[mythtv-users] nVidia card

[Alan Hagge]

Morten,

Depends a lot on your primary use.  I don't think many 5500 (and higher) 
cards are passively cooled, so they'll probably be louder than a 
passively-cooled 5200.  If all you want to do is (HD)TV playback, the 
5200 seems to be a great choice (based on others' comments).  If you 
want to do more, then a 5500 (or better) might be the ticket.

For example:

For ME, I wanted a QUIET card (for MythTV watching), but one with enough 
power to run recent games well.  I wound up going with an MSI GeForce 
6600GT/AGP model NX6600GT-VTD128 
(http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-150&depa=0).  
I CAN vouch for the quietness (it's completely swamped by my case/PS 
fans), but I don't yet have MythTV fully operational, so I can't comment 
on the speed/capabilities.  I don't play a lot of commercial games, but 
it's great for Racer (http://www.racer.nl/).

Personally, I'd DEFINITELY stick to nVidia cards under Linux, at least 
for now.  From other posts, ATI is still a ways behind on their Linux 
drivers.

So think about what you want it for and go from there...

Good luck,

Alan

Morten Rønseth wrote:

> Ok, thanks all!
>
> So bottom line is, it's a great card for mythtv use.
>
> But, would I be better off getting an fx 5500? Is it worth putting the 
> extra money into a 256MB version rather than a 128MB? Would an MSI 
> card be a good choice?
>
> How hard is it to get TV out going?
> I've given up on my Radeon 7000 card, cannot make tv out work under 
> Mandrake 10.1 (I've tried all the drivers - radeon, ati.2, ...) its 
> just beyond me.
>
> Thanks again, this list is great help!
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> -Morten
>
> Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
>
>>On Thursday 31 March 2005 0:24, Robert Johnston wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 07:21:08 +0200, Morten Rønseth
>>><morten.ronseth at webfx.no> wrote:
>>>    
>>>
>>>> Hi Garry,
>>>> 
>>>> What make is it? I've seen various cards on ebay, some of which 
>>>> claim to be 
>>>>doing mpeg2 decoding...(which I have come to relise isn't very 
>>>>probable). 
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>Chances are, it's not "MPEG2 Decoding", it's more "MPEG2 Hardware
>>>Assistance" (In other words, XvMC)
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>Actually, I think some of the Nvidia cards actually do sport full MPEG 
>>decoders... it's just that the full decoder isn't supported under 
>>Linux.
>>
>>-JAC
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