<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
With the soon to be released .22, I hope to move to a real video card.<br>
Currently I'm using the TV-OUT of a PVR-350. What is the recommended<br>
NVIDIA PCI card? Will I run into PCI bus saturation problems if I'm<br>
running a PVR-150, PVR-350 and a video card all on the PCI bus?<br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div> </div></div><div>The answer to your question is
"Nvidia Geforce GT220". But something in your phrasing makes me unsure
if it's suitable for your system:<br>
<br>When you say "PCI" and refer to capture cards on the same bus, it
sounds a lot like you mean PCI in the classic sense, rather than the
modern PCI Express sense.<br><br>If you're running a legacy system with
PCI slots + an AGP slot for graphics (or even no graphics slot at all),
you'll be out of luck. VDPAU is only supported on quite recent nvidia
cards, which all use PCIe.<br>
<br>If, on the other hand, your system is relatively newish and has PCI Express slots, the answer to your question is the new GT220.<br></div><br>Classic
PCI ports and PCI express ports don't share the same bus, so that won't
be an issue, so long as you have PCI express slots to use. Else, the
whole point is moot, because there are no graphics cards available
which are suitable.<br>
<br>If you don't know whether you have PCI Express ports, as a rough
guide, they were first released in 2004 and became standard in 2005. If
using an Intel processor, you probably have PCIe if it's a Pentium-D or
later (Core, Core 2, Pentium Dual Core). If it's an AMD, I can't say
off the top of my head. Consult the manufacturers website/manual.<br>
<br>- Chris