks so much...

I suggest getting a radeon 8500 le, these cards are miuch better than the geforce cards... I have both cards, and use the radeon for my vj activities because it is faster and the tv-output is much better!

My advice would be to keep saving until you can afford a good card.
Personally i use a Matrox G550 which is excellent. It has a "DualHeadZoom" function that means you can output any region of your computer monitor via the video/s-video out.
This makes it great for all sorts of software for live video (not just Resolume).
I have seen it advertised online for $85 (U.S dollars) - you also need the video/s-video breakout cable which is another $25 (check these prices, they could be wrong).

Thanks for the advice guys, I think I'll be springing for a G550, found some good deals. I have a big show coming up and I'm satisfied if I can get a nice little 2D system performing reliably for me. I read about mostly good experiences with this card.

Question for EtherWarpTv (or anyone), I already own a TViewGold scanny and I've always been happy with its output, do you think I should look into the Matrox TV-out cable for the g550? I'd rather not tie up the TView when the Matrox cable is so cheap (unless its crap). Geez I hope my resolume setup will perform well, not too much time to waste.

Eno

In my experience, the video output from matrox cards has always been excellent, but if you have a TView that works fine, by all means stick with it and save some $$$.
- i also have a TView gold somewhere - i used to use it until i bought the matrox ; ) - it works fine, but is one more piece of gear to carry around...

- Any other matrox issues or questions, feel free to mail me any time.

well I've seen the Matrox tv-out cable (rca and svhs) sell for as little as $6.25 on eBay. It sounds like yer happy with the output, so I'd rather use the TView with another (lowcost) system when I get enough parts together. I would have steered clear if you said it sucked.

I figure that a cheap micro-atx mobo with integrated vga, duron (anything greater than 800mhz) will play full-screen divx's just fine. It won't run Resolume or VJo well but it'd be a nice video-on-demand loop box to add a layer.

Thanks for the advice.
Eno

check out

http://www.shuttlex.com/

- this is what we use for our live machine - ultra-portable (prob a bit too much $$$ for what you want tho)

cheers

btw, the Matrox cards are known to have compatibility issues with via km266 based mobo's (as I have). My show this past weekend went great, evenb though it was without a pc present (still going analog). Since I'm on a budget i"m looking at an geforce mx440 for secondary display (output) and an el-cheapo pci card for my resolume display (stick with nView if I use 2 nVidia cards). I looked at your suggestion for a radeon8500le but I'd like to get a low-profile card for a book-pc size case, I don't think theres a Radeon lo-pro card. I just need fast playback of video, not going to play with realtime 3d that much. You guys see any issues with this setup?

thanks. Eno

btw, the Matrox cards are known to have compatibility issues with via km266 based mobo's (as I have). My show this past weekend went great, evenb though it was without a pc present (still going analog). Since I'm on a budget i"m looking at an geforce mx440 for secondary display (output) and an el-cheapo pci card for my resolume display (stick with nView if I use 2 nVidia cards). I looked at your suggestion for a radeon8500le but I'd like to get a low-profile card for a book-pc size case, I don't think theres a Radeon lo-pro card. I just need fast playback of video, not going to play with realtime 3d that much. You guys see any issues with this setup?

thanks. Eno

sorry for the dual reply people, I got an error from the php twice in a row...