[mythtv-users] new rig ... help with specs

[Ian Clark]

2009/9/25 Tim McKenzie <tjm1983 at gmail.com>

> [snip]
>
> I'm interested in this discussion.  I'm currently thinking about
> building a MythTV box (to double as a front- and back-end, and
> perhaps do other work, too).  I was looking at an ECS A780GM-A
> motherboard, which has a built-in ATI Radeon HD3200.  I'm
> particularly interested in the favourable reports with open source
> drivers, since I'd like to stick with open source.
>
> My myth box is an A64 X2 (some socket 939 thing), and initially I was using
a passivly cooled Radeon 2600XT, using the closed source ATI drivers.

This was impossible to get a really good picture on, the main issue i never
solved was the tearing that seems to plague ATI users with myth.

Moved to a second hand 7 series Geforce, and it's much better.

I never tried the open source drivers as they weren't mature enough at the
time.


> And will it matter anyway if I put an Athlon II X2 240 (2.8 GHz
> dual-core AM3) in it?
>
> It wasn't a question of processing power for me, the image wouldn't vsync
correctly, so you'd get a tear at a fixed point in the image (fixed for the
duration of the viewing, but in a different place each time.) Most of the
time it wasn't that noticable, but it was annoying.

I have a standard definition CRT TV, using svideo, you may have different
results with others.

I will say one thing though, I think the 708G is a good chipset, it's not a
power hog (so is passivly cooled) so even if you do have to add an extra GFX
card you'd not be buying a bad chipset. (The board in my server is a 780G
and will hapilly have all 6 SATA channels loaded without issue for example.)

I'm not sure that's a lot of help, but it may be some use. :)

Cheers,

Ian
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