[mythtv-users] Graphics card recommendation

[Phill Wiggin]

Bryan Halter wrote:

>dave sailer wrote:
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>>Mike Robinson wrote:
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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
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I'm using an ATI 9200SE (AGP), and the video is active at boot. 

I have some issues with rolling horizontal distortion (_very_ minor) 
that are caused by the svideo cable (the old S-video cable that I had to 
replace worked fine with no distortion).


--Phill W.