[mythtv-users] New to HD, which nvidia card

Brad brad at bradandkim.net
Mon Apr 10 02:02:06 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 16:10 -0600, Brian Wood wrote:

> Just personal opinions, but:
> 
> For Myth something like a 5200 would be fine. When you say you want  
> "gaming" that opens up a whole 'nother can of worms, what games? at  
> what resolution? what framerate?
> 
> For the $140 you mentioned you could get a 6600 or even a 6800 series  
> card if you shop around, more than enough for anything except what I  
> would consider "nutcase" gamers. Dropping down you could get a 6200  
> for $60 or less, and most of them are fanless.
> 
> IMHO the 5200 et al are the best for Myth, moving to the 6xxx cards  
> you lose the Chroma-key in exchange for shaders and pay more money  
> for no better performance on video.
> 
> But if you want better gaming performance than a 5200 can give you by  
> all means go to a 6xxx card.
> 
> I hear they even make 7800s with AGP interfaces now, and the low-end  
> ones are not *that* much more than your price point, in 6 months they  
> will probably be available for $140 :-)
> 
> If you do go with a 6800 or even a 6600 watch your power supply  
> rating and be careful of heat.

Yeah, I am definitely not talking about nutcase gaming.  Like I said,
all I play right now is Qake 3 Arena, but would like to know that if I
stumble on a new game I want to play I won't be stuck with a card that
can't keep up.  I looked at the 7800 AGP and was tempted, but thought
for the price is it really worth it, especially given potential heat,
power and noise problems.  Thanks for the advice.

-- 
Brad Crotchett, RHCE
brad at bradandkim.net



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