[mythtv-users] Motherboards: help me understand my choices

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sat Aug 30 20:42:51 UTC 2008


Mark Goldberg wrote:

> I had a 6150 based motherboard that worked fine (M2NPV-VM, No longer made), but
> all of these chips are somewhat dated and don't support Nvidia's
> latest Hi Def features.
> Their drivers for linux don't support those features yet either, but
> the drivers are changing
> pretty rapidly, so there's hope.

6150 based boards are still available on the market, at least for Socket
939 processors:

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=A8N-LA-WB&cat=MBB

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=A8N-LA-PB&cat=MBB

These appear to be former spares for HP systems (the BIOS is copyright
by HP). I have had very good results with them, though I am not using
them for Myth. I've got two of them with FX-60 dual-core CPUs.

I like the 6150 on-board, with the possibility of upgrading the video
with the PCI-Express 16X slot. The FX-60 is admittedly dated, but runs
quite well.

The 3 PCI slots are handy for PVRs as well.

beww


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