You might be able to get your present machine to capture video, but any
kind of manipulation would take hours and hours. You'd do better to
save any upgrade money for a new machine.
Mort
toronado455 wrote:
> I have an older MS-6167 with Athlon 800 that I'd like to set up to do
> video capture if possible. I'm considering upgrading the video card to
> a eVGA e-GeForce 4 MX 440 which is a 4x/8x AGP card. The 6167 only
> supports 1x/2x AGP. Would I be able to use that card? What about
> voltage requirements? Is there any point to putting that card in this
> older system or would it just be a waste?
>
> An other option would be to keep the current video card and get a PCI
> capture card like those made by KWorld. How do I know if the current
> video card in this system, which is an ELSA Erasor X, will be
> compatible with the KWorld capture cards?
>
> Also the KWorld cards require that the video card in the system be
> compatible with Microsoft DirectX version 8.1 or 9. I downloaded and
> installed the latest version of DirectX from Microsoft but I have no
> idea what it is or where it is or what it does or how to find out what
> version (if any) is installed on my system in the first place.
>
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