[mythtv-users] Videocard recommendations

[Hans Frank]

Hi,

thanks for your clues.

I am looking for a AGP-videocard and I live in Germany. The supply
with computerhardware works very good over here ;)

What about a GeForce4 with 128 MByte memory? I think I have something
like that in my basement (well hidden, I fear).

Regards
Hans

2007/6/9, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org>:
> Hans Frank wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > can someone please recommend a videocard for use under Linux (Fedora
> > Core 7). I need a videocard where the TV-Out is supported and can
> > transmit signals to my TV. What has the videocard else have to be able
> > to? I think a cheap one should be enough?
> >
> > What I want to do is watch DVDs/Videofiles and TV (DVB-T) over mythTV on my TV.
>
> The answer depends a lot of what bus type your motherboard has.
>
> The nVidia-based 5200 cards are pretty much the baseline for MythTV
> systems. Most of them are AGP, but they can be had with PCI and even
> PCI-Express interfaces (though the last can be very hard to find).
>
> Just about any 5xxx card will work, as will 6xxx cards, though the
> latter do not have the chroma key but rather rely on shaders, they can
> work well.
>
> A lot of folks have made the ATI cards work as well, I have no direct
> experience with them.
>
> The final answer will depend on what you can find and at what price. If
> you can spend $60 or so, and are in the USA, you will have no problems
> at all. Things can get harder to find and more expensive in the "real
> world".
>
> BEWW
>
> (Folks: I've said it before, if you are using GMail and are asking about
> purchasing things it helps a LOT to state where on the planet you are
> located).
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