[mythtv-users] Whats the difference between nvidia MX4000 and 5200

[Rod Smith]

On Tuesday 10 April 2007 14:43, Mitch Gore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i need to buy a video card for my new frontend.  It will be SD only.  I
> know the most popular card is the 5200 but the MX4000 is ~$20 cheaper. 
> Whats really the differance when put with Myth?  Is the quality better? 
> Does one provide more CPU offload with XvMC?

I can't answer all your questions, but I do know this: nVidia officially 
supports the MX4000 only via older "legacy" drivers. (I don't recall the 
exact version numbers, though.) I know it's possible to get at least some 
later drivers to work with the MX4000 (my Ubuntu installation did this 
without complaints using its nVidia packages), but this isn't officially 
supported, and going forward, you're likely to get official support for the 
5200 longer than for the MX4000.

-- 
Rod Smith
http://www.rodsbooks.com