Comment Re:problems with it... (Score 1) 297
It will work with dual displays but the second display has to use drivers without openGL support. I have two in my P4 box under XP and they work beautifully. I have three monitors (one is the TV out). I am using the latest 6037 drivers with MMC 7.6, which is the MMC which comes with the Radeon 8500. Their video capture does not lock the audio to the video so there is drift after awhile, but that is to be expected if you do not use the same clock for both video and audio.
I have used AIW cards for about 4 years and for the money they are fine. VIA chipsets, shared IRQ's and piss-poor sounds cards give it the most problems. As with any video related things on the desktop you really need to do your homework. Video on the desktop is very problematic no matter what hardware you are using.
Yes the drivers suck, but they are getting better with each release and luckily they work with many older cards as well. You have to remember that the card is only 200 bucks...
I've tried amost everything to replace this card and nothing so far comes close to the features and quality for the price.
dlesko
I have used AIW cards for about 4 years and for the money they are fine. VIA chipsets, shared IRQ's and piss-poor sounds cards give it the most problems. As with any video related things on the desktop you really need to do your homework. Video on the desktop is very problematic no matter what hardware you are using.
Yes the drivers suck, but they are getting better with each release and luckily they work with many older cards as well. You have to remember that the card is only 200 bucks...
I've tried amost everything to replace this card and nothing so far comes close to the features and quality for the price.
dlesko
