[mythtv-users] Passively cooled ATI Gigabyte HD4550 (GV-R455D3-512I) vs NVIDIA ASUS EN9600GT

[Adam Stylinski]

jk90090 wrote:
> Well, it appears AMD/ATI are just not trying very hard.  ATI drivers
> suck, NVIDIA doesn't suck as bad.  I started this testing because my
> previous ATI card, while it worked perfectly fine, was only outputing
> on RGB and had a rather load fan for my living room silence.  I first
> purchased the HD4550, figuring that the ATI drivers were solid and
> hopefully would be for the newer card... wrong.  I ended up having to
> switch from the HD4550 passive cooled card to an NVIDIA 9600GT passive
> cooled card, ASUS EN9600GT, because I could not get video sync without
> tearing.  Sad ATI/AMD.  I used the HDMI out on the Gigabyte card, and
> it worked, but again I could not hold vsync/hsync/whatever.  It made
> it miserable to watch.  Nvidia's drivers worked without any tuning,
> and I'm using the DVI-HDMI converter.  Interestingly, the ATI card had
> a slightly larger display area on my Samsung 52" LCD compared to the
> Gigabyte, while the Gigabyte has a better initial color depth. 
> NVidia's driver used to really suck, but it appears they have made
> significant improvements.
>
> Just thought I'd share my silent card mini-review.
>
> -JK
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except Nvidia continues to break compatibility with every new driver
they write.  Ever since version 13x.xxish XvMC has not worked while
simultaneously using GART drivers.  So basically if you want to utilize
the AGP bus while having your video GPU accelerated, you're SOL and have
to buy a spanking new PCI-Ex based board and card.