[mythtv-users] Video card choices.

Greg Cope gregcope at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 08:37:48 UTC 2004


If this is not a gaming system then 64Mb should be more than sufficient.

A friend of mine told me to steer clear of FX cards due to heat issues.

I've just ordered a GF 4000MX.

Greg


On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 23:56:16 -0500 (EST), Randy Carpenter
<mythtv at rune.net> wrote:
> 
> >From reading the list, it seems that Nvidia cards are the best supported.
> I am probably going to build at least one system with separate video card
> and sound card. What would be a good choice for an nvidia card? Here are a
> couple of choices I've seen:
> 
> GF4 MX 64MB with TV out - ~$40
> GF FX 5200 128MB with TV out - ~$60
> GF FX 5200 256MB with TV out - ~$75
> 
> Is there much difference in the amount of ram or between the GF4 mx and
> the FX 5200 ? DVD playback is important, as well as TV viewing.
> 
> thanks,
> -Randy
> 
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