[mythtv] 1080p capable video cards?

[Derek Atkins]

Have you looked at the Nvidia 6200 series cards?  Supposedly those
can do 1080p.

-derek

Quoting Jan Vilhuber <jan at vilhuber.com>:

> (sorry if this is off-topic..)
>
> I'm hunting for the apparently rarest of beasts, that is an AGP
> nvidia card that supports (I'm told) dual-link TMDS, is fanless, and
> won't break the bank. I'm not sure I NEED dual-link TMDS. What I need
> is a sufficiently high pixel clock.
>
> I had bought a gigabyte fx5200 card, but it can't drive my 1080p HDTV
> (WD-57731). Something about
> the card not being able to handle the pixel-clock required by the TV
> (been communicating with nvidia tech support to figure this out). The
> card can go up to 135MHz, and the TV wants 148 or so:
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce FX 5200 at PCI:
> 2:0:0:
> (--) NVIDIA(0):     Mitsubishi MEUSPTV8 (DFP-0)
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Mitsubishi MEUSPTV8 (DFP-0): 135.0 MHz maximum pixel
> clock
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Mitsubishi MEUSPTV8 (DFP-0): Internal Single Link TMDS
> ...
> (--) NVIDIA(0): Detailed Timings:
> (--) NVIDIA(0):   1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz
> (--) NVIDIA(0):     Pixel Clock      : 148.50 MHz
>
> I just ordered a Biostar GEFORCE 6200A-256M, but now I'm having
> doubts whether it will work.
>
> Can anyone recommend a card that fits the parameters? Or ANY card
> that won't break the bank (I may have to build a new myth-box, I guess)?
>
> frustrated,
> jan
>
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