The product cycle of 3D accelerators is about 6 months... So the more
cost-effective solution will be to buy a 3d card (and upgrade it annually)
and a separate MPEG decoder. As a rule, the separate decoders are also
better quality than integrated ones.

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Bill Nussbaumer wrote:

> I've noticed that several of the Geforce2 cards have video out
> options.  Later on down the upgrade path I'd really like to add a DVD
> player to my system and have the ability to pipe DVD movies out to my TV
> set.  My question is, what's the best solution for achieving this?  Should
> I focus now on a video card that has better video out and more video
> playback software features included, or focus exclusively on the 3D gaming
> aspects of the card and purchase a separate DVD decoder card with its own
> "TV Out" capabilities later on?

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