Help me find the perfect bargain bin card!

[Syon]

Looking for one that will tide me over for a month or two while i'm picking up the parts to build my new system.

PC Specs:
HP Pavilion XE783
Pentium 3(Cu) Celeron processor 700MHz/128KB
255MB PC100(I think...) SDRAM
Windows 2K Pro
120GB/8MB ATA/133 7200RPM HDD
Intel 810 Integrated video/4MB memory
DX 9.0b

Looking for a CHEAP(hopefully under $50) PCI/TV-Outthat will decently play the following things:
DivX/XviD encoded anime/movie files(mostly avi of course)
Ragnarok Online
Diablo 2
Final Fantasy XI
NeoRAGE/Snes9X/ZSNES(Emulator's)
Halo(not absolutely necessary)
Half-Life(not absolutely necessary)
Counter-Strike(not absolutely necessary)
Stepmania(not absolutely necessary)


Also it must have some form of TV-Out other than S-Video(I think?) My TV only has a coax in the back, no s-video or A/V(Red/yellow/white) jacks. But I do have a big block modulator that has S-video in jacks, and A/V(Red/yellow/white) in jacks, with a coaxial out ot the TV.(I like to watch anime on my TV... and want to play FFXI on my TV through the PC ;x ) Also if the item you know of is online, please gimme a site that's good... like NewEGG or something like that.

P.S. I THANK ALL FOR ANY HELP OF ANY KIND!

P.S.S. Tons of thanks to EvilRick for all his help in my previous thread.

[Syon]

I did a search "pci tv out" on newegg, and got this: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...pci%2Ctv%2Cout

Anything there you think would fit my needs?


Also, would any of them support a small OC venture? Nothing big. Just a small kick on the bus or something. Lightly increase it's performance, while not necessarily needing extra cooling(considering i'll only have it for 1-3 months, hopefully not very long)

P.S. There are some lower price refurbs at the bottom of the first page, and top of the second page.

[Atomic Rooster]

Well, if you really don't want to spend much get the ATI OEM RADEON 7000 32MB DDR DVI/CRT/TV PCI for $39. Otherwise you could get the POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 9200SE 128MB DDR DVI/TV-out PCI RETAIL for $85.

Palit DAYTONA nVIDIA GF4 MX440 64MB DDR TV 8X PCI RETAIL would probably be fine. I'm a little skeptical of their description though . . .
The pic shows Compostite/S-Video/VGA outs, but I think it really only has VGA and S-Video. It's only $51 w/ FREE S/H.

If I were going to get one from Newegg.com, that'd be the one I'd get.

I don't know what the games you're playing now require, I just play Freecell and Gothic, so I can't really help you there.

[Syon]

Rick: From the previous thread, expand on your answer to question 3 for a sec. If I plug an s-video from a video card into a modulator, then plug the modulator into my TV through coax, will that work? Will I be able to switch my monitor over to the TV?

If your modulator accepts S-video input, then "Yes" it should work.

[Syon]

Thanks for the suggestions, I was also thinking about the:

REFURBISHED: VGA PNY Verto GEFORCE FX 128MB DDR PCI 8X 5200 DUAL VGA TV-OUT
Specifications:
BUS: PCI
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200
128MB high speed DDR II RAM
Memory Bandwidth (GB/sec): 16
Fill Rate (texels/sec.): 4 Billon
Maximum 3D/2D resolution of 2048 x 1536 @ 32bit color @85Hz
OS support: Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP and NT (all) display drivers

It's at the top of the second page

I bought a REFURB once . . . once. I'll never do it again. You figure you're going to pay $40 for something that got returned for whatever reason. For only $10ish more you can get a brand new one.

And, if you wanna try to sell it here after you don't need it anymore, you'll get more $ back w/ a new-used card rather than used-refurb.

[Omardeth]

if you only plan on waiting 1 month i wouldn't get a pci video card . it is very dead end . if you have to get a card it is one thing , but if you can hold off then hold off it is kinda money that is just lost getting apci card

[Ruahrc]

You could always get an S-video>Composite converter. Most video cards (With S-Video output only) come with them too.

Ruahrc