[mythtv-users] ATI Radeon 9250 Vs Nvidia GeForce 5200

[Kevin Kuphal]

Bob wrote:
> Egeekial, did you (or has anyone) get the ATI Radeon 9250 mentioned here?
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/133576?#133562
>
> I’m torn between the open source driver goodness of the 9250 and the “it 
> just works” reputation of the 5200.  They cost about the same and both 
> have passive cooling.
>
> One other thing is I’d like to be able to pump out 1080p at 60Hz over DVI 
> which is just within speck if you tinker with the timings but I know the 
> Nvidia cards have a bad rep for not meeting the DVI speck which may 
> influence my decision.
>   
Is your processor going to be able to handle software HD playback?  If 
not, get the GeForce so you can do XvMC.

Kevin