[mythtv-users] Motherboards: help me understand my choices

Kevin Bailey ke-myth at retriever.dyndns.org
Wed Sep 3 14:06:35 UTC 2008


On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 05:15:13PM +1000, Owen Townend wrote:
> 
> I don't have any first hand experience using an Intel IGP, until my
> AMD 780G purchase all of my graphics were nVidia discrete cards (with
> the exception of my Toshiba laptop with its Trident CyberAladdin-T
> GPU).  Reading through sites such as AnandTech and Phoronix show that
> the G45 chipset is still too new to have great driver support and the
> older G35 leaves much of the HD work to the CPU.  For a plug and play
> type experience I'd still recommend nVidia as it is what I've had the
> most consistent experience with.  Something like the integrated nVidia
> 6100 in the N-Force4 seems to play well with HD and mythtv from the
> few reviews I've seen.
> 
> The ATI HD3200 in the 780G chipsets is working well for me, and the
> boards are so cheap, but not everyone seems to be having a smooth run
> with them and the drivers are still not _perfect_.

How about the 7050(PV?) chipset ? It claims to have more
oomph than the 6150 but does anyone have experience with
it ?


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