NVidia XFX PureVideo, video card DVD Decoder scam?

Question

i bought a low end video card new, cause my old 128 All Inwonder fried itself.
Bought the card XFX GeForce 6200 Video Card - 128MB Brand New I know its no super card, but it's for my old dell 8250 (4 years old). so i install it and i notice i can no longer play DVD's (even with Win Media Player) or any other program for that matter.
So i go to the xfx site and they tell me i need to buy the software, i explained i just bought a new card and asked "It Doesn't it come with it? and they said no. I said, "Doesn't almost anyone who buys this card need it?" and they said yes, and the platinum version only costs $49.95.. 19.95 for the basic. does anyone else think this is a rip off? even a scam?

Secondly does anyone have a work around for this problem?

the new one i purchased was the 256 mg, sorry for the typo.

Answer 1

There's no guarantee that your video card *should* come with DVD player software. Indeed, PureVideo is on sale on NVIDIA's site for the same prices:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/dvd_decoder.html

However, you should be able to buy a copy of PowerDVD OEM for like $5 or $10, which will serve as same purpose as the "bronze" version (stereo output, not Dolby 5.1).

Or try Media Player Classic and/or VideoLan player. Both should be able to play DVD without decoder.