[mythtv-users] TODAY, which is better: Radeon 9100IGP, or GeForce 5700?

Paul Greidanus paul at majestik.org
Wed Aug 11 02:40:53 EDT 2004


I can't comment on those cards specifically, but I do know that 
Nvidia's support for Linux has been much better then ATI's support.  
I'm running a Geforce with Gentoo, and it's running wonderfully, and 
I've had lots of troubles running ATI cards,  with drivers taking out X 
and a few other freezing problems.

on the myth side, which you already commented on, I can't see either 
card breaking a sweat displaying the mythtv stuff..

On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:58 PM, Dean Blackburn wrote:

> howdy, I have some machines getting ready to be built, and we have one 
> last decision to make: Go ATI or Nvidia with video out. On the windows 
> side, things lean a bit towards the ATI, and certainly from a cost* 
> perspective, it's a huge win, but I've seen so many posts about ATI 
> card difficulties.
>
> Is this really a big deal? One problem with a project like this, is 
> that the main developers and maintainers almost always try to steer 
> clear of endorsing specific hardware/distros/etc, in part because if 
> they appear to support something specific, they'll get hatemail from 
> everyone else, and support queries from those that buy what they 
> suggest. Understandable, but at times inconvenient...
>
> Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone's had, say, "great success" with 
> the Radeon 9100IGP, or if I should just hunker down and go with a 
> 5700. I should also mention that these machines will* be dual boot, 
> and will occasionally need the myth-wasted graphics horsepower for 
> various windows (and linux??) apps, games, etc.
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> -deano
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