Is this a joke? S-Video On Gainward

[{PMS}fishy]

Is the Svideo/Tv-out plug on a Gainward GF4 mx460 different than most S-video? I notice that it is some slightly different plug. Anyone have experience with this? Or anyone have an extra cord that converts to RCA?

[{PMS}fishy]

Any one know? Or can you post a picture of the adaptor that came with your card?

[Captain Hilts]

Unfortunately there are a lot of different standards for the s-video jacks on video cards, and no one seems to use the same thing. Usually they ship an s-video cable or adapter with the card though.

[FarEast]

ok if you drop Gainward's Head Office in Taiwan an e-mail and tell them that you require a Svideo/Tv-out plug for your card and state what card it is, they will most probably throw one out in the post to you.

[Overcrocked]

That's strange, I thought S-Video was universal. I have an S-Video cord that works for my TV-Cable/Computer-TV/PS2-TV. I got it at Radio Shack.

-Overcrocked

[12am]

Originally posted by Overcrocked
That's strange, I thought S-Video was universal. I have an S-Video cord that works for my TV-Cable/Computer-TV/PS2-TV. I got it at Radio Shack.

-Overcrocked

S-Video is universal, but as posted above some vid card manufacturers use a proprietary socket on the video card wich then hooks up to one of thier adaptors that has s-video component and sometimes composite on the other end.

[eletrium]

I have a MSI Ti4200 and am just running into the same problem. When they say S-Video they mean kinda-sorta. Tab A does not fit into Slot B, and I have the adapter that came with the Video Card. It simply does not plug into the Video Card. Yay.

[Veland]

Well, the most common thing to do, is to have more holes in the s-video socket. So a normal S-video cable fits nicely, but the card can also output composite if you use a cable that uses those holes.

But normal s-video cabes doesn't fit at all? Well, THAT'S user friendly!