[mythtv-users] nvidia card on a budget suggestions

Egeekial egeekial at comcast.net
Tue May 31 17:54:03 UTC 2005


Why does it have to be an NVIDIA card? I have found that ATI's linux 
drivers are light years ahead of NVIDIA's... in terms of stability at least.

gLaNDix (Jesse Kaufman) wrote:

> i asked this a while back, but either didn't get many specific 
> responses or i deleted them and can't remember what people suggested! :p
>
> anyway, i'm wanting to replace my ATI AIW 9600 non-pro in my myth 
> frontend with a non-capture video card (i really want the AIW in my 
> windows box, since parts of the card are going to waste currently) ... 
> i'm def on a budget, so not looking into the highest, most 
> cutting-edge nvidia cards, but i want something that will last me a 
> while and is comparable to the Radeon 9600 ...
>
> i've got a transcoder already, so as long as it has a second vga-out, 
> i'm fine ... however, if it's supported, i could always use a 
> single-head vid card, since i've got my system's framebuffer support 
> configured so it outputs 480p, so my hdtv works as a monitor ... but, 
> i'm not sure if all the tv-related tweaks (hd timings, center mode 
> stuff, etc) are all supported on a single-vga card ... i'm wanting to 
> spend well under $100 ... anyone recommend any specific nvidia cards 
> to check out?  not interested in gaming, so 3D performance means 
> nothing to me, only movie quality
>
> -g-
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