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

[myth joe]

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On 4/22/05, Scott Harris <sharris at synthys.com> wrote:
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> > [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Galen
> > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:13 PM
> > To: Discussion about mythtv
> > 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!
> >
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> 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.
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