[mythtv-users] yet another hardware list

[john lawler]

Thanks to both you and Jarod for your feedback.  I think I'll probably 
go with this board.  Sounds like a good one, and I don't mind about the 
Dolby so much... vanilla sound's fine for me right now (hehe, you can 
tell I'm no hardcore home theater type--just trying to replace my 
replaytv with something much more functional and configurable).

Thanks guys,

jl

J. Donavan Stanley wrote:

> john lawler wrote:
> 
>> Thanks for the feedback.  I checked out that mobo, and it looks pretty
>> nice.  I would like to not have to buy a separate video adapter,
>> especially if this s-video'll work out okay with the nvidia drivers.
>>
>> Have you used this motherboard yourself?  I'm a bit concerned about the
>> "shared system memory".  I assume that means the card has no dedicated 
>> RAM
>> and has to borrow from the main RAM.  Have you ever used a card like this
>> before?  Does it hog much RAM?
>>
>> I've read the archives on this model and it sounds like some are using 
>> it.
>>  Did I read somewhere that using the onboard video requires you to cut
>> back the FSB to 133 or 166?  Would that not be problematic for moving 
>> lots
>> of data?
>>
> 
> I'm using it in my "production" (as opposed to my dev and test) system 
> now and I'm very pleased with it.  The only thing I don't like is the 
> lack of the dolby SoundStorm on the MB.  After days of research I've 
> found exactly ONE nForce2 MB with onboard Geforce with TV-OUT and the 
> dolby digital on board...  After speaking with the manufacturer I've 
> been informed that they're getting out of the MB business. :/
> 
> By saving you a slot, I was thinking more of your case than anything else.
> 
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