[mythtv-users] Cheap GeForce4 MX 440
Joseph A. Caputo
jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Mar 23 22:06:36 UTC 2005
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 16:56, Will Dormann wrote:
> Shawn Asmussen wrote:
> >
> > Anybody thinking about getting one of these should keep in mind that
a
> > significant number of people (including myself) have had problems
with
> > the MX 440 and Nvidia's more recent driver versions. Unless you're
> > really trying hard to save the money, my recommendation would be to
> > shell out the extra $30 or so and get at least a 5200.
>
> What sort of problems?
>
> I'm running an MX4000 (Die-shrunk MX 440) with no real problems.
Different revision of the GF4 MX 440 use(d) different TV encoder chips
for their TV-out. Depending on who you ask, some are great and some
suck.
My original LeadTek GF4 MX 420 used an NV17 encoder chip, which was
probably about as good as I could have wanted without going to a
PVR-350 or DVI/component.
My new(er) on-board (Chaintech 7NIF2) GF4 MX 440 uses an NV18 encoder,
which IMHO really sucks.
Just my $.02.
-JAC
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