ATIs are nice, I have them in all my computers. But you have to know what kind of slot you have for the card, AGP or PCI, look in the manual & let us know.
How serious do you want to get? The options you cited will capture video… barely. The video you capture will not be of the best quality (or in order to get the best quality, the video file sizes will be freakin’ hu-MUNG-ous). The Dazzle80 is limited by the speed of your USB ports (and not even the high-speed USB 2 standard, you’re stuck with USB 1.1) so if you want to capture video well, meaning at 30 frames per second at 640x480 or better, you should get a (PCI) card suited to that purpose.
I personally recommend the Pinnacle DV500 (a card I have in my own machine which has served me well), though you might choose the comparable Matrox RT2500. Both of these have firewire inputs (for digital camcorders) and they can both capture full-size video without dropping a frame. The bundled software (Adobe Premiere 6 or better is typical, though the cards now include DVD-authoring programs) is crucial is you want video projects that look decent.
Ultimately, you’ll have to decide what final result you want. If you plan to compile and edit family videos and distribute them among your relatives with professional-looking results, you’ll need one of the cards I’ve cited or something comparable. If snapping a few stills off your favourite TV show or a few seconds of video here and there is your game, the Dazzle will do okay.
Well, I have about an 80 dollar budget. I want to keep my current Video Card, so a Capture card that works on the side would be best, or something for USB.
I’m not going to do this too seriously. I mainly want to copy some old cartoons… And I’m not going to do it much either.
I don’t really care if the results are professional. It mainly matters if I can catch the animation well enough.
Bryan: The VE aught to be a PCI card, just not too good of one, lacking Stereo input and all…