[mythtv-users] hardware config (newbie)

[Andy Lee]

Would an NVidia GeForce FX5600 be a better bet than the 9600?  It sounds 
like an ATI card would be rather iffy...

At 11:34 PM 3/27/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>--- Andy Lee <andy at ecdsystems.com> wrote:
> >
> > I have a 1.3GHz Pentium 4 system w/512 MB of memory and a Radeon 9600
> > videocard that I would like to be able to reuse as a PVR now that it is
> > being replaced as my desktop system.  Is that reasonable?  I know it's not
> > blazing fast, but I have been hoping that if I put in a tuner card with
> > some h/w compression (Hauppauge 250/350) it should be able to record one
> > show while watching another, and/or watch live with the ability to
> > pause.  Is that a realistic expectation?
> >
> >
> >
> > -Andy
>
>Processor wise your fine with the P4 I'm guessing.  I can't comment on your
>video card, I have an NVidia.
>
>I have an AMD XP 2000 underclocked with 512MB RAM.
>cat /proc/cpuinfo shows that it's running at 1244.719 MHz
>I have 3 PVR 250's and playback of a 5MB/s stream takes up 30% cpu with the
>deinterlacing filter.  Recording takes 0% CPU practically.
>
>Billy
>
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