Sound Card/Graphics Card/Mobo Mumbo Jumbo.

[Yami]

Oh, and out of curiosity; why exactly are you after two 295s? I mean you can max pretty much any game with just one.

 

[Solaxys]

I am not, I am buying one atm.
Just want to keep the option open for the future, and better plan it now since I don't want to overhaul my entire pc just for sli lol.

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Also, TV Tuners...

I am looking at Hauppauge HD-2250, TV Wonder HD 650...
All have mixed reviews - anyone know of one that works decently... or do the aforementioned cards work well as well?
- I love the remote of HD-2250 (the HD 650 has a terrible looking one)
[also do both cards capture HD (i.e. record?)]

 

[philbar71]

go with this one,

Newegg.com - ASUS My Cinema-PHC3-100/NAQ/FM/AV/RC TV Tuner Card PCI Interface - TV Tuners & Video Devices

i have it and it's great. it records live tv. has a analog (unscrambled cable and over the air), fm, and digital tuner in it that works great with windows media center.

 

[H4x3r]

go with this one,

Newegg.com - ASUS My Cinema-PHC3-100/NAQ/FM/AV/RC TV Tuner Card PCI Interface - TV Tuners & Video Devices

i have it and it's great. it records live tv. has a analog (unscrambled cable and over the air), fm, and digital tuner in it that works great with windows media center.

+1

my friend has that same card and it works great. would highly recommend it as well

 

[Solaxys]

Any cards with HD capability (playing and recording?)

 

[philbar71]

the one i listed above.

 

[Solaxys]

HD capture is basically Digital caputre at 1080i?

 

[philbar71]

hmm, i dont know if it's 1080i or 1080p. i always watch what i have recorded in media center anyways.

 

[Solaxys]

mmm, k.

Another question regarding the mobo/graphics/sound/tuner.

so using the same numeral classification (1) to (6) [see the first post of this thread]:

Can I hook up the two video cards in spots (3) which eats up (4) and (5) which eats up (6), using a flex bridge, and get (x1, x16, x16) or will I get (x1, x16, x8)?

[i want to know if I can have both the PCIe x16 and PCIe x1 can be free if I am going to run Quad SLI at x16,x16]

 

[philbar71]

^ not too sure, might a setting in the bios for that.