[mythtv-users] Intel 965GM or 512MB NVIDIA Quadro NVS 120M for Front End? (David Kramer)

[Steven Adeff]

On 5/11/07, Calin Brabandt <cbrabandt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Apropos to the discussion:
>
> > http://kerneltrap.org/node/8185
>
> > This announcement adds more fuel to the fire.  The
> 2.0 intel driver is
> > available from some distributions already.  Gentoo
> has it masked for
> > example.  I look forward to the day when Intel ships
> discrete graphics
> > and nouveau becomes good enough for HDTV.
>
> > Yan
>
>
> > On 5/10/07, Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> wrote:
> > > Calin Brabandt <cbrabandt at yahoo.com> says:
> > > > I recently built the Intel drivers from git
> repositories and found
> > > > the results to be satisfoctory on my G915.
> > >
> > > Although I'm very happy with the output my Nvidia
> 6200TC puts out,
> > > it's good to hear that a true open-source graphics
> driver is
> available
> > > for high-definition MythTV use (my frontend has a
> Intel motherboard
> > > with the 915g chipset).
> > >
> > > Can the driver handle 1080p output, I wonder? That
> is, can the
> refresh
> > > rate be high enough to take advantage of Bob
> deinterlacing
> > >
> >
> (<URL:http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/246494#246494>)2?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Yeechang Lee <ylee at pobox.com> | +1 650 776 7763 |
> San Francisco CA US
> > > _______________________________________________
>
> I contacted one of the Intel driver devs about the
> newly released drivers and my experiences with video
> tearing on my G965.  It's a known issue and the driver
> doesn't attempt to sync the video update to retrace,
> so tearing results.  The tearing is most noticable on
> HD.
> However, sync is on the list for future development
> so we'll just need to keep checking the release notes.

lets hope its high on their list since it was just recently fixed in
the nvidia drivers, theres quite a few boards with Intel 9xx graphics
chips.

-- 
Steve
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