[mythtv-users] Graphics card recommendation

[Bryan Halter]

dave sailer wrote:
> Mike Robinson wrote:
>
>> Bryan Halter wrote:
>>
>>> well I'd probably go with the fx 6xxx series for PCI-E.  I'm very
>>> pleased with my AGP and PCI fx5200s and wouldn't dream of switching
>>> to ATI
>>
>>
>> Would you recommend getting a PCI FX5200 and a motherboard with PCIe
>> in case I want to upgrade in the future?
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> on my nforce mb, I've tried both an MX4000 and an FX5200. The only
> difference I noticed was with the FX5200 I would get mild but
> noticeable diagonal lines across the screen with s-video out (which I
> use exclusively). I second the note on ati - tried it, couldn't even
> get it to work.
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Interesting in my mythbox I'm using an AGP fx5200 without any of that.  
The reason I like the Nvidia based cards is that the TV-Out is active at
boot so you can do bios updates as necessary not sure if ATI supports
that but it was a selling feature when I bought the card.  As far as
PCI/PCI-E go most PCI-E boards come with 3 or 4 pci slots so if you buy
the PCI-E card and find it unworkable you can switch it for a PCI
version.  The new box I'm planning will be using PCI-E