What's the Best "All In One" Video Card?

Magorak asks: "Ok. We all know there's all kinds of video cards out there on the market. Well, I've been trying like mad to find a video card that will give me everything. Literally. I want to have awesome 3D graphics, but I'm also big on multimedia so I want something that does video capture, has a TV tuner, and does DVD. Voodoo's got the V3-3500 but I've heard bad things about the tuner/capture; ATI's got their All In Wonder series but I can't find actual pictures of the 3D graphics and the AIW I have now sucks when it comes to 3D. Is there a real combo card that will give me all of the wicked 3D, plus awesome multimedia options? Ideally, something like a hybrid between Voodoo3 & ATI. Is there a real solution? "

Comments

Matrox Marvel, but ...

[MrRobahtsu]

I have a Matrox Marvel G200, and it is a GREAT 2D card for Xfree.
Apparently it does pretty good 3D with other less free GUI's, also.

But the new Marvel G400 is supposed to be a great 3D card, I believe
the specs are open and it should be among the first with good Linux 3D
support.

While Matrox has been very supportive of XFree in releasing specs for
the display adapter, apparently they haven't been quite as open with
the video capture (supports hardware mjpeg, yummm). So the capture
driver is still in development, but coming along.

FWIW,
Barry Roberts

Comparison at Tom's Hardware

[lysdexic]

Tom's Hardware has a comparison of some all-in-one cards. Each card lacks important features that another card has. No one card seems to be "feature full." I bought a Viper V770 Ultra and am waiting for the next generation of these cards to come out before I buy one.


lysdexic

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