[mythtv-users] specific nvidia AGP card that can do HD playback?

Kevin Kuphal kkuphal at gmail.com
Wed May 14 20:49:44 UTC 2008


On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Brian Wood <beww at beww.org> wrote:
> >
> > On May 14, 2008, at 2:33 PM, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> >
> >
> > I've found the FX5200 cards to be as good as good can be for XvMC
> support.
> > Anything beyond that has been hit or miss it seems.
> >
> > Plus the fact that they have chromo-key capability, while the newer cards
> > moved to overlay, most likely for the gamers who are, after all, the
> target
> > market for most of those cards.
> > Things may change with h264 but at present I think anything more than a
> 5200
> > is not necessary.
> > I also agree that Intel seems to be up and coming in this area.
> > beww
> >
> On a similar subject. I saw on slashdot that VIA had released some of
> their framebuffer code. Would better fb drivers for VIA make them
> VIAble? (Sorry, couldn't help it)


Except that everything else about VIA = kernel oops

Kevin
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