I'm looking to use my laptop monitor as a psuedo-television with which to play console games, will this card allow lag free video on the laptop?
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Nope. There is a substantial delay. If I'm recording a game or anything else you're seeing at least 1 second delay, if not more. If you're recording game you need to use an HDMI splitter to be able play in real time on a normal flat screen TV and capture the output at the same time. Of course the device can only capture component video. However like many users of this capture device, I use an HDMI to component converter device.
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There is a brief delay between playback of video from my DVR and playback on my desktop PC. Delay is less than a second, but I do not have an exact time for you. All I can say is the dealy is noticeable. Not a problem for me because I am only dumping recordings from my DVR for long-term storage on portable hard drives. I cannot say if the delay would be a problem for playing console games - I have not tried that.
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The VGA I had it hooked up to for a day or so seemed fine, but I did not play any games on it. You can pick up a VGA to HDMI cable conversion for $8. Not sure if that would alleviate any potential issues.
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Quick answer yes...........this card will work great for any TV or monitor which has a HDMI input port. Just make sure your computer has a PCI-E (express) slot in it and the power supply is at least 350 watt. Lots of people here saying this works with a power supply with only 300 watts, but don't realize they are stressing the life of it. Down the road they will more than likely be replacing the power supply and giving IT a bad review because it crapped out. So if you get this, do yourself a favor and get the right power supply as well (make sure it has connections for pci-e, which most do these days) and enjoy Quick answer yes...........this card will work great for any TV or monitor which has a HDMI input port. Just make sure your computer has a PCI-E (express) slot in it and the power supply is at least 350 watt. Lots of people here saying this works with a power supply with only 300 watts, but don't realize they are stressing the life of it. Down the road they will more than likely be replacing the power supply and giving IT a bad review because it crapped out. So if you get this, do yourself a favor and get the right power supply as well (make sure it has connections for pci-e, which most do... » Read More Quick answer yes...........this card will work great for any TV or monitor which has a HDMI input port. Just make sure your computer has a PCI-E (express) slot in it and the power supply is at least 350 watt. Lots of people here saying this works with a power supply with only 300 watts, but don't realize they are stressing the life of it. Down the road they will more than likely be replacing the power supply and giving IT a bad review because it crapped out. So if you get this, do yourself a favor and get the right power supply as well (make sure it has connections for pci-e, which most do these days) and enjoy « Show Less
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BTW if youre still thinking and didn't buy, I use it for that, windows desktop on monitor 1, and HDMI to tv on TV that's monitor 2. You can buy a 10 foot blue rigger mini hdmi thats on the card on 1 end, and regular that's on your TV on the other. As far as DVI my monitor understood it fine as it was HP 52031. Very happy with the card and the cable.
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I haven't tried it for any type of gaming, just streaming HD video and it does great. Sorry I couldn't help.
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No ,u have to use gamer card for that..thats only converter from system who has lock HDMI..
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I don't thing it will work for gaming it's only 60 Hz refresh rate. It say 120 effective but you need at least 120 refresh for no lag. I bought it for my camper just to watch movies.
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Possibly! I connect my laptop's display port to a tv if your graphics card supports display port as an output, yes, this cable will connect it to an hdmi on your tv.
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Unfortunelly not... not even a free hdmi Cable. But its a great GPU. I dont regret buying it anyway. Gigabyte is the best.
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Never triedon a pc but I know works on laptops is not very usefull for what I need it for I saw a video on youtube a guy using the card on a laptop look for it.
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it might not be compatible this way it may be only backwards compatible HDMI from the laptop to VGA the TV. I only have experience trying to dumb down component for TV. I don't know if it speeds up VGA to HDMI. Sorry I can't help.
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Hello L. RobinsonBase on your question. I truly cannot answer it because; you have not provided enough information about your laptop, e.g. model or a given scenario on how you going to apply this device e.g. docking station or port replicator, if applicable. Second, upgrading a video card on a laptop is unlikely or unheard of to my knowledge; based on your question. Finally, this product, which you are inquiring about gets connected to a USB port and not a VGA port; based on your question.
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I purchased this card just for the purpose of taking the video output from my computer to an HDMI port on my HD wide screen TV. I had no trouble at all installing, setting up, and actually using the card. I put the card in a Dell Vostro computer and connected to my Toshiba 36" HD television.
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No lag at all! Then again I have it connect to the BenQ RL2455HM gaming monitor.
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As long as you have an hemisphere connection it should be fine, I haven't used it with mine but it should be the same concept. Hdmi is the same so it should work. It's going from my laptop to a tv monitor and two giant projectors. Make sure you get the hdmi cable with the extra boost for the signal especially if it's more then 10feet away most cables have an in and out side so make sure to look for that too if it doesn't work that's everyone's big mistake
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It does not come natively with extra hdmi or dvi connectors on the graphics card, I've heard you can play games with the usb to dvi converter but none of its ports are usb 3.0 and for watching movies it MAY cut it, but not likely for games.The core is fast enough but Toshiba (in my experience) also have heating issues and you may also push the machine to a shorter lifespan if you run the cpu's at max for games or Blu-ray level content (since an external blue ray is an option)Duf
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Im not sure. I wanted to use the cable to hook my laptop (with vga plug) to my tv with an hdmi plug. I want to use my tv as a projector. I cant get it to work with this cable. Although the description says vga to hdmi.