[mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? (Yes, I did search)

[Scott Harris]

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> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Galen
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? 
> (Yes, I did search)
> 
> I have been eyeing the 5200FX as an inexpensive option 
> actually. Does the s-video output vary from brand to brand? I 
> really like the idea of having the video output to s-video if 
> there's no other display. Does the fan vary in 
> volume/presence from brand to brand? I would imagine that at 
> least the fan varies from brand to brand, if not the s-video 
> and possibly other attributes - can anybody specify brands if 
> relevant?
> 
> Has anybody tested the 1920 x 1080 DVI out? I thought I heard 
> there were issues with this. I'm basically looking to output 
> full-resolution HDTV to a device like a LCD monitor. Am I 
> completely off-base, or have their been issues with this?
> 
> Out of curiosity, does the VRAM have any impact on 
> performance, particularly with XvMC? Is XvMC a universal 
> thing, or are higher-end cards required to handle XvMC and 
> 1080i? I'm not exactly in the mood to decrypt white papers 
> regarding XvMC or dig through source code and try to 
> understand how precisely it works and how that would apply to 
> answer this practical question... if there's a nice bit of 
> practical documentation on XvMC somewhere on the net that I'm 
> not finding with Google, I'd love it if someone would point 
> me in that direction.
> 
> Thanks!
> 

If one were to get the 5200FX or other Nvidia card, and couple 
it with a PVR-350, could you use the PVR for the signal decoding 
and then output via the 5200FX?  I'm assuming if this is possible
then a lot of us could solve our DVD problems by setting output
for DVD to the 5200.