[mythtv-users] Whats the difference between nvidia MX4000 and 5200
Rod Smith
mythtv at rodsbooks.com
Tue Apr 10 19:12:07 UTC 2007
On Tuesday 10 April 2007 14:43, Mitch Gore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i need to buy a video card for my new frontend. It will be SD only. I
> know the most popular card is the 5200 but the MX4000 is ~$20 cheaper.
> Whats really the differance when put with Myth? Is the quality better?
> Does one provide more CPU offload with XvMC?
I can't answer all your questions, but I do know this: nVidia officially
supports the MX4000 only via older "legacy" drivers. (I don't recall the
exact version numbers, though.) I know it's possible to get at least some
later drivers to work with the MX4000 (my Ubuntu installation did this
without complaints using its nVidia packages), but this isn't officially
supported, and going forward, you're likely to get official support for the
5200 longer than for the MX4000.
--
Rod Smith
http://www.rodsbooks.com
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