Need help setting up my video card?

I have as follows:

dell optiplex gx260 w/ pentium 4 and 1.79 GHz.

ATI radeon 9600tx video card

2 GB. of ram

DVI to RGB adapter made for the Radeon 9XXX series cards.

Running windows 7



My TV is a older Sharp SDTV with the flat panel and the inputs include: S-vid, component, and 3 sets of RCA.



When i bought this card and adapter i understood that it would allow me to out put video to my SDTV on the component cables. I fought for some time trying to get teh control center ti install and was finally able to get it from ATI's website. but i see that there are no particular drivers made just for 7. when i go into the control center, my options are extremely limited and i am only able to look at the basic information, there are no options to change settings and it says that the drivers are not up to date. am i looking at a windows 7 issue or is this something else. i can reload it with xp, or even ubuntu, though i don;t know how much support i will get there. Or am i going to just have to deal with s-vid resolution until i get a LCD this fall?|||Try a Windows Vista driver for your card.



Also, is your power supply able to handle the juice required by your card?



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allthough alot of cards come with s-video and tv-out features they are rarely used and windows 7 has not got any specific features for this type of set up

your radeon 9600xt video card is whats known as a "legacy" model which basically denotes theres very little ( if any ) support or drivers,however just because ati/amd dont supply windows 7 drivers for this card does not mean theres none avalible,there may be some custom drivers from sub-vendors,so for example allthough all the cards are ati/amd they are released by companys such as sapphire and club 3d..who may have their own drivers,,its a long shot but worth a go

and your lucks in...go to http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation… you will find windows 7 32bit drivers for the radeon 9600xt...however for a full list check out this page : http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation…

note : even without installing drivers windows 7 will install a WDDM( windows display driver model ) which is basic no frills driver without any ccc(catylyst control center ) and this will be installed during windows 7 installation...

installation....connecting the rgb is quite easy....insert the s-video to the appropriate socket then connect the rgb leads to the other end and then connect this to the rgb sockets on your sharp tv,,then change the channel on your tv to either "rgb" or "av 1"....the rgb channel is seperate to any normal channel and you can find this by pressing "AV" on your remote

also when using a standard tv you may need to check refresh rates...tv,s work differently to flat panels so be aware of this

if you succesfully install the windows 7 driver with the control center there are some options open to you,for example theres a flat panel option and colours options...however dont expect alot of support for tv,s...however since i have never used a standard tv i wont comment here,but as soon as the control center recognizes your sharp tv you may find you have some extra options in the control center,,

it may also be a good idea to check out any manuals you can find for your sharp tv...this may be able to help you further

i hope this helps,any problems let me know

good luck mate !