[mythtv-users] Decent, Inexpensive Video Card? (Yes, I did search)

[Galen]

I'm looking for some suggestions for an inexpensive AGP video card 
here. I'm building a stand-alone HDTV system, there are no other 
planned uses (no games, etc), with an Athlon 64 3200, possibly an A64 
3500 depending on cost when I purchase. Motherboard supports AGP 8x. In 
theory, the graphics card doesn't need to be something too massive, 
just a solid conduit to the screen, perhaps with XvMC to boost 
performance a little. In particular, I would like to be able to run 
full 1920 x 1080 via DVI, be able to use a DVI to VGA adapter if 
desired (pretty standard), and boot directly to S-Video (for when I am 
hooked to an analog TV). Is such a thing possible? Can you offer any 
suggestions?

Yes, I did search, but I'm having a little difficulty putting 
everything together; 1920x1080 DVI issues, S-Video booting, etc. Your 
help would be appreciated.

As for my background, I'm a spoiled Mac user working on plans for an 
HDTV MythTV box. :P I'm really comfortable with the unix-stuff on the 
software-only side, but the hardware and driver stuff, especially under 
Linux requires some adjustment on my part! I'm used to hardware working 
or not with pretty straightforward drivers (and in most cases, none at 
all - it just works), and the thought of recompiling my kernel for 
hardware support is still slightly amusing to me. I'm sure it will 
become serious enough soon enough, however! I have done some work on my 
darwin kernel under OS X, manually patching it to change the power 
management for my laptop, but that was super non-standard stuff. I've 
also made some custom builds of VLC for OpenGL accelerated YUV 
conversion, custom builds of DVD rippers for enhanced quality encoding, 
etc. So I'm not a dummy, but I'm just not an x86/Linux hardware expert, 
if that makes any sense to you people out there.

-Galen