[mythtv-users] A7N266-VM S-Video, DVI addon card. Experiences?

[Dan Conti]

My understanding of that add-on card is it is just a pass through for the
onboard video. There are bios settings on that motherboard to control
things like the tv-out format, etc; the only potential problem point would
be figuring out which tv encoder chip it uses.

One other point, if you buy the add-on card you are still using a chunk of
system memory as video memory, so you're going to take a performance hit
for that.

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Amit Punjabi wrote:

> I was thinking of building a MythTV box around an Asus A7N266-VM
> motherboard.  I figure it's got built in video, lan, sound, an optical
> sound output, and unlike the Chaintech 7NIF2, there's no fan on the
> motherboard.  However, the Chaintech has Svideo built in, so I'd have to
> get an additional card.
>
> Everyone says that they're happy using the Geforce 4 MX440 svideo
> output, so I could get one of those for around ~$40, but then I noticed
> that Asus has an add-on card that Newegg sells for $25 shipped that
> includes Svideo and DVI:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-209&depa=1
>
> Anyone have any experience with this?  I like the features of the
> Chaintech, but when you're trying to make a quiet computer, fans are the
> the enemy.
>
> Krackato
>
>
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