[mythtv-users] HDTV Video card recommendations?

[Mark]

Alex wrote:

>Yes - the change to drive product sales...
>Of course...  The change is to improve performance and to make things
>compatible with newer process technology (driving lower voltages at
>higher speeds).
>The increased performance is what is intended to drive product sales.
>Some external graphics cards are using shared system memory with the
>bandwidth afforded by the PCI-X interface.  Some graphics cards are
>employing SLI arrangements using the PCI-X interface. It is not just
>marketechture.
>
>Of course if you want an older bus, you can go find a PCI video
>card...  Matrox made some good ones in those days...
>
>If I had a PCI-X video card, I would probably use one of my PCI-X
>motherboards...  I am using a 5200 in a 865 board instead.  Works just
>fine (very stable).
>
>However I think using a 915M ("Alviso") based internal graphics (with
>built-in TV-out) would be a great choice for a Myth box if affordable
>and supported (drivers in the kernel).  The "Centrino" package can
>make for a quiet and power-friendly arrangement, and the TV-out
>  
>
A minor nit ....  it's PCI-e not PCI-X.  PCI-X is used in servers 
mostly, and there's NO video cards using that buss.  It's an extension 
of the PCI buss.