[mythtv-users] My experience with HD video and the Nvidia 6200TC

[James C. Dastrup]

>>> I've also tried a Radeon 9000 with the "radeon" driver because it is
>>> fanless, but it performed much worse and has a pink bar on the right
>>> side of a 1080i video. I'm hoping to find a card that's slightly better
>>> than the 8500 without a fan that will still work with the X.org driver
>>> and will use somewhat less CPU time.
>>>
>>> Jonathan Rogers
>>>  
>> I run a Radeon 9250 and it has the pink bar.  This weekend I finally got
>> around to installing linux (dual-boot) on my laptop. After installing
>> mythfrontend I was surprised to see no pink bar on 1080i programs with
>> it's Mobility 9600.
>

That's because you are now using a 9600 or above.

>
>Yeah, I failed to research the Radeon 9000 before I bought it; it's
>inferior to the 8500. The 9250 is very similar to the 9000 I believe. I
>should have read the following page before buying. It doesn't talk about
>limitations of the video overlay, but it does talk about relative
>performance.
>

Avoid these problems by using a 9600 or above. The 9600 and above are 
the cards that are advertised by ATI to support HDTV.





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