Vivo?

[The boy 4rm oz]

Hi I'm going to get a 7900GT and I was just wondering what VIVO is and if it is worth getting a GPU that supports it.

[public_eyesore]

vivo is video in and video out. And yes its worth getting if its not that big of difference in price

[The boy 4rm oz]

Well i can get the XFX 7900GT 256MB DDR3 XXX Edition - 560/1650MHz for $559 AUS or the XFX 7900GT 256MB DDR3 550MHz/1630MHz VIVO for $549 AUS. I was going to go for the more powerfull one but the VIVO model looks sooooo cool so I thought I would check.

[AKA_RA]

if you really want that extra little bump on the core and mem clocks, you could alwas just OC it, but then again, its such a fast card already, youre never going to notice the differance in real world gaming anyways. although you may get a few extra points on 3dmark though. if i were you, id go with the vivo version, i didnt think id use it when i got it with my card, and i actually find it quite useful.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Cool, thats what I was thinking but can you tell me what VIVO will actually do.

[public_eyesore]

ive never had a vivo card but i think you can plug in aux devices like camcorders to watch them on your tv or play video games on ur moniter. Please correct me if im wrong

[AKA_RA]

well, the vivo option on my card gives several options for video out, and several for video in. basically via a 9 pin adapter that came with my retail card, i have the options of HDTV/S-Video out and Comp./S-video in.eyesore is right about using a camcorder, i actually use mine as a webcam on ocassions. other uses would involve taking old home videos from a vcr and digitally capturing them and converting them to dvd, and using your tv as a monitor

[The boy 4rm oz]

Cool. Thanks for all your help. I'll go with the VIVO edition.

[Redbeard]

if you have Windows media center edition then you should be able to use that with your Vivo to record TV simmilar to tivo. I have Media Center edition but no tv tuner yet so I can't testify to how good it is right now.

[AKA_RA]

i hate to run off on a tangent, but what are the differances between xp home and media center edition?

[The boy 4rm oz]

I think media centre edition is more of the editing software and people use it a lot for home theatre pc's. I have hpme and it works fine.