[mythtv-users] Video card recommendation for 24" LCD (1920x1200)

Damon Searle djsearle at netspace.net.au
Mon Dec 19 03:54:38 EST 2005


I have an NVidia 5200 and a dell 2405FPW and it works at 1920x1200. I had to
use powerstrip in Windows to get a modeline that would work though.

Modeline "Powerstrip1920"   151.138   1920 1960 1992 4040   1200 1201 1204
1232  -hsync

Damon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Andy Leung
> Sent: Monday, 19 December 2005 7:48 PM
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Video card recommendation for 24" LCD (1920x1200)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm planning a new PC. It will run myth but also act
> as my work PC and web/app/database server. I'll only
> watch myth on my computer monitor (not on TV) which
> will be Dell 2405FPW. The resolution of that monitor
> is 1920x1200.
> 
> >From what I read about Myth, the recommended video
> card is Nvidia 5200. But according to the dell website
> (
> http://www1.us.dell.com/content/learnmore/learnmore.aspx?c=us&cs=555&l=en&
> s=biz&~id=monitors&~line=desktops&~mode=popup&~series=optix&~tab=other#tn1
> ), 5200 does not support the resolution of the 2405FPW
> monitor.
> 
> Now I could go with a higher end Nvidia card. But I've
> also read that newer Nvidia cards have dropped support
> for Xvideo hardware scaling (do I need that?). Also
> I'd prefer to have a fanless card if at all possible.
> Any card you'd recommend for my situation? Thanks a
> lot.
> 
> Andy
> 
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