Looking for help...dual monitors, tv, hi-def,pci-e

[Maintane]

Preparing to build my next pc and plan on using Intel D975XBX2 motherboard,
E6600 CPU, couple of 320g drives (possibly in raid 0+1 matrix raid), 2 gig
memory (haven't figured out the speed yet)...what I can't decide on is the
video card setup.

I'm not really up on PCI-e, but this board supports 3 PCI-E 16 cards (1
electrical x16 or x8, 1 electrical x8, 1 electrical x4) plus 2 PCI slots. I
will be needing at least 1 of the PCI for an add-on PATA card.

I currently use an AIW 8500DV with 19" Trinitron monitor (1152x864 100Mhz
refresh), and Radeon 7000 series with a Dell 19" 1905 ultra-sharp in
Portrtait mode (1024x1280) - response a little slow on the LCD.

- no games
- Dual monitor, 1 CRT, 1 LCD which ** need to be on seperate cards ** for
Spyder color calibration
- lots of photo editing (Photoshop)
- want tv, capture, hardware encode/decode
- would like HDTV if can be had in good setup
- some DVD play, create, convert old home movies

Would like a moderate, not high-end solution in the $300-400 range if
possible...if not, I might could add the second card later.

I really would appreciate your help, as I've bben struggling with this for
about a month now, and almost blew off my new build...

Mike
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[FKS]

I really would appreciate your help, as I've bben struggling with this for
about a month now, and almost blew off my new build...

Mike

You're unnecessarily torturing yourself. Your needs are simple. If you want
TV on a video card, get an AIW. Or, you could buy a separate TV card and get
any variant of the X1xxx series cards. If you need a separate card for your
LCD, then get another X1xxx card.