[mythtv-users] Video card: GeForce 7300LE ok? TV + desktop dual use?

[Steve Greene]

I would avoid the GeForce 7300 if you are planning to use 64-bit Gutsy
Gibbon, the latest Ubuntu release.  Probably fine for the 32-bit
version.  I ended up buying the 7500 because of this issue.

Steve


On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 01:34 -0600, Todd wrote:

> Greetings, 
> 
> On the criteria of really cheap + nvidia + fanless + svideo out, I'm
> considering a GeForce 7300-based PCI-Express card to replace a PCI
> card that's currently in the box and taking up a PCI slot I want to
> fill with a third tuner:
> 
>  MSI NX7300LE-TD128EH - $29.99
>  GeForce 7300LE 128MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card 
>  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127273
> 
> Q1: Is it reasonable to expect low drama with this card with respect
> to drivers?   
> 
> Q2: On my Ubuntu based frontend+backend+pc system, will this enable me
> to:
>         a) watch myth on an old tube TV with svideo input
>       while also
>         b) doing other stuff on the VGA monitor connected via dsub?
> 
> Q3: If not... would leaving my existing PCI video card in the system
> as well possibly enable that scenario?
> 
> I've never done dual monitors on anything, particularly Linux, and am
> not sure how well Linux supports TV outputs, etc.  I'm not sure if the
> outputs on these cards look like separate displays to the OS, or if
> they're just different interfaces for the single "display"?  It would
> be spiffy to put the old tube TV to some good use in this capacity,
> though.
> 
> Thanks much for any insight! 
> 
> Todd 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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