[mythtv-users] Video Card Recommendation
Brian Wood
beww at beww.org
Tue Aug 12 00:00:31 UTC 2008
Sarah Katherine Hayes wrote:
> Out of interest what distro are you using? And have you made sure it's
> using the intel driver? Finally, have you considered playing with the
> latest Intel releases?
>
> Whilst a GeForce card (between 5xxx and 7xxx series) is probably the
> simplest way to go exploring other options (newer drivers, xorg.conf
> tweaking and such) with the onboard module might prove less irksome in
> the future.
>
> Keep in mind that currently there is little to no hand off between the
> GFX and CPU for things like H264 (which might affect you, not sure if
> your a MPEG2-HD person) so massive GPU's will tend to sit idle in
> MythTV. So a cheap Nvidia card is better compared to a super expensive
> one in that respect.
The OP mentioned reviews I believe. Remember that such reviews are
usually written by gamers, who have a very different set of requirements
than Myth users. Most gamers would not know what XvMC was, take such
reviews with a large grain of NaCl.
beww
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