[mythtv-users] Good video card with HDMI out?

[Calvin Harrigan]

John Drescher wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 3:11 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have an asus 8400GS 512 MB model. How do I tell the chip version?
>>>>
>>>> John
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>>> In linux you can try this the command line:
>>> $/usr/sbin/lspci
>>> look for the nvidia video entry, should list the chipset.
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>> Nothing about the G9X in the info:
>>
>> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8400 GS
>> (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
>>        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 82b2
>>        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
>>        Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
>>        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
>>        Memory at fa000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
>>        I/O ports at cc00 [size=128]
>>        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fe8e0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
>>        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 3
>>        Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+
>> Count=1/1 Enable-
>>        Capabilities: [78] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
>>        Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel <?>
>>        Capabilities: [128] Power Budgeting <?>
>>        Capabilities: [600] Vendor Specific Information <?>
>>        Kernel driver in use: nvidia
>>        Kernel modules: nvidia
>>
> This looks like my card is only using 256 MB under linux. :(
> 
> BTW the card is here:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121235
> 

That's one of the two I was looking at getting.  The other is:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814187034

Not sure if this applies to PCI-E video cards, but make sure that in the 
bios the video aperture size is at least the size of the memory on the card.