I just bought this board, along with a 7200 Intel CPU and 2 gig of RAM. Setup was flawless. I installed the latest Ubuntu, which picked up everything except for the graphics card, but then immediately gave me the option to install the restricted drivers, which I did, and it rebooted in 1920x1080. Very impressed. Even sound works straight up - something that I'm still having problems with in Windows.<br>
<br>Now I'm having issues with my DVB-S card (Technisat SkyStar 2) but I had these problems last time too.<br><br>Ended up paying 230 euros for a nice slim media center case, motherboard, ram, and CPU. Overall very happy so far.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/6/27 Steven Adeff <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 4:08 AM, Andrew Hutchinson<br>
<<a href="mailto:ahutchinson.mythtv@googlemail.com">ahutchinson.mythtv@googlemail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> I'm looking to replace my current Mythtv box with a new one that is powerful<br>
> enough for HD decoding. My current box might actually be ok, but try as I<br>
> might, I simply cannot get my FX 5200 to output in 1920x1080 to my 40" Sony<br>
> TV, so I think the easiest solution is just to start again.<br>
><br>
> I would like to build this next PC as small, quiet and power efficient as<br>
> possible. As such, the MSI P6NGM-FD motherboard has sparked an interest<br>
> with me, however I can't find any information on this board on this forum,<br>
> and little on the net in general.<br>
><br>
> What I like about the board is that it has a Nvidia video card on board, has<br>
> both DVI and HDMI output (with HDCP if needed) and has loads of internal<br>
> connectors with the all important serial connector for my IR Remote. The<br>
> board is cheap at 45 euros, so I could probably put together a decent system<br>
> for under 200 euros.<br>
><br>
> My biggest concern here is getting the video card (GeForce 7050) to output<br>
> at 1920x1080. Does anyone have any experience with this?<br>
><br>
> If anyone has a better suggestion about what I should use to build this<br>
> system with I'd be all ears. My concerns are purely HD playback and a video<br>
> card that is going to output at 1920x1080 without too much hassle. I've<br>
> done quite a bit of searching on the topic, and really can't find a clear<br>
> hardware list that will fulfill my needs here. If I manage to get this<br>
> going nicely and cheaply, writing something down about the hardware<br>
> configuration/setup is definitely something I'll do!<br>
<br>
</div></div>Hi Andrew, check out my setup here:<br>
<a href="http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User:Steveadeff#Current_Bedroom_Frontend" target="_blank">http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/index.php/User:Steveadeff#Current_Bedroom_Frontend</a><br>
I don't know how much the board I got is in Europe though.<br>
<ine is running great so far (my E2160 is O/C'd to 3.0Ghz)<br>
that said, the 7050 should work fine at 1920x1080 with the Nvidia<br>
binary drivers.<br>
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