[mythtv-users] hardware choices

[Peter A. Daly]

ATI in general has very poor Linux support.  You will pay either way.

Sick with ATI, and at best you will probably pay with your time.  You may
never get it to work right.  It may be fine...but unless someone here knows
specifics about your card, then it's a crap shoot.

Go with NVidia and your wallet will be $50-60 lighter, but you will have a
card that has pretty good Linux driver support and is well supported with
MythTV.  IIRC (I don't own one) - the GeForce 5200 boards are a great value
for the money.  You will most likely get it working with much less time
investment.

-Pete
http://www.mythpvr.com

On 10/15/06, Lord Darkhelmet <lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
>
> for right now I'm just looking for basic PVR duties - time shift and
> record tv plus play music off the network and play dvds.  I have a
> single tuner capture card (hauppauge 150)  but might add a second one
> down the road if this turns out well.  The TV is a Hitachi 51GWX20B with
> DVI input.
>
> Are ATI cards a pain to get working or just do not "look" as good as
> nvidia ?    Thanks.
>
> Dean.
>
> Steven Adeff wrote:
> > On 10/14/06, lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca
> > <lord_darkhelmet at accesscomm.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have a couple options for hardware to run myth and would like some of
> the
> >> gurus to show me the way.  I'm mainly concerned with ease of driver
> install and
> >> video quality.
> >>
> >> Choices are:
> >>
> >> machine 1:
> >> socket 754 sempron 2800+
> >> either a foxconn  761GXK8MC-RS  SIS based board or a asus nf3 based
> board.  Both
> >> have the same onboard realtek alc653 5.1 audio
> >> ati 9800 pro agp
> >> 512mb ram
> >> 120gb  seagate pata drive
> >> nec 16x dvdrw
> >>
> >> machine 2:
> >> amd 3500+ socket 939
> >> foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS w/onboard alc850 sound
> >> asus 6200 pci-x video with dvi out
> >> 512mb ram
> >> 120gb  seagate pata drive
> >> nec 16x dvdrw
> >>
> >> I started out with a different hardware config on fedora core 5 and had
> driver
> >> issues so I'm starting from scratch.
> >>
> >
> > don't bother with the ATI card stick with nvidia.
> > what are your intentions with Myth?
> >
> >
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