[mythtv-users] Recommended hardware for MythGame

[Paul Poetsma]

Thanks, this is good feedback. I was suspecting that a graphics card is the 
solution, but the Joe's measurements prove it. Of to the shop then for an 
FX5200. Does it matter which one, because vendors offers multiple FX5200 
cards. 128Mb memory is more than enough, passive cooling if I want to stay 
happily married, but are there other features to consider?

Paul

On Tuesday 21 February 2006 03:00, Joe Votour wrote:
> --- "Michael T. Dean" <mtdean at thirdcontact.com> wrote:
> > Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> > >Paul Poetsma wrote:
> > >>I've tried running games with MythGame on a 1GHz
> >
> > Duron with a PVR350
> >
> > >>connected to the TV. The performance is horable.
> >
> > The CPU goes through the
> >
> > >>roof.
> > >>
> > >>I've recently changed the CPU to an Athlon XP
> >
> > 1600+ because the Duron broke,
> >
> > >>but I haven't tested MythGames yet. Will such a
> >
> > setup work now or do I have
> >
> > >>to add a graphics card as well? Where is the
> >
> > bottleneck?
> >
> > >>I'm looking forward to your
> >
> > recommendations/experiences.
> >
> > >Isn't the problem that the PVR-350 lacks any kind
> >
> > of OpenGL
> >
> > >acceleration?  I think you're going to need a
> >
> > graphics card.
> >
> >
> >
> > I've heard that it's usable with John Harvey's
> > Xv-capable X driver for
> > the PVR-350, but I've never tried it (I quit using
> > PVR-350 TV out a week
> > after I got the 350).  So, I can't say whether
> > "usable" means "passable"
> > or "works fine."
> >
> > Mike
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> It is usable, but in my experience, I'd say, "barely
> passable".  As always, since Xv support is (if I
> recall correctly) software-based on the PVR-350, the
> beefier the CPU you have, the better the performance
> you'll get.
>
> I no longer use my PVR-350's TV out, having instead
> opted for my nVidia 5200FX, Bob deinterlacing and the
> Chromakey OSD hack.  But when I was using the PVR-350,
> I did a comparison between the 5200FX and the PVR-350
> using my favorite game, Mortal Kombat II.
>
> On my system (Athlon64 3200+ in 32-bit mode, 512MB of
> RAM) the PVR-350 scored an average of 30fps.  The
> nVidia 5200FX card was averaging 55fps.  Also the
> PVR-350 required scaling to fit MK2 on the screen
> (apparently xmame needed more than 480 pixels in the
> vertical direction) so it also looked kinda crappy.
>
> So really, it depends on the game, but in using the
> Chromakey OSD, the issue of Bob wacking up the OSD is
> solved (transparency is lost, but that's not a big
> deal), so I'm back to using my 5200FX.
>
> -- Joe
>
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