[mythtv-users] daft newbie questions :-)

[Chris Palmer]

Mike...

I don't have first-hand experience with it, since I never installed
the 4191 driver, but some folks on the list have reported performance 
problems.  I did a quick look thru the list archive and found this 
from about a week ago.  This link gets you into the relevant part of 
the thread where folks mention the issue:

  http://gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/Locks_Up_and_Slow_Performance_P55093/#55435

I pulled this snippet from there, which gives you a link to *even* 
more to read about it on the NVidia forums. :)

Gregorio Gervasio wrote on March 21,2003, 1:50am:
> Here's a long discussion with reports of 2D performance
> problems with the 1.0-4191 drivers:
> 
> http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=a6e76319689ed72255686de1a0ca141d&threadid=4997
> 
> Anyway, nVidia is aware of the problem.

Hope that helps!

-Chris


Mike Wood wrote
> Chris,
> 
> Could you tell me more about your last comment below?  What is wrong 
> with the 4191 Nvidia driver?  I have that installed now and it seems 
> ok...but I could be missing something.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
> Chris Palmer wrote:
> 
> >Bruce Markey wrote
> >  
> >
> >>Paul Smith wrote:
> >>    
> >>
> >>>If plain ATI graphics cards are a problem what's a better (low cost) 
> >>>card to use?
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>NVidia GeForce2 have the advantage of a nifty utility called
> >>nvtv which can control overscan, x,y position and lots of
> >>other controls that you wouldn't have with other cards.
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >Also, cards based on the GeForce2 MX chip are dual-headed, which
> >allow you to use TwinView, providing both monitor and tv-out at 
> >the same time (if that matters to you).  Other GeForce chipsets
> >also support TwinView.  You can find a list in the documentation
> >on NVidia's website in the linux driver section.
> >
> >http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=linux_display_1.0-3123
> >
> >There's also a version 4191 of the driver, but there are some
> >problems, so if you go with an NVidia-based card, the 3123 driver 
> >is the way to go.
> >
> >-Chris
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