[mythtv-users] Video Card Recommendation

Brian C. Huffman bhuffman at graze.net
Mon Aug 11 20:05:59 UTC 2008


John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Brian C. Huffman <bhuffman at graze.net> wrote:
> > I'm upgrading my backend /frontend combination and my new configuration consists of an Intel motherboard w/ 1066MHz bus and an Intel Core2 Duo E7200 (2.53GHz) processor.
> >
> > The onboard Intel video is definitely not cutting it.  I have a PCI express slot that I can use.
> >
> > Obviously I'm still trying to keep prices down but I also need quality, so what's the lowest series of Nvidia card that I could get to have a good HD picture without using XvMC?  Also, how much memory should the card have?
> >
> 
> ASUS EN7200GS/HTD/256M GeForce 7200GS 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express
> x16 Video Card - Retail  $31.99
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121085

So this should be able to handle High Definition (including the new OpenGL overlays) without using XvMC?  Worried b/c the reviews aren't extremely positive..

Brian


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