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

[Rob Snow]

Pretty amazing news from newegg support.  I told them of the status of this 
card and they have offered to take it back and refund me fully.  
Additionally, they are sending me my new 4200 2nd day free and I return the 
crap card once I get the new one.

Many kudos to newegg service and support!

-Rob

On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:57:51 -0600, Rob Snow wrote
> 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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