can someone tell me why they think Vista x64 is remotely necessary for MCE functionality ??
I spend 99% of my free time monitoring, maintaining, advising re- tweaking heavily(sometime recklessly IMO) overclocked gaming rigs at uni lans/tourneys. The weapon of choice is still xp x86 for any power gamer worth their salt. When things shift to DX10, blu ray, and devs step to the plate to author software to utilise all this ....the eventual shift to x64 for gamers will occur. But for now,
The only applications that really need x64.
*high end graphical and video apps. (add $1000-2000 quadro multi GPU to that). Does anyone work for WETA, ILM or Pixar ??
*mid to high end networks/corporate servers
*Playing xvids, and recording 1080 interlaced aussie telly ?? why subject yourself to that. Driver support is better than it ever was for xp64 on release, but is still far from anything like Vista x86, or xp of course - when stability is a concern - as is the case in a MCE rig
ah well, whatever rocks ones boat
as for the dvico.... Feel free to peruse the tuner sections here, you'll find they are replete with people complaining about their ****** dvico card. A tuner that isnt 100% reliable in a mce setup fails in what its meant to do. If you have a spare pci-e x1 slot, buying a pci-e tuner is the best favour you can do your mce rig...stability for dual recording, quick channel changes etc
good luck!
astro