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<tt>Hi,<br>
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Marius Schrecker wrote:</tt>
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Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 09:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Johnny Lee" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:johnny@fishcounts.com"><johnny@fishcounts.com></a>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a>
Subject: [mythtv-users] Nvidia MX4000 vs ATI 9200SE
Reply-To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:johnny@fishcounts.com">johnny@fishcounts.com</a>,
Discussion about mythtv <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org"><mythtv-users@mythtv.org></a>
I know a lot of you are going to have difference opinions but which should
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<pre wrap=""><!----><tt>I buy? I am currently going to purchase a PCI card for a smaller desktop
box to transfer my mythtv box into. The 2 cheapest PCI cards with S-Video
out I could find are the MX
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<pre wrap=""><tt>000 and the 9200SE. From benchmarks I see the
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<pre wrap=""><!----><tt>9200SE is faster @ 3D but is it a pain to setup? I am currently running
a
FX5200 which is great at S-Video out. Overscan is definitely a plus.
Opinions? TIA
Hi Johnny,
I can't compare the two directly as I haven't tried an MX4000, but have
used Nvidia cards up to fairly recently, and tried most of them using composite
out to a 50Hz TV. The last machine I set up with TV out used an ATI 9200SE,
and I have to say I was very impressed by the clarity and stability of the
TV picture (using the proprietary drivers from ATI) into an ordinary 50Hz
TV. Unfortunately the box was stolen before I had the chance to finish setting
it up so I can't tell you more. I think it is true that Nvidia may be easier
to set up. I was still having trouble with screen resizing (using Xfree86
4.3) and 3D acceleration, but there was plenty of help available on the
net for these issues.
I know several people on the list have had trouble with ATI cards so this
is by no means a recommendation, but I wanted to share my positive experience.
Cheers
Marius
Registered Linux user
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<tt>I tried setting up an Radeon 7000 card and gave up in the end. Info
on the net is plentiful but scarce when it comes down to specific
issues.<br>
I now use an fx5200 which i love. nVidia has official linux drivers and
the card does xvmc, taking the load of the CPU when decoding the mpeg
stream. Also, it's cheap.<br>
I use the card's vga output feeding a projector and the quality is
absolutely stunning.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
<br>
-Morten<br>
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