[mythtv-users] TODAY, which is better: Radeon 9100IGP, or GeForce 5700?

[David]

Dean Blackburn wrote:

> howdy, I have some machines getting ready to be built, and we have one 
> last decision to make: Go ATI or Nvidia with video out. On the windows 
> side, things lean a bit towards the ATI, and certainly from a cost* 
> perspective, it's a huge win, but I've seen so many posts about ATI 
> card difficulties.
>
> Is this really a big deal? One problem with a project like this, is 
> that the main developers and maintainers almost always try to steer 
> clear of endorsing specific hardware/distros/etc, in part because if 
> they appear to support something specific, they'll get hatemail from 
> everyone else, and support queries from those that buy what they 
> suggest. Understandable, but at times inconvenient...
>
> Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone's had, say, "great success" with 
> the Radeon 9100IGP, or if I should just hunker down and go with a 
> 5700. I should also mention that these machines will* be dual boot, 
> and will occasionally need the myth-wasted graphics horsepower for 
> various windows (and linux??) apps, games, etc.
>
For _Myth_ I'd go with Radeon.
Their drivers may be closed but a) they exist and b) they support all 
their latest cards.

Kudos to ATI for releasing the specs etc - but given their size, the 
size of the market and Radeon's obvious efforts, specs+(re)source would 
be better.

For the dual boot aspect then if you really need the extra fps or 
whatever then I can't help :)

David