[mythtv-users] can Nvidia 7800GS play HD?

Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. webe3vt at aim.com
Thu Feb 21 18:52:01 UTC 2013


On Thu, 2013-02-21 at 10:34 -0600, jedi wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 09:40:45AM -0500, Brent S. Elmer Ph.D. wrote:
> > I have an old computer I am trying to make into a mythfrontend.  The
> > video card is a BFG overclocked Nvidia 7800GS in a 4 X AGP slot.  I am 
> 
>     If you are going to use that video card, then you need to have a CPU
> that can handle the heavy lifting involved in video decoding. It sounds
> like your CPU is not quite up to the task.
> 
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That is the last AGP card that Nvidia made.  So, I can't improve on
that.  The processor is an AMD Athlon 1800+.  It may end up having to be
an SD frontend only.

Brent



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