[mythtv-users] Motherboard with AMD 690G / ATI Radeon x1250 - any good for mythtv?

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Jul 25, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Bob wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm researching hardware for my first mythtv box.  I want to set up  
> a mATX
> diskless frontend, based on a Athlon64 X2 4800+.
>
> I'm looking at a Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H, because of the Gb  
> ethernet, TV-out
> and the HDMI output.  The extra two channels of sound might be good  
> too.
>
> But... it's got a Radeon x1250 onboard graphics.  Am I asking for  
> trouble?
>
> As I understand it ATI doesn't support XvMC, so I might be better  
> of with a
> nvidia < 8xxx.

I can't comment on any issues with the Radeon cards, but I can  
definitely tell you not to worry about XvMC when you're running with  
an AMD64 X2 4800+. There's no need for it and you'll avoid a lot of  
issues by simply not using it. :)