I’m on a $1,500 budget - Help me purchase my first gaming PC

[HoloDust]

SvennoJ said:

HoloDust said:

All those GPU cards from at least 2000 onward with S-Video output:

"Am I a joke to you?"

And before. I had my PC connected to my TV and CRT projector in 1997. S-Video out indeed. Half-Life on CRT projector with Dolby Surround sound was amazing!

I actually had a GPU with s-video in as well so I could play console games on my PC monitor (and have TV on in a corner of the monitor while playing RTS), although the primary reason was that the Dreamcast didn't display on my projector directly. Using my PC in between, upscaling to 800x600 then s-video out worked. Crazy Taxi on the wall, better than in the Arcade.

Let me guess, venerable Matrox Marvel G200, with that nice breakout box? I didn't have one, but my buddy had.