MMC on Windows 7 and AIW 9600XT?
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From: Tom Rapner on 19 Nov 2009 17:56 Is there any way to get Multimedia Center working on Windows 7 for my All- in-Wonder 9600XT? I'm aware that no new drivers or support will be forthcoming from ATI -- and I've tried searching on Google, but the only reports of success I've found were from one poster who installed a Vista version of MMC first and then upgraded to Windows 7. (Others did not have the same luck, however, and I don't wish to purchase Vista just to install Windows 7 in any case.) I'd hate to be stuck with the choice of either having to upgrade my motherboard and graphics card and/or TV tuner, living without video capture, or forgoing upgrading and wasting the $200 I just spend on Windows 7.
From: Wile E. Coyote on 20 Nov 2009 01:49 Tom Rapner wrote: > Is there any way to get Multimedia Center working on Windows 7 for my All- > in-Wonder 9600XT? > > I'm aware that no new drivers or support will be forthcoming from ATI -- > and I've tried searching on Google, but the only reports of success I've > found were from one poster who installed a Vista version of MMC first and > then upgraded to Windows 7. (Others did not have the same luck, however, > and I don't wish to purchase Vista just to install Windows 7 in any case.) > > I'd hate to be stuck with the choice of either having to upgrade my > motherboard and graphics card and/or TV tuner, living without video > capture, or forgoing upgrading and wasting the $200 I just spend on > Windows 7. You won't like this but that's what you get for buying an All-In-Wonder card. Buy dedicated video cards and dedicated TV tuner cards is the only way to go.
From: Tom Rapner on 20 Nov 2009 02:07 "Wile E. Coyote" <coyote(a)ACME.invalid> wrote in news:yZqNm.17307$Sw5.11212(a)newsfe16.iad: > Tom Rapner wrote: >> Is there any way to get Multimedia Center working on Windows 7 for my >> All- in-Wonder 9600XT? >> >> I'm aware that no new drivers or support will be forthcoming from ATI >> -- and I've tried searching on Google, but the only reports of >> success I've found were from one poster who installed a Vista version >> of MMC first and then upgraded to Windows 7. (Others did not have >> the same luck, however, and I don't wish to purchase Vista just to >> install Windows 7 in any case.) >> >> I'd hate to be stuck with the choice of either having to upgrade my >> motherboard and graphics card and/or TV tuner, living without video >> capture, or forgoing upgrading and wasting the $200 I just spend on >> Windows 7. > > You won't like this but that's what you get for buying an > All-In-Wonder card. Buy dedicated video cards and dedicated TV tuner > cards is the only way to go. So that's your contribution to this thread? Concluding that my purchase of a combo card -- for a motherboard that had no available slots for a dedicated TV tuner -- and which has performed stellarly over the years, capturing thousands of hours of video -- was a mistake? You won't like this, but you're a jerk. To anyone who can address my question seriously, I'd be grateful.
From: Wile E. Coyote on 20 Nov 2009 13:36 Tom Rapner wrote: > You won't like this, but you're a jerk. I may well be a jerk but I am an honest jerk and you are a dumbass for buying an All-in-Wonder card in the first place. 9600XT is old now so time to upgrade. Get a mb with more PCI slots while you are at it.
From: Tom Rapner on 20 Nov 2009 14:57
"Wile E. Coyote" <coyote(a)ACME.invalid> wrote in news:1kBNm.53037 $gg6.46838(a)newsfe25.iad: > I may well be a jerk but I am an honest jerk and you are a dumbass for > buying an All-in-Wonder card in the first place. 9600XT is old now so > time to upgrade. Get a mb with more PCI slots while you are at it. In fact you are an *ignorant* jerk, the matter of your professed "honesty" aside. It was already stated that for the PC in question, if the purpose was to capture video, a combo card was the only choice available at the time it was purchased, installed and deployed. And whether or not your initial post was "honest" is irrelevant. First, it was a statement of opinion, not fact, and as such neither subject to being labeled "honest" or otherwise. But moreover, it had no purpose than to belittle. It was counter-productive at minimum. Whether it is "time to upgrade" is not for you to decide, but I am not throwing away this PC. My question remains, "Is there any way to run MMC on a Windows 7 computer containing the All-in-Wonder 9600XT?" The floor is no longer open to you. Jerk. |