On 8/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Byron Poland</b> <<a href="mailto:wpoland@gmail.com">wpoland@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;">
On 8/12/06, Kevin Kuphal <<a href="mailto:kuphal@dls.net">kuphal@dls.net</a>> wrote:<br>> Scott wrote:<br>> > After looking through the list for a bit, I've found some posts that<br>> > half-answer my question, but none that tell me exactly what I need.
<br>> > That being said, I'm hoping that you all could help me figure out just<br>> > what I'm going to need to spend some money on in the next few weeks...<br>> > I've got an HD-Ready TV and an older desktop sitting around, so I
<br>> > figure I can make a decent DVR system for my dorm room this coming<br>> > semester.<br>> ><br>> > As it stands, the desktop has the following hardware:<br>> ><br>> > GIGABYTE GA-7VT600-L Motherboard
<br>> > AMD AthlonXP 2500+ (~1.8GHz)<br>> > 512MB DDR RAM<br>> > SBLive! 5.1 Soundcard<br>> > GeForce4 Ti4200 Video card<br>> > 80GB HDD<br>> ><br>> > I'm already planning to purchase a pcHDTV-5500 card for the TV
<br>> > capture, but I'm wondering if my system specs will be good enough to<br>> > run HD channels smoothly. Sadly, the TV my roommates and I bought<br>> > (used and fairly cheap... we're college students, after all :P) only
<br>> > supports 1080i for its HDTV display, so that's the only mode I'll be<br>> > able to use. I've read that the CPU requirement is a P4 3GHz for HD<br>> > video, but I've also read that using an nVidia card + XvMC can reduce
<br>> > the CPU requirement. It wouldn't be a big problem to pick up an FX5200<br>> > considering they're pretty cheap, but I'd rather not have to buy a new<br>> > motherboard + CPU. Would a slightly more expensive GeForce 6200 card
<br>> > serve me better, or do you all think the FX5200 would be fine?<br>> ><br>> > The way I see it, once I have a decent base system (motherboard, CPU,<br>> > video card, sound card) everything else can be upgraded fairly
<br>> > inexpensively, so I'm hoping to get all of that squared away now. Any<br>> > thoughts/help you all could provide would be much appreciated! :D Do<br>> > try to keep in mind, however, that I'm attempting to keep the costs of
<br>> > this project down as much as possible...<br>> I have an Athlon 1800 working with an Nvidia card and XvMC so I can say<br>> that it does work (I'm not driving 1080i though so I can't speak to that).<br>
><br>> Kevin<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> mythtv-users mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>> <a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">
http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a><br>><br><br>I have an 2500+ overclocked to be like a 2800+ I think, and I do HD<br>720p and 1080i without XvMC but also with no deinterlacing, because my<br>tv handles that.
<br> I think I'm running an Nvidia 6200 for graphics, and have a gig of<br>memory.. This is also a frontend only machine.<br>_______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">
mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br><a href="http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users">http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users</a></blockquote><div><br>Ah, that's a good point... I'm going to be using this desktop as both the front and backend.
<br> </div><br></div><br>