On 11/1/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Erik J. Soballe</b> <<a href="mailto:soballe@gmail.com">soballe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey everyone,<br><br>Just wondering what you guys thought of this setup.<br><br>2 PVR-150 (low profile version)<br>512 mb pc 2700 ram<br>250 gb 7200 rpm ata 100 hard drive<br>Athlon 800 (soon to be replaced by an Athlon XP 1700+)
<br>Antec Minuet case<br>Asus A7V-400 Mx micro-atx motherboard<br>Geforce 5200(low profile) (for tv out)<br><br>What do you guys think about this setup? Specifically, is it<br>ridiculously hard to configure the pvr-150s? Also will this CPU allow
<br>me to watch live tv and encode at the same time? How about playback?<br>Is the 5200 a good card for TV out? Anyone have experiences with this<br>motherboard/chipset? Thanks in advance.</blockquote><div><br>
Several comments:<br>
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The Athlon 800 is going to be a bit slow for watching Live TV and
playback, unless you manage to get XvMC working. (I haven't had
much luck there, myself.)<br>
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I'd rethink the motherboard -- VIA chipsets have been known to have
problems with high-throughput PCI cards like the PVR-150's. On a
full-size ATX motherboard, you can sometimes get things to work better
by moving the cards around in the slots, but that's less feasible with
a microATX motherboard. Other mainstream chipsets don't have this
problem.<br>
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I'm using a GeForce 5200 for TV output, and it's working fine.<br>
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Otherwise, you should be fine.<br>
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Carl Fongheiser<br>
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