[mythtv-users] PVR 500 and nforce2 chipset

[Larry K]

Is there a drop-off in picture quality going from a pair of 250s to a 500? I
seem to remember reading something about that.

On 9/24/05, Larry K <lunchtimelarry at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks!
>
> On 9/24/05, Robert Denier <denier at umr.edu> wrote:
> >
> > As you can see, my pvr150 seems fine. I'm not really using the bt878
> > based card, although
> > I need to get another 150 and it will be as if I was running a 500, more
> > or less.
> >
> > I forgot some of the details I went through to get it working, but I may
> > be able to figure them
> > out if you have a specific question.
> >
> > -Robert
> >
> > 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (different
> > version?) (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 1
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 4
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 3
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 2
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Memory Controller 5
> > (rev c1)
> > 0000:00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A ISA bridge (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP2A SMBus (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> > (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> > (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2A USB Controller
> > (rev a2)
> > 0000:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation MCP2S AC'97
> > Audio Controller (rev a1)
> > 0000:00:08.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP2A PCI Bridge (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:09.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP2A IDE (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:0b.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce2 Serial ATA
> > Controller (rev a3)
> > 0000:00:1e.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce2 AGP (rev c1)
> > 0000:01:06.0 Multimedia video controller: Internext Compression Inc
> > iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder (rev 01)
> > 0000:01:08.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878
> > Video Capture (rev 11)
> > 0000:01:08.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio
> > Capture (rev 11)
> > 0000:01:0a.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage II+
> > 215GTB [Mach64 GTB] (rev 9a)
> > 0000:01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> > RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 14:17 -0400, Larry K wrote:
> > > I am thinking about making the plunge on the PVR-500, but I thought I
> > > better ask if there are any problems getting this card to work on an
> > > nforce2 system before I jump in.
> > >
> > > Can anyone weigh in?
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> >
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