Present system
Athlon 2000Xp
Abit KT7A mb
256 PC1333 ram
40Gb ATA 100 7200rpm

Wanting to transfer Hi8 movies to SVCD and eventually DVD
At present also using Magix Movies on CD and DVD
I capture using ati MM7.6 then use Magix to add caption etc and burn to SVCD. Results OK but I certainly would not be able to capture good enough quality for DVD. I know that I cannot better the original, but I want to eventualy lose as little as possible in the transfer. I have messed about ripping a DVD to SVCD and was amazed at what can be done but on the question of capture I am now lost having read so much.
So, should I be gettting more from my present system, i.e. should I be able to capture at a high enough resolution and bit rate to produce a DVD? If so I have to look at my system to see whats slowing it down. I have already set up a hardware profile to knock out a lot of unwanted hardware when capturing.
If its a better capture card, any suggestions.
On certain things Ilike to think I know a bit about computers, but on this one, not much of a clue.
Thanks for any help.