[mythtv-users] Re: nvidia fx5200 help please badly needed

Michael J. Lynch mlynch at gcom.com
Tue Dec 28 16:27:47 UTC 2004


Nope.

Neil wrote:

> Ok. Now, here is another question. I'm a little confused about doing a 
> combo with FX5200 and the pvr cards. I know that PVR-250 doesn't have 
> any mpeg decoder feature while as the PVR-350 have this kind of 
> feature. If I buy the nvidia FX5200 card and PVR-350, will I still be 
> able to use 350's mpeg decoding feature and have it tv-out on the 
> FX5200 card?
> Thanks,
> Neil
> Brandon Beattie writes:
>
>> They are all pretty much the same.  The chip is what is important, not
>> really who makes it.  Some cards varry, but by so little it really
>> doesn't make a difference for a HTPC.  If you have an option of buying
>> one with a fan or without, go for without if noise in the HTPC is
>> important, otherwise the extra air doesn't hurt.  Mine does not have a
>> fan, but I've made sure the case fan moves air over the heatsink enough
>> to keep the card and more important the cards around it cooler. I did
>> have one fx5200 go bad, probably due to overheating in my old case which
>> I filled to the max and it couldn't handle that.
>> --Brandon
>> On Tue, Dec 28, 2004 at 01:37:54AM -0600, Neil wrote:
>>
>>> hey guys, 
>>> I'm about to buy an Nvidia FX5200 PCI with DVI interface at 
>>> newegg.com to build my own mythtv. But found out that there are many 
>>> models of this. Which should I buy please? Please respond. I only 
>>> wanted a PCI version as my board doesn't have an AGP slot. 
>>> Thanks, 
>>> Neil _______________________________________________
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>>
>>
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