[mythtv-users] Dell Optiplex 755 as Front End?

[Tim Draper]

i'd personally stick with nvidia. should be able to pick up a VDPAU capable
one for £30 or so (~$35).
i had an ATI card but replaced with nvidia as it's a whole lot more linux
friendly.

On 5 June 2011 02:59, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Never mind, it is PCIe not agp, increasing my odds of finding a card.
>
> So: ATI 1300 cards any good?
>
> On Saturday, June 4, 2011, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd definately need a low profile card.  The agp 16 riser card that
> > provides dvi on the box is without question low profile.
> >
> > I do have a couple of ati 1300's that I got at the same place as i got
> > the 755 that are low profile, but I know NOTHING about ATI cards (I've
> > always purchased nvidia).
> >
> > How's that card spec?  It's probably at least a couple years old? Is
> > it accelerated like the nvidias are?  How tough is it going to be to
> > find a low profile nvidia card that runs off of agp 16x (I THINK the
> > slot is agp)
> >
> > --Doug
> >
> > On Friday, June 3, 2011, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Douglas Wagner <douglasw0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> All:
> >>
> >> Looking for a fast answer:  Anyone out there using a Dell Optiplex 755
> as a front end for HD OTA TV/Recordings?  I know the CPU should work (Dual
> Core 2.33Ghz) and memory/etc isn't a problem, but i'm worried about the DVI
> Output/Built in Intel Chipset (Intel Q35 Express).
> >>
> >> It's a supported chip under Ubuntu (Running it at work) but I don't know
> what kind of performance it'll get running HD over Network from a backend?
> >>
> >>
> >> My home PC is an Optiplex 745 with a C2D 2.4GHZ. It has a GeForce card,
> but when using the Windows port of the Myth FE, it renders using the CPU
> only. I find that it's just barely enough to render H.264 recordings from my
> HD-PVR. It will work, but can get choppy once in a while and makes the box
> useless to use as a PC at the same time (which might not be of concern to
> you).
> >>
> >> I believe you'd be doing CPU rendering with that chipset but somebody
> correct me if I'm wrong. I also don't know if there's more special sauce in
> Linux vs. Windows as far as CPU optimizations go.
> >>
> >>  The rest of the machine is solid, you could always put a GT430 in there
> for around $60 if performance isn't quite what you need, although check to
> see if you need a low-profile card, which I did.
> >>
> >>
> >
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