Ghost2520 Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 I have a $50 gift certificate for Fry's and I was either going to buy more ram, or get a tv tuner card. I had questions about the tuner card though. Since I have only channels 2-20 and I go to LAN parties frequently, Can I plug it in and record tv shows from other peoples cable sources WHILE I'm playing games? Like run it in the back ground? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevilMB3017 Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 You sure can run it in the background, but they will decrease FPS cuz it takes away CPU power and HDD usage. I'd suggest RAM cuz you only have 256 according to your sig. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrenalinepcs Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 i would go with the tunner cuz i have one and i think they are cool. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caffeinejunkie Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 I have an ATI tv wonder ve and it's awesome. I haven't tried to run a game and play but it might be possible since at only uses about 30% of the cpu when recording. So i say go with the tv tuner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy54354 Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 TV is overrated, so get ram Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 Yah I think I will go with the tuner, I would only be able to use it like once every couple of months. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykocus Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 if you're running win2k or xp you deffinatly want more ram then what you have now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrenalinepcs Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 make a poll to see what you should go with Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva_Unit_0 Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 I would definately say ram. I've got a tv tuner card, and it's cool and all, but I think you'd see a big performance difference from getting ram instead. If you had 512+ megs of ram, I'd say tv tuner. But for what you've got, go ram. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 I have to say get the RAM. 256MB just isn't enough anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agallion Posted January 19, 2004 Posted January 19, 2004 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost2520 Posted January 20, 2004 Posted January 20, 2004 Alright fine have it your way, I'll go with RAM. I'm going to need it anyways for HL2. Think I will beat 11000 on 3DMark 2001? I get 10771 right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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