What kind of cable do I need? O.o

P4r4digm · 09-30-2007, 12:36 PM

back when I had my old RADEON X800GTO, I was able to use an S-Video-to-Video Converter cable to output my computer to my crappy CRT television.

I just bought an XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and it looks like it has an HDTV Out instead of an S-Video Out, I am wondering what I need to buy in order to be able to still output to my TV, again, this TV only has Video-In, no HDTV, SVIDEO, etc.

much thanks in advanced =)

**Lead3** · 09-30-2007, 01:00 PM

My understanding is that it is S-video out. Have you tried your cable? If you want to be sure, contact XFX product support.

P4r4digm · 09-30-2007, 01:03 PM

yes I've tried my cable, it is a small svid to vid cable. I connect it and go into the nvidia controll panel to enable dual screens and it says it cannot detect the tv whatsoever so I dont even have to option of enabling dual-screen

dai · 09-30-2007, 01:14 PM

is there a tv out setting not dual screen setting in the nvidia control i use the tv out to run an lcdtv as a monitor

09-30-2007, 12:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
P4r4digm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP Home	What kind of cable do I need? O.o back when I had my old RADEON X800GTO, I was able to use an S-Video-to-Video Converter cable to output my computer to my crappy CRT television. I just bought an XFX NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT and it looks like it has an HDTV Out instead of an S-Video Out, I am wondering what I need to buy in order to be able to still output to my TV, again, this TV only has Video-In, no HDTV, SVIDEO, etc. much thanks in advanced =)

09-30-2007, 01:00 PM	#2 (permalink)
Lead3 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Florida, USA Posts: 1,378 OS: 98SE,2000,XP SP3,VISTA SP2 x64 & x86, Windows 7 x64 & x86 My System	Re: What kind of cable do I need? O.o My understanding is that it is S-video out. Have you tried your cable? If you want to be sure, contact XFX product support. __________________

09-30-2007, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
P4r4digm Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2 OS: XP Home	Re: What kind of cable do I need? O.o yes I've tried my cable, it is a small svid to vid cable. I connect it and go into the nvidia controll panel to enable dual screens and it says it cannot detect the tv whatsoever so I dont even have to option of enabling dual-screen

09-30-2007, 01:14 PM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,609 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	Re: What kind of cable do I need? O.o is there a tv out setting not dual screen setting in the nvidia control i use the tv out to run an lcdtv as a monitor __________________