Advice on Upgrade

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Hi,

I currently have an Intel pIII 650(I'm told not upgradeable due to the mobo)
w/ win98/SE 384MB Ram and 20GB Hd.

I'm trying to uprade the system with minimal cost to use an AIW card -
trying to convert VHS to digital, maybe also PVR.

I just bought a Seagate 80GB 7200 Hd.(may possibly upgrade op system to
Win2K in future) Now I need to get the video capture card. I don't want to
go latest & greatest AIW since the system is no longer top of the line.
After researching the options, I have 3 current and two out of production
cards from ATI:

AIW 9700 Pro, AIW 9700, AIW 9000 Pro AND AIW 7500, AIW 128 Pro

The 9700's listed in high $300's so they're out.

The 9000 Pro (64mb)is around $169 and the Discontinued AIW 7500(64mb) and
AIW 128 Pro(32 mb) are around $149.

Any suggestions as to which would be the best card with the least amount of
headaches(I know that sounds stupid from what I read about ATI on this NG)
for the system I'm trying to modify. The 9000 Pro seems like a slam dunk,
but would the 7500 or even the 125 Pro be less prone to problems?

Any advice on these cards OR NON ATI cards would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill
 
I would get an 8500 AIW or 9100 128 Meg. Don't think the 9100 was ever
available as an AIW card, though. They're both faster choices than any 9000
card and WAY faster than any 7500.
 
Bill said:
Hi,

I currently have an Intel pIII 650(I'm told not upgradeable due to the mobo)
w/ win98/SE 384MB Ram and 20GB Hd.

I'm trying to uprade the system with minimal cost to use an AIW card -
trying to convert VHS to digital, maybe also PVR.

I just bought a Seagate 80GB 7200 Hd.(may possibly upgrade op system to
Win2K in future) Now I need to get the video capture card. I don't want to
go latest & greatest AIW since the system is no longer top of the line.
After researching the options, I have 3 current and two out of production
cards from ATI:

AIW 9700 Pro, AIW 9700, AIW 9000 Pro AND AIW 7500, AIW 128 Pro

The 9700's listed in high $300's so they're out.

The 9000 Pro (64mb)is around $169 and the Discontinued AIW 7500(64mb) and
AIW 128 Pro(32 mb) are around $149.

Any suggestions as to which would be the best card with the least amount of
headaches(I know that sounds stupid from what I read about ATI on this NG)
for the system I'm trying to modify. The 9000 Pro seems like a slam dunk,
but would the 7500 or even the 125 Pro be less prone to problems?

Any advice on these cards OR NON ATI cards would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill
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9000 cards are a stripped down 8500.
get an 8500dv or aiw 8500 you will prolly only find them used
9000 is a waste of money.
 
Gordon Scott said:
9000 cards are a stripped down 8500.
get an 8500dv or aiw 8500 you will prolly only find them used
9000 is a waste of money.
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Thanks for the advice, but my point is that I can't shell out money for an
AIW 8500 for the system that is going to use it. As listed above, it's a
pIII 650 which may be upgradable to 1Ghz, possibly.

It's between a 9000 AIW Pro or 7500AIW. I just found a New 9000 AIW for 149
with 50 rebate, so it's $99. I guess that's better than a 7500 AIW
 
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