[mythtv-users] Details on Nvidia 6200 (was:Best nvidia video card for Myth)

Tom Lichti tom at redpepperracing.com
Tue Jun 12 15:48:02 UTC 2007


Thomas Kessler wrote:
> On 6/12/07, *MartinG* <gronslet at gmail.com <mailto:gronslet at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     On 6/12/07, Brad DerManouelian <myth at dermanouelian.com
>     <mailto:myth at dermanouelian.com>> wrote:
>     > I'm thrilled with my 6200. It's not fanless because I bought one
>     of the
>     > first models that came out and it's overclocked, but there are
>     fanless ones
>     > now. You only need to worry about a black and white overlay if
>     you're
>     > running with XvMC. If you have enough processing power to not
>     need XvMC, any
>     > of the nvidia cards will function properly.
>
>     Good to hear someone recommend the 6200 :)
>
>     I've got one of those myself:
>
>
> I run the 6200 also. Mine is fan less. Cost around $60 bucks I think. 
> I run two different X display. One via VGA the other via DMI to HDMI. 
> It does everything great no problems here. I used to do XvMC with HD 
> material, but stopped. With XvMC I had some jumpiness to my output. 
> Without XvMC enable there is no jumpiness. I think some of the newer 
> Nvidia cards have better XvMC support than the first that supported 
> XvMC. Might want to check that out.
>
I also have a 6200, I think it has a fan, but it's not too loud. I use 
XvMC on all HD content, and it is rock solid, so it can be done.

Tom



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