[mythtv-users] nVidia card

[Seth Heckard]

On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 09:58 -0800, Alan Hagge wrote:
> Morten,
> 
> Depends a lot on your primary use.  I don't think many 5500 (and higher) 
> cards are passively cooled, so they'll probably be louder than a 
> passively-cooled 5200.  If all you want to do is (HD)TV playback, the 
> 5200 seems to be a great choice (based on others' comments).  If you 
> want to do more, then a 5500 (or better) might be the ticket.
> 
> For example:
> 
> For ME, I wanted a QUIET card (for MythTV watching), but one with enough 
> power to run recent games well.  I wound up going with an MSI GeForce 
> 6600GT/AGP model NX6600GT-VTD128 
> (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-127-150&depa=0).  
> I CAN vouch for the quietness (it's completely swamped by my case/PS 
> fans), but I don't yet have MythTV fully operational, so I can't comment 
> on the speed/capabilities.  I don't play a lot of commercial games, but 
> it's great for Racer (http://www.racer.nl/).
> 
> Personally, I'd DEFINITELY stick to nVidia cards under Linux, at least 
> for now.  From other posts, ATI is still a ways behind on their Linux 
> drivers.

Is there any difference between a 5200 and a 6200 or a 6600 for pure
Myth HDTV use?  I don't care about games, simply MPEG-2 decoding.

Some 6200s/6600s have component out dongles.  Do any 5200s do?  I have
seen stuff that suggests that they can with the proper dongle.  Does
anybody even use it?

Especially since some cards are rumored to have MPEG-2 decoding on the
chip, I'd hate to buy the wrong one if the drivers would support it one
day.

-- 
Seth Heckard / seth at heckard.com