[mythtv-users] Worlds most craptacular GF card (Hardware Warning)

[Rob Snow]

Official, of course.  I even went through the trouble of modifying the os-registery.c 
file to try out some of the options in there...no luck. 
 
 
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 23:37:26 -0500, Patrick Benton wrote 
> Are you using the stock video drivers, or did you install the  
> official  ones from Nvida? 
>  
> On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 11:04 PM, Rob Snow wrote: 
>  
> > So I was building a new Linux box and decided to use a cheap MX type   
> > card on it as 
> > it will probably do everything I want...just some videos, light 3d   
> > just to see it work, etc. 
> > 
> > I purchased a Apollo MX440SE 64MB SDRAM card from newegg for $46, 
just   
> > the 
> > bill...cheap and reasonable performance.... 
> > 
> > What a piece of shit, the card has a improper PCI ID (0x171, should be   
> > 0x173) and 
> > runs HORRIBLE.  Quake2 runs at ~30fps maximum, glxgears runs around   
> > 650fps, 
> > MythTV gets pissed and hangs after a few seconds or a minute if I put   
> > it in window 
> > mode. 
> > 
> > Just for grins I put my 4200 in the same box while trying to debug:   
> > glxgears = 
> > 5500fps, Quake2 = 175fps and MythTV works (mostly). 
> > 
> > I had seen people getting ~2Kfps in glxgears with MX cards and figured   
> > that was 
> > enough horsepower for puttering around....this ain't that card....    
> > The worst part is that 
> > I must have thrown the original box out over the last couple of days   
> > and now I'm 
> > guessing I'm stuck with it.  I'll try newegg support out, but it would   
> > be a miracle if they 
> > took it back. 
> > 
> > Product Link: 
> > http://www.newegg.com/app/  
> > viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=apollo+440+SDR+1.3 
> > 
> > Be warned, 
> > Rob 
> > 
> > 
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