[mythtv-users] Whats the difference between nvidia MX4000 and 5200

Michael T. Dean mtdean at thirdcontact.com
Tue Apr 10 21:31:20 UTC 2007


On 04/10/2007 04:44 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Apr 10, 2007, at 2:37 PM, A JM wrote:
>> It also was recently "legacy'd" as previously mentioned, no more
>> support. It will be well worth the extra $'s to buy something more
>> current I'm currently looking at the 6200 series.
> There is the matter of the chroma-key support in the 5000 series and  
> not in the later cards. The only practical difference that I'm aware  
> of that might be of concern to Myth users is that it's much easier to  
> get a color OSD when using XvMC with a 5000-series card.
>
> Obviously only of interest to a minority of users, but if you are  
> part of that minority...

And, of interest to more people (i.e. those who buy an appropriate CPU 
for their systems so they don't need XvMC) is the fact that the playback 
picture controls (brightness/contrast/colou{0,1}r/hue) don't work 
without the overlay.  So, if you like to adjust 
brightness/contrast/etc., the 5200 is a better choice (for now) than the 
6200.  Once it's end-of-lifed, though...

Mike


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