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

[Mitch Gore]

so how do i go about installing the drivers for fedorea?  I assume i cant
just do a yum install kmod-nvidia.

Thanks
Mitchell

On 4/10/07, Rod Smith <mythtv at rodsbooks.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
>
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> Rod Smith
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